A tragic life, an Ultimatrix, and the multiverse. This is dillan's true story , come along
A tragic life, an Ultimatrix, and the multiverse. This is dillan's true story , come along. Dillan was just a normal guy, he had a girlfriend, and family like most. But then that all Changed when... It happened. The day his life changed forever, follow along with Dillan in a story of drama, romance and action!!!!
I am going to be featuring a lot of fan made aliens in this story. I do not own any of the fan made aliens that I feature in this story. All rights and ownership belong to their respective creators. However there are a few that belong to me including the ones that I'm going to call: Icicle, magma flow, dire wolf, and electro shocker (I don't own this name I got it from Digimon tentomons attack)
Dillan sighed softly when he walked downstairs, his brown hair nearly combined. The uniform he wore was nice and ironed as he grabbed his car keys, getting ready for a long day at the restaurant he worked in.
"Dillan!" A rough and feminine voice called out to him. "When are you going to fix the gas line?"
"When I get home from work Alyssa." He called back, smiling softly as a short African woman with a bloated belly walked into the living room. She wore a simple pair of jeans and a hoodie with Bonnie and Freddy from five nights at Freddy's. "How's the baby?" He asked, rubbing her stomach.
"A pain in my ass." She said with a chuckle. "And I know you've wanted kids for years now but come on. Nothing's going to happen to us."
Dillan smiles softly, as a child he hasn't had many friends and because of his weight no girls wanted to talk to him. Then he met Alyssa However, even though she was rough and tough Dillan had always seen her for who she was. A kind, gentle person who can kick anyone's ass with ease. When the two started dating he felt whole and complete, and now that she was having his child, he couldn't bear the thought of anything happening to them. He already couldn’t imagine something happening to his nieces, siblings, or parents. They had always been there for him when everyone else wasn't, they were his entire world. "I know, I'm just a worry wart." He said with a chuckle.
Alyssa smirked and poked his nose "I know Ya dork, that's why I love you. Just remember to fix the gas line when you get home, don't forget your family is coming."
Dillan nodded with a smile, kissing her gently before walking out the door with her standing on the pouch as two young girls ran up to him. "Uncle Dillan!" They shouted happily, hugging him tightly.
"Paige, Abby!" He said hugging and spinning them with a wide smile.
"Merry Christmas." A tall man with similar brown hair to Dillan spoke up, walking up to him.
"Hey Sub, Merry Christmas." Dillan said smiling.
"You're not going to work, are you? On Christmas Eve?" Sebastion asked, frowning as three women and an elderly man walked up to them.
"Sadly yeah, being a manager at McDonald's is a busy job." Dillan said with a small smile. "I'll be home by ten."
"Alright, stay safe honey." The older woman with the elderly man said with a smile.
"I will mom." Dillan said smiling. "Oh Larissa, could you help Alyssa with the food? She's getting pretty far in her pregnancy and-"
"I guess." The medium sized woman with long light brown hair said with a smile.
"Thanks sis, see you guys later! Merry Christmas dad!" He said running to his light blue beetle and driving off. Only for an explosion to engulf his house, making him stare in shock and despair at the burning building before he shakily got out of his car and walked towards his home.
The young man fell to his knees, tears in his eyes as he noticed someone on the ground. He ran over and wrapped his arms around his now burning and injured fiancé's Alyssa, tears falling from his face. "A-Alyssa… y-you'll be o-ok…" he said, looking over her body. "Y-you have to be ok…"
He felt her hand touch his face as he cried, gently holding her hand as he looked at her. "T-the g-gas…." She started weakly, making his eyes widen. "D-don't… cry, i-it's-not… f-fault…" she said before going limp in his arms. Minutes later, Firefighters and ambulances arrived, crying out in despair and sadness Dillan's voice was drowned out by thunder echoing through the town as rain fell onto the land.
One of the paramedics tries to remove Dillan from the scene as the other paramedics and firefighters work on the other bodies, digging through the house to find anyone else. “Sir, you need to let us work. I know this is horrible, but you need to calm down and let us do our jobs.”
"Leave me alone! This is all my fault!" Dillan cried, holding his arms to himself as he cried over Alyssa's body. "M-my fiancé… and our child…"
The paramedic frowns but keeps trying to pull him away. “There may still be a chance, but you need to let us work! You being here, will just get in our way and waste our time. There's also a chance that there could be another explosion.”
Dillan slowly kisses Alyssa's head, before begrudgingly moving over to the ambulance where the paramedic wrapped a blanket around him. The young man stared at the fire and brimstone that was his house, tears escaping his eyes as he saw his niece's young bodies as he started depressingly humming merry Christmas.
An officer walks over to Dillan and looks down at him. “Sir, I know this is a horrible time, but I need your statement.”
"It was a gas line," Dillan said brokenly. "I was supposed to fix it… but I kept putting it off because of work… I was leaving a-and my family just got here… m-my Fiancé was pregnant… i-i... I killed them…"
The cop wrote it all down and sighed before placing a hand on his shoulder. “Listen son, I've been on the force for a long time, and I've seen it all, I can tell you're not acting and that this all was a pure accident. You did not kill them; do you hear me? You did not kill them.”
"Yes, I did!" Dillan shouted tears flowing from his eyes. "She's been asking me for months to fix it! I kept procrastinating and doing other things! It's all my fault! It was my job to protect her… and I failed…." He sobbed brokenly.
The cop sighs and pats Dillan’s back. “Kid, I know you are blaming yourself for this, but take it from me. You couldn’t have known this was going to happen. I went through something similar years ago. I used to have a son and I would always keep my gun in my bedroom drawer, one day he found it and he accidentally shot himself. I blame myself even today, but I know that I can't let my guilt destroy me, because it was an accident.”
Dillan whipped his tears, nodding softly. One of the paramedics walks up to Dillan with a sorrowful look on their face. “Sir, I am sorry to inform you, you are the only survivor.”
Dillan's eyes widened as he stared at the floor in silence, tears running down his face. “I’m sorry, y-you will have to come to the morgue to identify the bodies.” the nervous paramedic said.
Dillan nods once. "I understand…" They nodded slowly and walked away.
Three long, painful months passed after the explosion of Dillan's home. Many friends and family had come to the funerals to give their condolences, not that it helped him feel better. Snow had begun to fall gently in the cool mornings of the first day of March, as Dillan went through a routine of waking up in his new one-person apartment, eating and watching TV, before taking a bath.
Dillan slowly took the toaster from his kitchen into the bathroom, looking down at the water in his tub as he sank into the water and plugged the toaster in. "I'm coming home Alyssa…" he said, raising the toaster above his head.
“Now, now, would she really want you to do that?” A familiar voice of a man was heard, shocking Dillan. When he looked to see who it was, he saw something impossible. There in his bathroom was a man with brown hair, green safety goggles and a white lab coat. He looked at his pocket watch. “Oh, dear dreadfully sorry I'm a bit late, but still on time.”
Dillan dropped the toaster, making it slam onto his head hard, before it clanked to the floor. Dillan's eyes stuck on the man as he slowly crept out of the water, reaching out and poking the man's shoulder. "Y-you're real?"
The man chuckles and closes his pocket watch. “About as real as anything else young man.” He then lost his smile and put a hand on Dillan's shoulder. “I'm terribly sorry about your loss.”
Dillan's eyes filled with tears as he looked down and to the side. "You being here can only mean that their deaths were meant to happen, but why?" He asked brokenly as he looked at the man. "Tell me professor, why would they have to lose their lives and I didn't? It was my job to change the gas line, why did they die for my mistake?"
Professor Paradox sighs sadly and keeps his hand on Dillan's shoulder. “I can’t tell you why they died, but I can give you an opportunity. Right now, your timeline is…as a friend would say wibbly wobbly.”
Dillan dryly laughs. "I've always believed in the multiverse and omniverse, kind of a shitty time to learn I was right…" He said, looking up at Paradox. "What kind of opportunity?"
He reaches into his lab coat. “A chance to have a new life, in a new world, make new friends, and perhaps do some good.” He pulls out a box with a blue hourglass on it. “After all, every world needs a hero, right?”
Dillan looks at the box with a gulp, taking it gently out of Paradox's hands. "A… hero? Why me?"
Paradox hums a bit before saying. “Sometimes a hero needs to know the responsibility that comes with his power, other times he needs to learn humility in the act of greatness, and other times they need to know the pain of loss, so they can protect others from that pain.” He smiles at Dillan and takes a step back. “This is your choice, young man. You can put that on and get a new start, or…” He looks over at the toaster and tub.
Dillan breathed out slowly as he removed the lid to the box, his eyes growing wide as he slowly removed a blue ultimatrix with gold trimmings. "A-a dimension twenty-three ultimatrix? T-these exist?"
“That is the only one, if you want to learn more about it, you could always ask Az. Oops spoilers.” Paradox said before chuckling, he then checks his watch and frowns. “Oh dear, I am almost out of time.”
Dillan looked down at the ultimatrix, and smiled softly. "Thank you, Paradox." He said, going into his bedroom.
“Not a problem young man, I won’t spoil too much but you will find the world I will send you too slightly familiar.” Paradox said with a teasing smirk.
Dillan raised an eyebrow as he came back with a small book bag, full of small things that had survived the fire. "Well… I suppose that's good." He said, looking down at the ultimatrix, before slowly putting it on his left wrist. "Welp, as a famous man once said." He said holding up the ultimatrix as it began to glow bright. "It's hero time!"
Dillan slams his hand down onto the ultimatrix and there is a blinding blue flash, before he is gone. “Farewell young Dillan, your adventure is just starting but you have many great things ahead of you.” Paradox said before checking his watch and walking through a doorway disappearing from that world.
The young boy gasped with a start as he stared up at a gray snow filled sky as the white flecks of frozen water gently fell from the endless void above him. With multiple blinks of his eyes Dillan slowly stood up, his book bag on the ground next to him as he looked around in confusion. "Alright… he said it would be familiar to me." Dillan said, picking up his bag as he slowly began walking to a large mountain with lights that glowed in the dark ending sky.
"H-help… s-somepony…" A low weak voice called out in the snowy feels as Dillan glanced around.
"Hello?" He called out. "Where are you?"
“H-help…H-help…u-us..” The voice called out.
Dillan looked back and forth quickly, stepping forward a bit before, he yelled. "I can't see you!"
There is a faint green glow coming from nearby. “S-some-pony h-help.”
Dillan paused for a moment at the frazing of the sentence, before quickly going over to the green light and digging in the snow. "Don't worry I'll help you!"
When he gets close enough, he sees three small ponies huddled together shivering from the cold. There was a yellow one with a red bow, an orange one with purple mane, tail, and small wings, and a white one with purple and pink mane and a glowing horn.
"Oh… crap." Dillan said, his eyes widening at the sight before him. "Welp… my life is going to become insane."
Dillan stared at the three small ponies, his mind racing a thousand miles an hour as to why he was sent to Equestria of all places. The show that he watched almost religiously with his two nieces, making his heartache in pain as he remembers their burnt bodies. The young man had to while the tears that were forming in his eyes, shivering himself as the cold wind flew across the plains like an eagle in the sky.
A whimper derailed his train of thought as he noticed a small amount of blue forming on the three filly's hooves, indicating the beginnings of frostbite. "Crap, ok let me see…" Dillan said quickly looking around the area, noticing a small hill with an opening underneath it. In one fell swoop, the blue Ultimatrix holder swept the three fillies into his arms and dashed to the entrance of the overhead hanging hill.
Once the human set the three down under the overhead hill, Dillan looked around for something to help block the wind and cold. "Crap… There's not much I can use…" He said, glancing back at the shivering ponies, before hanging his head in shame. His gaze fell upon the Ultimatrix dawning his wrist, before turning back to the fillies. "No better time to see if this thing is real." He spoke to himself, before popping up the dial pad and shifting through the holograms.
He stopped on the hologram of a tall crystal creature he didn't recognize; its head and body were sleek and aerodynamically thinner than Diamondhead, but he couldn't tell much else due to the blue pigmentation of his watch. "This is new…" He mumbled, before gently pushing the dialed pad down and getting engulfed in a blue light.
Red crystals extended from the ground into the overhead hill, creating a wall to block the wind as a red crystallized being in a black and white suit with blue eyes walked over, sealing off all but a small section to keep the wind out completely. "This alien is almost just like Diamondhead… it must be a subspecies." Dillan said, before returning to his natural human state again.
Once the shapeshifter had gathered some dry sticks and twigs from the ground in the makeshift cave, he stacked them into the shape of an Indian tent. Pulling out a small blue lighter from his bookbag he lit the twigs on fire to get some heat going for the fillies while pulling out a small blanket and wrapping it around them. "Good thing my dad taught me to always be prepared…" Dillan mumbled, just before turning into a large orange dog creature and laying around the three young ponies to help them fight off the cold even more.
Dillan stared out at the relentless snowfall from the opening he left in the wall, memories flooding his head as hours passed. How long had he been staring? One hour, two? Dillan's mind couldn't comprehend everything going on recently, his whole life had been flipped upside down and sideways. A stirring and whimpering snapped him out of his thoughts as he turned to see Sweetie Belle, the little white unicorn fluttering her eyes open.
“Ugh, w-where am I?” she asked as she fully opened her eyes, seeing the face of Dillan’s Wildmutt form looking at her. She was quiet for a few seconds before letting out an ear-piercing scream.
Wild mutt whimpered and covered its head in pain as the other two fillies woke up with a start, screaming as well while trying to get away from the large dog-like Alien. "What in tarnation is that thing!?" Applebloom, the small yellow pony with a bow said.
“I don’t know!” Scootaloo shouted as the three of them backed themselves into a wall.
A bright blue engulfed wild mutt once again, before Dillan was sitting in its place holding his head in pain. "Jesus Christ! Your screams are like dog whistles!"
This made the three-stop screaming and stare at Dillan in shock, “D-did that thing j-just change?!” Applebloom asked her friends,
"Y-yeah it did." Sweetie Belle said, shaking in fear.
"Hey!" He shouted, making the three jumps slightly. "Do you know how rude it is calling someone a thing!"
“S-sorry mister, u-um, Changeling?” Applebloom said, unsure if that’s what she should call Dillan.
Dillan raised an eyebrow in confusion before smacking his own head. "D'oh, of course you don't know what I am. I'm sorry, I've had a… Very rough couple of months." He said, poking the fire with a stick. "My name's Dillan, and I'm a human."
"A… What?" Scootaloo asked, raising an eyebrow.
"A human, or homosapien… I guess you can say I'm an alien here." He said, tossing the blanket over to them. "Come get warm, when I found you three you were getting frostbite."
The three of them looked unsure but wrapped themselves up in the blanket and they were all quiet for a few moments, which was kind of driving Dillan crazy.
"I'm not a Changeling." He spoke up. "Well, I'm not the species of changeling. I'm classified as a changeling technically I suppose… If that makes sense."
He just received confused looks in response from the three fillies, making him sigh and shake his head.
Dillan chuckles. "I'm able to transform with this." He said, wiggling his ultimatrix. "So, I can be called a changeling, but I'm not the bug pony changeling race."
"Oh, Ya mean like how a pony can be a prince or princess without being an alicorn?" Applebloom asked, tilting her head.
"Kinda… It's hard to explain. Anyway, what were you three doing out here in a blizzard all alone?" Dillan asked, glancing at the three. "Your families must be worried sick."
“Um, we w-were kind of trying to get our C-Cutie Marks.” Sweetie Belle answered hesitantly.
"Ok obviously I'm not a pony, and I don't get cutie marks. But did you really think going in a blizzard without any sort of coats or warming gear would get you the marks?" Dillan asked them, raising an eyebrow.
"W-well when you put it like that…" Scootaloo said, shifting in the blanket.
"Oh, please be careful with that, my family gave it to me last year for… Christmas." Dillan said, sighing softly.
“Wha-what’s Christmas?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Why do Ya sound sad?” Applebloom asked.
“Can you make the fire bigger?” Scootaloo asked, making her friends look at her with raised eyebrows.
Dillan smiles a little, putting a few more twigs onto the fire to make it bigger. "Christmas is my people's version of hearth's warming… and I sound sad because my um… my family uh left… on Christmas Eve."
“Oh, well maybe they will come back.” Sweetie said with an innocent smile, however Applebloom looked down clearly knowing what Dillan meant.
Dillan smiles softly at Sweetie belle. "That's a nice thought… I'd love to see them again. And my fiancé."
“Ugh please don’t get all mushy on us mister Hooman.” Scootsloo said.
Applebloom gets out of the blanket and walks over to Dillan and lays next to him. “Ah’m sorry mister Dillan.”
Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle look confused as Dillan smiles gently, rubbing Apple Bloom's head. "It's alright… it was my fault."
Apple Bloom looks up at Dillan. “You don’t seem like a bad guy mister; I don’t think whatever happened was your fault.”
"It's not what I did… it's what I didn't do." He mumbled, sighing as a loud wind blew across the field outside. "You three better get to sleep. I'm going to get Ya home tomorrow."
“Ok mister, but you can’t blame Yer self. It's what I heard Mah brother tell Ma sister.” Applebloom said before laying her head on Dillan’s lap and her two friends joined her.
Dillan smiles a bit, covering the three up with the blanket before slowly falling asleep while looking at the flames of the fire. The human's eyes fluttered open once again, being completely wrapped in darkness aside from the fire in front of him. "W-where am I?"
There was the sound of hooves on marble behind him, and when he looked, he saw a tall dark blue alicorn. “Greetings strange creature.”
"Princess Luna?" Dillan asked, arching an eyebrow as he looked around. "So, I'm dreaming?"
“Indeed, though I was not the one who brought us together.” Luna said before looking over to her left.
"Paradox?" Dillan asked, his eyes widening at the being next to him. "Wait... W-what?"
"Hey." The man said, having an exact duplicate of Dillan's face and Ultimatrix.
“These two suddenly showed up and asked me to look for you.” Luna said, looking at the two older humans.
"Dillan, meet Dillan. He is from a dimension that is currently being erased by Eon." Paradox said as the older Dillan nodded.
"He disguised himself as Paradox and tricked me." The older Dillan said, smiling softly at his younger counterpart.
"S-so why are you here?" Dillan asked, looking at the two, a look of complete bewilderment on his face
"I asked Paradox to bring me to… us… so that what happened to my Equestria doesn't happen here." The older Dillan said, gently holding up his Ultimatrix to his counterparts as they both blinked yellow. "I've given you all the scans I have that haven't been erased yet."
Paradox looks at his pocket watch and then places a hand on older Dillan. “You have a few moments, make them count my boy.”
The older Dillan nods solemnly, smiling softly at his past counterpart. "Paradox told me about our family… I'm truly sorry. But you're lucky you got to spend more time with them than I did. Me and Alyssa broke up. And in my depression, I went to a con and got Displaced…"
Dillan said nothing, just watching his older counterpart as they continued to speak. "I can't tell you everything will be ok or to be the hero Paradox thinks you can be… just be yourself and remember one thing." The older Dillan said, smiling as his body began fading away. "They're always in your heart." He said with a gentle smile as he vanishes, his Ultimatrix falling to the ground before Paradox catches it.
“Wha-what happened to him?” Luna asked in shock.
"He's gone." Paradox said, frowning down at the Ultimatrix. "His entire timeline was erased… except for this." He said holding up the Ultimatrix.
“What is it?” Luna asked, looking at it.
“What will you do with it?” Dillan asked.
Paradox smiles softly, pointing to the Ultimatrix on Dillan's wrist. “Wait, so this, is that?” Dillan asked, pointing first at his Ultimatrix then to the one in Paradox’s hand, before thinking. “Wouldn't that make it a paradox? Wait that's who I'm talking too”
"I did say there was only one." Paradox said, smiling softly, turning and walking away. "Farewell young Dillan, see you soon."
“What a strange being.” Luna said watching him leave, then she looked at Dillan.
"Yeah, um… he can time travel." Dillan said, rubbing the back of his head.
“Truly? He must be truly powerful to not have gone insane.” Luna said before asking. “Why do I sense three young ponies near you?”
Dillan smiles softly. "Applebloom, Sweetie belle and Scootaloo are in the cave I'm in. I found them nearly frost bitten, so I started a fire and wrapped them in a blanket."
Luna gasps. “I shall send guards and a medical team there right away!”
"We should be alright until morning, I sealed off the cave thanks to this." He said holding up his ultimatrix. "So, the wind can't get to them or anything."
“Still, it is close to morning, I will feel better knowing they have help coming.” Luna said with a slight bow. “Thank you for saving them.”
Dillan waves his arms frantically with a light blush on his face. "H-hey no need to bow, I'm not the kind of guy to let kids just freeze."
“Still, you have saved my friends, I shall give you any favor you can ask.” Luna said with a smile.
"Well… I could use a… house I suppose." Dillan said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm… basically homeless."
“A house is a simple matter, simply let me know when and where, and I shall have the finest craft ponies make your home for you.” Luna said with a smile before she looked around at the dark void and lit her horn. “Allow us to give you a restful sleep as well.”
"Thank you, princess Luna, and I swear I will explain why I know your name when we meet in the waking world." He said, bowing to her before the void around him fell into nothingness.
Dillan is awoken by the sound of thumping against crystal and the three fillies around him hug his legs. “Mister Dillan there is something on the other side of the wall!” Sweetie said pointing at the crystal, which they can barely see a strange, shaped shadow as it hits the other side repeatedly.
"It's ok, it's ok. It's the Canterlot guards." Dillan said, walking over to the crystal. "There's an opening at the top!" He called through.
The thumping stopped before they started digging at the top. “Can the fillies fit through?”
"Not sure… I left the hole wide enough for smoke to escape from the fire… didn't think of shoving a pony through." Dillan mumbled, looking up. "Plus, from where we are it's hard to get to it. This used to be an overhanging cliff."
“Then please stand clear, we will dig you out sir.” The guard said and they worked on digging around the crystal.
"I have a better idea, stand away from the crystals!" Dillan called, popping up his Ultimatrix before turning back into the red crystal being as he rose his hand and the crystals slowly sank into the ground.
“Whoa!” The guards back away and a few aim their spears at Dillan. “Easy boys, Princess Luna did say that the fillies were with a strange but friendly being. Stand down.”
"Um." Dillan said as the crystal being. "This isn't my normal form…"
"Yeah, he said he's classified as a changeling but isn't the race… whatever that means." Sweetie belle said, tapping her chin.
“A changeling that isn’t a changeling?” One of the guards asked.
Dillan chuckles nervously as he returns to normal, startling the guards rubbing the back of his head. "Ta-da?"
“Whoa.” Another guard said before they wave the fillies and Dillan to follow. “Follow us.”
Dillan looked down at the fillies and noticed Sweetie Belle's hooves were still a little black, quickly picking her all up and wrapping the young filly in his blanket like a burrito to keep her nice and warm. “Eeep!” She yelps as she was picked up and looks up at Dillan confused.
"Sir, what are you doing?" The first guard asked, slowly readying his weapon.
"Her hooves are still frost bitten; I'm making sure they're all warm." Dillan said, gently putting Applebloom and Scootaloo into the wrapping as well.
“Hey, I can walk, I'm not a foal!” Scootaloo complained that she wiggled to get free.
"Your hooves could fall off." Dillan said, smirking a little as she stopped wiggling.
"W-wait really?" She asked, quickly snuggling into the blanket now.
“We need to get moving uh…sir... There is another wild storm coming.” The head guard said while two medics came to take the fillies.
"Alright, and please be careful with that blanket." Dillan said, handing the fillies off to the paramedics before grabbing his bookbag and following the ponies. It felt like an hour before they left the snow and ice fields for grass and rock roads, making their way it to a dirt road that sat next a small camp.
"How far are we from civilization?" Dillan asked with a raised eyebrow, looking up at the tall mountain in the distance.
“Not far, Ponyville is only an hour's walk away.” One of the guards said, glancing at him with trepidation.
"Oh, good to know you three didn't walk miles in a blizzard." Dillan said, looking at the CMC with a smirk.
They all look away whistling innocently as three halos appear over their heads, causing Dillan to chuckle a little while a bright flash of light enveloped the area causing two ponies Dillan recognized appeared.
One was Luna from his dream the previous night, her dark blue coat and wavy star mane shining in the sunlight. The other was a much taller pony with a snow-white coat and pastel mane full of vibrant pink, green, and blue color. "So, this is the strange being you met last night Luna?” The white mare asked.
Luna nods with a kind of smile that a child who just made their first friend would have. “Yes sister, allow me to introduce you to Dillan the Hooman, and Dillan please meet my sister Celestia.”
Dillan bows slightly, rubbing the back of his head again with a nervous chuckle. "S-sorry but um it's pronounced with hue as in the shade of a color"
Luna blushes at her mistake. “Oh, we are sorry.”
Dillan runs the back of his head even more, looking away. "It's ok, unless you've met or been a human it's… a strange name now that I think about it…"
"I see, well I'd like to personally thank you for saving these three. Their sisters have been worried sick." Celestia said, as a yellow light left Dillan's Ultimatrix and swept over Celestia after shaking her hoof., causing the guards to immediately raise their spears “What was that?” Celestia asked, backing up a bit as the guards got closer.
"Um… it's a scan." Dillan said, holding his hands up at the spears. "My watch lets me transform into different sentient creatures by scanning their DNA… I can turn into an alicorn now."
Celestia blinks in surprise. “You can become an alicorn?”
“Truly? We have never heard of a male alicorn before.” Luna said, rubbing her chin. "Would thou be kind enough to show us?"
Dillan slowly pops up his Ultimatrix, showing them the hologram of a male alicorn with a strong jawline before transforming into the alicorn in the hologram. His coat being a light shade of black with a light blue mane, his eyes a light shade of green with the Ultimatrix on his flank. "Ta-da?"
“Amazing, but something tells me you didn’t earn the right to be royalty.” Someone said from behind the sisters. When they stepped to the side Dillan saw a white unicorn with blond mane and tail.
"No, I didn't Blueblood, and I didn't claim to be." Dillan said, returning to normal. "It's just a transformation I can perform."
The named pony stops in his tracks, his eyes narrowing at the human. “How did you know my name?”
"As I told Luna last night I'll explain once the elements of Harmony are here… I don't want to explain multiple times." Dillan informed them, crossing his arms.
Blueblood hums with a frown. “Very well human. But until then I recommend that guards around this individual, in order to keep an eye on him and keep the princesses safe.”
Dillan blinked multiple times at Blueblood, before slowly starting to laugh. "Oh man, this is way better than I thought…"
Blueblood blinks while frowning deeper at him. “Am I amusing to you?”
"No, no… how do I explain this without revealing too much…. I've heard of your reputation and well it wasn't good." Dillan said with a smile. "I'm glad to see it was just rumors."
Blueblood huffs and looks down at the fillies. “Yes well…I know my reputation with commoners is less than pleasant.”
"Hey, aren't you the rude prince my sister met at the grand galloping gala?" Sweetie belle asked, making Dillan cover his mouth before he laughed again.
“Your sister?” Blueblood asked before thinking back and shuddering. “Please tell me you are not referring to that gold digger of a mare that tried to get me to fawn over her.”
Dillan covers his mouth again, before Sweetie Belle could speak again a blur of multiple colors scooped up Scootaloo as the wind whipped pasted Dillan. "Scoots! Where have you been!?" Rainbow dash, the element of loyalty said hugging her adopted little sister.
“Rainbow!” Scootaloo said hugging her back with a big smile on her face. “I was up in the snowy field with my friends.”
"What!?" Rarity said trotting up to her sister with Applejack going up to Applebloom. "You three should know better than to go into the fields during winter! A single gust of wind causes a blizzard!"
The fillies lower their heads in shame. “We were just tryin to get our cutie marks.” Applebloom said.
“Oh goodness it is her.” Blueblood says and tries to sneak away from Rarity.
"You!" Rarity shrieked angrily. "What are you doing here!"
Blueblood clears his throat and stalls tall. “I am here helping the rescue of three fillies and meeting a new species to make diplomatic relations with as is my duty.”
Rarity looked at him with disbelief. "You're kidding right?"
Dillan leaned on a tree, smirking as he watched the interaction, not noticing a curtain purple alicorn staring at him in surprise and disbelief. “No, I am not kidding. Now please take your sister and go so us royals may continue our meeting with this individual.” Blueblood said to Rarity.
"Blue blood, it is her sister he saved so she and her friends have the right to be here." Celestia said, shaking her head at her nephew.
Blueblood sighed and turned to Celestia with a frown. “But princess, she was a complete gold digger at the first grand galloping gala after your sister's return. She wouldn’t leave me be.”
"Excuse me!?" Rarity shrieked, a look of anger and disbelief plastered on her face. "You used me and a shield from cake!"
"Neither of you are making a very good first impression." Dillan commented, getting everyone's attention away from the argument.
Blueblood clears his throat with a frown. “Please excuse my behavior, let us move towards town to continue this discussion in a more comfortable place.” He said to Dillan, now completely ignoring Rarity.
Dillan shakes his head, smiling at Rarity. "My name's Dillan, it's nice to meet you."
"O-oh, um you as well darling. Thank you for reaching Sweetie belle and her friends." Rarity said as they all made their way to the town.
“Thank ya kindly for saven my kin, you’ll always be welcome on ma farm.” Applejack said.
“I could have saved them if I knew they were in trouble.” Rainbow said with a huff.
"Not from the air." Dillan said, looking at the ground as they walked. "I found them buried under snow, the only reason I knew they were there was one of them calling for help and seeing sweetie belle's horn glowing."
“That brings up a question, why were you there in the first place?” Celestia asked, her eyebrow raising while looking at Dillan.
"That's where I woke up." Dillan said, still having his head down while he shrugged. "After my family… left. I was in a bad place, and thought of joining them…" He said causing Applebloom looked at him sadly. "Then Professor Paradox gave me this and said I could start over." The human said, lifting up his Ultimatrix and staring at it.
“I see…well I thank you for saving some of my younger citizens.” Celestia said.
Dillan nods once, looking away from his Ultimatrix. "I know how it feels to lose those you love, I'm not going to let anyone feel that way again if I can help it."
The walk was quiet for a while before Sweetie Belle looked up at Rarity. “What's a gold digger?”
Dillan instantly burst out laughing, along with Rainbow dash and Pinkie pie as Rarity blushes deeply. "I-its someone who dates someone else for money." Dillan said, holding his sides as he laughed.
Sweetie Belle thinks about that before looking at Rarity but before she can open her mouth Rarity says. “Don’t you dare say what you are about to.”
Dillan laughs harder, whipping a tear from his eye. "Oh man, I needed that laugh… If anything, ever happens and you need a new element of laughter it's definitely Sweetie belle."
Sweetie Belle blushes and Pinkie pouts playfully. “Aww but I am laughter, also our elements are back in the tree.” Pinkie said.
"Oh… so that's the point of time I came to, alright." Dillan said, nodding while glancing around. "And I didn't mean anything by its Pinkie, I was just saying how funny-"
"How'd you know her name?" Rainbow dash asked, getting in Dillan's face.
"Yes, you said you'd explain, and you still haven't." Luna said, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Right… I'll explain everything back at Twilight's castle." Dillan said, rubbing the back of his head.
Twilight blink and tilts her head. “How do you know I have a castle?” She asked while Blueblood stared at Dillan with suspicion.
"Like I said, I'll explain there as to… not cause a potential panic." Dillan said, glancing around at the town's ponies staring at him.
“I…understand.” Twilight said a bit worried, and they continued to her castle. Once the large group entered the crystal castle the six mares sat around a large crystal table, as chairs were brought for the guests. A small purple dragon with green spines snored softly in his own small throne as Dillan chuckles. "That's cute."
“Who are you calling cute?” the little dragon asked with a huff.”
"Oh, calm down Spikey Wikey." Dillan said, rolling his eyes as he turned to the group who were looking at him expectantly. "Alright, um. I'm not going to sugar coat anything. Where I came from is another dimension… multiverse theory is a…" he stopped as he glanced at the three fillies. "A… female dog."
"It's Winnona?" Applebloom asked confused.
“No sugarcube he's censoring himself from sayin a naughty word.” Applejack said to her sister.
Dillan nods. "Impressionable minds and all that." He said playfully rubbing Apple Bloom's head, causing her to giggle. "Anyway, where I come from, your world, this world is… fictional. It's a part of an entertainment series called my little pony friendship is magic. And it began with…" He paused glancing at Luna. "With nightmare moon's return."
The sisters look at each other while Rainbow is the first to respond. “Yeah right, if that's true what's my favorite thing to do?”
"Flying, performing the Sonic Rainboom, hanging with Scootaloo, hanging with your friends, or reading the daring doo series Twilight introduced you to when you were in the hospital… take your pick." Dillan said with a friendly smirk, watching as everyone's jaws dropped.
They all stare at Dillan in shock, especially Rainbow and her friends. “Wha-what…how…when…” She tried to respond but was too shocked.
"I also know… well nearly everything… ever since Twilight first went to Ponyville." Dillan said, leaning on Twilight's throne as his Ultimatrix scanned Spike.
“Hey! What was that?” Spike asked, moving away from Dillan.
“E-everything?” A butter yellow Pegasus said shyly hiding behind her pink mane.
"Nothing private." Dillan said, smiling at Fluttershy. "But every friendship problem, every lesson, the grand galloping gala." He said as Rarity and Blue blood glares at each other. "Discord getting reformed, so on."
“Fascinating, so you had a portal to see our lives?” Twilight asked with paper and quill in her magic.
"In a way… it's called television… you should have heard about it at Canterlot high." Dillan said to Twilight, watching her write everything down with a smirk on his face.
Twilight’s ears twitch as she looked up at him confused. “Where?”
Dillan looks at her, an eyebrow raised in confusion and worry. "Really? You haven't been there yet?"
Twilight shook her head. “I went to Celestia school for gifted unicorns, but I've never heard of Canterlot high.”
Dillan blinks multiple times, facepalming and sighing in worry. "Wonderful, the timeline here is different from what I'm used to."
“Is that a bad thing?” Celestia asked.
“What should have happened?” Luna asked.
Dillan crosses his arms and sighs. "Well… that's not entirely something I can say… In case it's still supposed to happen."
The ponies look confused but shrug before blueblood asked. “So why did you come to Equestria if we are just fiction to you?”
"I didn't… Paradox sent me here because it's a world I'm supposed to be familiar with." Dillan said, looking out the window with sad eyes with his back to the ponies
Blueblood huffs not fully believing him. Luna asked. “If you know this world then can you warn us of upcoming threats?”
"No." Dillan said furrowing his eyebrows, while turning back to face them. "Things are meant to happen a curtain way, it could completely mess up reality… for the worse."
“We understand, that is the reason time travel spells are illegal.” Blueblood said, nodding in understanding.
"It's not about time travel… it's what you do with the information." Dillan sighed, rubbing his head. "My head hurts now… I hate time travel talk."
“As do we.” Celestia and Luna said at the same time.
Dillan looked out the window again, sighing softly. “So, what are ya going to do now Mista Dillan?” Applebloom asked him with a tilt of her head.
Dillan looked at the young earth pony, before looking back out the window yet again. "No idea… honestly the only thing I can do is live my life as best I can…"
The ponies look at each other, each looking confused before Luna smiled softly and trotted over to Dillan. "Hast, thou seen a spot you'd like a house to be built upon?"
Dillan rubbed his neck, as he looked out the window still. "Well… from this point of view that forest there looks neat… white tailed woods I believe."
“I see, I shall contact some craft ponies and you can tell them how you want it designed.” Luna said.
“Princess Luna, I know this human has saved three fillies but is it really proper for us to use royal funds on a commoner from outside equestria?” Blueblood asked.
Dillan glanced down at his Ultimatrix. "Of course, Blublu, after all he said himself, he has nowhere to go so to us that makes him a citizen of Equestria." Luna said.
Blueblood frowns but nods his head. “Alright princess as you wish.”
"I mean… if it's a problem I could build it myself. I'd just need the proper paperwork and be allowed to clear some land." Dillan said, rubbing his neck again. "My powers are meant to be used Seriously but well… I can't exactly do anything without a house so it's an emergency."
“No!” Luna calls out before everyone looks at her, making her blush and cough into a hoof. "What we mean to say is that won’t be necessary. I'm willing to pay for your house and all the paperwork out of my own pocket.”
Dillan glanced down, looking at the ground. "Is… this because of the other Dillan?"
All the ponies look at him with confused looks as Luna looks down. “No…not completely, I want to thank you for saving some of my only friends.” Luna said before looking at the fillies with a small smile. “They were so cold their dreams were too unstable for me to enter so I would not have been able to find out they were in trouble before it was too late.”
Dillan smiles looking at the fillies. "Yeah, lucky that paradox sent me there… though he probably did it on purpose."
“Could you perhaps give us a demonstration of your thing?” Twilight asked, pointing at Dillan’s ultimatrix.
"My Ultimatrix? Sure, what Ya want to see or know?" Dillan asked, arching an eyebrow.
Twilight’s eyes widened with a smile. “Everything.”
Dillan's eyes widen as he chuckles. "Yup… this is going to be a looking day."
Dillan sat on the windowsill of Twilight's castle, crossing his arms as he looked up in thought. "Well… the best way I can explain this is from my understanding. The smartest being in three arguably five galaxies made the Omnitrix to help bring the creatures of the universe closer together, it's hard to hate someone when you've been them. My watch is the evolution of the Omnitrix and a slight knock off, made by Azimuth's assistant with an evolution function that allows my transformations to evolve into what they'd be after a thousand years of non-stop fighting in a war."
“Fascinating.” Twilight said, writing all this down.
"Why would somepony make a device for an evolution of a thousand years of war?" Blueblood questioned, arching an eyebrow.
"No clue, but it does have its usefulness. Like if I was to be fighting something and I didn't have enough power I can evolve my transformations." Dillan stated. "And when the metaxies find a sample of DNA it doesn't have, they scan them and add it to the database."
“Like what it did when I shook your claw?” Celestia asked with an eyebrow raised.
"Hand, and yes." Dillan said. "Also, what happened when I picked up the cmc to get them out of the cold and when I met Spike."
“So you can turn into me?” Spike asked.
"Into a dragon, it doesn't copy the exact DNA, just the species." Dillan said, smiling softly.
“Oh.” Spike said, scratching his head.
“I have a question. What made this…television show about us…so interesting?” Rainbow asked before adding. “I mean I know I am awesome but..”
Dillan thinks for a moment. "Well… it made people happy, at least for me whenever I watched it I couldn't help but smile. Compared to my world, your world is a lot more vibrant and beautiful."
“That's nice.” Fluttershy whispered.
"But it's more than that, the show that I know brought people together. You made so many people's lives better and brought so much happiness." Dillan said smiling, pulling out his phone and playing a song he had downloaded.
By the end of the song most of the ponies were in tears. “What a beautiful song.” Fluttershy said.
Dillan smiles. "That's a song a fan of the show made, because the show changed so many people's lives and taught us so much."
“That sounds lovely.” Rarity said with a smile.
“It was too sappy for me, it needs to be twenty percent cooler.” Rainbow said, crossing her hooves.
"Like that dress you had Rarity make?" Dillan asked with a smirk.
Rainbow blushed and huffed. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” All the girls giggle at her.
"Anyway, there is one thing I'd like to ask you all if you don't mind." Dillan said, looking at the group.
“What is that?” Celestia asked
Dillan takes a deep breath. "How is it that Twilight was the only one to notice Cadence wasn't acting like herself during her wedding? I mean the elements I can understand, but Celestia? She's your niece! How the heck didn't you notice she wasn't acting live herself!?" He asked, making Celestia flinch a bit "and you five!" He said to the elements. "I understand that you were excited for a wedding and that a princess asked you for help but… how did you not think your friend may have been right and why didn't you stick by her side or at the very least if you thought she was having personal problems… didn't help her?" He asked, throwing his hands in the air in exasperation.
Most of the ponies seemed to be ashamed of themselves however Blueblood and Luna look confused and embarrassed respectively. “What wedding? I was not informed.” Blue said.
"Princess mia mora credenza's wedding with shining armor." Dillan stated. "it was during that large changeling invasion with queen Chrysalis kidnapping and taking the place of Cadence."
“Oh I was out of the country on a diplomatic mission.” Blue said.
“And I am reluctant to say I slept through most of the invasion.” Luna said with a light blush.
"Understandable considering you're usually up all night." Dillan said, nodding before looking at everyone he yelled at. "And listen, sorry for snapping. You all learned from your mistake and I didn't mean to make you feel bad, I just had to get that off my chest." He chuckled. "Watching that made a lot of people at home go crazy with questions…. Not literally."
“I understand.” Twilight said. “Sometimes there will be a confusing or inconsistent plot point in one of my stories and I try to figure it out.” She said, chuckling a bit.
Dillan chuckles. "Alright, I obviously know a lot about you guys… creepily so now that I think about it." He said getting a few chuckles from the ponies around him. "So go ahead and ask me questions about me, and not my Ultimatrix…" he said, glancing at Twilight.
“What can you do?” Rainbow asked before adding. “I mean you without your ultiwhatever.”
"I was pretty good at singing… according to my…" Dillan paused, sighing softly. "To my family, and I was pretty good at basketball."
“Darling, I could be wrong but did something happen in your past?” Rarity asked.
"His family left to go somewhere on their version of hearths warming." Sweetie belle said, as Applebloom looked at Applejack sadly.
Applejack pulls her hat down over her eyes. “Sorry to hear that sugar cube.”
"How long ago did they leave?" Pinkie pie asked, tilting her head curiously not realizing what they actually meant.
"Three months ago…" Dillan said quietly after a moment of silence. "My fiancée… uh went with them along with our unborn child."
Applebloom and Applejack hug each other while Celestia and Luna lower their heads as they are the only ones to understand.
"So what? Your family leaves you and you just up and leave your world? Bit dramatic don't you think?" Blueblood asked, raising an eyebrow.
Dillan's eyes turned to him, rage filling his eyes. "The fillies and young dragon need to leave… I'm about to be saying stuff they shouldn't hear."
Applejack frowns and nods pushing the young ones out of the room. “Awww I want to hear what he is gonna say.” Applebloom said.
"Bloom… you already know, considering that pep talk you gave me last night." Dillan said, smiling softly at the young pony. "Don't go too far ok, you four can show me around ponyville later, how's that sound?"
Applebloom nods and the fillies and Spike leave the room, waiting until the door closes and Dillan turns to all the older ponies. "For those who didn't understand what I was saying… my family died."
The mares cover their mouths and Blueblood frowns. “Oh, I apologize for my harsh words.”
Dillan nods softly as Fluttershy tears up. "S-so your fiancé a-and child…?"
"Yeah... they died too..." Dillan mumbled looking down.
The mares got up and came over to Dillan and gave him a hug, with Blue and the guards looking around awkwardly as Dillan's face turns a bit red, coughing a little. "T-thanks, um… I'll be ok."
"Good to see we're not the only awkward ones here." A guard whispers to his companion who nodded.
“Perhaps we should change the subject.” Celestia said softly.
Dillan nods a bit. "So um, what else do you want to know about me?"
“What do human’s eat?” Fluttershy asked shyly. “If that's ok to say.”
"We're omnivores…" Dillan said, looking for their reactions
Most of the ponies tilt their heads but Celestia, Luna, Blueblood, and Fluttershy nod their heads in understanding.
"Humans um… need to eat vegetables and meat to stay healthy." Dillan said, chuckling nervously.
Some of the confused ponies turn green while others take a few steps back. “I see, well I am sure fish will be enough…right?” Twilight asked.
"We can eat fish but… I'm allergic." Dillan said, hanging his head.
“Oh dear.” Fluttershy said, covering her mouth.
"That complicates things…" Celestia said, tapping her chin with a hoof.
"Might you be able to eat as a pony?" Luna asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't really know, and um… I'm not sure how transforming so much just to eat will affect my natural DNA." Dillan said.
“You can give it a try, I mean what's the worst that can happen?” Rainbow said, crossing her hooves.
"I could die?" Dillan said, rubbing his neck. "Because it would mess up my immune system and such."
“Geez.” Rainbow said, looking away.
"Hmmm…" Dillan said thinking. "I may hunt constellation beasts then..."
“Constellation beasts?” Rainbow asked, with a raised eyebrow.
“Like when the ursa minor came to town due to Trixie.” Twilight said with a frown.
"That was more Snips and Snails' fault." Dillan said, crossing his arms. "Trixie didn't tell them to do that, she was just putting on a show."
“But she is the one that lied and put the idea in their head.” Rainbow said, looking at him with furrowed eyebrows
"No, she didn't, she was boasting she defeated an ursa major before, and they thought hey! Let's see something awesome and have her do it again!" Dillan said, sighing with a shake of his head. "The show gives a lot more detail on things you guys wouldn't have seen… It focuses on different ponies at different times. I saw Snips and Snails' coming up with that dumb idea."
The mane six look at each other a bit concerned they may be in the wrong. “Excuse us but does this …show ever reveal us?” Luna asks before remembering her speech lessons and corrects herself pointing at herself and her sister. “I mean me and my sister.”
"Well… not a lot but sometimes. It showed why you became nightmare moon and it showed Celestia's more playful side." He chuckles. Luna looks down and Celestia wraps a wing around her sister.
Dillan smiles softly. "People back home actually have favorite princesses, personally you're my favorite princess Luna."
Luna’s head lifts as do her ears. “I have fans?”
"Yeah, for the longest time before the shower revealed Celestia's… less than princessy side you were much more favorites and liked because you were more relatable. You had flaws and you showed emotion aside from Celestia who was shown to always have a royal stoic typeface." Dillan said smiling.
Celestia pouts a bit as Luna giggles. “So they didn’t like me before I started acting silly?”
"Oh no, many people like you. You're a wonderful princess and motherly figure to Twilight." Dillan said with a smile. "It's just in the show you weren't shown all that much."
Rainbow gets in Dillan’s face. “Do I become leader of the wonderbolts?!”
"I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise." Dillan said smirking as he backed up a little.
“Aw come on!” Rainbow yelled falling down to the ground.
"If I told you it might not happen." Dillan said, gently rubbing her head.
Rainbow sighs and nods her head. “Alright I get it.”
“Oooo! Do I get to throw a party for you!?” Pinkie asked with a bright smile.
Dillan smiles widely. "Are you joking? I've been dreaming of going to a Pinkie pie party, let's do it!"
“Yay!” Pimkie cheered.
Everyone chuckles softly as Blue blood stands up. "I shall inform the contractors you wish for their aid aunty lulu."
“Thank you Blueblood, that would be most helpful.” Luna said, smiling at her nephew.
Blueblood nods softly as he leaves, making Rarity stick her young out after he leaves. "What a brute!"
“He could be a lot worse.” Dillan said, shaking his head.
"How?" Rarity asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Well in one reality I know of he tricked Twilight when she just became an alicorn into marrying him and used her as a puppet to take over Equestria." Dillan said.
“What!” Twilight yelled in shock and embarrassment.
Dillan nods. "It's a fanfiction, but I mean multiverse."
“Whoa, so like is there an evil universe out there?” Rainbow asked, looking worried.
"Where you're evil?" Dillan asked, rubbing his neck. "I mean… Do you guys know someone named Starlight glimmer?"
“Yeah, she is somewhere in the castle, we just had a night where we told her the story of ‘A hearths warming tail’, why?” Twilight asked.
"Then you Twilight, have already been parallel universes." Dillan said with a small smile, doing a quick double take as he noticed Pinkie was gone. "Wow, that's weird seeing it in person… and um I'm referring to when Starlight used this map to go back in time."
“Oh…well at least those worlds are gone now.” She shuttered. “Some of them were horrible.”
"Oh no they still exist." Dillan said. "When Starlight went back in time it sprouted alternative timelines, they still exist just as this one…"
“What!?” Twilight stood up with worry in her eyes. “Can we help those timelines then?”
Dillan blinks a few times as he rubs the back of his neck more, as it starts turning red from the excessive rubbing. "Uh… I'm not sure… we could try…"
"Twilight, how would you possibly get to those timelines without spawning more?" Celestia asked her student.
Twilight lowers her head. “But…they need help.” She said sadly.
Dillan glanced at his Ultimatrix, a thoughtful look on his face as Luna noticed. "Something on thy mind sir Dillan?" She asked getting everyone's attention.
“You look deep in thought.” Celestia adds.
"Oh um." Dillan said, blushing a bit and looking at his ultimatrix. "I um.. have a transformation that can… time travel?"
“Time travel is very dangerous.” Celestia warns as she closes her eyes with a smile. “It would be irresponsible for me to not keep an eye on you to make sure you don't help my former student mess with the timeline.”
"Well… I wouldn't be messing with the timeline." Dillan said. "Theoretically I can travel through time to the point starlight opens the portals to other dimensions and… go through. That way I can help those other dimensions."
Celestia sings and lights her horn, putting on ear muffs. “I’m sorry I can’t hear what you just said.”
Luna getting the hint smiles and picks a random book to bury her face in. “We are sorry, we are too absorbed in this fascinating story to hear what you are doing.”
Dillan blinks a few times and chuckles, shaking his head. "I don't even know of I have the transformation unlocked."
Twilight smiles a bit and lightly hits his arm. “Then check, if we can help we should. It's what a friend would do.”
Dillan laughs a little. "I like how you all just accept a complete stranger as a friend." He said popping up his Ultimatrix and flipping through the holograms.
“Oooo! Shiny.” Pinkie said, jumping onto Dillan’s back and looked over his shoulder.
"Hi Pinkie, how's the decorating for the party going?" Dillan asked her, somehow not bothered by her sudden reappearance.
“Going just great, but I need to know your favorite color, cake flavor, cupcake flavor, and soft drink flavor.” Pinkie said before waving her hoof through the holograms of the aliens. “Oooo, neat.”
"Oh. In order it's Blue, chocolate and vanilla, confetti, and mountain dew." Dillan said, before he stopped looking through his holograms. "I don't have that form unlocked…"
Pinkies disappears in a pinkie shaped smoke cloud as Twilight lowers her head. “oh.”
"But once I do unlock it we can help the other universes." Dillan said with a small smile. She smiles a bit but then looks over at the princesses and giggles a bit as they are still pretending not to pay attention, making Dillan shake his head, pulling Celestia's one earmuff off. "I don't have that transformation unlocked."
“Oh, well it's probably for the best.” Celestia said, shaking her head. “So what shall we discuss now?”
"No clue, I'm pretty sure that covers everything…" Dillan said, rubbing his head. "And I'm sure Pinkie wouldn't be very happy if we don't show up to that party."
“Yeah, we do not want to miss one of her parties.” Rainbow said before shuttering.
Applejack nods with a shudder. "Seeing as ya promised the girls they could show ya around how about ya do that while we go see pinkie?"
Dillan nods. "Right, wouldn't be right if I broke my promise."
“Well I think we can stay for a little bit longer, perhaps to have a slice of cake…or two.” Celestia said, licking her lips, making Luna roll her eyes but smile.
Dillan chuckles before going to find the CMC and Spike. "Hey there!" Sweetie Belle said, running up to Dillan. "Ready for your tour?"
He smiles and nods. "Ma'am yes ma'am."
“Come on, we wanna get this tour started!” Scootaloo said pulling on Dillan’s pants leg to get him to move faster.
"Alright, alright!" Dillan laughs, following the four of them. "So where first?"
“Rainbow’s house!” Scootaloo said.
“Sweet Apple Acres!” Applebloom said.
“The Carousel Boutique!” Sweetie Belle said…all at the same time.
Spike shakes his head with a smirk, as Dillan laughs. "Ok ok, how about this? We go in order. Since sweet apple acres is on the outskirts of the city we go there first, then Rainbow's house, then the Carousel boutique."
“Ok!” All the fillies said at once and tried to get Dillan out the door faster, making all the mares laugh.
Dillan smiles simply as he follows the three leaving Spike with Twilight. "He certainly is good with children." Rarity said with a smile.
“Yes, but I suppose that's to be expected given…his past.” Celestia said, then she looked at Luna. “Luna, please ensure he has at least a month of peaceful sleep, so he can focus on settling in. He will have to face his demons someday, but the least we can do is give him some time to adjust to our world and make it home for himself here.”
Luna nods. "Of course, I'd like to ask you six to help him as well." She said to the main six. "I'm after something so horrible he'll need some friends and I have a feeling he isn't telling us something."
“Of course, princess.” Twilight said with a smile.
“I won’t let either of you or him down.” Rainbow said.
Rarity smiles and nods her head. “I shall do my best to make him and perhaps learn what he isn't telling us.”
“I…I’ll h-help too.” Fluttershy said shyly.
“Darn Tuten will help him your highness. If he wants it, he'll have a job on sweet apple acres.” Applejack said with a smile.
Celestia and Luna smile. "Thank you, girls." Celestia said
The mares all got up and started walking out of the castle. “Where do you think the party will be at?” Rarity asked.
“Where else? Sugarcube Corner duh.” Rainbow said as she flew next to her friends.
"Yeah." Applejack said with a smile. "Ah bet she asked the girls to distract him for a while."
“It would explain why they want to take him to three different places that are on three different corners of Ponyville.” Luna spoke up.
"Indeed." Celestia giggled.
“Shall we split up and help both Pinkie and the girls?” Rarity asked.
"Didn't Scootaloo say something about Rainbow's house?" Twilight asked as Rainbow dash blinks and quickly flies off with a red blush on her face.
The mares giggle at their friend before they agree to split up, the princesses and Rarity going to help Pinkie while Twilight, Applejack, and Fluttershy go to find Dillan and the fillies.
Dillan smiles as the three fillies lead him to Sweet apple acres, looking around at the vast amounts of apple trees. "This is amazing, the show never showed this much."
“It didn’t? How come?” Applebloom asked.
"It mostly focused on the house and barn… Oh and your clubhouse. Other than that, it was supposed to just be an apple orchard, but this is a lot more amazing than I ever thought." Dillan stated.
“If you think this is cool, just wait till you see Rainbow’s house.” Scootaloo said.
The others rolled their eyes, but Applebloom said. “You have seen our clubhouse? Do…does that mean we were on the show too?”
"Oh yeah." Dillan nods. "You guys even had a bunch of your own episodes."
“Cool! I bet we got to beat a lot of baddies up huh?” Scootaloo said, punching the air with her hooves.
Dillan smiles at her as the four continue to walk afterwards. "All I'll say is that you're all awesome."
The filly's giggles and smile as they keep leading him around the farm. They eventually run into Big Mac and Granny Smith. "Applebloom, who in tarnation is this?" Big Mac asked with furrowed eyebrows.
“This is a new friend!” Applebloom said with a smile, even though her ears fold backwards.
“Yeah, he saved us when we needed help.” Sweetie Belle added.
“And he is moving to ponyville.” Scootaloo finished.
"My name's Dillan." Dillan said with a smile as Granny walked up slowly.
"Yer saying he saved yall?" She asked looking Dillan over a bit.
The three fillies nod their heads and smile innocently. “Yes ma'am, he did.” Applebloom said.
"Well thank Ya fer saving my grand filly." Granny said with a smile. "Yer welcome on our farm anytime."
Dillan smiles softly and nods. "Thank you… oh hey big Mac do you and spike need another orcs and ooblets player?"
Big mac blushes lightly and looks around. “Ah don’t know what yer talkin bout.”
“Oh come off it Mac, the whole town knows you and that little dragon boy play together.” Granny smith said.
"Yeah, where I come from, we have Dungeons and dragons. It's amazing and trust me it's basically the same." Dillan said smiling.
Big Mac sighs and rubs his head. “Yeah we could use another player.”
"Sweet!" Dillan said happily. "I'm looking forward to it."
“Me too.” Big Mac said.
"I'm actually going to have a house built with Princess Luna's help… I wonder if I can add a gaming room?" Dillan muttered out loud.
“Hey girls, let's show him our clubhouse.” Applebloom said to the other two fillies.
"Yah!" The unicorn and Pegasus said, dragging- more like trying to drag- Dillan to their clubhouse.
“Come on Dillan, we want to show you so much stuff.” Scootaloo said.
"Ok ok." Dillan said with a smile, following the three again. "It was nice meeting you two!" He called to Big Mac and Granny Smith.
The two older ponies waved as Dillan was led away before going back to work, and sleeping in a rocking chair. “Maybe we can show him the everfree after this?” Scootaloo said to her friends.
"No." Dillan said sternly. "The everfree forest is dangerous, I am not letting you three go into those woods."
“Aww.” All three fillies said simultaneously as hell over their heads. “And I thought you would be fun.” Scootaloo said.
"I'm sure it would, but I'm responsible for you three while you're with me and I'm not going to put you in danger like that." Dillan said, as Fluttershy, Applejack, and Twilight overhear from where they were following them.
“Oh good, he is firm but not cruel with his rules.” Fluttershy whispered.
"Yeah, if he had let them go in there, I'd have tanned his hide." Applejack whispered with a chuckle as they continued following the three ponies and a human.
“It could just be because he knows the dangers of the forest.” Twilight whispered while writing down the conversation.
"Ok how about we go see cloudsdale!" Scootaloo said, hopping up and down excitedly.
"Scots…" Dillan said pointing at Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. "Not Pegusi, they can't walk on clouds."
She waves a hoof. “We can get that cloud walking spell.”
"And who would cast it? Last I checked -no offence Sweetie- Sweetie belle can't use magic that well. Besides, we don't have the time. Pinkie pie is throwing a party for me. It's rude if I was late for my own party." He chuckled.
“Awww, later?” Scootaloo asked.
"How about in two days? That way I can get my house built and everything then we can go sightseeing and I can also show you some of my new alien forms." Dillan said with a smile.
“Coool!” They all say with stars in their eyes.
Dillan sweat drops and chuckles nervously. "What have I gotten myself into?"
"He's going to regret that decision." Applejack muttered.
The fillies giggle and jump around him as they lead him to the clubhouse. “I am sure he will.” Twilight said with a giggle.
"How about we wait for the others to stop trying to follow us and just come out?" Dillan said, smirking as he glanced back at the hidden ponies seeing a little yellow flank with three butterflies and a pink tail sticking out of the bushes.
The mares slowly come out chuckling embarrassed that they got caught. “How did you know we were here?” Twilight asked.
"Two things." Dillan said, holding up two fingers. "The main one is I'm a human, and I could hear your hooves clippity clopping on the ground." He said as they looked at their hooves. "The second thing is that Fluttershy's flank wasn't in the bush all the way."
The other two look at Fluttershy who blushed and covered her flank with her tail. “O-oh my.”
"Not like that." Dillan said, rolling his eyes. "I just saw the top of your flank and tail."
Fluttershy still blushed. “Sorry girls, I guess I'm not good at sneaking.”
"It's alright sugar cube." Applejack said.
"Yeah… we should have just walked with them anyway." Twilight said rubbing her neck.
“Dillan! Come on!” Scootaloo said, pulling on Dillan.
"Ok ok, jeez you're impatient." Dillan said following them.
“Of course we are, we're fillies!” Applebloom said with a giggle.
Dillan rolled his eyes with a smile, looking up at the tree house as they approached the CMC clubhouse. "Wow, this is cooler in person."
“Hey I wonder if he will fit inside.” Sweetie said out loud.
"Oh yeah… he is pretty tall…" Scootaloo said, leaning her head back to look at Dillan.
"Anyone afraid of bugs?" Dillan asked the group. "I have a small transformation that could let me fit in there."
“Nope.” Applebloom said.
“No way would I be scared of a bug.” Scootaloo said.
Sweetie looked around nervous before saying. “I’m not…a-afraid of bugs.”
Dillan looked at Sweetie belle. "If you are Belle let me know ok? I won't use that form." He said kneeling down with a small smile.
She shakes her head. “I’ll be fine.”
"Are you sure? I do have a different small transformation." Dillan said, gently rubbing her head.
She blushes lightly and looks down. “I said I will be fine.”
Dillan nods softly, popping up his Ultimatrix and transforming into a small insect-like creature with a blue hue. "Ball weevil!"
Applebloom and Scootaloo lean down to look at him while Sweetie Belle keeps her distance. “What can this little guy do?” Scootaloo asked.
"I can make balls of mucus that explode." Dillan said, looking at Sweetie belle. "You don't look very comfortable."
“I’m ok, and ew.” Sweetie said.
“What's wrong?” Scootaloo asked.
“He used mucus that explodes.” Sweetie said, the other two fillies just shrug not knowing what that is.
"Snot." Dillan said. "That's what mucus is."
“Ew!” The fillies said backing up and Applejack laughed.
"Y'all are afraid of a little snot?" Applejack asked as Dillan climbed onto sweetie belle's back.
"Relax, I won't use my abilities." Dillan said, sitting on Sweetie Belle's head.
“You better not, especially not on top of my head.” Sweetie said, looking up at him.
"Gross." Scootaloo said, sticking out her tongue. "Anyway, let's go."
Twilight walks up to them and draws a sketch of Dillan’s form. “Fascinating.”
Dillan laughs. "Never imagined I'd be the focus of an infamous Twilight learning session."
“Infamous? Why would learning be bad?” Twilight asked as they all walked up the ramp.
"Twilight… you literally spend days in a dark room doing nothing but reading " Dillan said with a dead paned look.
Twilight blushes a bit. “I don’t do that…anymore.”
"Any more keywords there." Dillan said as they went inside the clubhouse. "wow, this is amazing…"
“Thanks! We each did something to decorate the inside of it.” Applebloom said, then added. “I made the furniture.”
“I got the lights.” Sweetie said.
“And I got all the cool stuff.” Scootaloo said.
Dillan nods looking around. "This is a lot different than the show, in the show all you had were some tables and natural sunlight." He said looking around more.
“Well, we did recently upgrade it a bit.” Sweetie said before Applejack picks up a lamp eyeing it.
“Is this Rarity’s reading lamp?” She asked.
Dillan chuckles. "They're children, where did you think they'd get all this stuff? They have no money… but stealing is wrong you three."
The fillies sit together and smile innocently. “We didn’t steal…just borrowed.”
All the adults stare at them before shaking their heads with smiles. "Well at least it's nothing too expensive." Dillan commented.
"True, Rarity already replaced that lamp." Twilight stated.
“Oh wait!” Scootaloo said before looking at her friends. “If Dillan has seen our world, then maybe he knows what our cutie marks are!”
"Not telling." Dillan interrupted. "You probably wouldn't believe me even if I told you." He said chuckling.
“Aww.” they all say before Sweetie’s ears perk up. “Wait so we do eventually get our marks?”
"Well duh, all ponies do." Dillan said, before his Ultimatrix symbol began beeping. "Oh crap!" He said before bouncing out the window and turning back to normal rolling along the ground a bit. "Ok… I'm ready for that party…"
The fillies and mares giggle at Dillan. “Alright, Pinkie should be done by now.” Twilight said.
"So do you have a limited time you can stay transformed?" Sweetie belle asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Yeah… usually it's roughly ten to fifteen minutes… but with my watch it lasts as long as it has energy." Dillan said, slowly standing up. "Ah my back…" he said before he stood up with a loud crack. "Oh, that feels good."
All the ponies flinch at the popping sounds and the fillies even cover their ears.
"You guys, ok?" Dillan asked, arching an eyebrow.
“That sound, how can you do that to yourself?” Twilight asked.
"I was just cracking my back. It feels really good." Dillan said as Scootaloo stretched herself and did the same thing as Dillan.
"Oh wow!" Scootaloo said with a dopy smile. "That does feel good."
The other ponies shiver. “It sounds painful.” Twilight said.
"Not at all, it's kind of like a self-massage. Just don't do it too much." Dillan said. "It can mess up your spine." He said picking up Scootaloo and looking at her with a smile as she tried to do it again.
“Well come on y’all, don’t want to miss Pinkie’s party.” Applejack said.
Dillan smiles and picks up the other crusaders, setting them all on his shoulders and head giving the three a higher point of view. The three giggled as the group walked, getting multiple looks form the towns ponies when Dillan walked through the town with his head held high
Deep in the bowels of space a long and large ship with glowing blue parts and a pincer-like front end that has electricity passing between the two. Far within the depths of the ship a tall bipedal squid like being with small muscles and a blue hue stood at the helm of the ship, watching his robotic minions as one approached him.
“Sir, we have detected an anomaly.” The robot said.
"What sort of anomaly?" The bipedal figure said, not looking at the robot.
“We have detected an abnormally high level of technology on a lone planet.” The robot said and showed the being a tablet. “The strange thing is it's just one location that is going off. it is at least level twenty technology.”
"And what level is the planet's technology?" The being asked looking at the tablet.
“When last checked…” The robot checked the tablet. “Level one.”
"Level one?" The being asked. "I've only heard of one technology that high, and I was imprisoned in this sector of space for trying to obtain it… intriguing. Set course for the planet."
“Yes sir, shall I send a probe ahead of us to scout out the planet?” The robot asked.
"Yes, but engage the cloaking device on the ship as well so we are not detected." The being said.
“Yes sir.” The robot goes over to a control panel and presses a few buttons.
"Soon whatever this level twenty Teck is I shall have it or else my name is not Vilgax the intellectual!" The being said as a blue orb detached from the ship and flew off to the planet that was detected.
With Dillan
Dillan smiles as he sat at a table with a plate of food in front of him, the elements of Harmony, princesses, and cutie mark crusaders sitting around the same table as multiple ponies talk and dance thanks to the party Pinkie had set up for Dillan. THANKS FOR SAVING THE CRUSADES AND WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY.
"So, tell us more about your world." Rainbow dash said. "Ya got any good book like daring doo?"
"Wow, I'm surprised Twilight didn't ask me that." Dillan said with a chuckle, as he pulled out a book with a dark shade of purple with an alicorn on the front with her head hung down and her wings spread out in front of her. "This is past Sins, it's actually a fan made story about your world that became so popular it got a hard cover. It's actually mostly about you Twilight."
“Me?” Twilight asked, shocked.
Dillan nods, smirking a little. "Well, you and er… your daughter."
“Daughter!?” Everyone yelled in shock.
Dillan's smirk widened. "Adopted daughter, but yeah"
Twilight faints and Spike fans her with a paper plate spilling crumbs and frosting all over her.
Dillan covers his mouth. "Good thing I didn't tell her who it is."
“Who was her daughter?” Luna asked.
"Read the book or use a spell to instantly read it." He said eating a cupcake, after he looked at her.
Luna picks up the book and starts to read it. “I do hope it won’t make my sister faint as well.” Celestia said with a giggle.
"Possibly…" Dillan said with a serious tone as Luna gasped.
"Twilight was kidnapped!?" She asked as she kept reading.
Everyone looked between Luna and Twilight before going back to the party. “How do you like the party?” Pinkie asked.
"It's fun." Dillan said smiling. "The best I've ever been to."
“Yay!” Pinkie cheered before pushing a cupcake into Dillan’s mouth, then she rushed off.
Dillan blinked a couple of times, before swallowing the cupcake. "It's Pinkie, don't question it." Dillan and Rainbow said at the same time, one to himself and the other to him from another.
All the mares giggle at that, aside from Rainbow and Luna. "S-sir Dillan… the filly Twilight adopts in this book…"
"Is Nightmare moon reborn. Yes." He said, smiling softly.
“How? Why? Surely, she would know of the danger.” Luna said as she kept reading, getting absorbed in the book.
"Two reasons, the spell didn't finish so Nightmare does have all her memories and two she didn't want a filly to be sent to the moon." Dillan said as Celestia began reading over Luna's shoulder.
Spike chuckles as he speaks. “I think we lost them both.”
"Just wait until they get near the middle, the Celestia in the story does something… very messed up." Dillan said, shaking his head.
"Tia what did you do?" Luna asked her sister with a glare.
Celestia pulls her head back. “I wouldn’t…well…maybe.”
Dillan chuckles. "Just keep reading." Dillan chuckles, before the two instantly looked back into the book.
"Wow, I'm surprised Twily isn't the one doing that." A voice said from behind them, as the group turned to see a pony with a white coat and blue mane standing next to a pink alicorn with equally pink hair, a small foal wrapped in a blue star coat giggling on the mare's back.
“Howdy Shining, Cadence, what brings y’all to Ponyville?” Applejack asked.
"We came to surprise Twilight and heard of a new species having just moved here." Cadence said with a smile before her daughter vanished in a poof of magic.
She reappeared on top of Dillan’s head giggling, a cupcake already in her face since Dillan held it up to his head before she teleported. "How'd you know she was going to do that?" Shining armor asked, smiling softly as his daughter licked the frosting off the cupcake.
"She's a baby with magic and I'm something she's never seen before, curiosity is strong." Dillan said with a smile.
“So, you are the new species I take it.” Cadence said walking up to Dillan with a smile.
"In this dimension, yes." Dillan said with a smile. "My name's Dillan, it's nice to meet you princess Mia mora cadenza."
Candace smiles and giggles as she lifts her daughter off him. “It is nice to meet you too.”
The small infant whimpers and reaches out to Dillan, tears in her eyes since she didn't want to leave yet. Dillan smiles and gently tickles her neck, making her laugh and squirm away from him as Shining armor chuckles. "She loves getting tickled."
“I just had the weirdest dream.” Twilight said as she sat up. “Something about adopting a daughter.”
Dillan chuckles and points to the book Luna and Celestia were reading. "Not a dream, just information about that book."
Twilight blinks before walking over to the punch bowl and drinking a whole cup. “Nope.”
Dillan chuckles, shaking his head as Luna gasps and smacks Celestia's shoulder making Dillan burst out laughing knowing what part of the story the fast-reading sisters were at as Flurry heart teleports into his lap giggling along with the laughter.
“What's so funny? And why did Luna just hit Celestia?” Shining asked.
Dillan whipped his tears. "Sorry, long story short, that's a fanfiction about Twilight from where I come from. Where she adopts a small filly, she found in the ever-free forest she named Nyx… I'm laughing because I warned these guys about what Luna would do when she got to a curtain part, and she just did."
Cadence raised an eyebrow. “What part would that be?”
"Celestia just kidnapped the foal Twilight adopted!" Luna said angrily.
The mares look at Celestia who hotels her hooves up. “I would not have done that.”
"Really?" Dillan asked. "Even if you were afraid, she was Nightmare moon and was scared she'd take Luna away again?"
Celestia’s ears fold back. “Well…maybe.” she admitted.
Dillan smiles softly. "It's ok, you were worried about your sister… the Twilight in the story however probably won't forgive you… maybe."
Flurry heart giggled and played with Dillan's little patch of beard hair, as he gently bounced her in his lap.
“Well, while the princesses enjoy that…story, why don’t we learn more about you?” Rarity asked
"Sure, ask away." Dillan said, smiling as Flurry's heart got in his face, and looked him in the eye. "Hi." He said, making her giggle more.
"W-what's your um… favorite animal?" Fluttershy asked, in her timid voice.
"Giraffes." He said simply as he held Flurry's heart, while her parents went to get food.
“Can you fly?” Rainbow asked.
"In a transformation, one of them can fly at the speed of light." Dillan said, looking at his ultimatrix.
“Oh yeah? I bet I am faster.” Rainbow said with a smirk.
Dillan and Twilight look at her as if she was crazy. "Do you know what the speed of light even is?"
“Slower than me.” Rainbow said with a smirk and flaps her wings to get into the air.
"The speed of light is faster than sound." Dillan said to her. "Using that transformation, I could get from one side of Equestria to the other in a second."
Rainbow's eyes widen before she looks around and waves it off. “Pfff yeah right.”
Dillan rolls his eyes with a smirk. "Whatever, believe what you want… slowpoke."
Rainbow bolts into Dillan’s face. “What did you call me?!”
"Slowpoke, got a problem with that?" Dillan asked with a challenging smirk not moving away from her.
“You, me, outside, now!” Rainbow said before flying out the doors.
Dillan chuckles. "She reminds me of my fiance." He said, slowly giving Flurry heart to Cadence before heading outside.
“Darling, are you really going to race her?” Rarity asked as most of the mares follow him.
"Not for real." Dillan said with a smile, before whispering. "I know how bad her ego is and what would happen if I beat her."
The girls nod their heads as they get outside where Rainbow is doing small rings in the air.
Dillan smiles as he watches her for a moment, before popping up his Ultimatrix and transforming into a large blue tinted mantuary like being. "You ready?" He asked Rainbow.
“What the buck is that thing?” Rainbow asked shocked.
"This is Jet ray, the alien I was telling you about." Dillan said, taking off into the air and circling her. "So are Ya ready?"
“Oh, it is on!” Rainbow said, narrowing her eyes.
Dillan smirks and blasts off in the direction of the mountain near Ponyville, faster than Rainbow could process. “What the buck!?” She shouts before she tries to follow him.
Dillan flies around and slides next to her. "So, where do you want to race to?"
Rainbow frowns before pointing a hoof at her home. “From here to my home, then back to Twilight’s castle.”
"Got it, Ya ready?" He asked, smiling a bit at her.
“Whenever you are!” She said before getting in a runners pose on a cloud.
Dillan smiles and lands next to her before also getting in a stance, before the two take off racing quickly to Rainbow's house. The two get to her house at the exact same time before racing back to Twilight's castle, before Dillan glanced at Rainbow and slowed down ever so slightly so Rainbow beat him to the castle making her ecstatic.
“Ha! I knew I could win!” Rainbow yells as she begins panting and lands on the ground.
Dillan smiles a bit as he turns back, chuckling. "Looks like I'm beat, good race."
“I knew I was faster!” Rainbow boasts before she collapses to the ground panting.
Dillan kneels down to her. "You, ok?"
She waves a hoof. “I…I’m fine.”
"You really pushed yourself, come on." He said helping her to stand up and walking her inside.
“I can…walk on…my own.” Rainbow said, weakly wiggling her hooves.
"Yeah ok… you clearly overexerted yourself." He said, chuckling as he sat her in her throne once they got inside.
“My goodness, I think Rainbow is overheating.” Rarity said.
Dillan nods a bit, as Rainbow glares at them weakly. "I-i am n-not…"
Twilight walks up and starts looking over Rainbow. “Rainbow this is serious, if you're overheating you would hurt yourself without treatment.”
Dillan looked at her. "Can't she just drink some water?"
Twilight shakes her head. “While that would help, if a pony is overheating that means their internal body temperature is reaching a dangerous level and we can't just release the heat that easily. We need to cool her down quickly.”
Dillan pops up his Ultimatrix and flips through the scans, before transforming into a large moth-like being. "Big chill!" He said before shooting some cold air out of his mouth around Rainbow dash
Rainbow sighs and relaxes as she is cooled down fast. “That feels good.”
"Woah, Nelly. That watch sure is useful." Applejack said as Dillan nodded but kept the cool air blowing into Rainbow dash.
Twilight scans Rainbow with her magic. “Ok, Rainbow is at a safe temperature now. But she will need to rest.”
Dillan returned to normal, nodding a bit. "You didn't have to go so hard against me, you know." Dillan said to Rainbow.
She frowns and looks away with a blush. “Whatever.”
Dillan raises an eyebrow but shrugs with a smile. "Well anyway it was an amazing race, we should do it again sometime."
“Yeah…sometime.” Rainbow muttered.
“Dillan dear, I have noticed that you wear clothes. Who designed them?” Rarity asked.
"No clue, I just bought them." Dillan said, before blushing a bit. "H-humans don't um… have anything to uh cover… things so we all wear clothes."
All the mares blushed at that. “Oh my.” Fluttershy whispered.
"U-um would you mind making me some more clothes, Rarity? I only have one pair…" he said looking away.
“Of course, darling but I will need your measurements, as well as any specific designs that you want.” Rarity told him.
"I'm ok with just black and blue, it's my favorite color pattern aside from orange and black. And uh… I have no clue about measurements." He shrugged.
“Just come to my Boutique when you are free, and I will take your measurements.” Rarity said. Then they heard sniffing from Luna and Celestia.
"You're near the end, aren't you?" Dillan asked the two princesses.
Luna nods and sniffles. “Poor Nyx, sister, remind us to check the castle for any remnants of n Nightmare.”
"Luna… are you going to try and?" Dillan asked, his eyes widening.
She shakes her head. “N-no I would not risk accidentally bringing Nightmare back trying to make Nyx real. I just want to make sure that there are no pieces left behind where a cult could attempt to bring her back.”
Dillan hums. "Well… making Nyx real would be interesting. But yeah, that makes sense…"
Luna and Celestia go back to reading the book. “I am worried about reading that book.” Twilight said.
"It's very good." Dillan said. "But it is sad at points."
“But it would feel strange reading a story about…me.” Twilight said, rubbing her leg.
"Imagine how Ak yearling feels then." Dillan said with a smile.
Twilight blinks before thinking about it. “Huh, I guess that's true.”
"Just read it, it's very good… look at them." Dillan said pointing at Celestia and Luna.
Twilight looks at them and smiles a bit. “It feels good to see them acting like sisters, enjoying something together.”
A guard rushes into the room, getting everyone's attention “Princesses there's some strange object floating around town!”
"What kind of object?" Celestia asked, looking up from the book.
“We don’t know, it looks to be made of metal with blue glowing eyes and its limbs to shine a blue light on anypony it grabs.” The guard said.
"Wait… say that again?" Dillan asked, going over to the guard quickly.
“Uh, a strange orange flying metal thing is scaring ponies by shining a blue light over them when it can grab them.” The guard said backing up from Dillan.
Dillan pulled out his phone much to the confusion on everyone before showing the guard a picture.
"This but blue?" He asked worry in his voice.
“Um yes, but it doesn’t have legs or at least it is somehow using its legs to fly.” The guard said.
Dillan gulped a bit before going into his phone again and showing the guard another picture. "This one?"
The guard shook his head. “The first one was closer.”
"Oh no." Dillan said, gulping before rushing out the castle.
Everyone follows him out of the castle, with Twilight asking. “What is it? Do you know what it is?”
Dillan looked around frantically. "A drone, a drone we need to get rid of fast!"
“Why? What is it doing?” Applejack asked as she ran alongside him.
"Nothing good, if it is like the picture I showed the guard, it belongs to an intergalactic war lord!" Dillan said, screeching to a halt as ponies ran if fear of a large blue robot flying around before it suddenly stopped, and its helicopter blades turned into legs.
It turns to spot Dillan and its eyes light up a bright blue as a beam of light scans him but goes over a second time on his watch. “Anomaly found.” It said before reaching for him.
Dillan backs away, not letting the robot grab him as he kept his distance. "Not good."
“Capture anomaly.” It said before two more robots were shot out of its shoulders.
Dillan ran away from the robot, as the two smaller machines flew after him. "It appears to be after Dillan." Cadence said, walking up to the group with her husband and Foal.
The robots all follow Dillan but only try to capture him, not attack him yet. “Capture anomaly.” The larger robot repeats.
Dillan jumps and grabs a flagpole flipping around the robots and kicking one into the dirt, making the ponies' mouths drop. "Should we help?" Celestia asked.
“Hostile detected, engaging.” The large robot said before aiming its arm at Dillan and fired a laser out of its palm.
“Th-that thing is s-scary.” Fluttershy said while hiding behind Rarity.
"Well ah ain't gonna stand around and let Dillan get hurt, he saved mah sis. And I'm not gonna let something hurt em!" Applejack said, charging at the Robot.
Dillan yells in pain as the blast strikes him and sends him flying through the air slamming him into a building before the other two robots started shooting at him as well.
The lasers burn the ground and walls around him as he barely manages to roll out, then one of the smaller robots flies up to Dillan grabbing his arm. It was about to fly up into the air with him, but Applejack ran up, pivoting on her front hooves, turning around and giving it a powerful buck, denting it. “Buck! Those things are stronger than old Betsy.”
"Applejack, get out of here now, these things are dangerous." Dillan said weakly as Rainbow dash slammed into one of the robots.
"Buck that, you saved our sisters and helped me! No way we're going to leave Ya hanging!" Rainbow yelled.
Celestia and Luna step up next to each other before blasting the large robot with their magic, pushing it back. “Mana manipulation detected, deploying countermeasures.” The large robot said before a blue energy field appears around it and the sister's magic stops affecting it.
"What is this!?" Celestia asked in shock as Dillan slowly stood up.
"They have counters for magic?!" Dillan asked in shock, as a Lazer blasted his shoulder.
The large robot walks forward to grab Dillan while the girls try to stop it. Applejack uses her rope to lasso its other arm and pull on it, but it just drags her along the dirt. Rarity tries throwing whatever her magic can grab onto, but nothing is hard enough to do more than scratch it. Fluttershy rushes to Dillan to help him up. Rainbow dash flies into the soy and grabs a cloud before slamming it onto the robot’s head trying to blind it. Pinkie uses her party cannon on the robot but that also does nothing. Lastly Twilight, Luna, and Celestia all combine their magic and attempt to get past the anti-magic shield.
Dillan breathes heavily as Fluttershy helps him up, before the robot blasted a house behind Dillan while trying to hit him, making him look back at the flaming building with shock and fear as his mind goes back to the night his own home blew up. The human's head slowly looks back to the robot, his eyes darting slowly between each of the girls before he grits his teeth in rage.
In a flash Dillan slammed down his Ultimatrix, making a bright blue aura flood the town center where they had ended up. When it vanished, their human friend had been replaced with a large skeleton-like being with a single eye with two skeletal wing-like appendages on its back and a boney tail. "That's it!" He said with a raspy voice, before he jumped into the air and shot sharp bone projectiles into each of the smaller robots causing them to explode.
“Extreme hostility detected.” The large robot said before using both hands to fire a beam at Dillan.
Dillan's body suddenly fell apart into a pile shocking the group as the blasts went past him, before he reassembled himself and shot multiple bones into the robot's body.
“Error, unknown life form detected. Requesting…requesting…reques….ting…” The large robot said before it fell onto a nearby house, shutting down.
Dillan's breath was heavy with anger as he returned to normal and fell on his butt, turning to look at the ponies who watched him with various expressions Ranging from surprise to fear. "That… was the coolest thing I've ever done."
The robot lights up once more. “S-s-s-self d-d-d-destruct a-a-a-activated.”
"What!?" Dillan shouted.
"That doesn't sound good." Pinkie pie said as Dillan turned to Celestia and Luna.
"Teleport it away from the town now!" He yelled in panic.
The three alicorns focus their magic together and teleport the robot high into the sky, before there was a massive explosion. “Wh-why would it kill itself?” Fluttershy asked.
"Because it failed it's objective. It was a machine, like the train, it didn't have feelings or anything." Dillan said, looking up at the sky.
Small pieces of scrap metal fall around the town. “You seem to know what that…thing was.” Celestia said.
"Yeah…" Dillan signed, showing them the picture, he showed the guard. "It's a robot by someone named Vilgax… he's an intergalactic war lord."
“That doesn’t sound good.” Pinkie said frowning.
“Indeed not, why would he send this robot here?” Celestia asked.
Dillan looks down at his ultimatrix, getting Twilight's attention. “Was it here for your watch?” Twilight asked, worried of the chaos that device could do in the wrong hands.
Dillan sighed as everyone looked at him. "Most likely, either that or me being a human here is an anomaly like the robot was saying."
“Um…d-did anypony notice the big thing didn’t attack till Dillan did?” Fluttershy asked quietly.
Dillan blinked a few times. "Huh, you're right… but it still tried to steal my Ultimatrix and if that robot was sent by who I think it's a good thing we stopped it."
“Perhaps this…Vilgax can be reasoned with.” Celestia suggested.
"He's killed thousands and stolen the powers of superheroes from ten planets." Dillan said, shaking his head.
“How do you know that? Is it like, that show of us?” Luna asked.
"Yes, there's a show called Ben ten where a ten-year-old got a watch like mine called the Omnitrix and Vilgax has tried to kill him and steal the Omnitrix for nearly ten years when the show finally ended." Dillan said, nodding.
Twilight thought for a moment. “Didn’t you say something about this world being different somehow? Maybe this Vilgax isn’t evil in this world.”
Dillan blinks and thinks for a moment. "Maybe… but I'd rather not take that chance, if someone here got hurt because of me I wouldn't forgive myself."
“We can take care of ourselves darling.” Rarity said with a soft giggle.
"I know you can…. But what about them?" He asked, looking at the crowd of ponies that had gathered. "You have your shop, Applejack has her farm, Twilight has her princess duties, Pinkie has her parties and sugar cube corner, Rainbow has the weather agency and Fluttershy has her animals and animal sanctuary. Someone has to protect them when you're all busy."
The mares all look at each other, admitting he has a point until Celestia walks up and smiles at him. “Then I would like to make you a job offer. Protect Equestria from otherworldly threats and we will make sure that you have enough funding to do so.”
Dillan blushes a bit and rubs his head. "I mean I honestly just need a paycheck, and probably medical care…" he said holding his arm, as Fluttershy from Dillan's left side noticed his burnt and bloody shoulder from where the robot hit him.
Fluttershy gasps and flies off to get medical supplies. “Still, defending our whole world from a villain such as the one you described will take a lot of work and that takes money. Take it from this old mare, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.” Celestia said with a wink.
Dillan chuckles and nods, "alright, I understand."
“Then it is settled.” Celestia said with a smile and a nod.
Dillan smiles a bit, yelping as Fluttershy puts some peroxide on his burn. “Oh dear, I am sorry, but I need to make sure this doesn't get infected.” She spoke.
"I-its alright, could have warned me though." Dillan chucked as the ponies saw the burn.
"Oh man, that looks nasty." Rainbow said, backing away slowly.
“What kind of magic could leave burns like these?” Twilight said as she tried to get a closer look before Fluttershy surprisingly pushed her back as she worked on bandaging Dillan.
"It's not magic Twilight." Dillan said, wincing as Fluttershy put a bit of pressure on his burn to make sure the bandages were on. "The technology that machine represents is something Equestria is nowhere near yet… the galaxy ranks tech, and that thing was at least level Ten."
“Oh yeah? Well mister smart guy, what is our level then?” Rainbow asked, a smirk of confidence on her face.
Dillan looked at Rainbow for a second before looking around the town and held his chin in thought. "I'd say… one."
“One!?” Everyone said in shock, though Rainbow said it in anger.
"Sorry, but it depends on how much technology there is. And earth my home in the show my watch is from, which has technology everywhere…" Dillan said, rubbing his shoulder. "Is only level two."
“What? But surely there can’t be that large of a gap between our technology.” Twilight said.
"Twilight, we have lights inside that aren't powered by candles or magic and giant metal machines called airplanes that fly in the sky without balloons." Dillan said, standing up. "Even one of my transformations is technically made out of millions of tiny machines."
“What? How is that possible?” Twilight asked.
"No idea, all I know is it works." Dillan said standing up.
“You should get some rest to heal faster.” Fluttershy said.
"Isn't that what you guys said to Rainbow?" Dillan asked with a smile, making Rainbow blush a bit.
"H-hey! I'm too awesome for resting!" She challenged.
Her friends roll their eyes. “Be that as it may, both of you need to rest.” Rarity said.
Dillan signs and nods with a salute. "Ma'am's yes Ma'am's!"
Everyone starts to laugh.
Dillan chuckles a bit, before looking at the white-tailed woods. "How… how long will it take for a house to get built?" He asked Luna, glancing at the settings sun.
Luna taps her chin. “I admit I am a bit out of touch with today's contractors, but I would say no more than a few days.”
Dillan slumped forward a bit. "Right…"
“What's with the sad expression? That's pretty fast, not as fast as I was making my house, but still pretty fast.” Rainbow said.
"Because that means I'm basically homeless for the next few days." Dillan commented, sighing.
“No you're not.” Luna said with a smile. “You can stay in our castle till the house is finished.”
Dillan stared at Luna for a moment. "You just want to finish reading past Sins, don't you?"
Luna looks away, trying to act innocent. “We do not know what you're talking about, we have already finished that book. But if you have a squeal, we would love to read it.”
Dillan laughs a little. "I don't know of any sequels, but I have a few other hard cover fans made books about mostly these girls." He said pointing at the main six. "One of my favorites is called my little Dashy."
Rainbow blushes a little. “What's that one about?” Celestia asked.
“It sounds like a story about Rainbow’s foalhood.” Pinkie said with a giggle.
"Actually yes." Dillan said. "Except it's about when Rainbow dash ends up getting sucked through a portal and ending up in the human world. But because of time differences she ends up a foal again and the story is of a human man taking her in and raising her as a daughter."
Rainbow blushes more as all the mares ‘Awww’ at that. “That sounds like an adorable story, you wouldn't mind if I borrow that book, do you?” Rarity asked.
“No way! That book isn’t going anywhere. I need to make sure it captures my awesomeness.” Rainbow said as she got between Dillan and her friends.
Dillan laughs a bit. "You still can perform your sonic rainboom, and the ending is a bit sad though… luckily there's a sequel."
“Well…I guess that's ok.” Rainbow said with a frown.
Dillan chuckles and pulls out a hardcover book, with the picture of a filly Rainbow dash before passing it to the adult Rainbow dash. "Here."
Rainbow looks at it then tucks it under a wing. “I will read it first and take note of any mistakes in my character.”
Dillan laughs. "You're acting like I wrote it."
“Well, I can’t exactly find the real author, so you'll do.” Rainbow retorts with a blush.
Dillan chuckles and gives her a friendly smile. "Considering I'm the only one in this world who's read it, I guess that makes sense."
Rainbow smiles and is about to say something when she sees the time. “Oh, buck I got to get to work.” She takes off into the sky as the others watch.
"Um… is she gonna be ok?" Dillan asked, pointing in the direction Rainbow went. "She did just go through overheating or whatever you called it."
The others groaned before Fluttershy flew after her. “I got her.”
Dillan chuckles a bit. "Going off without thinking...reminds me of home…" he said looking down.
“Is something wrong?” Twilight asked.
"No, just… sad memories now." Dillan said with a small smile. "I know you guys are probably busy so I'm gonna go to Sugar cube corner. Tell Rainbow she can meet me there if she wants to hang out since she shouldn't be working."
Twilight nods her head while Pinkie walks up and smiles at him. “How about an extra sweet chocolate cake on the house?”
"I'm gonna get diabetes." Dillan commented with a smile and a shake of his head.
Pinkie tilts her head. “What's that? A new kind of sweet?!”
"No Pinkie." Dillan chuckles. "Diabetes is a disease humans can get from eating too many sweets."
Pinkie gasps loudly and her eyes widen in horror. “What!? B-but how do you know when too much is too much?! Oh my gosh did I already give you too much!?”
Dillan chuckles and shakes his head. "Relax." He said holding up his Ultimatrix before frowning. "I remember a rumor of these watches being able to detect diseases… Ultimatrix scan user for any Diseases." He said, waiting a moment before the ultimatrix beeped.
"No diseases detected."
“Oooo that's neat.” Pinkie said, leaning closer to it. “Hello talking watch!”
Pinkie's ears droop a small amount when it doesn't respond. "It only talks when I ask it a question or order it to do something it isn't alive." Dillan informed her.
“Oh like that mean bug thing that blew up?” Pinkie asked.
"Kinda…" He responded as they started walking. "It's hard to explain something like that because there are machines that are alive and ones that aren't…"
“Oh, kind of like how my sister’s pet rock is alive?” Pinkie asked.
Dillan blinked multiple times. "Bolder is alive?"
Pinkie nods her head. “Well duh, why else do you think Mud talks to him all the time.” Pinkie said before bouncing ahead, making ‘boing’ sounds.
Dillan shakes his head a bit, before catching up to Pinkie. "Wait can you hear bolder talking too?"
“No, Bolder only talks to a few ponies.” Pinkie said. “I heard him once but that was when I was a filly.”
Dillan blinks a few times. "Huh, that's really cool I guess… I wonder if I could get a scan of him…."
“Like how you scanned the princesses and the girls?” Pinkie asked.
"Yeah, then I could transform into… something. If he's a rock he doesn't have traditional DNA so the scan of him would probably mix with my natural DNA making a hybrid." Dillan said, opening the door to Sugar cube corner for her.
Pinkies zips behind the counter and smiles at Dillan. “Welcome to sugar cube corner, may I take your order?”
Dillan laughs a little, while looking around. "How did this place get cleaned up so fast?" He asked as he approached the counter.
Pinkie just winks at Dillan. “That's my secret. Your order?”
The human chuckled before looking over the menu. "Um, just some peanut butter cookies please."
“Coming right up!” Pinkie says before digging into her mane and drops a few bits into the register and then hops into the back. “Take your seat.”
Dillan smiles a little and sits down, staring out the window noticing Rainbow dash was slowly making her way to Sugar cube corner. "Hey Pinkie! Mind making that an order of shakes too? Rainbows on her way!"
“Okey-dokey loki! But you gotta pay.” Pinkie calls out from the kitchen.
Dillan hummed a bit. "You take gems? From outer space?"
“Gems are accepted here but less often than bits, and I was speaking to Dashie.” Pinkie yelled out of the kitchen.
"She's not here yet." Dillan said with a chuckle. "It was gonna be my treat."
“Okey-dokey!” Pinkie called out.
Dillan sighed a bit and transformed into a large red red crystal alien and made a few small shards before turning back, not paying attention to the ponies staring at him. "Hey Pinkie is this enough gems?"
She pops up on the other side of the table covered in flour, before lifting one up, looking it over she sniffs it, licks it and then nibbles on it. “Yeah one of these will easily cover a meal for ten.”
Dillan covers his mouth to try and not laugh as multiple ponies gave Pinkie disgusted looks. She then ducks back under the table and sounds of cooking continue coming from the kitchen.
Dillan collects the rest of the crystals and sits back down as Rainbow trotted in. "Hey Dashy." He said.
“Hey we may be cool but you haven’t earned the right to call me that yet.” Rainbow said in a huff.
Dillan smiles a bit at her. "Yet?"
“Well yeah, we are friends so eventually you'll be cool enough to use my nicknames.” Rainbow said.
"Alright, ya read that book yet?" He asked, gesturing for her to sit across from him.
“No, I was trying to get to work but Fluttershy stopped me and demanded I rest for the day.” Rainbow said.
"Yeah sorry, I kinda commented on how you ended up overheating… but hey at least you won't get any sicker." Dillan said with a smile as Pinkie came over with cookies, Rainbows favorite milkshake and a chocolate shake for Dillan.
Pinkie giggled a little at the two. "You two look like you're on a date."
Rainbow blushed and took her milkshake. “We aren’t on a date, Pinkie.”
Dillan takes his milkshake and looks away, not commenting as he thinks about his family. "I know silly, I'm just kidding."
“Nice looking cookies.” Rainbow said before stealing a few off of Dillan’s plate.
Pinkie giggled a bit more as she skipped away, making Rainbow confused as Dillan munched on a cookie. "You're not allergic to peanuts right?" He asked Rainbow.
“Of course not, I wouldn't have taken these if I was.” She said with a smirk and took a bite out of one.
"Just making sure." Dillan laughed a bit. "When I first met my fiance I accidentally gave her peanuts when she was allergic, so now I'm overly cautious about any food allergies."
“Oh man, she must have been so mad after that.” Rainbow said with a laugh.
Dillan smiles a bit and looked out the window at the sky again. "Yeah she was… I felt so bad I did everything I could to make it up to her."
“Oh? Like what?” Rainbow asked.
"Apologizing every chance I got until she finally slapped me upside the head." He chuckled. "That's nothing compared to before we dated though, she tried so hard not to seem like she liked me, even asked me if I could date anyone from our school who'd I pick. She said one girl's name, her name in a sly manner and then another girl's name."
“I am not normally into this mushy stuff but you have my attention, what did you say?” Rainbow asked.
Dillan smiled. "I said and I quoted after a moment of thinking. 'honestly? You. I don't really know anyone else in class and well… you're amazing.' we had been hanging out and we sat next to each other in class for a few years so I had a crush on her… I was completely honest even though I could tell she was trying to get me to tell her anyway." He chuckles a bit.
Rainbow rolls her eyes but has a smile. “That was too mushy.” She said with a laugh.
"Sure it is." Dillan said with a small smile, biting into a cookie. "Hows Tank?"
“How do you…oh right the show. He is ok, just hibernating for the winter.” She said.
"Ah, sorry you can't spend time with him." Dillan said with a small smile.
“We will hang once he wakes up.” Rainbow said with a smile. “I am sure he will like you.”
Dillan smiles softly. "I'm sure I'll like him too… I wonder if I should get a pet, but I'm not sure I'd have the time."
“Well I am sure Fluttershy could find you a pet that wouldn’t need too much of your time.” Rainbow siad before suddenly they heard slurping of an empty cup. When they look over they see Pinkie sitting at the table watching them and sucking from an empty cup.
"Yeeeess?" Dillan asked arching an eyebrow.
“Don't mind me, I am just watching.” Pinkie said with an innocent smile.
Dillan and Rainbow glance at each other confused before looking at Pinkie. "Are you watching us talk?" Rainbow asked.
Pinkie nods her head with a goofy grin. “I love watching two ponies fall in love.”
Dillan and Rainbow blush a bit as Dillan looks away. "Pinkie!" Rainbow said, shaking her head. "He just lost his family!"
Pinkie’s ears folded down as she slowly lowered her head. “Yeah but now he can start over. And he doesn’t have to forget them, just move on and find a new spark.”
"Pinkie… it was only a few months ago…" Dillan said sadly, getting up and walking out the door.
"Pinkie…" Rainbow sighed and shook her head.
Pinkie sinks down in her seat. “I’m sorry, I was just trying to help.”
"Pinkie we just met, come on we were just talking." Rainbow rolled her eyes. "You and me talk all the time and we talk to our other friends, does that mean we're all in love with each other?"
“No but something told me you two would click.” Pinkie said before getting out of the seat.
"I appreciate it, Pinkie, but that would have been for us to decide and besides." Rainbow said, standing with a small smile as well. "I'm not looking for a relationship right now."
“But what about when you and-” Pinkie starts before Rainbow puts her hoof in Pinies mouth.
"First of all, we broke up. Second of all, if we were still dating, why would you try to get me and Dillan together?" Rainbow asked.
Pinkie shrugs her shoulders. “Who am I to judge your dating life?” She asked.
Rainbow sighed, shaking her head. "Ok, I'm gonna go talk to Dillan. See if he's ok, I'll see you later pinkie." She said before leaving the shop.
“Please tell him I’m sorry.” Pinkie said as her mane went flat.
"I'm sure he knows you didn't mean it Pinkie." Rainbow chuckled before she flew off.
The multicolored pony flew back to Twilight's castle, thinking Dillan had gone there since his bag was there. "Hey Rainbow." Twilight said, spotting her friend when she walked in.
“Hey Twi, have you seen Dillan?” Rainbow asked, panting a bit before landing.
"He came and got his bag and walked out. Why is everything ok?" Twilight asked, looking at her friend with a frown.
Rainbow sighed. “Pinkie said some things that I think upset him.”
"Pinkie did?" Twilight asked skeptically. "And you didn't?"
Rainbow frowned at Twilight. “I know better than to talk about dating to somepony who just lost their family.”
"Wait what?" Twilight asked. "pinkie said that?"
Rainbow groans and rubs her temple. “She was watching me and Dillan talking and said we look good as a couple or something. Dillan got up and left.”
Twilight blinked a few times and rubbed her chin. "I can see both points."
Rainbow groans. “Not you too.”
The alicorn giggled a little. "Sorry, couldn't resist. Dillan is probably feeling upset since his family died not that long ago. He's probably just wondering around town."
Rainbow frowns a bit. “Should we give him space?”
"That's probably best, though I do know ponies have done things to themselves during times like this, I wonder if humans are the same…" She said tapping her chin, worrying Rainbow.
“I’m looking for him.” Rainbow said before running off, not even flapping her wings.
Twilight blinked in confusion for a moment before she gasped at the realization of what she said and galloped after Rainbow. "Whoa! Twi what's going on?" Applejack asked, as Rainbow and Twilight galloped passed her
“We are looking for Dillan to make sure he doesn’t do anything to himself.” Twilight said.
"Wait what?" Applejack asked her, following behind. "What happened to make ya think that?"
“Pinkie said something that made him think of his family.” Rainbow said as she ran through the town.
"Ah shoot, if ah knew that ah wouldn't have let him leave!" Applejack said. "He told me he wanted to check out white tailed woods!"
Rainbow dash instantly took off into the sky and off it is the direction of white tailed woods. "Rainbow! You're supposed to be resting!" Twilight yelled after the mare.
“Ah’ll follow on the ground, you fly after her to make sure she doesn't fall out of the sky.” Applejack said before putting ‘out to lunch’ sign up on her cart. Then she took off running towards white tailed woods.
Twilight nods and takes off after Rainbow, accidentally bumping into Fluttershy. "Oh Fluttershy I'm sorry!"
“What's wrong Twilight? You rarely fly.” Fluttershy asked.
"No time to explain, we need to find Dillan. He went into white tailed woods." Twilight said, before realizing Rainbow was gone. "Oh no! I lost Rainbow! Shoot!"
“Rainbow is flying? That's dangerous!” Fluttershy flew higher into the air to look for her friend.
"She's looking for Dillan, Pinkie said some things about those two looking like a cute couple or something and… well it reminded him of his family." Twilight said, looking around more.
“Oh no, poor Dillan.” Fluttershy said while looking around, then she gasped. “I spotted her!” She said pointing at a blue blur.
"Let's go, if she falls it'll be bad!" Twilight said, before the two took off after Rainbow. The two noticed Applejack on the ground with Rarity and Pinkie, who's mane was completely flat as she cried a bit.
“Pinkie?” Fluttershy said as she landed next to her friend.
"I-i didn't m-mean it…" Pinkie whimpered, tears in her eyes. "i-i just thought he could u-use a fresh start…"
“It’s ok Pinkie, I am sure he knows you didn’t mean anything, let's find him.” Fluttershy said.
Pinkie nods a bit as they all gallop in the direction Rainbow had gone, finding their rainbow headed friend watching something from the trees. “Rainbow! Do you have any idea how rec-” Fluttershy starts but Rainbow cuts her off by shushing her.
"It's Dillan." She said, gesturing to the human who was sitting on a tree branch overlooking a small lake as he strummed a small ukulele.
Dillan began to sing a small tune to himself-or so he thought- while looking down at a pendant that was wrapped around the ukulele. The human looked over the lake while continuing to sing, a small smile on his face with a few years running down his face.
The mares watch and listen to his song as they also start to tear up and cry trying their best to stay silent.
Dillan continued to sing looking up at the sky as he finished the song. "I miss you all." He said, holding the pendant close.
To the group's surprise Rainbow gently flew up to Dillan, gently tapping his shoulder. "Rainbow?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "What's up?"
The rest of the girls slowly walk out of the bushes, some still crying, others seeming ashamed that they were spying.
Dillan smiles softly. "I'm guessing you all thought I was gonna do something stupid?"
Moat of the girls look away and rub the back of their heads.
Rainbow nods a bit. "S-sorry, we um… we just."
"It's cool, after Sugar cube corner I just needed to be alone." He said with a smile. "Did you hear that song?"
They all nod their heads. “It was a beautiful song.” Applejack said.
"It's from a movie called The Lion King 2 Simba's pride." Dillan said smiling. "It's the sequel of a movie and movies are basically really long tv shows."
The ponies giggle a bit as Rarity says. “Darling we have movies and movie theaters.”
"You do?" Dillan asked. "and you didn't know what a TV show was?"
“Well to be fair it is rather expensive to make movies and film them.” Twilight said.
"Oh, I guess that makes sense. Humans have just gotten good at making-" Dillan said as Rainbow cut in.
"Hold on, we came here to make sure you're ok. And now we're getting off topic. Are you sure you're good?" She asked him, making the others giggle a bit.
"Yeah, I guess this is why you're the element of loyalty huh?" Dillan asked with a smile.
“Of course I'm the element of loyalty but stop changing the subject.” Rainbow said, stomping her hoof.
"Ok ok!" Dillan said, sweat dropping. "I promise I'm-" he started, before noticing Rainbow was panting heavily and sweating. "Rainbow, you're overheating again."
“That…that doesn’t matter, you ran off upset, I needed to make sure you are o-” she starts before passing out.
Dillan catches her as the others gasp. "She needs to cool down!" Twilight said, before Dillan set Rainbow into the shallow cold water of the lake as steam literally flowed off her. "Jeez Rainbow, I appreciate the concern but if you were this sick you shouldn't have flown." Dillan said with a small smile.
“We need to get her to the hospital as fast as we can.” Fluttershy said as she flaps her wings, pushing air towards Rainbow.
Dillan nods and pops up his Ultimatrix. "I got this." He said before he pushed his watch down, turning into a blue cat like creature. "Fast track!" He yelled, picking up Rainbow dash bridal style, before vanishing in a blue as a blue streak is left behind.
“My goodness he is fast.” Rarity said.
“Come on y’all, we gotta get to the hospital.” Applejack said.
Twilight's horn began to glow before she teleported them all back to ponyville, just to see a blue streak go into the hospital. The five mares quickly ran into the hospital to see Fast track talking to a doctor as he looked at Rainbow dash. "Good job getting her temperature down, we'll keep her here a few days to keep an eye on her." The doctor said as Nurse red heart took Rainbow to the back.
“Boy howdy that form of yours is darn fast, Twilight here teleported us, and you almost beat us here.” Applejack said.
"Fast track is actually the slower of my two speed transformations… once I unlock the second one." Dillan said as he turned back to normal.
“That is the slower of them?” Rarity asked surprised.
Dillan nodded. "yup. The other one is called XLR8 and it can go at full speed around the world in a few minutes…. Or so I've heard… I may be wrong."
Applejack chuckles a bit and shakes her head. “Never let Rainbow hear that or she’ll be back in the hospital.”
Dillan nodded with a smile. "Yeah, we don't need that. Seriously I appreciate the concern and all but seeing as you guys just met me she should have just let you look for me."
“Now sugar that just ain't how Rainbow is. When someone that she knows is in trouble she'll do anything she can to help them even if it means hurting herself.” Applejack said.
Dillan smiles a bit, nodding his head. "Yeah, she sure is stubborn… I'm probably gonna be meeting a lot of different versions of you all if I became what I think I have."
“What do you mean?” Twilight asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Back in my world there are stories called displaced where humans get items from a convention or off the internet and get sent to different versions of Equestria." Dillan said. "I think I'm a Displaced, and displaced can meet each other and go to each other's worlds through items called tokens… my life has become a big ball of amazing insanity." He chuckled.
“Fascinating, would you mind explaining how you make these tokens, and if our world is in any danger from these displaced?” Twilight asked while taking out a scroll and quill.
"That's… a loaded question. Displaced people are just people like me, they can have different personalities and have good and bad days like anyone." Dillan said.
“I suppose that's understandable.” Twilight said, writing that down.
"She's awake." The doctor said walking back out of the back.
“Oh good, we should check on her. Dillan, do you want to answer Twilight's questions or join us?” Rarity asked as she and the others started walking back to Rainbow's room.
"Her questions can wait for now, after all we have plenty of time and a friend always comes first." Dillan said with a smile.
Twilight sighed and followed. “You're right, but you promise to answer my questions later?”
"Of course." Dillan smiles as the group walked to the back and to Rainbows room.
“Hey girls, you gotta break me out of here!” Rainbow siad as soon as she saw them.
"I'm not a girl." Dillan said walking in behind the group with a friendly smile.
Rainbow rolls her eyes. “I didn’t see you yet.”
"Anyway, you got overheated twice. Don't take it lightly." Dillan said, crossing his arms.
Rainbow sighed and laid back in the bed. “Yeah yeah, I know I bucked up.”
Dillan smiled a little, as Twilight and Fluttershy both scolded the pegasus. "Girls leave her alone, she was just worried about me."
Rainbow blushes a little and looks away. “Of course I was worried you're my friend.”
Dillan chuckles a little. "I didn't mean anything Rainbow, thanks for worrying so much…" he said before smirking playfully. "Even though it did seem a bit excessive for someone you just met."
Rainbow huffs and rolls her eyes as the rest of the girls giggle.
"I just realized how weird my life has gotten." Dillan commented. "In less than a day, I saved three children from becoming popsicles, met some of my favorite fictional characters from my world, destroyed a giant robot, raced the most awesome mare in equestria." He said making Rainbow blush a little. "And saved the same mare twice… if every day is like this I'm gonna have gray hair when I'm forty."
“Oh you shouldn’t worry about that, I doubt things will happen like this every day.” Rarity said.
Dillan looks at her. "You girls literally fought something every day until Twilight became an alicorn. Considering the show showed her first winter wrap up and then her second was after she was an alicorn."
The girls look at each other before Twilight says. “Things aren’t that bad.”
"Yeah but then add aliens." He said holding up his Ultimatrix.
“I think you're overreacting darling.” Rarity said with a giggle.
Dillan sighs and rubs his head. "Yeah, I just don't want anyone to be hurt and to lose… anyone."
“Don’t worry sugar cube, you won't lose any of us.” Applejack said.
"W-well I kinda meant like if something happened to any of you your families would be sad and well …" He started before pausing. "Thanks."
The girls give Dillan a hug, except Rainbow as she is still stuck in bed. “Relax Dillan, we will be fine. We are big mares and can take care of ourselves.” Twilight said.
Dillan chuckles. "Sorry if it seemed like I was treating you like fillies."
“I suppose we kinda do look like them, compared to your size.” Fluttershy said.
The human chuckled once again. "Only a little."
“Well we are fully grown, and know when we have to run. So you don’t have to worry about us.” Applejack said.
“Run? Yeah right, we will kick anyone’s flank that tries to take over our world!” Rainbow said, while punching the air.
The group chuckles softly to themselves as Dillan stared at Rainbow with a smile while shaking his head. "Just like Alyssa…" he thought to himself.
"What are you looking at?" Rainbow asked, noticing Dillan staring. "Do I have something on my face?"
"Oh no you just remind me of someone is all." Dillan said.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow but shrugged. “I am pretty awesome. So what are you gonna do for the rest of the day?” She asked Dillan.
Dillan shrugged. "No clue, if I don't take it easy I'm probably gonna be scolded." He said, glancing at Fluttershy. "So I may just bum around here and chat with you or something."
“What about your house?” Rainbow asked. “Don't you need to meet the contractors?”
"Luna said that would take a couple days, it's only been a few hours." Dillan said with a shrug.
Rarity coughs into her hoof. “I do believe she meant it would take a few days to build. Knowing the princess she probably has some contractors already on their way to Ponyville.”
Dillan blinked a few times. "Huh, I guess I should go meet them. If princess Luna wasn't so adamant about helping me I probably would have just used my crystal-like Alien to make a house out of crystals."
“Darling, a house made of crystals may sound nice but unless it is made right it can be dangerous.” Rarity said.
"Well it would have been more like an Indian tent where they sprout from the ground into a tent." Dillan said, making a triangle tent with his hands. "Also, I have a question for you all."
“What’s that Dillan?” Twilight asked.
"Do you girls want a rare crystal?" Dillan asked, already handing one to Rarity. "I paid for food at Sugar cube corner with these but I have some extra, they're gems from outer space so they're really rare here."
“Oooo!” Rarity was excited and already examining it.
“From space?” Twilight asked as she looked it over.
“Oh my, it's so pretty.” Fluttershy said.
“It is a fancy looking gem.” Applejack said.
“Ooo shiny.” Pinkie said.
“Eh, it is a shiny rock…but it's cool.” Rainbow said.
Dillan chuckles. "It's called tatenite. It's an extremely valuable mineral that most species in the Galaxy would pay millions for. These are even rarer red tatenite… wait how do I know that?" He asked himself as he looked down at the ultimatrix. "Oh right, data dump."
“Data dump?” Twilight asked.
"Yeah whenever I transform into an alien my Ultimatrix gives me the knowledge of their abilities. I already knew about regular tatenite so when I transformed into my crystal alien I learned about red tatenite since it's made of it."
“Wow, that must be extremely useful.” Twilight said and wrote that down.
"Yup." Dillan nodded.
A nurse comes in and smiles. “I am afraid you all need to give Miss Rainbow some time to rest.”
"Alright, oh and Rainbow remember to read that book." Dillan said with a smile as the girls began to leave.
“Yeah yeah, don’t do anything cool without me!” Rainbow called out.
Dillan chuckles and waves as they all leave the hospital. “Let’s go back to my castle and see if the contractors have arrived.” Twilight suggested.
"Sure, I was actually thinking of building my house near that lake-" Dillan said before pausing. "I'll be right back." He said turning into fast track again and dashing away, before coming back with his bookbag. "I forgot I left this there." He commented.
“Darling, should you really be using that for such things?” Rarity asked.
"Hey at least I'm not using it for pranks like the original user did." Dillan said with a chuckle. "And I didn't want anything to happen to it… this is all I have left of my world…"
Pinkie hops onto Dillan’s back and hugs his back and head.
"What's this for?" Dillan asked with a chuckle.
“I am sorry for upsetting you, and you need a hug.” Pinkie said.
Dillan smiles a bit. "Pinkie it's cool, don't worry about it."
“You still need hugs.” Pinkie said before hugging him tighter.
The human smiles softly and continues walking. "Pinkie I said it's cool."
“I also like it up here.” Pinkie said with a giggle.
"Ya like being tall huh?" The human asked, tilting his head to look at Pinkie.
She giggles and nods her head. “Yep! It's super duper fun up here.”
Dillan smiled and shook his head. "your gonna have to get down or else you'll hit your head on doors."
“Awww.” Pinkie hops down and walks along with everyone.
The girls laugh and soon they get to Twilight’s castle and see a group of ponies in construction uniforms. “Oh they must be the contractors Luna called for.” Twilight said.
The group of construction workers notice the group. "Hello Princess Twilight, we're here to discuss the house that Luna requested to be built." The oldest stallion said, obviously the leader.
“That would be for our friend here.” Twilight said, pointing at Dillan.
Dillan waves a bit. "Ah I see, I would like to discuss with you what you're looking for." The stallion said.
"I'm pretty basic; um three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a living room." Dillan said. "And a basement."
“Alright, and I'm assuming as your dimensions are different from us ponies, you will need specific changes to your house to ensure comfort.” He said as one of the pegasie flew over to Dillan and started measuring him.
"Well seeing as I have no clue how you build houses, it just needs to be… I guess the same distance between my head and the ceiling should be my height’s equivalent of what you do for a pony." Dillan said. "and um… do you have running water here?"
They look at Dillan like he said something stupid. “Of course we do mister…” The head contractor said.
"Well how am I supposed to know?" He asked, rolling his eyes. "The bathroom isn't exactly what they're gonna show in the show."
“Show?” The head contractor asked before shaking his head. “The Princes also paid for furniture, what type would you like?”
"Um… no clue. What kinds are there?" Dillan asked.
He listed off a few kinds of furniture and the prices, after some thought Dillan told them what he wanted was simple and sturdy. The contractor nods his head and writes it down on a clipboard. “Alright, colors you'd like for the interior and exterior?”
"Well seeing as it's gonna be in white tailed woods, a log cabin is fine for me." Dillan chuckles a bit.
“Alright, how many windows would you like? Any skylights, or sky entrances for a pegasus?” He asked after writing down something on his clipboard.
"Um, two windows in each room, a skylight in the living room and I guess a sky entrance… in the skylight if that's possible?" Dillan asked.
He nodded and wrote that all down. “Alright, anything else? Anything your species needs specifically?”
Dillan thought for a moment. "Um I may need a custom… toilet made."
He nods and points at a stallion unicorn pony. “Talk to him about that, if you can draw how it works then we can make it.”
Dillan pulled out his phone and showed them a picture of a toilet. "Glad I didn't delete this after my fiance had the new toilet put in."
The stallion nods and draws it. “Right, sir, do you need more than one bedroom?”
"Just one personal bathroom and one for guests." Dillan said with a small smile.
“Alright.” He wrote that down. “Last question, how big of a backyard and frontyard do you want?”
Dillan smiles softly. "Well there's a lake and a lot of trees, so I was hoping whatever trees you use to build my house. However far that goes would be my property. Or maybe a bit farther so I can practice my abilities."
“Alright sir, we should be finished in a day or two.” He said making some notes. “There will be a few challenges but it's a pretty simple house.”
"Thank you." Dillan nodded. "I'm sorry about the trouble."
“Trouble? Kid, we are getting paid to do this.” The head contractor said with a chuckle.
"Dude I'm nearly thirty years old, there's no way I'm a kid." Dillan laughs a bit.
“So? I am getting close to forty.” The stallion said with a chuckle and put the clipboard away. “Where will you be staying until we finish?”
"According to princess Luna Canterlot castle." Dillan said with a sweat drop and a smile.
“I see, well we will be sure to let you know when your home is finished sir.” He said then he and his team got to work.
Dillan nodded a bit, before looking at the girls. "I guess I'd better head to Canterlot… maybe I should turn into a pony so the nobles won't go crazy… er."
The girls giggle and smile. “Probably a good idea darling.” Rarity said.
Dillan popped up his Ultimatrix and smiled before turning into a pegasus stallion with a slick black mane and light blue coat, his Ultimatrix on his flank. “Whoa!” Applejack said before lowering her hat.
“Oh my.” Fluttershy said before hiding behind her mane.
Twilight adds some notes to her paper as she looks him over. “Fascinating.”
“My dear! Darling, you look fabulous!” Rarity said, and Pinkie just giggles.
Dillan chuckles a little and has a devilish smirk. "Wanna know something fun?" He asked as Twilight nodded. "my Ultimatrix turns me into the apex vision of what I become… which means I am literally the perfect pony right now, no diseases max stamina everything."
“Wow, that is amazing!” Twilight said with excitement and she wrote it down.
Dillan smirks as he glances at the blushes on the other mare's faces. "You're lucky you're so into studying." He chuckled before flying away to Canterlot.
“Aww I wasn’t done asking questions.” Twilight said with a pout, her friends giggled and patted her back.
"Sir, the drone was destroyed." A robot said to it's master, deep within a spaceship.
"I see… send three more to test this anomaly's abilities." Vilgax said, typing away on a large computer which sat snuggly next to a tall glass tube with wires and pipes stretching outwards from it's base and top.
“Yes sir, the first drone did send a recording and data, shall I modify the next three drones to be repaired for what was used against the first one?” The robot asked while showing its master the recordings from the first drone. It showed that the planet’s local habitants were capable of mana manipulation and that the anomaly is some sort of shapeshifter that could change species.
Vilgax hummed to himself and looks over the data, while typing on his computer. "Yes, and make sure they have mana canceling rays."
“Yes my lord.” The robot said before walking over to another console and worked on the drones commands. “The drones will be ready for launch in a few minutes.”
"Good, now start searching the multiverse for a genetic signature like my own. I have a plan." Vilgax said with a sinister smile.
“Yes sir, sending out a multiverse probe.” The robot said as the three drones and the probe were sent out from the ship.
A low evil laugh echoed through the ship, as the probes and drones flew off in different directions each one aiming for a target.
With Dillan
Dillan smiled softly as he landed on the steps of Canterlot Castle, trotting up to a guard who helped out a spear. “Holt, identify yourself.” The guard said with a sturn frown.
"Dillan, Princess Luna told me to come here for the night." Dillan said, tilting his head a bit. "or are those two not back yet?"
The guard raised an eyebrow. “They are back but I heard that the princess’ guest wasn’t a pony.”
Dillan sighed. "Normally yes but I have the power to transform, please just let them know I'm here. I don't look like anything any pony here would have seen so I didn't want to cause a panic."
The guard looked him over before stepping to the side. “Don’t cause any trouble or I will take you down.”
Dillan trotted past the guard with a small smirk. "Yeah ok." He thought to himself as he made his way to the throne room… only to end up lost. "Where the heck is it!?" He yelled mostly to himself in exaggeration.
He heard laughter from all around him. “Oh my, you are going to be so much fun.”
"If you're pranking me, I will get a scan of Discord and turn you into pigs." He said, rubbing his temple.
“A scan of me?” There was a flash of light next to him as a tall being made up of multiple body parts, the being smirks as he leans on Dillan with his elbow on Dillan’s head. “Now what do you mean by that?”
Dillan glanced around for a moment to make sure no pony was around, before he tapped his Ultimatrix and turned back into a human. A yellow beam flowing over Discord from his watch a second later. "That."
“Oh my a human! You are going to be so much fun!” Discord said with a grin.
"Just wait, thanks to this I can transform into a Draconequus." He said with a smile.
“Oh? Well if that's the case.” He reaches down and touches the ultimatrix before pinching the screen of the dial, then pulls out a mini Discord. “Don’t want this in there then.” He then puts the mini Discord into his ear.
Dillan blinked for a moment. "Alright then… time to see what I look like as a Draconequs!" He said before pushing down his Ultimatrix. In a flash Dillan's body was replaced with an assortment of different parts from different aliens, his right foot and leg being wild mutts, his left foot and leg being a long black scaly leg. His arms were that of a bony creature and crystal being, while his body was fuzzy like a ponies, with his head made of a blue cat-like being. "This is weird." Dillan said, looking at himself.
Discord flew around Dillan and hums. “Hmm not bad, not as handsome as me of course but not bad.” He said with a smirk.
"I'm sure Fluttershy agrees with you." Dillan said with a smirk back at him, before teleporting the two of them to the throne room.
Discord blushes plaid before huffing. “How would you know how she feels about me?”
"I'm from another dimension." He said before Celestia and Luna walked into the throne room and paused at the two draconequii.
“Another dimension, really? And how do you know that you were seeing my Fluttershy and not some other random Fluttershy?” Discord siad getting upset.
Dillan shrugged. "I don't, how about you ask her yourself?"
“And make a fool of myself? I think not. Now how about you show me what you can do, watch boy.” Discord challenges.
"You wanna fight?" Dillan asked arching an eyebrow as he returned to normal.
Discord laughs. “Oh goodness no, I want a chaos off!” He said, throwing his hands into the air as fireworks went off behind him.
Dillan shakes his head with a smile. "Nah, I'm not very chaotic."
“Oh don’t be so modest, I know humans are incredibly chaotic! Specially with how smart and stupid they are it's simultaneously! It's beautiful, earth is one of my favorite places to visit, if it wasn't for that darn kid keeping me away.” He said frowning at the mention of the boy.
"Kid?" Dillan asked.
“Yeah, some snot nose human with a fancy watch like yours. Kept calling me a ‘off world hater’ whatever that means.” Discord said.
"Oh wow, so we're in the twenty third dimension… really don't want to meet him…"Dillan said.
“Oh you know him?” Discord asked with a smirk and got ready to snap his fingers.
"I will turn into a Celestialsapien." Dillan said, making Discord freeze up.
“You wouldn’t.” Discord said but lowered his hand.
"Dude, I absolutely love your chaos and everything. But I just got here and I'm not in a good mood after fighting a giant robot." Dillan sighed, rubbing his temple.
Discord pouts but floats into the air. “Oh fine, but you owe me a chaos off later.”
"Dude, relax. It's not that big of a deal." Dillan said with a chuckle as he looked atlooked at Celestia and Luna. "Hi!"
“Hello Dillan, I see you have met Discord.” Celestia said.
"Yeah, he won't leave me alone about a chaos duel. After I scanned him." Dillan sighed as Discord started making a bunch of annoying things to bug Dillan.
“We see, well it is up to you if you decide to do it but I ask you do it away from my ponies.” Celestia asked.
"I don't want to!" Dillan whined.
The two princesses giggle a bit. “We are afraid once Discord gets an idea that he wants to happen he will not stop until he gets his way.” Luna said.
Dillan groned. "Anyway, the contractors are ready to start building my house."
“Ooo I could help!” Discord said with a grin.
Dillan blinked a bit. "You know… surprisingly that's not a bad idea. When the construction is down for the upper floor, think you could help me make a sort of basement? I plan on contacting the plumbers and they'll need a base no better than underneath my house."
“Plumbers? Please tell me you mean the pipe experts and not those boring orderly space cops.” Discord said with a pleading look.
"Sorry man, but these two charged me with keeping the planet safe from extra terrestrial pearls and I'm gonna need the plumber's help." Dillan said with a smile.
He groans and crosses his arms. “Fine but you have to do something other than the chaos off for me later.” He said.
"Like what?" Dillan asked, arching an eyebrow.
“I don’t know yet! I will think about it later.” Discord said with a huff.
Dillan shakes his head and looks to Luna and Celestia. "Would you mind showing me where I'm staying until my house is done? I wanna put my stuff down so I know where it is."
“Sure, I don’t mind. Luna, please keep the nobles busy.” Celestia said as she turned to leave the room.
"Sister, it is still day which means day court is still in session. It is thy responsibility." Luna said, furrowing her eyebrow. "Besides it was our idea for Dillan to stay here while his abode was under construction should it not be us who shows him his quarters?"
“True but I know how much you enjoy telling the nobles no.” Celestia said with a smirk.
Luna doesn't say anything, and just turns away. "Do as you wish."
“Aww poor Lulu is pouting.” Discord said before laughing and disappearing.
Dillan sighed and followed Celestia, who giggled at Luna's actions. “Were you able to get in without a problem?” Celestia asked.
"Well I disguised myself as a pony so the nobles wouldn't freak out." Dillan chuckled. "So the guard was suspicious."
“I see, well thank you for not upsetting the nobles.” Celestia said as they passed a few maids.
The maids look at Dillan in surprise as he spoke with Celestia. "Yeah well, I honestly didn't want to deal with the annoyance." He chuckled.
Celestia giggles a bit. “Yes, they can get on one’s nerves.”
Dillan nods. "Not only that, I'm sure they'd want something as 'exotict' as me as a pet and… no."
Celestia frowns before sighing. “I am afraid you are right.”
"Though since ponies have seen me it's only a matter of time before they find out." Dillan groned, rubbing his head.
“Yes, it probably is only a matter of time, especially since you'll be staying in the castle for a while.” Celestia said, shaking her head as they got to the living quarters of the castle.
Dillan nods. "Yeah, I get the feeling this is gonna be annoying."
“I am sure they won’t hurt you.” Celestia tells him and puts a wing around his shoulder.
Dillan chuckles as a noble who was walking past watched what Celestia was doing. "Well even if they tried I can use my Ultimatrix to get away quickly."
“True, although I do ask that you try not to hurt them.” Celestia said with a sigh. “As annoying as they are, they do have their purpose.”
"Not hurt them, you left ponyville before I used it but I have a form that's super fast." Dillan said smiling.
Celestia hummed. “I see, well I still ask that you not hurt them. They will use any excuse to turn us against you.”
"Yeah I know." Dillan said nodding.
Celetia comes to a stop next to a door. “This can be your room. It is normally reserved for any Minotaur ambassadors that visit but they haven't visited in a long time so I believe it should be fine for you to stay here for a while.”
Dillan nodded a little. "Sounds good, Um… I'd hate to ask but do you have chefs for cooking meat for when meat eaters visit? I um haven't eaten in a few days."
“Yes of course, we try our best to accommodate other species when they visit.” Celestia said, nodding her head.
"Thank god." Dillan chuckled a bit before a guard ran up to Celestia.
"Your majesty there's an intruder in the castle. A young colt no pony is able to understand." The guard said.
“Really? Interesting, let's go meet this colt.” Celestia said before looking at Dillan. “Would you like to accompany me?”
"Sure, my Ultimatrix has a translator function." Dillan said with a smile. "So I can help translate."
“Really? Wonderful! Memorizing so many different languages can be difficult, especially over a long period of time they all tend to blend together.” Celestia said with a smile and walked to where the colt was being held.
Dillan nods. "I've personally learned three, Spanish, French and German."
“Interesting, I don't know that many ponies outside of the linguistic studies that have learned more than one language.” Celestia said with a smile.
Dillan chuckles. "I learned them in school, I needed them to graduate."
“Really? Perhaps I should add multiple languages needed to learn in order to graduate college.” Celestia thought out loud.
"Well I only needed one, I just chose two more for extra." Dillan said with a smile as the two reach the throne room, noticing a small Colt with a black mane and white coat.
“This is him, your highness.” The guard said.
"Dónde estoy?" The colt spoke, confusing all the ponies.
“Hmm that sounds familiar but it has been so long since I've had to use another language.” Celestia said, rubbing her chin.
Dillan slowly walked over to the boy with a small smile. "Hola amigo soy Dillan, cual es tu?"
"mi nombre es tormenta cumulus." The colt said with a smile, obviously happy someone understood him.
"His name is Cumulus storm." Dillan said to Celestia.
“I see, can you ask him why he is here and how he got here?” Celestia asked Dillan.
"mi familia escapó de portimarioco, Mi familia esta atrapado por un deslizamiento de rocas. por favor ayúdalos!" Cumulus said in a clear panick.
"They escaped from portimarioco and his family got trapped in a rock slide." Dillan said. "donde?"
"en una cueva en el fondo, de la montaña en el este." Cumulus said.
"They're in a cave in the mountains in the east." Dillan said.
“Oh no, Dillan, would you mind taking a platoon of guards to help rescue his parents and anypony else trapped in the rockslide?” Celestia asked him.
Dillan nods,with a smile before looking at her. "Sure but considering you only hired me to take care of extra terrestrial problems I'm charging you extra." He laughed.
Celestia chuckles a bit. “You will be compensated but let's get ready please tell him that I will be sending some guards to help his family and anypony else that was caught up in the rockslide.”
"la princesa enviará ponis ayudar." Dillan said, smiling as the colt cried happily holding his hooves to his eyes.
“Guard get a rescue platoon ready to dig up a landslide and rescue as many ponies as we can.” Celestia told the guard next to them.
The guard nods, and instantly begins relaying the orders. Dillan smiles softly and turns to Luna who was watching this whole time. "Mind watching him?"
Luna nods her nod. “We shall do our best.”
Dillan nodded and looked to the Colt. "Quédate con ellos hasta que regresemos."
The colt nods softly, smiling still. Luna smiles down at the colt. “Hola pequeño, ¿te gustaría jugar un juego?” She asked in Spanish.
The colt nods excitedly, smiling as Dillan blinks with a smile. "Why didn't you translate before?"
Luna looks up at Dillan. “Because my spell had not finished till just now. Unlike my sister I've never memorized other languages.”
"Oh." Dillan said before blinking. "Wait so you're telling me that out of everyone in this throne room, including two princesses that meet with dignitaries… I'm the only one that can speak Spanish… or i suppose ponish here?"
“Well…to be fair most other places send somepony that speaks Equish.” Celestia said with a slight blush.
Dillan nodded before going with the guards ready to go help the colt's family. “Ma’am, sir, we are ready to depart.” The guard said with a salute.
"Let's go, the colt didn't say how long they've been trapped, we gotta hurry." Dillan said, nodding to the guards.
“Yes sir, the air balloon dock is this way.” The guard said and led Dillan away.
"I'm going ahead, meet up with me when you see a plume of flame shoot into the air." Dillan said to them, popping up his Ultimatrix and turning into fast track before speeding away.
“Wait sir…and he is gone…” the guard sighs before running to the airship.
Dillan zoomed around the mountains in the eastern area of Equestria, not able to find the cave right away as he saw the airship come out of a portal over a mountain and start to lower to the ground.
"Huh that's cool." Dillan commented.
Once Dillan got to the airship he saw the guards coming out of it. “Good to see you found us sir.” The guard from before said.
"Yeah that was an accident, I was just running around trying to find that rock slide but I can't find anything. Did you see anything from the air?" Dillan asked them.
“Yes, just behind these trees.” The guard said pointing behind the ship. “We will start surveying the area.”
Dillan nodded following the guards.They pass a few trees before seeing a village that is half covered in dirt. “This is a bad rockslide. Ok men start finding survivors!” The guard yelled as the rest of them rushed into action.
Dillan looked around for a bit before popping up his Ultimatrix and turning into wild mutt, much to the confusion of the ponies. “Whoa!” One of the guards said.
“Stay focused men, keep searching and you-” The first guard said before pointing at Dillan. “-if you can still understand me …help however you can.”
Dillan barked as his guils opened up on his sides and he ran over to a patch of dirt and started digging quickly. "Sir?" A guard asked. "what's he doing?"
“I think he found somepony, get some ponies here to help him now!” The guard yelled.
The guards rush over to Dillan as he pulled up a pink mare with a purple mane coughing. “Don’t worry Miss, we will get you and everypony else out.” One of the guards said.
"Thank you…" the mare said. "I heard screams and got caught in the rock slide when I tried to help."
“You tried to help, that is nice but we need to get you out of danger.” The guard said as two other guards took her over to a medical tent that just got set up.
Dillan barked at the guard leader as he reached into the hole and pulled out a pegasus mare with a small unicorn filly on her back, both having a light green coat with the adult mare having red mane while the filly had a red and pink stripped mane.
“Two more!” a guard called out as more guards came to help the ponies.
"la pierna de mi esposo rota por favor ayuda!" The mare said, pointing to the hole as Dillan quickly went back into the hole confusing the guards.
“What did she say?” One guard said to another.
“No idea.” The other guard said, shrugging and helped them to the medical tent.
The mare struggled a bit against the guards trying to get back to the hole. "mi esposo no puedo dejarlo!"
“Easy miss! We will make sure to save everypony.” The guard said, trying to stop her.
The group noticed a bright blue flash erupt from the hole, before Dillan slowly walked out with a purple Unicorn stallion with a lighter purple mane. "Get him help now, his leg is broken."
“Oh buck, we have a broken leg!” A guard said before a few guards came and picked the stallion up and took him to the medical tent.
The mare sobbed as she held her daughter who spoke up. "Mama? Where's Cumulus?"
"You speak equestrian?" Dillan asked the filly with a smile as the mother nodded.
"Husband taught us, me and my son aren't very good at it." She said, whipping her tears away.
"Oh, I see. Well it's thanks to Cumulus we found you. He told us about the rock slide… well he told me, they don't understand ponish." Dillan said with a chuckle.
The mare hugs Dillan. “I don’t know who or what you are, but thank you!”
"My name's Dillan, and it's them you should be thanking. All I did was find you." Dillan said with a smile.
“But they wouldn’t even know where we were if it wasn’t for you.” She said, still hugging him.
Dillan chuckles a little and hugs her back. "Alright, go be with your husband. I'll let the processes know you're alright."
She nods and runs over to the tent. “You are very kind sir.” The first guard said.
Dillan smiles softly. "I just did what I had to, I didn't want that colt to end up like me."
“Sir, do you know if there are more ponies trapped?” The first guard asked.
"Not that I saw, that form I took can see body heat. But it might be good to have ponies search for… deceased." Dillan said, looking down.
The guard nods and pats Dillan’s arm. “We understand, go calm the civilians we'll take over.”
Dillan nodded and walked over to the ponies he found. He saw them hugging together and felt proud he could make a difference.
Dillan turned around and was about to leave before the purple mare with a pink mane called out to him. “Please don’t go, we want to thank you for saving our lives.”
Dillan turned to the mare with a small smile on his face. "You’re Starlight Glimmer right?"
She pulls her head back. “Y-yes, how did you know my name?”
Dillan chuckles a little. "Ask Twilight and the others."
“Oh you know Twilight?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.
The human nods. "Yes, I met her yesterday, long story."
“Huh, I see, well thank you for saving us.” She said.
"No problem, Celestia is the one that asked me to." Dillan smiling softly at her. "You ran into the rock slide, your one brave lady."
“No, I am not brave.” She said, shaking her head.
"What do you mean?" Dillan asked.
“Well I was only passing through on my way to…our village.” She said, rubbing her leg.
Dillan nods slowly. "Right, I know all about that. You don't need to be bashful."
“Y-you know about that?” She asked with widened eyes.
"Yeah, long story." Dillan said smiling. "I'm sorry Sunburst and you had a falling out."
She lowers her head. “Y-yeah, but we worked things out.” she then looked up at Dillan. “It is very creepy you know so much about me when I know nothing about you.”
Dillan laughs. "Yeah, but not just you. The main six, the princesses, discord… I'll let Twilight explain." He said with a sigh. "But anyway, you can ask me whatever you want."
Starlight shakes her head. “No offense but I just want to leave this place.”
Dillan nods a bit. "Alright, when you're cleared to go you can ask Twilight about me."
She backs up a bit and lights her horn before disappearing in a flash of magic.
The human blinked a bit, shaking his head before he returned to the castle of friendship. “Dillan, you are back?” Spike said as he saw him pop up.
"Yeah, long story. Did starlight come back?" He asked.
“Maybe? I heard a loud boom from the map room just a few minutes ago.” Spike said.
"That's probably her. Me and some guards found her and some other ponies trapped under a landslide." Dillan said, sighing a bit.
“Oh man, well it's a good thing you did.” Spike said.
Dillan nodded with a laugh. "Yeah but then I explained what I knew about her and… she got weirded out."
“Of course she did dude, it's creepy.” Spike said.
"Yeah. I know." He said with a playful grin as he walked into the castle.
“So why are you here? I thought you were staying with the princesses.” Spike asked.
"To make sure starlight is ok." Dillan said.
“Oh ok, want something to eat?” Spike asked.
"No thanks little dude, I appreciate the offer though." Dillan said with a smile.
“Alright, have fun.” He said before walking away.
Dillan walked into the throne room, seeing Twilight and starlight talking about him. "So he knows about us from a TV show?" Starlight asked.
“Yes, it is quite strange.” Twilight said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Sorry if I freaked you out." Dillan said, startling the two.
Twilight puts a hoof to her chest. “Dillan you scared us.”
"Not cool…" Starlight said.
"Sorry, just came to make sure you're ok. You left before the paramedics said you could leave." Dillan said looking at Starlight.
She looks down and rubs her leg. “I am fine, I made a magic shield before the rocks and dirt could crush me.”
"Wait what are you talking about?" Twilight asked.
"Starlight was in a landslide." Dillan said, looking at Twilight.
“She was what!?” Twilight gasped and looked over Starlight. “Are you hurt?”
"No, like I said I put up a shield. The other ponies were a lot worse off." Starlight said.
“Are you sure you aren’t hurt?” Twilight asked.
"Yes, Twilight." Starlight said with a smile.
“Good, I don’t know what I would have done if you got hurt.” Twilight said with a sigh.
Starlight blushes a little, making Dillan smile. "You two are cute, but since everything is ok here I'm gonna get those ponies to Canterlot to their son."
Twilight and Starlight nod. “Alright.”
"Behave yourselves, there's a child in the castle." Dillan said with a smirk before heading back to Canterlot.
“Hey!” They said with blushes.
Dillan laughed a bit as he made his way outside, before turning into a pegasus and flew back to the castle for the night.
Dillan yawned as he got back to Ponyville in the morning, noticing the streets were eerily empty. "Where is everyone?"
Dillan glanced around and noticed a pony slamming the door of their house in fear, making him look down sadly before he went to twilight's castle and knocked. The door opened and Spike was on the other side. “Hi Dillan, what's going on?”
"Just wondering where everyone is." Dillan said, gesturing to the empty town.
“Huh…strange, it’s like back when Zecora came to town.” Spike said with a hum.
Dillan frowned a little at that. "Oh…"
“Come on inside.” Spike said as he stepped aside.
Dillan stepped inside the castle, and followed the young dragon as they walked.
Spike led him to the library, where Twilight was reading. “Maybe Twilight will know what's going on.”
"Hopefully." Dillan mumbled.
“Hey Twilight, Dillan’s here” Spike called out.
Dillan rubbed his arm sadly as Twilight came out. "Dillan? What brings you here?"
"Um… just wondering why the town is empty." Dillan said.
“It is?” She asked as she stood up.
"Yeah." Dillan nodded.
“Strange, I am sure the whole town has already learned not to judge somepony by their appearance.” She said and started walking over.
Dillan looked away sadly. "That means nothing when the person you're judging can change into different appearances."
“Don’t be like that, you saved the CMC, you are a hero.” Twilight said as she put a hoof on his leg.
"Twilight, even it doesn't matter if I did that… all they see is a new creature that can turn into new and scary monsters." He said with a sad sigh.
Twilight frowned. “I am sure they will warm up to you.” She said, trying to cheer him up. “Maybe Pinkie is making a party for you or something.”
"She already did that remember?" Dillan asked with a chuckle. "And I'm not sure… I'll always be unlocking new aliens… hell three ponies fainted because of a bunny stamped."
Twilight hummed as she tapped her chin in thought. “We could hold a town meeting and show everyone your aliens, and that they aren’t a threat.”
"No, the ultimatrix isn't a toy and has a limited power supply. I need to save it for emergencies." Dillan explained.
“We can still show drawings of your aliens, right?” Twilight suggests.
"I suppose so, but telling them they aren't dangerous is dangerous. I mean what if a foal or filly mistakes a random alien for me?" Dillan asked.
“Don’t you have anything to identify you from other aliens?” Twilight asked.
"Yeah, the Ultimatrix symbol." Dillan said, pointing at the Ultimatrix. "But it can be hard to spot."
Twilight rubbed her chin with a thoughtful hum. “Ok, well it is better than nothing, we can make a large poster showing the symbol and say anyone with that can be trusted.”
"That's… a bad idea." Dillan said. "The ultimatrix symbol is the same symbol as the plumbers, an intergalactic police force. Problem is it's also their badges and they can and have been replicated by criminals."
Twilight rubbed her temple. “Ok…um…maybe try…” She starts to walk back and forth.
“Why don’t we just talk to them and say they are being silly, they are acting like they did with Zecora.” Spike suggested.
"Ponies might take offense to that." Dillan said. "After all they are entitled to their fears."
“Still, I thought they learned this lesson already.” Spike said while crossing his arms.
"And you learn a lesson the first time?" Dillan asked him with a small smile.
“Sometimes.” Spike said, with a light blush growing on his face.
“Hmm well what would you like to try?” Twilight asked Dillan.
Dillan sighed softly. "As much as it might hurt, I just need to let them be them… even if it means they ignore or run away from me."
“Can’t you turn into a pony now and then to interact with others besides us?” Spike asked.
Dillan nodded. "Yeah I could but… I want them to know the real me. Not some disguise."
“They will, I am sure of it.” Twilight said with a smile. “How about we hang out with our friends?”
Dillan smiled softly. "Sure, that sounds fun."
Twilight smiled and lifted Spike onto her back. “Then let’s get going.”
"Where to?" Dillan asked, putting his hands in his pockets.
“How about we check on Pinkie first.” Twilight suggested.
Dillan nodded. "Alright."
The three of them head out of twilight’s castle. “Hey Dillan, your watch thing, it lets you turn into anything right?” Spike asked.
"Anything that's smart enough to learn how to talk, why?" Dillan asked.
“Do you think you could turn into Discord?” Spike asked with a gasp.
“Spike, that's not funny.” Twilight said with a frown.
"Sure can." Dillan said. "I mean I can turn into a Draconequus, not Discord himself. My form is a mix match of different DNA from the ultimatrix."
Twilight looked a bit worried at that. “Isn’t that dangerous? What if Discord corrupts you?”
Dillan looked at her in surprise. "Wow, isn't discord your friend? Some princess of friendship. And as for what you said, he removed his own personality from my scan when I got it. You really think he'd do anything to put you all in danger? Even Fluttershy?"
“Well…no, but his magic is unpredictable.” Twilight said.
"Twilight just because you didn't understand something doesn't mean it's dangerous." Dillan said with a chuckle as they entered Sugar cube corner noticing all the food and dishes dancing around.
“What the hay?” Spike said in shock.
Dillan chuckled a bit and pointed to Discord who was keeping the cake twins entertained. "Looks like someone's a babysitter."
“Well…that's a surprise.” Twilight said.
"I can hear you." Discord said, still playing with the twins. "The cakes and Pinkie had to make a few deliveries so Pinkie asked me to help watch these two."
“Wow, I would have thought they would annoy you.” Spike said.
Discord laughed. "nah, I've always liked foals. They're cute. If you'd noticed even when I took over equestria, I always made sure not to hurt any kids. They're so chaotic and loved all the chaos I made!"
“That makes sense I guess.” Twilight said with a sigh. “I guess Pinkie is busy, we can check on the others.”
"Oh? Going on a little friendship roundup?" Discord asked, suddenly riding a fake horse with a cowboy hat, causing the foals to giggle and laugh.
“Kinda, we are trying to cheer up Dillan because the town’s ponies are acting strange.” Spike blurted out, causing twilight to nudge him with a wing.
"Acting strange?" Discord asked, making the items disappear. "are they hiding like they did when Zecora came to town?"
“Yes they-hey! How do you know about that? You were still in stone when that happened.” Twilight said.
Discord and Dillan both sighed. "You know Twilight just because you girls find me annoying to talk to doesn't mean everyone does, Fluttershy told me all about your adventures."
Twilight bushed and lifted a hoof. “O-oh right.”
"So they're hiding from you huh?" Discord asked Dillan. "I'd like to help but that time traveler told me not to."
"Paradox?" Dillan thought to himself.
“Time traveler?” Spike asked but Discord was busy playing with the foals.
Dillan looked back outside and sighed softly. "Well, thanks anyway Discord. See ya later." He said as he walked outside.
“So long, little human, I am sure things will work out, look at how they treat me.” Discord said just as a pony walked in, screamed, then ran away.
Dillan sighed softly at that as the three of them continued to walk. “Hey, maybe she was scared of Discord and not you.” Spike offered,
"Ponies would be used to Discord by now." Dillan said, with a sigh noticing some ponies looking at him in fear from their houses.
“There has to be a reason for this.” Twilight said with a frown.
"Face it Twilight, creatures are just naturally afraid of things that they know nothing about." Dillan sighed.
“But that's what Pinkie’s part was for, to help them get to know you.” Spike said.
Dillan stared down at the ground more, staying quiet as they walked. Twilight and Spike looked at each other for a moment before Twilight says. “Let’s try meeting up with Fluttershy.”
Dillan nodded a bit again, still staying quiet. The three of them walked up the path to Fluttershy’s home. “Hey Dillan, have you tried your dragon scan?” Spike asked.
"No, I was ordered to rest, remember?" He chuckled softly, rubbing his injured shoulder.
“I wonder what you look like as a dragon.” Spike said while rubbing his chin.
"Who knows, all I know about the scan is it'll be like all the others. I'll turn into the dragons age appropriate form for a 30 year old, and I won't have any illnesses or handicaps."
“Wow, uh maybe not be in town when you test that form out.” Spike said with a nervous chuckle.
"Why? I'd be bipedal like you most likely and not large." Dillan chuckled.
“I’m only thirteen, and thirdy could be huge!” Spike said.
Dillan chuckled softly. "Spike dragons that big have lived almost as long as Celestia and Luna. I'd probably become the same size or so as Garble."
“Oh.” Spike said and blinked. “You won’t turn into a jerk like him would you?”
"Nah, personality has nothing to do with my transformations, just base instincts." Dillan smiled a bit as they approached Fluttershy's cabin.
“Oh that's good.” Spike said.
Dillan glanced back at ponyville with a sad look as Twilight knocked on the cabin door. The door opened and inside was Fluttershy, she eeped softly. “O-oh h-hello Twilight, Spike, D-Dillan.”
"Hi Fluttershy." Spike said with a smile, while Twilight hugged her.
“Wh-what brings you all here?” Fluttershy asked while shyly leaning near her door.
"The whole town is hiding from Dillan." Spike said, while Dillan looked around the cabin area sadly.
“Oh my, how horrible…um…maybe a pet would help?” Fluttershy offered.
Dillan sighed softly. "Maybe, but I don't think I'm… ok enough to have a pet yet."
“Oh..um would you like to help take care of some of my animals?” She asked.
Dillan looked around a bit, before shrugging sadly. Fluttershy looked around before she picked up a little bird and held it up to Dillan. “How about you make a new friend?”
Dillan smiled a bit and gently rubbed the bird's sleeping head. "Hey little buddy." He said, getting the bird to wake up and yelp in fear before flying away making him watch it go sadly.
Fluttershy flinched a bit. “I…um…sorry.” She said softly and hid behind her mane.
Dillan looked down at the ground. "It's not your fault…"
“Maybe it just didn’t know you were a friend.” Spike offered.
"Maybe…" He said, looking away. "Or maybe I shouldn't have left my home…"
Twilight frowned and stomped a hoof. “Nopony should be alone and isolated.”
Dillan sighed softly. "I'm not a pony…" He muttered, before turning and walking away. "And I was referring to my dimension, maybe I shouldn't have left."
Twilight’s ears fold back. “I didn’t mean it like that. You shouldn’t isolate yourself.”
Dillan paused for a moment, before shrugging. "Maybe… maybe not." He said before walking away.
The ponies and dragon look at each other, not sure what to do.
Dillan sadly and slowly walked back through ponyville, ignoring the ponies as they ran and hid. Snapping out of his stupor as a small pony bumped into his leg. "oh sorry…" the pony said, as Dillan looked down at Scootaloo.
"Scootaloo?" He asked, confused, noticing the tears in her eyes. "Hey, what's wrong?"
“My dad had to leave again, something about an important mission for the princess or something…” She said and kicked the ground with a hoof.
Dillan frowned a bit, while kneeling down. "Well I'm sure he's doing an important job right? And don't you have your mom?"
Scootaloo frowned at the mention of ‘mom’. “If you mean the mare my father married…yeah…she is at home, so I want to be anywhere but.”
He looked at her with a slight frown, Putting his own problems to the back of his mind as he rubbed her head. "She's that bad huh?"
Scootaloo’s wings buzzed with irritation. “I…can’t talk about it…” She said before trying to walk away.
"Even if you can't talk about it, if you leave now you'll miss out on the ice cream." Dillan said, smiling softly.
Scootaloo froze. “Ice…cream?”
"Yeah, from sugar cube corner. I was just about to head there to get some. I thought you'd want some too but I guess not." He said with a playful shrug.
Scootaloo danced on her hooves, unsure before she sighed and walked over to him. “Ok, I will go, but no asking about…her.”
Dillan smiled and nodded. "You got it."
Scootaloo started following him before she looked around. “Geez…adults are weird.”
Dillan sighed softly and glanced around as the ponies slammed windows and doors shut. "yes, they are…"
“I think it is cool that you saved us from that huge thing so easily, I don’t understand why they are scared.” Scootaloo said with a shake of her head.
Dillan smiled softly at the young filly. "Because they're afraid of what I could do, they're afraid I'll end up destroying this town."
“Well that’s stupid, if you wanted to do that you would've already done it when you first arrived.” She said with snort.
Dillan smiles softly at her. "You're a smart filly scoots."
“Of course I am!” She said with a proud smile.
Dillan chuckled softly again as the two entered Sugar cube corner, the restaurant having filled up in occupancy since Dillan, Twilight, and Spike left. The human frowned softly as all the ponies in the establishment stopped talking and looked at him in fear, and a few in anger at him coming back.
“The heck is wrong with them?” Scootaloo asked as she walked up to the counter. “Mare up all of you, Dillan is nice!”
The ponies all turned away not speaking as Dillan slowly made his way sadly to the counter. "It's alright Scoots…"
“No it’s not. You are a good guy, they are just being stupid.” Scootaloo said with a huff.
The ponies in the restaurant glared at her while Dillan shook his head. "Scootaloo it's not stupid, all creatures are entitled to their own fears." He said as the cakes and Pinkie tried bringing a piano through the back door.
“But you saved us!” Scootaloo said.
"And they're afraid of those powers." He said, sighing softly.
Scootaloo huffed and crossed her hooves. “I don’t like it.”
He smiled again, rubbing her head before looking at the cakes and Pinkie pie who were struggling to move the large piano. Dillan glanced at the fear stricken faces of the towns ponies and sighed, walking over to the three of them and popping up his Ultimatrix turning into a large red alien with four arms, before he picked up the piano alone, shocking and scaring more ponies. "Where to?"
"O-oh my! T-thanks you dearie! Right over there, we're having a new stage put in so ponies can hear music as they eat!" Miss Cake said, pointing to a stage.
Scootaloo turned to the rest of the ponies. “See!? He is nice and kind! Helping even though you all are shunning him.”
Dillan smiled softly as he put the piano on stage. "How can we really trust him!" A mare yelled. "For all we know he could be loling us into a false sense of security!"
“That’s stupid! Dillan saved me and my friends, then we saved us all from that big thing! Also the princesses trust him, so why don’t all of you!” Scootaloo yelled.
"Scootaloo." Dillan said, turning back to normal with a sad smile. "It's alright, I appreciate you trying to help, but you can't force others to like me."
"Well, whether they like you or not Dearie, you're welcome here anytime. Now what can we get you?" Miss, cake asked with a smile.
Scootaloo’s ears fold down. “But…”
Dillan smiled softly and rubbed Scootaloo's head gently. "We'll take two of whatever Scootaloo wants."
She looks up at the menu. “Uh… chocolate shake with…cookies?”
"What kind of cookies deerie?" Ms.cake asked, while noticing a few of her other customers looking at Dillan with mixed expressions.
“Um…is peanut butter ok?” Scootaloo asked Dillan.
Dillan smiled softly. "Of course, they're my favorite kind of cookie."
She smiled and looked back at Ms.Cake. “Those please!”
Ms. Cake giggled and nodded. "Have a seat, we'll bring them out soon."
"But I haven't paid." Dillan said with a small frown.
"You helped us big time with that piano, it's on the house." Mr. Cake said with a smile as Pinkie bounced up and down with a toothy smile.
“See mister Dillan, not everypony is scared of you.” Scootaloo said with a smile.
Dillan smiles softly and rubs her head again. "Thanks squirt, now let's go sit down." He chuckled, going over to a booth as a few ponies moved away from them.
“What are you going to do today after this?” Scootaloo asked as she sat down.
Dillan hummed a little, while looking outside. ' "Not sure, any suggestions?"
“We could go watch Rainbow practice her flying!” She said with a grin.
"Alright, maybe we could even join her." Dillan said with a small smile.
“We could?!” She asked with pure joy.
Dillan and all the other ponies couldn't help but chuckle at her excitement, while Dillan nods. "Sure, if she's ok with it. You can ride on my back when I turn into a pegusus."
“Cool! But can you keep up with her?” She asked him.
Dillan laughed a little before Pinkie set their drinks and cookies on the table. "We'll see."
Scootaloo starts eating right away. “Thank you for the food!”
Dillan watched her eating as if she hadn't in days, as his eyes turned to her slightly skinnier stomach that could be mistaken for an athletic form. "Scootaloo… how long has it been since you've had a proper meal?"
“Huh?” She looked up at him with a cookie hanging from her mouth. “Uh, about a day…I think.”
Dillan stared at her for a longer period of time this time, before gesturing for pinkie to come over. "Hey Pinkie, can we get a large stuffed crust extra cheese pizza as well?"
"Oki doki Loki!" Pinkie said with a smile, vanishing behind the counter.
Scootaloo’s eyes widened as she started to drool. “Wow, a whole pizza? Is it your birthday or something?”
Dillan smiled softly at her, shaking his head. "Nope, but it isn't every day I get to hang out with a new awesome friend am I right?" He asked, holding his fist up for a fist bump.
She smiled and hoof bumped his fist. “Cool!”
Dillan smiled at her and rubbed her head playfully as Pinkie brought out the stuffed crust extra cheese pizza. "Here ya go!" She said with a smile.
“Oooo.” Scootaloo said as she drools. “How many slices can I have?”
Dillan smiled at her. "As many as you want, just make sure you eat them slowly ok?"
“Ok!” She takes the first slice and starts inhaling it.
"I just said eat it slowly." Dillan laughed softly.
She looked up with a mouth full of pizza. “This is slowly.” She said, still full of pizza.
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "You're eating it like you'll never taste it again."
She blushed a bit and slowed down her chewing. “Sorry.”
He smiled softly and rubbed her head gently. "Hey don't worry about it, just enjoy it ok?"
She nodded her head and continued to eat. “Thank you again mister Dillan.”
"You don't have to call me mister, just Dillan is ok." He said with a smile.
She nodded her head as she looked down at the pizza. “Ok, do you know if Applebloom or Sweetie Belle are busy?”
"No idea, we could find you if you want to." He said with a small smile.
“Maybe after Rainbow.” She said and finished her slice. “If they are busy I may just hang out in our clubhouse.”
Dillan smiled softly, eating a slice of pizza as well. “Do you promise to not leave?” She asked quietly, so quietly in fact Dillan almost didn’t hear her.
Dillan smiled softly again at her. "I'm your friend Scoots, no matter what I'll never truly be gone."
“But the adults are being mean to you…you might leave Ponyville forever.” She said sadly.
"Scootaloo…" Dillan said with a sad frown, glancing around as the ponies near them all looked down at the sad Statement. "You know no matter where I go I'll be your friend right?"
“Yeah…I know.” She said before sighing and setting down her pizza slice.
Dillan smiled and gently picked her up, rocking her a little. "I promise I'll never leave, if you ever need me I'll be here."
“Really?” She asked as she looked up at him.
He nodded with a smile. "Of course, if you ever need anything, anything at all. Just come find me ok? I'll be there in a flash."
She looked away for a moment before she asked him. “Could you hurt someone who is bad?”
"Well, that depends on how bad they are." He said.
She looked down for a moment before quietly saying. “Let’s go find Rainbow…”
Dillan frowned and looked at the rest of the pizza. "Don't you wanna finish eating first?"
“I…shouldn’t be a greedy foal…” She said and got up before she started walking out of the restaurant.
Dillan frowned and packed up the pizza, and drinks paying for the food before quickly following Scootaloo. "Scootaloo… you know you're not a greedy foal for wanting to eat right?"
“I’m ok…” She said with a sigh and looked ahead. “I don’t want to get in trouble for spoiling my appetite if there is dinner at home.”
Dillan frowned as he looked at her for a moment, sighing softly. "No one knows your stepmom isn't feeding you properly do they?"
She flinched and looked down. “She feeds me.”
Dillan looked at her. "How much and how often?"
“Enough.” She said quickly and started walking faster.
"Scootaloo." Dillan said, stepping on her tail gently to stop her from moving. "I'm not going to tell anyone." He said, kneeling In Front of her with a soft smile. "I just wanted to let you know if you need something to eat, or someone to spend time with. Find me. I'm always open to see you. Ok?"
She was quiet for a moment before she looked away. “Ok.”
Dillan smiled softly and ruffled her mane. "Come on, let's go see if Rainbow can show us some moves."
“Ok.” She said as they headed to a park.
The two watched as a Rainbow blur flew across the sky of the park, spinning and whipping around. “Wow, Rainbow is so awesome.” Scootaloo said.
Dillan smiles softly at her. "She sure is, so are you."
“I’m ok, but nowhere near as cool as Rainbow.” She said with her eyes glued to the blue mare in the sky.
"Don't sell yourself short, kid." Dillan smiled softly as Rainbow noticed the two.
“Hey you two!” She called out before coming in to land, doing a backflip in the air before landing. “What's up?”
"Hey Rainbow, Scootaloo here wanted to watch you practice… hey aren't you supposed to be resting?" Dillan asked with a raised eyebrow. "Didn't you just over heat the other day?"
Rainbow looked at him with a smirk and smug look on her face. "Hey, I'm too awesome for that. Besides I could say the same about you with your shoulder messed up."
"Ya got me there." Dillan chuckled softly.
Rainbow looked around conspiratorially. “Just don’t tell Twilight, I know not to push myself too hard but sitting still drives me crazy.”
"I know the feeling." Dillan chuckled, while smiling at Scootaloo. "Scootaloo was hoping we could join you. But since we can't do anything too extreme how about we all just fly around?"
“Sure, but are you sure you can keep up?” Rainbow siad with a teasing smirk as she poked Dillan’s chest.
Dillan chuckled softly. "I guess we'll find out."
Rainbow smirked and stretched her wings. “Do you already have a winged form?”
Dillan grinned back. "Six."
Rainbow smirked. “I bet they are cool.”
He shrugged a bit. "I mean I have one that can fly at the speed of light."
Rainbow’s eyes widened before she frowned. “Is that fast?”
Dillan grinned as he popped up his Ultimatrix and turned into a light black pegasus with blue hair. "Maybe you'll find out one day."
“One day? How about a race? If I win you have to show me that form, if you win…I don’t know.” Rainbow said with a shrug.
“Oooh! What if he wins he gets to have the honor of going on a date with you!?” Scootaloo suggested.
The two adults blush deeply as they both stare at Scootaloo in shock. "W-what!?" The two said together.
Scootaloo shrugged. “What? You are both cool and winning a date with Rainbow sounds pretty cool.”
Dillan and Rainbow blush deeper and glance at each other before looking away. "H-how about she just gives me like 50 bits?"
"I-i'm ok with that." Rainbow dash said.
Scootaloo shrugged before smiling. “It's not like Dillan will win. Rainbow is the fastest mare alive!”
Dillan chuckled softly as he popped up his Ultimatrix. "Key word there, fastest mare. I'm not a mare." He said, turning into a red stingray like-alien. "Meet Jetray!"
“Why did you change into a pony then into that thing?” Scootaloo asked.
Dillan grinned a bit. "I'm used to flying with it more, I haven't practiced with my pony form yet."
“It doesn't matter, I will still win.” Rainbow said with a smirk.
Dillan smirked back at her. "Oh? Then how about we do what Scootaloo said, if I win you go on a date with me." He said making Rainbow blush. "Ha, from that face alone she won't accept-"
“Fine! You're on, but now if I win you gotta do whatever I say for a whole day!” Rainbow cut off his thoughts.
Dillan blushed again but grinned. "Alright, just don't overheat again."
“Oh please, that was a fluke.” Rainbow said while waving her hoof.
"Sure it was, so where are we Racing to?" He asked her with a grin.
“This will be simple, just a lap around Ponyville.” Rainbow said as she stretched her wings.
Dillan nodded and got into position. "Go!" Scootaloo yelled as the two took off at high speeds, with Dillan outspeeding Rainbow.
Rainbow did her best but couldn’t keep up, especially with her body not being in top condition at the moment. Dillan glanced back at her and slowed down a little, enough to stay in the lead but close enough to talk and keep an eye on her. "You're not giving up are you?"
“No bucking way!” She said while breathing heavily. “You just got a head start.”
Dillan smiled softly and kept flying ahead of her, keeping his eye on her so she wouldn't hurt herself as they grew closer to the park again after lapping Ponyville. Rainbow tried to go faster but just couldn’t pass Dillan, when they landed she fell to her belly panting. “Darn it…i lost” She said.
“Rainbow!” Twilight yelled as she ran over. “How could you make her race in her condition!?” She yelled at Dillan with a glare.
Dillan stepped back a bit. "Hey now, I made sure we didn't go overboard."
“Look at her! She almost overheated again! She could have lost her ability to fly!” Twilight yelled as Rainbow held a hoof out to her.
“Twilight, calm down.” Rainbow said weakly.
"Calm down!?" Twilight yelled. "You almost lost your ability to fly! What about your dream of joining the wonderbolts!" She shouted, making Dillan look away guiltily.
Rainbow slowly stood up. “I know my limits Twi! I wasn’t going to burn out.” She said back, pressing her forehead against Twilight’s. “Stop acting this way to Dillan.”
Twilight glared at her and gently pushed on Rainbow, making her fall to the ground. "See how tired and exhausted you are! This wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been so reckless! He's supposed to use that watch for serious problems, not winning races and risking ponies' lives!"
Dillan looked down and off to the side sadly, swallowing back his tears. “Twilight, I was the one that made him race!” Rainbow yelled back with a frown. “Scootaloo, cover your ears.” The filly did so quickly. “Twilight, right now you are being the world's biggest nag!”
Twilight's mane and feathers ruffled at the insult as Dillan looked confused. "Why did Scootaloo have to cover her ears for that?"
“Later.” Rainbow said, not taking her eyes off of Twilight. “Look at how you're acting Twilight! And don’t think I haven’t noticed Dillan was upset when he got here, something is up and you just blamed him for something I did!”
Dillan smiled softly before Twilight shouted. "He was upset because ponies had been avoiding him because they thought he was dangerous! And you know even if it was your idea he should have known better since he saw you overheating! Sweet Celestia! Maybe the other ponies were right to be afraid of him…" Twilight groaned, rubbing her forehead with a hoof as Dillan's eyes widened in shock as he tried to fight back tears.
“That's going too far Twilight! He saved us from that robot and saved the crusaders! He isn't a threat to us and if you can't see that maybe we aren't friends anymore!” Rainbow yelled back.
Twilight and Dillan both stared at her in shock. "R-rainbow you can't mean that…" Twilight stuttered in shock.
“Dillan is a friend and if you treat him like this I wonder what you’ll do to me one day.” Rainbow said with a frown, even though she hurt to say that she needed to.
Twilight took a step back. "Rainbow y-you could have lost your wings and your ability to fly! He should have been more responsible, even if-"
“I am the one that wanted to race! I am the one that flew! And I am the one that lost the race! Get your head out of your plot and start thinking Twi.” Rainbow said as she walked over to Dillan. “Come on, let’s go.”
Dillan looked between Twilight and Rainbow, looking sadly at Twilight before he picked up Scootaloo and walked away following Rainbow. "I need to talk to the others." Twilight said, flying back to Ponyville.
“The nerve of her turning on you like that.” Rainbow said as he legs shook while walking.
"Rainbow she's just worried about you, you of all ponies respect that loyalty." Dillan said to her as he had her walk to a bench.
“I know that but she didn’t have to blame you!” Rainbow said as she refused to sit down, instead she paced back-and-forth as her legs started to shake even harder.
Dillan sat Scootaloo on the bench before getting up and picking up Rainbow Dash, setting her on the bench as well. "She did have a point, I should have made sure you were ok first. Your legs are already starting to give out."
“Maybe…but she should have blamed me, not you!” Rainbow said with a snort.
Dillan smiled a bit as he sat down next to her and Scootaloo. "I appreciate the loyalty…"
Rainbow sighed and laid her head down on her front hooves. “Somepony has to be…”
Dillan looked at her smiling softly again. "Well, still thanks… oh hey you owe me a date." He said with a playful grin.
Rainbow’s head shot up and she blushed so hard her ears turned red. “Oh buck.” She whispered in embarrassment.
Dillan snickered a bit along with Scootaloo, before they both laughed at her reaction. "Relax, a date can be anything. Even this." He said, gesturing to how they were just hanging out at the park.
Rainbow shook her head. “No, I lost the bet, I owe you a real date.”
"And what qualifies as a real date?" Dillan asked her with a grin, as Scootaloo got up. "Where ya going?"
"I… I have to get home…" Scootaloo said softly.
“Are you sure Squirt?” Rainbow asked as she watched the filly leave.
"Y-yeah, have fun on your date." Scootaloo said, running off before the two adults could question her more.
Dillan frowned as he looked at where Scootaloo had gone. "Hey Rainbow? Do you know how often Scootaloo's dad is away?"
“Her dad? uh…I never actually met him.” Rainbow said with a small frown. “I haven’t met any of her family actually.”
Dillan looked down sadly. "I think he may be a member of the Royal guard or something, when I met up with Scootaloo earlier she said he was on a mission for Celestia."
“Oh geez, most guards are away from their families for months at a time.” Rainbow said with a shake of her head.
Dillan nodded a bit, before smiling at her. "Alright, so what do you want to do for our 'date'?"
Rainbow blushed and rubbed her head. “I don’t know…”
Dillan looked at her before he grinned a bit. "Alright, I have a fun idea. Meet me at my house Saturday night."
Rainbow raised an eyebrow at him as he got up and walked away, leaving her alone with her thoughts. "Damn it, why did I agree to a date!? I like mares!" She thought to herself, while watching Dillan walk away. "Even if he is… kinda cool…"
Twilight's castle.
Twilight sat on her throne while her friends; Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie pie, along with her assistant and oldest friend Spoke sat down around her. "We need to talk about Dillan."
“What about him?” Pinkie asked with a smile as she passed out some snacks from her mane.
Twilight sighed. "He let Rainbow dash race him even though she was still hurt from their previous race."
“Sounds like Rainbow bit off more than she could handle again.” Applejack said while shaking her head.
"I think it might be more than that…" Twilight said, with a sigh. "And even if she did, Dillan with that watch should have been more responsible and not had her race."
“Did he force her to race?” Fluttershy asked quietly.
"Rainbow said she chose to but I still think he should have been more responsible. If he lets something Like this slip his mind I don't want to think of what could happen if he accidentally lets something worse happen."
They looked at each other before Rarity spoke up. “What are you trying to say darling?”
Twilight sighed softly. "I don't know… for now we should just keep an eye on him. And don't involve Rainbow dash, we all know how she is and she even threatened to stop being my friend if I kept insulting Dillan."
They all gasp. “That is crazy!” Pinkie yelled before her eyes widened. “What if he is controlling her!?”
"What should we do?" Spike asked them all, a worried look on his face. Spike tapped his chin before suggesting. “Why don’t we get him out of his house and then put some spying spells in there?”
"Not a bad idea Spike." Twilight said, tapping her chin as well. "But when?"
Pinkie looked around before suggesting. “Why not when Dillan goes out on his date with Rainbow? I heard Scootaloo talking to herself about it when I was coming here.”
"Date!?" The group shouted in shock.
“Yeah, I was surprised too! I always thought Rainbow like mares with big-” Pinkie was saying before Applejack covered her mouth.
“Pinkie, Spike is still here.” She said with a frown then she sighed. “But it is strange, as long as i’ve known her Dash was a fillyfooler.”
Twilight furrows her eyebrows. "Maybe that watch of his is giving him the ability to control her."
“O-oh my.” Fluttershy said softly.
“Dang it, what do we do? Ah mean besides spyin on him.” Applejack said.
"Maybe we should get the princesses darlings, I mean without Rainbow dash we can't use the elements to stop him." Rarity said, looking worriedly.
“Maybe…” Twilight said as she looked down. “I will look into mind control magic and see if I can free Rainbow, in the meantime keep an eye on him and her.”
"U-um… girls?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "W-when we were younger, R-rainbow did have a crush on a Colt…" She said, with no one being able to hear her.
“I can ask Sweetie to speak with Scootaloo to learn more about this date.” Rarity said while tapping her chin.
“Ah will warn Big Mac so he can keep an eye on him too.” Applejack said.
“Oooh I can plant some of my Pinkie cams in Rainbow’s home!” Pinkie said with a smile, getting looks from everyone.
"Pinkie cams? And why Rainbow's home?" Twilight asked, confused.
Pinkie blushes a bit before she walks over to a potted plant and reaches behind it to pull out a small camera shaped like Pinkie’s head with one eye open. “To make sure Rainbow is ok of course.”
"Why is there one in my throne room!?" Twilight asked in shock, as someone knocked on the door.
“Well duh, so I can know when you need a party.” Pinkie said before she hid the camera again.
Twilight groaned as she turned to the door. "Come in!"
The door opened slowly as Rainbow dash walked in while looking at all her friends. "What's going on? I didn't know there was a meeting."
“Oh we were just planning on-” Pinkie started before Rarity cut her off.
“Where we should go on a group vacation!” She said a bit too quickly.
Rainbow dash raised an eyebrow at her friend's reaction. "Uh, okaaay? Um, anyway Fluttershy would it be ok if I stayed with you for a while? I kinda overdid myself again today."
Fluttershy sighed and walked over to her. “Sure, but let me give you a checkup just to be sure you don’t need a hospital visit.” Twilight shared a look with the others.
"If you want to, I raced Dillan again but he made sure I didn't overdue it too much." She said, sending a small glare at Twilight.
Pinkie hopped over to Rainbow and offered up a cupcake while patting her head, slipping a small Pinkie cam into Rainbow’s mane. “How about a cupcake to help you relax.”
Rainbow dash chuckled softly, taking the cupcake. "Thanks Pinkie, so where were you all thinking about going on vacation?"
“I suggested we visit a coastal city so we can enjoy a real beach.” Rarity said with a smile, easily lying.
“Oh um…I suggested las pegasus…the others would enjoy it.” Fluttershy meekly said.
“Ah…uh…didn’t make any suggestions yet.” Applejack said.
Rainbow tapped her chin a little with her hoof, while eating the cupcake before her eyes widened in excitement. "I just thought of the most awesome vaca ever!"
“What's that?” Pinkie asked with an equally big grin.
Rainbow smirked. "What if we asked Dillan to try and take us all to another planet! We'd be the first ponies ever to go to another planet!"
Most of the girls looked uncomfortable at the idea. “I don’t know Rainbow, wouldn’t that take a long time?” Twilight asked.
Rainbow glanced at Twilight with an apprehensive look. "I… I don't know, Dillan said he had a transformation that can fly at the speed of light-whatever that is- so maybe not?"
Twilight turned her head to face Rainbow so quickly she fell out of her seat. “The speed of light!?”
Everyone looked at Twilight in confusion aside from spike. "How is that possible!?" He asked. "The speed of light is faster than Rainbow's sonic Rainboom! It's practically teleportation from speed alone!"
“Hold on, what do ya mean?” Applejack asked.
"Applejack the speed of light is how fast it takes the light from the sun to here, it's almost instant!" Spike said. "The light travels millions of miles instantly, and Dillan can do the same?! It's basically teleportation!" He said, shocking all the mares as Twilight's mane fizzled.
“M-maybe he can only move that fast in a straight line…” Twilight said to herself, trying to calm down.
"H-how can anything move that fast…" Rainbow asked in shock as she sat down. "No wonder I lost those races…."
“Sounds like fun, I wonder what it feels like to move that fast. Probably not as fast as the speed of party.” Pinkie said with a giggle snort.
"Speed of…" Rainbow started to ask before shaking her head. "Nevermind, it's Pinkie pie."
Pinkie giggled and hopped back to her seat. “Darling, I do hope you don’t plan on racing him anymore.” Rarity said with a sigh.
Rainbow sat back in her seat with a sigh. "Yeah, yeah… I know when I'm beat… but I wonder if he can train me to go that fast somehow…"
Most of the girls shook their heads with small smiles. “You are fine for now Rainbow but please…no more flying for at least a few hours.” Fluttershy said.
"I know Shy, that's why I asked to stay with you for the night." Rainbow said with a smile, before a small blush formed on her face. "and um.. Rarity I uh need a favor…"
“A favor? Sure, what do you need darling?” Rarity asked with a surprised look on her face.
Rainbow looked away in embarrassment. "A-a dress… I um… lost a bet and uh… I have a um… date Saturday night."
Rarity’s look of surprise turned to a look of shock. “You…are asking me to make you a dress…willingly?”
Rainbow sighed as the other mares glanced at each other, already knowing about the date. "Y-yeah… he tried to get me out of the bet but I told him I owed him a real date so I guess I have to actually get dressed up."
Rarity smiled and got out of her seat and trotted over to her. “That is honorable of you Rainbow, I'll make sure to make you look your best.”
Rainbow blushed a bit more in embarrassment as Fluttershy quietly spoke up. "u-um… y-you said he… i-is it um… Dillan?"
After Rainbow nodded her head Pinkie asked. “But I thought you liked mares, why the date with Dillan?”
Rainbow sighed. "I lost a bet… the only reason I agreed to it was mostly because Scootaloo suggested it and I didn't want to just dismiss it completely. And I thought I could win…."
Pinkie giggled and wiggled her eyebrows. “Maybe Dillan’s watch can turn him into a mare.”
Rainbow blushed more. "Even if it could, I doubt he'd want to lose his… parts. Besides it's only because of a bet it's not like I like him or anything."
Pinkie giggled more and winked. “Well if you ever wanna party for losing your V-card give me a call.”
“What's a V-card?” Spike asked.
"Pinkie!!" All the mares yelled at her with blushes as Rainbow added. "What the buck!"
“Oopsie, was that out loud?” Pinkie asked innocently.
Rainbow groaned and got up. "I'm out, I'm not listening to this!" She said quickly leaving.
“Rainbow, when do you want to work on your dress?” Rarity asked as Fluttershy got up to follow her.
"Whenever!" She called back rushing out the door as Fluttershy followed her.
“I still don’t know what a V-card is.” Spike muttered.
"D-don't worry about it for now Spike." Twilight said patting his head.
Spike frowned and crossed his arms. “Fine…”
“Uh..anyway.” Applejack said with a sigh. “What now?”
"We follow the plan…" Twilight said.
“Alright.” Applejack said with a nod.
“Right.” Rarity said with a nod.
“Okei-dokei loki.” Pinkie said with a simile.
Rarity and Fluttershy chased Rainbow Dash as the mare rushed away from Twilight's castle. "Rainbow, slow down!" Fluttershy shouted. "you're still overheated, remember!"
“Yes, we don’t want you to collapse.” Rarity said.
Rainbow slowed down while breathing heavily. "I can't believe Pinkie said that."
“I am sure she is just…um…” Fluttershy started before she couldn’t come up with an excuse.
"She was joking around but it wasn't funny…" Rainbow siad with a sigh.
“How about we start on that dress, I have a few ideas and it may help you relax.” Rarity offered.
Rainbow sighed. "Alright."
Fluttershy laid a wing over Rainbow’s back. “Are you ok Rainbow?”
Rainbow nodded. "Yeah… it's just… something Dillan asked me has been on my mind."
“I will make you some tea when we get to my home.” Rarity said.
“What did he ask?” Fluttershy asked with a frown.
"He asked about Scootaloo's dad." Rainbow said, looking at the ground. "He said Scootaloo told him her dad was on a mission for Celestia, assuming he was in the guard. But it's the look he had on his face that I can't get out of my head."
Fluttershy and Rarity looked at each other for a moment before Rarity asked. “What look?”
Rainbow looked at the ground for a long while, thinking on the question. "A look of… silent realization of something. Like he figured something out about Scootaloo. I thought he was gonna say something but he changed the subject, so it must be something big."
“You don’t think something bad happened to her father do you?” Fluttershy asked with a small gasp.
Rainbow tapped her chin with her hoof as they sat at Rarity's kitchen table. "No… I don't think so, the timing of his question is what made me confused. It happened right after Scootaloo had to go home."
“That is a bit troubling, do you want me to ask Sweetie if she knows anything?” Rarity asked as she made some tea.
"Yeah, but if it is something Scootaloo told Dillan maybe we should just let him handle it…" Rainbow said, looking at them. "I mean if she wanted me to know she would have told me."
“Well…that is true but she is also a filly Rainbow. She may think she can handle something meant for adults and get herself in trouble.” Rarity said as she brought the tea to them.
Rainbow sighed and nodded. "I know, at least she told someone…"
“True.” Rarity said as she poured them each a cup of tea. “Now on to your dress, do you have a plan for the date?”
Rainbow blushed a bit and rubbed the back of her head. "Um… well Dillan saidsaid to meet him at his house Saturday night so I'm not sure…"
“Oh dear.” Rarity said with a frown. “That makes this part tricky.” She walked over to her fabric and started looking through them.
Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Um… how tricky?"
“I don’t know what he has planned so I can’t just make anything.” Rarity said, before adding. “If I made you a dress made for dancing and he wants to go for a picnic you'd look silly.”
Rainbow sighed and sat back. "Great, how are we supposed to find out what he has planned?"
Fluttershy looked at Rainbow from the side with a small smile and a knowing look. “All is not lost!” Rarity said as she pulled out some fabric. “I shall make you look fabulous, this I promise you.”
Fluttershy looked at the two of them. "U-um… d-don't forget E-even if it's a bit creepy…" she said as the two looked at her. "D-dillan knows a lot about us all because of that um TV show so-so he knows what Rainbow likes so he may be planning on something she'd like or something he thinks she'd like…"
“Hmm, that is true…but I don’t know what all he has seen about her.” Rarity said as she tapped her chin. “Has he said anything to you Rainbow?”
Rainbow shook her head. "No, I mean we've only talked like two times… maybe I'm just overreacting with the whole dress thing…"
“Not at all.” Rarity said as she held up some fabric and hummed. “No, not black.” She said to herself.
"Why did I accept that stupid bet…" Rainbow sighed. "And for all we know he may just be planning a simple dinner at his house."
Fluttershy and Rarity looked at each other for a moment. “That…wouldn’t be very romantic for a first date, if he does I would suggest a restaurant instead.” Rarity suggested.
Rainbow blushed. "It's just a date for winning a bet! It's not like it means anything!"
“Rainbow darling, all dates mean something.” Rarity said with a wag of her hoof. She then moved over a dark blue fabric and smirked. “Ah yes this will do.”
The blue mare groaned and slumped in her seat. "Come on Rarity, it's not like I'm gonna start dating him or anything."
“Maybe not, but you still want to look your best.” Rarity said with a smile. “After all, what if somepony saw you on your date and you didn't look your best, they would assume that you treat all your dates like any other day.”
Rainbow blushed a bit and sighed. "Yeah… ok…."
"T-thats if anything s-sees…. Everypony in town has been um… avoiding Dillan kinda like how they did when Zecora first started coming to town." Fluttershy said, shocking Rainbow dash.
“They are?” Rainbow asked with a bit of shock and anger.
Fluttershy nodded softly. "Y-yeah, at least that's what Twilight told us."
“That is…horrible.” Rainbow said with a frown. “No wonder he and Scoots seemed so upset.”
"O-oh no I hope he's ok." Fluttershy said as Rarity worked.
“I…don’t know how humans react to what he is going through but…it does seem a bit…wrong.” Rarity said with a small frown.
Rainbow frowned and nodded a bit. “It's more than wrong…” Fluttershy said while looking down. “Maybe we could introduce Zecora to him?”
"That or Rainbow is all he needs." Rarity said with a teasing giggle.
Fluttershy giggles softly as well. “Oh come on Rarity this is just…a lost bet.” Rainbow said and looked away with a light blush.
Rarity chuckles softly. "Alright, let's work on the dress." Rarity began to make the dress around Rainbow while Fluttershy spoke with her.
"Rainbow is everything really ok?" Fluttershy asked her oldest friend. "You've seen a bit off lately."
“I don’t know…it's like I feel a pull to something…but I don’t know what.” Rainbow said with a confused frown on her face.
Fluttershy and Rarity glanced at each other worriedly. "What do you mean darling?"
Rainbow shrugged. “Like I said, it's just a pull but I don’t know to where.”
"You feel a pull? When did it start?" Fluttershy asked as Rarity worked more.
Rainbow shrugged again before looking down at her chest. “I don’t know, I just…noticed it one day.”
"Has it ever gone away?" Rarity asked her, while taking a few measurements.
“No, I still feel it, even now.” Rainbow said and rubbed her chest. “It only seems to go away when I'm distracted. Like really distracted.”
"Strange… have you ever tried following it?" Fluttershy asked. "Maybe it's your inner magic trying to tell you something."
“I tried but then I got distracted by Dillan.” Rainbow said with a shake of her head and flick of her tail.
Fluttershy and Rarity glanced at each other again, before Rarity asked. "How many times have you gotten distracted enough? And by what?"
“A few times, and usually when it is something really important like that giant robot attack or when I am training super hard.” Rainbow said before adding a bit shyly. “Or whenever I speak with Dillan.”
"So most of the time the feeling goes away when you're near or talking with Dillan?" Rarity asked with a confused look.
“Yeah, I guess he is pretty distracting.” Rainbow said with a chuckle.
Rarity and Fluttershy glanced at each other again as Fluttershy stood up. "I'll be back. I need to feed my animal friends."
"Alright darling." Rarity said, as she continued to work.
“See ya Fluttershy, I promise to come over as soon as Rarity is done.” Rainbow said with a small smile.
"Remember to take your time, you've already overheated three times. Any more and you'll risk losing your ability to fly." Fluttershy said with a worried frown.
Rainbow sighed and lowered her ears. “Yes mom.” She said a bit annoyed.
"Rainbow, I'm serious!" Fluttershy said. "If you lose your ability to fly you won't be able to join the wonderbolts! What about your dream?"
Rainbow flinched and looked down. “I know…I know ok? I promise I won’t fly.”
Fluttershy nodded once as she left the boutique, noticing Scootaloo walking away from the town as the sun started going down. Fluttershy frowned softly and tried to follow her without Scootaloo noticing her.
The small filly stopped for a moment and held her stomach, Fluttershy hearing her stomach growl loudly before she continued to head deeper into the white tailed woods. Fluttershy frowned and flew over her to keep an eye on the filly.
Fluttershy noticed Scootaloo was heading in the direction of Dillan's house as the filly knocked on the front door with her stomach growling loudly. "Scootaloo?" Dillan asked, opening the door.
“H-hey Dillan.” Scootaloo said with a small smile.
Dillan knelt down to her and smiled softly. "What are-" he started to ask before she held her stomach as it growled loudly. "Oh! Geez, come in. I just finished cooking dinner."
“Are you…sure it's ok?” Scootaloo asked, taking a step back.
Fluttershy noticed Dillan smiled softly as he stepped aside. "Of course, I told you earlier if you needed anything to just drop by."
“Well…as long as it is ok.” Scootaloo walked inside.
Dillan closed the door as Fluttershy looked worried and flew back to Twilight's castle. Once she got there she impulsively flew in through. “Girls!” She whisper-shouted.
Fluttershy was breathing heavily from flying so fast. “Scoo…taloo….in…Dillan’s…home.”
"What?!" The girls shouted. "Why?!" Twilight added.
“She looked and sounded hungry, like she hadn't eaten all day.” Fluttershy said once she caught her breath.
The girls looked at each other. "What? That doesn't make sense… wouldn't her parents feed her?" Applejack asked worriedly.
“I…don’t know…from what I heard…her father is a guard.” Fluttershy said with a small frown.
The group looked at each other worriedly. "What should we do?" Pinkie asked.
“I don’t know.” Twilight said and rubbed her temples.
"Why would she go to Dillan's house for food? Did he put a spell or whatever on her as well?" Applejack asked.
“That…has to be the only reason…he got her to trust him so he can get closer to Rainbow.” Twilight said before placing her hooves on the map table. “He must be planning something and needs a way to stop us from using the elements on him.”
Suddenly Pinkie started twitching involuntarily and bouncing off of her seat onto the table where everyone could see her. “Pinkie!?” Everyone shouted.
After a few minutes Pinkie stopped twitching and spasming before suddenly sitting up with a giggle. "Oh wow, that was a mega doozie!"
All the girls turned pale. “D-did she say…” Applejack started.
“Mega doozie?” Fluttershy finished.
"Oh yeah! Something super super super unexpected will happen!" Pinkie said with a giggle.
“Pinkie! That's not a good thing!” Twilight yelled as her mane started to go wild.
Pinkie tilted her head. "Well you don't know that, it could be something really good!"
“Pinkie, you got a doozie while we were speaking of Dillan’s plans…he is up to something and we have to stop him.” Twilight said before turning to Spike. “Spike, please get me any books on mind control magic.”
"Right!" Spike said, running off.
"Fluttershy did Rainbow say anything?" Twilight asked.
“Just what I told you…at least about Scootaloo.” Fluttershy said with a sigh and sat down.
"No I mean about Dillan." Twilight said.
“Oh um…she has been feeling a pulling sensation lately that goes away whenever she's focused on something really hard or whenever Dillan is nearby.” Fluttershy said before putting a hoof on her chest. “I think it is coming from her chest, she looked at it and even touched it when she was talking about it.”
Twilight tapped her chin. "A pulling sensation…"
“What do ya think it is Twi?” Applejack asked.
"I… I don't know." Twilight mumbled. "I'll have to study on mind control spells."
“Can we save them?” Fluttershy asked.
"Of course we will… somehow." Twilight said with a determined look.
Dillan smiled as he walked into the kitchen, looking at Scootaloo as her stomach growled loudly again. The human frowned and pulled out a chair for the filly as he grabbed a bowel while she sat down.
“What did you make?” Scootaloo asked, while holding her stomach, trying to keep it quiet.
"Spaghetti, do you like Spaghetti?" Dillan asked her with a small smile as he puts some in a different bowl for her with some garlic bread.
“Yes. My dad used to make it all the time.” She said with a small smile.
Dillan smiles softly and rubs her head, setting the bowl of food in front of her. "I'm sure he'll be home soon."
“I hope so.” She said sadly as she started to eat. “Thank you for the food.”
Dillan smiled softly as he started to eat as well. "No problem, if you ever need anything just stop by ok?"
“I will try to remember that.” She said, and the two ate in silence for a while.
Dillan glanced at Scootaloo with a worried look thinking to himself as they ate. "It's obvious she's not eating properly at home… maybe I should tell Rainbow or the other elements…" he thought to himself before pausing for a moment. "No, Rainbow would go off the handle and probably beat her stepmom to a pulp, and the others would overreact… I guess I'll just have to keep making sure she's properly fed until I have more proof."
The human glanced at Scootaloo again, noticing her bowel was empty as she munched on the slice of garlic bread he had given her. "Do you want some more?"
“Huh?” She looked up. “Um…if that's ok.”
"Of course, you can have as much as you want." Dillan said with a smile, putting more spaghetti in her bowel with another slice of garlic bread.
Scootaloo gulped and licked her lips. “Thank you mister Dillan!” She then started eating again.
Dillan chuckled and rubbed her head. "Just be careful, if you eat too much you'll get sick. Just eat until you're full ok?"
“Ok!” She said and ate so quickly she seemed like an orange blur.
Dillan tried to hide his laughing as Scootaloo ate, smiling at her with a grin. "Careful, eat too much and you won't have room for ice cream."
Scootaloo froze for a moment before looking up at Dillan slowly. “Ice cream?”
He nodded with a grin. "Unless you don't want any."
Scootaloo smiled innocently. “I wouldn't say no.” A halo even appeared over her head.
Dillan laughed a bit as he got some more bowels out. "I have chocolate, vanilla, cookies and cream."
“Yes please!” She said, her smile growing.
Dillan laughed again, giving her one scoop of each ice cream before putting chocolate syrup on top along with sprinkles. "Here ya go."
Scootaloo squealed with happiness before she started eating it, a few minutes later she was leaning back in the chair, looking more rounded and ball-like. “Ugh so full.”
Dillan tried to hold it in before he broke out laughing. "You look like a puff ball!"
Scootaloo tried to say something but she just burped.
Dillan kept laughing so hard he started to choke. "Oh man, t-that's just funny."
“Not…funny…feel like I'm gonna…” Scootaloo said and burped again.
Dillan got up and gently helped her to the bathroom. "If you need to throw up, go ahead."
“I think I will be…” She throws up before she can finish.
Dillan shakes his head with a smile as he rubs her back as thunder shakes the house, making Scootaloo jump. “Wnat was that? Rain wasn’t scheduled for today.”
"Hmm, maybe they changed their minds." He said as rain began pouring outside.
“That's really-” Scootaloo started before she threw up more.
Dillan rubs her back more with a small smile. "I warned you not to eat a so fast."
“But it was so good.” She whimpered.
"I know, but you still need to take your time and savor it." He said with a chuckle.
Scootaloo sighed as she stopped throwing up. “I'm sorry.”
"Hey it's ok, you can have more if you promise not to eat so quickly." Dillan chuckled softly, flushing the toilet.
She shook her head. “No more please.”
"You sure?" He asked, walking back out.
“Yeah…any more and I'll puke again.” She said weakly.
Dillan nodded as they went to the living room, while rain and thunder roared outside. "Geez it's getting bad outside, you'd better stay here tonight."
“Are you sure that is ok?” She asked as she looked out the window just as lightning struck and spooked her.
Dillan smiled softly at her. "Of course, I'm not going to let you walk back in this danger…" he started to say, before someone banged on his door making the two jump in surprise. "Ous weather…" he said, going over to the door. "Who is it?"
"Dillan?" A familiar voice asked from outside. "It's me Rainbow dash, can uh… can I come in I got lost in the sudden downpour."
Dillan blinked in confusion a few times before he opened the door, letting the Rainbow pony inside. "How in the world did you get lost?"
"Hey, I was trying to get to Fluttershy's house but the sudden storm from the everfree forest made everything seem the same!" Rainbow said with a huff, her mane completely straight mane.
Scootaloo peeked out with her distended belly and saw outside was downporing so hard that she couldn’t see five feet out. “Wow.”
"Scootaloo?" Rainbow asked, looking down at the filly. "What are you doing here? And what happened to you?"
"She was exploring around the woods when it got dark, I found her and let her eat dinner here before it started raining. She kinda went overboard." Dillan said with a chuckle.
Scootaloo blushed and giggled nervously. “Yeah…”
Rainbow chuckled softly. "So he's that good of a cook huh?" She asked as Dillan went into his bedroom. .
“Yeah! He made spaghetti and garlic bread! He also had ice cream.” Scootaloo said with a smile.
Rainbow chuckled softly as her own stomach growled a bit making her blush as Dillan came back out with a pillow and blanket, setting it on the couch. "There's still some left." Dillan said with a smile.
Scootaloo groaned and ran over to the couch. “No! No more, I'm too full!”
Dillan laughed a bit along with Rainbow dash. "I was talking to Rainbow."
Scootaloo blushed and hid her head under a pillow. “Nevermind then.”
Rainbow giggled a bit as she looked around Dillan's house more, before she slowly went into the kitchen. "You're soaking wet, don't you want to shower off and warm up?" Dillan asked her, holding out a towel to her.
“You ok with that?” Rainbow asked as she dried her wings.
"Sure, better than letting you get sick or something. I have the guest room set up for Scootaloo and you can sleep in my room since the rain is so…" he said, opening the window showing the torrential downpour. "Dense…, I'll sleep on the couch."
“You sure? I mean…give me enough water and I can make a cloud bed for myself…just don’t tell anyone.” Rainbow said with a nervous chuckle.
"Why not?" Dillan asked, raising an eyebrow. "Besides, you two are my guests. My parents raised me to always put a guest first, so my bed is your bed for tonight, and Scootaloo will have a bed all to herself." He said, getting a bowl of spaghetti for Rainbow.
“Well it's kinda illegal to make cloud furniture without a permit.” Rainbow said with a small smirk before she started eating.
Dillan looked at her with a raised eyebrow and a shake of his head. "Oh I'm telling princess Celestia." He said as he went back into his bedroom.
Rainbow’s eyes widened. “Don’t you dare!”
Dillan laughed as he stuck his head out. "Chill Dashy, I'm messing with you."
She blushed and sat back down. “Oh…” She shook her head. “You almost gave me a heart attack.”
Dillan smiled a bit more as he came out of the bedroom again, holding a blanket with a picture of a bunch of humans on it. "Why would I turn you in, you're one of the few ponies to talk to me."
Rainbow frowned. “I heard about that…it's bucked up.” She said before Scootaloo gasped.
"Rainbow! That's such a bad word!" Scootaloo said as Dillan rubbed her head.
Dillan smiled softly as he shrugged putting the blanket on the couch. "It is what it is, creatures are afraid of what they don't know… in their eyes I'm something they've never seen that can become monsters that suddenly destroys something…"
“But you saved the girls, you saved us!” Rainbow said before looking down. “I thought everypony learned to not judge somepony on their appearance back with Zecora.”
"Yeah well, at least Zecora looks similar to ponies. I'm so different they must not be able to look past it." Dillan said, before a large thunder crashed making Scootaloo jump and hide behind Dillan.
Rainbow watched and smiled softly as Scootaloo found safety with Dillan, then she frowned lightly when she felt that pull from before but shook her head. “Still, there are dragons, and minotaurs and who knows what else out there that walk on two legs.”
Dillan shrugged, while gently rubbing Scootaloo's head to help her calm down. "I don't know… it's not that big of a deal…"
“Still is messed up.” Rainbow said as she finished the food.
Dillan looked away with a small frown, clearly upset about the situation as he sighed softly. "D-did you want to take a shower?" He asked, changing the subject.
“Yeah…as long as you don’t mind.” She said and got up from the table.
"I wouldn't have offered, if I wasn't." Dillan said with a small chuckle.
“Alright, I will try to not use up the hot water.” She trotted past Dillan and into the bathroom.
Dillan smiled softly as he looked at Scootaloo still hiding behind him. "Hey it's ok, it's just rain."
“Sorry…the rain isn’t the issue even though it's wild weather.” She said timidly.
"Oh, it's the thunder?" He asked, as another blast of thunder erupted through the area. She yelped and curled into a shivering ball around Dillan’s leg. Dillan gently picked her up and held her, rubbing her back as he sat down on the couch. "Hey it's ok, we're safe in here."
“I…I know that…I’m not a baby…” She said, a bit upset.
"I know." Dillan smiled softly, rubbing her head. "I'm just saying, I know it's loud and scary. But you have me and Rainbow here."
“It…just reminds me of something that happened…” She said and looked down.
Dillan gently wraps her up in his blanket as he rubs her back a bit. "I won't press you for details, it's ok."
“I…almost hurt my dad…bad.” She said and sniffled.
Dillan looked at her, rubbing her back gently. "What happened?"
“I was in my dad's office…I found a new thing…I didn’t know what it was and was messing around with it.” She lowered her head and whimpered. “Dad came in and yelled at me to put it down, he scared me and it made a loud boom, like thunder. The next thing I know there is a hole in the wall next to my dad's head…”
Dillan rubbed her head gently. "Hey it's ok, it was just a mistake. And he's ok right?"
“Y-yeah but I almost…almost…” She said with a whimper.
Dillan gently held her in a comforting embrace. "Hey it's ok, you didn't know what if was. Everything is ok."
Scootaloo cried into his chest. Dillan smiled as he continued to rub her back, rocking her gently as Rainbow dash came out. “Whoa, what did I miss?” She asked.
"I'll tell you later." Dillan said, rocking Scootaloo more as she cried.
“Ok…” Rainbow said as she watched Scootaloo. “Um..do you mind if I use your room for some privacy?”
Dillan raised an eyebrow at her with a playful smirk. "Do I bother you that much? Why didn't you do that in the bathroom?"
Rainbow blushed and frowned. “I need to preen my feathers jerk.”
Dillan raised an eyebrow in confusion as Scootaloo nuzzled against him. "Human." He said pointing to himself. "I don't know why that's private… but… as long as you don't make too big of a mess, sure, after all I offered my bedroom to you so go ahead."
“Only family or really close ponies share preening.” Rainbow said with a blush.
Dillan blushed and turned away. "O-oh, ok go ahead."
“Yeah.” Rainbow said before she rubbed Scootaloo’s back before walking off to the bedroom.
Dillan rubbed Scootaloo's back more. "A-are you feeling better?"
“Maybe…could…could I have another scoop of ice cream?” She asked shyly.
"Of course." Dillan said, getting up with her as he goes to the kitchen.
She smiled and looked up at him. “Are you gonna date Rainbow now?”
Dillan blushed deeply. "W-what!?"
“Are you and Rainbow dating now?” She asked again.
"N-no!" Dillan said, a little too loudly. "W-we're just friends!"
She tilted her head. “Then how come you are going on that date with her?”
Dillan blushed and opened his mouth to speak, pausing as he thought about it. "Why did I make that bet?" He asked himself while rubbing his chest a little like something was pulling at it. "T-theres a difference between dating someone and going on a date Scootaloo…"
“Oh…” She said and looked down before asking. “I am not annoying you am I?”
Dillan looked at her with a bemused look, as he set another scoop of ice cream in front of her. "Of course not, I love having you around."
She smiled and took the ice cream. “Thank you.”
Dillan smiled softly as he rubbed her head gently, neither one of them noticing Rainbow was watching from the corner. "No thank you for being my friend Scoots." He said, while Rainbow noticed something was off but couldn't put her hoof on it.
Scootaloo smiled at that and started eating the ice cream. “Where did you get this ice cream?”
Dillan grinned a bit. "Oh don't you know? Humans are very stealthy and with my fingers I can steal anything I want… or do this!" He said tickling her playfully.
She gasped and started laughing while struggling to get away. “No! Not tickles!”
Dillan laughed with a fake evil laugh as he continued to tickle her, making Rainbow Dash cover her mouth to suppress a giggle. "You won't get away!"
“Nooo!” Scootaloo squealed as she laughed and weakly kicked. “Please stop!”
Dillan chuckled and stopped tickling her, setting her on the chair again in front of her ice cream. "Feel better?" He asked with a smile.
She was still giggling as she nodded her head. “Yeah.”
“Having fun you two?” Rainbow asked as she walked into the room.
"Hey, yeah we are." Dillan asked with a small smile before looking at Scootaloo. "Also, I bought the ice cream from sugar cube corner on my way home."
“Oh.” She said with a small giggle.
“Good.” Rainbow said and walked over to them. “So gonna hog all the ice cream or can I get some?”
"Of course, I'll make yours up the way I did Scootaloo's before… before she threw up." He chuckled, getting the ice cream out and putting a scoop of each flavor, chocolate, vanilla, and cookies and cream before drizzling chocolate syrup all over it and adding a handful of sprinkles before adding a cherry on top. "I completely forgot I had cherries… and I just bought them!" He laughed, setting the bowel on the table.
“Scoots threw up?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow as she started eating the ice cream.
"I-i um…" Scootaloo said with an embarrassed blush.
"She ate too fast is all." Dillan said with a smile as he ate a mint chip ice cream sandwich. "I warned her, but I will say it was funny she was literally bloated like a ball."
Rainbow chuckled. “Sounds like Pinkie.” She shook her head and looked at Scootaloo. “Take it slow from now on ok?”
Scootaloo blushed and crossed her hooves. "Dillan already said that, jeez it's like you two are married."
Both Rainbow and Dillan blushed and looked away from each other. "Seriously? We're j-just worried about you." Dillan said. "W-why am I so flustered?"
“Yeah! B-besides I doubt he is into mares.” Rainbow said, still blushing.
Dillan raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "You think I'm gay?"
“What? No, but you aren’t a pony so I don't think you’d be interested in a pony.” Rainbow said, holding a hoof up.
Dillan's glare turned into a smirk before he started laughing. "Relax Rainbow, I knew what you meant." He chuckled. "But as for me being into a pony, I don't care. I can turn into a pony myself, remember?" He said, before looking away with a sad look while leaning on the table. "I kinda figured I'd end up with a girlfriend at some point, I'm still… I'm just… I just lost my family and fiance you know?"
“Yeah…” Rainbow said and slowly lowered her hoof and almost set it on Dillan’s hand but she pulled away. “I am sure you will find somepony some day.”
Scootaloo looked between the two of them with a spoon of ice cream in her mouth as Dillan sighed. "Yeah… if everyone stops being scared…" he paused and glanced at Scootaloo. "Poopless of me."
Rainbow giggled a bit. “You're good with foals.”
Dillan smiled softly. "Well helping siblings raise two daughters when they're busy will do that… also I didn't take you for a giggler."
Rainbow blushed and crossed her hooves. “I have no idea what you're talking about!”
Dillan chuckled softly as thunder and lightning erupted outside again, shaking the whole house. "Jeez, are everfree storms normally this crazy?"
“Yeah, wild weather is nuts.” Rainbow said.
"Back home it's normal. We had weather this bad before, but I never had it shake my house before." Dillan said, looking at Scootaloo who had ice cream all over her front while trying not to laugh.
“Sounds horrible, never knowing what the weather is gonna do.” Rainbow said, shaking her head, that's when Dillan saw she too had ice cream all over her face.
Dillan starts to laugh at the two. "You both need baths again!" Both girls looked at each other before they started laughing. The three laughed for a few minutes, as he started to calm down he looked between the two girls. "H-how come it feels like I'm home still… with Alyssa…" he thought to himself looking down in thought.
“Come on Scoots, let’s get cleaned up.” Rainbow said as she got up with a smile.
Scootaloo smiled with a nod as she got up before looking at Dillan, frowning a little. "Dillan are you ok?" She asked, without getting a response.
Rainbow frowned a little, worried she upset Dillan but used a wing to guide Scootaloo to the bathroom.
Scootaloo frowned and hung her head with a sniffle, feeling like she had upset Dillan as well. "You ok Scootaloo?" He asked.
“Are you mad?” She asked weakly.
"Why would I be mad?" He asked with a confused look.
“Well…you seemed upset.” Rainbow said this time.
Dillan blinked and shook his head. "Oh, no! It's nothing you two did I swear. I was just reminded of my fiancee, you don't have to worry." He said with a smile.
Rainbow and Scootaloo looked at each other.
Dillan walked over and set his hands on their heads, while kneeling down. "It's ok, really. Sorry I worried you."
“Ok, but if you're bothered by something let us know.” Rainbow said.
Dillan smiled at her, making her heart beat fast as he nodded. "Got it."
Rainbow blushed lightly, and she grabbed Scootaloo’s hoof. “Come on Scoots, we gotta get cleaned up!” She said in a rush and dragged the filly to the bathroom.
Dillan blinked in confusion as he stood up, scratching his head before sitting on the couch waiting for the two to come out of the shower before falling asleep almost instantly.
Scootaloo looked at Rainbow in the shower confused. "Why'd you do that?"
“Sorry Scoots.” Rainbow said and held a hoof on her chest. “I just…felt strange around him.”
Scootaloo tilted her head in confusion. "Do you love him?"
Rainbow blushed and sat down on her flanks. “I…I don’t know.”
Scootaloo tilted her head while looking at Rainbow. "How come? Do you feel fuzzy and warm around him?"
“Y-yes…” Rainbow said as her ears slowly folded back.
Scootaloo blushed a bit as she fiddled with her hooves. "I-i feel the same about Rumble… and R-rarity's books say that means I'm in love or crushing or something… it says if you feel that way you feel happy around him or her…"
Rainbow’s eyes widened as she looked off into space. “Buck…I'm in love..”
Scootaloo smiled softly at her. "That's good though right?"
“Scoots…this isn’t good, at least not right now. We just met and he is still hurt from losing his fiancé.” Rainbow said while grabbing her mane. “Oh man what am I gonna do?”
Scootaloo tilted her head and tapped her chin. "Maybe try talking to Rarity or Fluttershy? Rarity has all those book and Fluttershy is a good listener."
Rainbow sighed and lowered her head. “I may speak to Fluttershy but Rarity is too much of a gossip, if i tell her the whole town will find out.” She then boops Scootaloo’s nose. “Speaking of telling, please don’t tell anypony.”
Scootaloo blushed and nodded. "S-same about Rumble please, I don't want him to know yet."
Rainbow smirked and rubbed her head. “Don’t worry I won’t say anything, but just let me know if his brother gets annoying.”
Scootaloo giggled and nodded. "Alright, let's finish getting cleaned up."
“Yeah.” The two washed themselves and then dried off before Rainbow put Scootaloo on her back and went out to the living room to see Dillan asleep. Rainbow bit her lip and upon seeing Scootaloo also asleep she decided it wouldn’t hurt she got up on the couch and layed next to Dillan with Scootaloo on the other side.
Dillan rolled over in his sleep so he was facing Rainbow and Scootaloo, subconsciously covering them all up as his arm draped over Rainbow resting his hand on her back. Rainbow blushed as she looked at his hand, her face turning back to his before slowly nesting her face between him and the couch, a small smile on her face.
Three hours before hand
Twilight watched the rain falling from her throne room as her friends sat around the crystal map. "So Yer gonna put spying spells on Dillan's home with Pinkies cameras… while ahm all fer protecting Rainbow dash but violating someone's privacy just seems wrong." Applejack said, looking out the window as well.
“I would agree normally but something is up with him.” Twilight said with a frown. “Rainbow is being pulled to him for some reason, scootaloo is being drawn to him as well, there is also his sudden arrival…I”ve been thinking and it seemed a bit too convenient that he shows up right as the CMC are in danger to rescue them.”
"G-girls…" Fluttershy said quietly. "Um… the rain is getting bad and I have to meet Rainbow Dash at my house."
"What do you mean? You think he planned everything?" Pinkie pie asked with a tilt of her head, as no one heard Fluttershy.
“Maybe…he could have someone send that robot to attack him so he can be the hero and lower our guards…” Twilight said before she turned to look at everyone. “We can’t let him trick us and take over.”
Thunder erupted violently from outside as the rain began falling harder, before Rarity walked in from the main doors with a raincoat on. "Hello darlings I'm sorry for being late. It took a little while to finish Rainbow's dress for her date with Dillan. What did I miss?"
“Oh not much, just Twilight planning on violating his privacy with cameras and spells.” Applejack said with a frown.
Rarity sighed as she hung up the raincoat. "I… I don't think Dillan has done anything darling."
“You don’t?” Everyone asked.
Rarity blushed a bit. "Well um, before I left my abode to come to our meeting earlier this morning, Dillan showed up looking nervous and muttering why he challenged her to such a bet and he didn't think she would accept it." She said, making everyone look at each other. "I believe he was talking about Rainbow dash, and he ordered an expensive suit saying even if it was for a bet he was raised to look his best for a date, so I personally I believe we should look into other options for what's going on as well. For all we know one of Dillan's new enemies he's told us about could be doing this."
“Maybe…but I still want to study him in his home.” Twilight said with a frown.
"I-i have to go girls…" Fluttershy said softly, eeping as thunder rocked the castle.
Twilight looked over and raised an eyebrow. “Fluttershy, where are you going? The weather is too dangerous to go outside.”
Fluttershy looked at her with a worried expression. "I'm supposed to meet Rainbow Dash at my house, if I don't go she'll be locked outside or try flying!"
Twilight sighed and lit her horn. “Then at least let me teleport you home.”
Fluttershy nodded softly, smiling a little as Twilight's horn began to glow. "Thank you Twilight, see you girls tomorrow."
“See ya sugarcube.” Applejack said with a smile.
“Bye Fluttershy!” Pinkie said with a giggle.
“I will meet you at the spa tomorrow darling.” Rarity said with a smile.
Fluttershy smiled and waved to everyone before Twilight teleported her away. "Do you girls want to go home or stay here?" Twilight asked with a small small smile.
“I need to get back to the farm.” Applejack said as she fixed her hat.
“I will be ok.” Pinkie said with a giggle as she hopped out the door.
“If it is alright with you I will stay the night.” Rarity said with a sad smile.
Twilight smiled softly as her horn glowed, her aura appearing around Applejack. "See y'all later." Applejack said with a smile before she vanished.
“I’ll go get Rarity’s room ready!” Spike said before he ran out of the room.
Rarity and Twilight giggled at spike's actions. "He's excited." Twilight said.
Rarity rolled her eyes with a smile. “Of course he is, he is gonna help me.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow at her. "With what?"
“Setting my room up of course darling, you know Spike and his crush on me. He wants to do anything he can to help me in any way.” She said with a giggle.
Twilight grins a bit as she leans in to whisper in Rarity's ear. "And what about your growing crush on him?" She asked with a giggle, making Rarity blush before going to bed.
The next day.
Dillan's eyes slowly opened with a groggy blink, feeling something warm against his neck. The human turned slightly to see what it was, noticing Rainbow dash sleeping against him with Scootaloo between the two causing him to blush. "W-what the hell?!" He thought to himself, repositioning himself a little and causing Scootaloo to wake up.
“Huh?” She yawned and stretched. “Five more minutes please.” Dillan glanced down to look at Scootaloo as Rainbow woke up, her face less than five inches from Dillan's when they both moved a bit looking at each other with blushes. "Are you two gonna kiss?" Scootaloo asked, watching them from her spot.
Both blushed but before they could answer a loud boom shook the whole house knocking everyone onto the floor. “What the buck was that!?”
Dillan stood up and opened the curtain to his balcony, watching in shock as the rain and wind swirled with thunder booming and lighting shooting everywhere. "Tornado!" He shouted.
Rainbow ran over and her eyes widened. “No! That isn’t possible even with pegasus magic this environment doesn't support a tornado! Even mine fall apart after a few seconds.”
Dillan pulled Rainbow away from the window as a blast of wind shot the glass out of his window, covering them both in glass and rain. "Get to the basement now!" He shouted, helping Rainbow up before he ran to a door.
“Why is this happening!?” Scootaloo yelled as she ran behind them.
Dillan picked Scootaloo up as they went down to the basement, setting her down in Rainbow's lap before looking back up at the door. "I don't know, but it clearly isn't natural for this world, are you two alright?" He asked looking back at them.
“I think I am ok.” Rainbow said before they both heard Scootaloo hiss and hold up a hoof.
“I think I got some glass in my frog.” She said with a whine.
Dillan and Rainbow both looked at her as Dillan slowly lifted her hoof to look at it, noticing a shard of glass. "Alright, just hold still I'll be right back." He said quietly running upstairs.
"I-it hurts…" Scootaloo said.
“Don't worry Scoots, as soon as we can we will get you to the hospital.” Rainbow said as she rubbed Scootaloo’s back.
Dillan ran back downstairs with some peroxide and a pair of tweezers. "This may hurt a little Scootaloo, but I need to get the glass out and clean the wound ok?"
She nodded her head and looked away, as Rainbow also covered her face with a wing. “Ok, do it.”
Dillan turned Scootaloo's hoof around gently so it was facing upwards before he slowly pulled the glass out causing Scootaloo to whimper, as blood seeped out of the wound. He slowly poured some peroxide onto the cut to clean it as it bubbled and turned white, causing Scootaloo to whimper more. "you're doing great, Scoots, just a bit more." Rainbow said, as Dillan popped up his Ultimatrix and turned into a large mummy like alien before lifting his hand and wrapping his bandages around her cut gently but firmly tighten it.
"All done." Dillan said, turning human again.
“Ok Scoots, this is serious, stay off that hoof until we can get you a shoe.” Rainbow told her sternly.
Scootaloo nodded with a whimper as Dillan got up, walking back towards the door. "Where are you going?" Scootaloo asked.
"I'm gonna see what's causing this extreme weather, the only things I can think of is someone using a machine to cause it for whatever reason, an alien of some kind trying to get my Ultimatrix, or it's the start of a new ice age… but that last one is from a movie." He chuckled softly.
“I’m coming with you!” Rainbow said and stood up.
Dillan turned around and held up a hand stopping her. "No, I know you mean well and want to help. But with weather this extreme only my transformations can handle it. Besides…" He looked at Scootaloo. "She needs you here with her, to make sure her hoof doesn't get worse and because of her… fear of thunder."
Rainbow looked between Scootaloo and Dillan with a frown before she growled and stomped a hoof. “Fine! But you better come back or I'll find your ghost and kick its butt!”
Dillan chuckled as he smiled at her with a wide toothy smile making her heart skip a beat again. "Promise, Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." He said doing the pinkie promise movements before rushing out the door.
"Why didn't you kiss him goodbye?" Scootaloo asked after a few moments of silence.
Rainbow blushed and groaned. “Scoots…don’t make me tickle you.”
Scootaloo gasped and tried to get away. "Noooo!"
Rainbow held her down. “Calm down…just wait for Dillan to get back.”
Dillan covered his face as he looked outside, watching the tornado before he turned into Jet ray and flew inside the tornado. The human turned alien looked around for a bit, noticing a small blue alien with red eyes and two toed feet as it giggled.
“Weee!” They said as the winds got stronger and they spun around like a top.
Dillan looked at the creature in confusion, watching it spin around like a top with a happy laugh as the wind and rain grew worse. "Hey!" He shouted. "You need to stop!"
The creature didn’t stop, in fact it lifted its arms and the rain got harder, the air got colder and the rain began to freeze into sharp ice. “So much fun!”
Dillan's eyes widened as he dodged each shard of ice, blasting one that came right at him before he flew closer to the alien. "Come on, this is dangerous!"
The creature frowned and yelled while thrusting its arms towards Dillan. “Noo! Go away!” A strong wind blew Dillan back.
Dillan's eyes widened as he flipped backwards repeatedly, forcing himself to a stop before flying back to the alien. "Please, you need to stop! My friend got hurt because of your storm!"
“I don’t care! If they can’t handle my play time then they can leave!” It said as the storm got stronger.
Dillan raised an eyebrow before he grinned a little. "Play time huh? So you're a kid?"
“Duh! Are you stupid?” They said before laughing and changed the direction of the wind knocking Dillan out of the tornado.
Dillan shook his head as he growled, taking a deep breath before he flew back in not noticing the elements of harmony watching from Twilight's castle. "Listen kid, you're destroying homes and hurting innocent creatures. If you don't stop, I'm gonna put you in a time out!"
The alien child blew a raspberry before it spun around faster, the tornado growing in size and more homes were being destroyed. “No! Go away!”
Dillan glared at the child before shooting its leg with a laser. "Bad! You're being a bad kid!"
“Gah! You're a mean man!” The child yelled after getting hit. The child then made it hail hard, the hail the size of softballs.
Dillan avoided the hail as he flipped around and spun making it look like a cool trick to the child alien. The alien chuckled and clapped its hands before making more wind and hail try to hit Dillan.
The human continued to avoid the hail, performing more tricks and flips before he flew around the child-like alien. "Listen I'm all for a good time but you could kill someone, does that sound like fun to you?"
“So what? They are just animals.” The child said with a laugh.
Dillan looked at the alien with a sad expression. "No they aren't, they can talk and think just like you and me."
“You can talk but you're still just an animal.” The kid said before they disappeared into the wind and reappeared behind Dillan and blasted him away with cold wind.
Dillan shook his head violently as he glared at the kid. "No I'm not, I'm a living, breathing and thinking creature. Creatures that can talk are not animals!" He said, before flying in the opposite direction of the wind canceling out the tornado.
“Hey! Stop that! You're gonna stop my tornado!” The kid yelled as they tried to make it stronger.
"That's the idea! I'm not going to let you hurt anyone else! It's my job to protect them when they need a hero!" Dillan shouted, speeding up and slowing the tornado down more.
“No no no no!” The kid yelled as the storm grew larger covering all of Ponyville, lighting strikes happening more often, hail larger, winds stronger. “Stop ruining my fun!”
Dillan glared at the kid before using his speed to bodyslam him out of the tornado and across the forest. "Then stop hurting others! Keep it up and I'll put you in jail!"
“You’re mean!” The kid yelled before trying to push Dillan off with a blast of cold air.
"No, you're the one being mean!" Dillan said, landing on the ground with the kid, turning back to normal and grabbing his ear. "What about hurting others is fun to you! Is it fun to kill other creatures!? Is it fun to ruin families?!"
"That's enough." A voice said, as two aliens of the same kind as the child floated down. "We will take care of scolding our son." The female said.
“Ow ow ow! Mom, this mean thing is hurting me!” The child yelled in a whine.
"Strike, you were causing a lot of damage and could have killed someone, what did we tell you about creating storms on other creatures' planets!?" The male asked in a stern voice as Dillan let go of Strike's ear.
Strike lowered his head. “But blaze said these are just animals because they aren’t like us.”
The man groaned and shook his head, turning to Dillan. "I'm sorry, our older son doesn't like other species and tricks his brother into doing these kinds of things. My name is Snow Storm, and this is my wife Heat Wave."
"I'm so sorry for Lightning Strike's behavior." Heat wave said, bowing to Dillan a little.
"H-hey it's ok, kids will be kids." Dillan said with a small smile, putting his hands up. "My name's Dillan, it's nice to meet you all."
“It is nice to meet you too, first human we have met in a long time.” Snow Storm said and shook Dillan’s hand, leaving a layer of frost on it.
Dillan raised an eyebrow at them. "You've been to earth? Let me guess you ran into a human with a blue watch that chased you off calling you off world alien haters or something."
“Oh no, when we went to earth it was what I believe you called it the 1800’s.” Heat Wave said.
“But our cousin Tremer went to visit and he was attacked about three years ago.” Snow Storm added.
"Oh wow, the 1800's? That's really cool, and I'm sorry about your cousin. The kid there with a watch like mine doesn't exactly know how to tell the difference between good species and bad species. He just attacks any alien that steps foot on the planet… I'm gonna have to kick his butt if I ever meet him."
“Well to be fair our cousin has a habit of making new fault lines.” Heat Wave said with a small laugh.
Dillan's eyes widened at the statement. "Fault lines? Yeah that would be a problem."
“Thank you for stopping our son from doing any serious damage, the plumbers would have sent him to the juvenile section of the null void.” Snow Storm said while shaking his head.
Dillan looked confused again at the statement. "The null void has a Juvenile section?"
“Oh yes, it is under extreme guard to keep them safe but it is where young aliens are sent to be scared straight.” Heat Wave said while holding onto Thunder Strike’s arm.
"But I was just having some fun!" Thunder Strike whined as Dillan sighed softly.
"Yes but it was dangerous fun. Your tornado blew out the windows of my house and probably a lot of others, and my friend who is a child like you." He said, causing Thunder to look at him. "Got glass in her foot, and these creatures have very sensitive feet. If it had been any deeper she may not have been able to walk again."
Thunder Strike's eyes widened at that, tears filling his eyes as he started to cry. "I-i'm s-sorry!"
“Thunder! Do you see now why we have to be careful when visiting other worlds!?” Snow Storm yelled.
Thunder cried harder, covering his eyes as Dillan knelt down beside him with a small smile. "Hey it's ok, there wasn't any serious damage. I already cleaned her wound and bandaged it up, you just need to be more careful. In fact, wanna know something fun?" He asked, getting a small nod from Thunder. "The pegasus in this world can control the weather here too."
"R-really?" Thunder asked with a sniffle.
“Really?” Snow Storm and Heat Wave said together. “I thought we were the only beings that could control the weather.”
"Well they can't control it to the extent you can but the pegusi here can control the clouds and they decide when it rains and such. It's how I knew the storm last night wasn't normal, and then waking up to a tornado? No chance. It was natural." Dillan chuckled softly, rubbing Thunders head gently as he yellow beam shit out of the ultimatrix and over Thunder. "Oh cool, a new scan."
“New scan?” Heat Wave asked while pulling her son closer.
Dillan smiled a bit. "You two did see but I have the ability to change forms using this watch. I just scanned Thunders DNA so now I can become… well one of you."
“Wow, to think a being of flesh could become a weatharian.” Snow Storm said in shock.
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "So your species name is Weatharian?... Wait, being of flesh?"
“Yes that is what we are called, and that is what we call beings like you.” Heat Wave said while poking Dillan before she disappeared in a flurry of hot air and appeared behind him. “We are living storms.”
Dillan jumped a bit, turning around to see she was gone before looking back and seeing her with her family. "Ok… that's awesome!"
They chuckle a bit. “Yes, most flesh beings to see us as something amazing.”
Dillan chuckles and nods. "Of course we do, at least for humans who normally can't do things like that."
"U-um… c-can you turn into a weatharian?" Thunder Strike asked while fiddling with his fingers.
“Son, that is rude.” Heat Wave said in a scolding tone before adding. “You put his friends in danger, you have no right to ask him to do tricks.”
Thunder looked down sadly, hanging his head while Dillan rubbed the back of his neck with a small grin. "Sure, I don't mind. I wanna see what I look like." He said, popping up his Ultimatrix.
“Are you sure? I feel like it would be rewarding Thunder for the trouble he caused.” Snow Storm said.
Dillan hummed a bit before nodding. "Yeah you're right, sorry Thunder. I know you didn't have any bad intentions but you still caused-"
"Dillan!" A voice sounded out, as the group turned to see Rainbow dash and Scootaloo with the elements of harmony who were looking angry.
"Is that a horse?" Heat wave asked in confusion.
“Those are the colorful animals I was playing with.” Thunder said with a smile.
"Dillan what the buck is going on!?" Twilight shouted, causing the weatharians to look confused.
"First off, Thunder, these are those friends I was talking about. That small one is the one that hurt her foot when the glass broke." Dillan said to Thunder Strike. "Second of all, it's just a misunderstanding Twilight."
Rarity leaned over to Twilight and whispered. “Do you know what those things are?”
Twilight shook her head, glaring at Dillan slightly as he spoke to the three strange creatures. "How can they be your friends? All they do is make animal noises!" Thunder said, confused.
“Dear…I think they just speak a language that isn't in our translators.” Heat Wave said to her son.
Thunder looked confused as Dillan chuckled softly. "That's ok, I can translate. Girls, this is Snow storm, Heat Wave, and their son Thunder Strike. They're aliens visiting the planet."
"Aliens?" Scootaloo asked, sitting on Rainbow's back while trying to see better.
“Aliens?!” The other girls yelled, surprised.
“Oh great, more threats!” Twilight yelled.
Dillan looked at Twilight with a worried and confused look. "More threats? What do you mean?"
Twilight pointed at Dillan. “First that snow storm, then that robot, and now these…these…things!”
Dillan took a step back in shock. "W-wait that snowstorm when I got here wasn't normal?" The weatharians watched on in confusion, while Thunder his behind his mother.
“No it wasn’t! The weather patrol was only able to get it under control after you arrived!” Twilight yelled as she stomped forward. “I don’t know what you are planning, but I will not let you brainwash my friends and turn them against us!”
Dillan's eyes widened in shock as he stepped back. "what?!"
"Twilight what the buck are you talking about?!" Rainbow dash asked in shock. "He's done nothing but he'll since he's arrived!"
“Rainbow, stay out of this, he has done something to you and Scootaloo. I will use my magic to help both of you but first we need to capture him.” Twilight said as her horn lit with magic.
“Um…perhaps it would be best if we leave, they seem to be upset.” Snow Storm said with a frown.
Dillan stepped back a bit. "Y-yeah, you get your family out of here." He said, looking afraid at Twilight as the three weatharians began to fly away.
"We can't leave mister Dillan alone!" Thunder said with a frown.
“This isn’t our business Thunder, we should even be on this world.” Heat Wave said as they left.
Dillan looked back and smiled softly as the three flew away, gasping in shock as Twilight wrapped her magic aura around him and began lifting him off the ground. "Twilight Will you stop! You're acting bucking crazy!" Rainbow yelled, getting between Twilight and Dillan.
“Applejack, hold Rainbow down.” Twilight said while glaring at Dillan.
Applejack grabbed her rope and twirled it before throwing it around Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, pulling them to the ground. "Sorry y'all but we need ta figure this all out."
"Applejack! What the buck!" Rainbow yelled as her other friends including Fluttershy pinned her down. "What are you guys doing!? Have you lost your mind!"
Dillan looked at Rainbow and Scootaloo getting tied down, before trying to reach out to them. "Hey, be careful! Scootaloo's hoof is hurt and Rainbow -"
“Quiet! We know you are up to something and are just using them! We know all about your mental suggestion that acts like a pull for Rainbow to be drawn towards you, no matter where you go!” Twilight yelled, cutting him off.
Dillan looked at her in disbelief before it quickly turned to confusion. "A… pulling sensation?" He asked softly, rubbing his own chest a little.
“Tell us what you did!” Twilight yelled as tears filled her eyes. “I won’t lose my friends to brainwashing!”
Dillan shakes his head clear before looking at her. "Twilight I haven't done anything! I'm a human, I don't have magic!"
“You did something!” Twilight yelled.
“Stop it!” Scootaloo yelled as she cried openly.
Dillan looked at Scootaloo with a worried look before getting her attention. "Scootaloo, it's ok. This is all a misunderstanding. Don't worry about me ok? You need to get your hoof checked at the hospital."
"B-but…" Scootaloo whimpered with tears in her eyes.
"I promise it'll be ok, go with someone to get your hoof checked." He said with a kind smile, as Fluttershy took Scootaloo away.
“Twilight, snap out of it! Look at what you're doing!” Rainbow yelled with a glare.
"Quiet!" Twilight shouted as she glared at Dillan who looked at her with worry. "We're taking you to the dungeon, I'll figure out what you did to them soon enough!"
“Do we even have a dungeon?” Rarity questioned quietly.
Twilight nodded as her horn glowed. "You guys keep an eye on Rainbow dash." She said, before Dillan and Twilight vanished.
"No!" Rainbow yelled, beginning to force herself to stand up despite her friends keeping her down.
“Rainbow calm down.” Applejack said as she did her beat to hold her friend without hurting her. “We just want ta make sure he ain’t doin nothin.”
"He hasn't done anything! What the buck is wrong with all of you! We're the council of friendship. What about any of this shows friendship!?" Rainbow yelled.
Applejack frowned and sighed. “Ah know this doesn't feel right, but look at it from our point of view, ya have been acting strange around him ever since he arrived and it seems like he's drawing trouble here, more so than normal.”
"And don't forget he already warned us that might happen! And we all said he was overreacting, remember!?" Rainbow yelled angrily.
Applejack sighed and looked away. “That still don’t explain what is happenin with you and Scootaloo.”
"What!? That we're hanging out with a friend!?" Rainbow yelled. "Dillan doesn't have magic and from what I see you guys are jealous I'm hanging out with someone else!"
“No we ain't! Dash, you said it yerself, ya feel a pull to him, it only goes away when yer around him! He has to be doin somethin.” Applejack said while shaking her head.
"Who says! Did you guys even think someone else might have been doing it to mess with us?!" Rainbow yelled again.
The girls looked at each other as the thought never even crossed their minds.
Rainbow glared at them more. "That's what I thought, now get the buck off me!"
“Rainbow…why do ya trust him so much?” Rarity asked.
Rainbow paused for a second as she looked down. "I-i don't know, it feels… it feels like I've known him for years."
“Do you see why we are concerned now?” Rarity asked.
"Even if you are, that doesn't give you guys the right to accuse someone, without proof!" Rainbow said.
“Dang it Rainbow! We can’t risk losin you!” Applejack yelled.
Rainbow stayed silent for a long time, as if thinking something over. "If Twilight hurts Dillan at all… then… We're not friends anymore, I can't be friends with ponies that hurt or accuse others without evidence, especially some creature that just lost their family."
Everyone flinched and backed away. “Rainbow…ya…ya don’t mean that.”
Rainbow stood up and looked at Applejack. "Yes I do, I understand you're all worried about me, but you've all just abandoned someone we all said we would be friends with. Someone that lost everything, has been sent somewhere he doesn't fully understand, and where ponies have been ignoring him. I don't know why I feel a pull to Dillan for all I know it could be my element of loyalty telling me to be loyal to someone that needs a true friend. But I am One hundred percent serious, if he gets hurt at all… we're done."
“Then…go to him.” Rarity said with a sigh.
“We are sorry.” Fluttershy said, slowly walking back to them with Scootaloo.
Rainbow slowly trotted over and picked up Scootaloo, before flying off in the direction of Twilight's case. Pinkie's mane flattened out a bit as she sniffled while looking down. "W-we bucked up…"
“Yeah…” Applejack said with a sigh. “Come on girls, let’s go help.”
Dillan sat in the dungeon of Twilight's castle, having his back to the wall in silence as Twilight looked through a mountain of books for a spell. “There has to be a way to fix Rainbow and Scootaloo.” She muttered.
Dillan sighed softly as he looked out the window to the blue sky as the water front he storm dripped, before a loud bang vibrated Through the air. "Twilight!" Rainbow's voice shouted angrily.
“Rainbow?” Twilight looked up before she frowned and glared at Dillan. “Let her go now!”
Dillan still stared out the window with a defeated and depressed look. "I already told you, I haven't done anything…"
Dillan heard a smack and thud, when he looked back he saw Rainbow with her hoof extended and Twilight on the ground holding her cheek. “Back off Twi! He is innocent! He isn’t doing anything to me!”
Twilight stared at Rainbow with wide eyes as she held her cheek, tears forming in her eyes. "R-rainbow you just attacked me! And before you threaten to not be my friend anymore, that's not loyalty, something is making you go against your element!" She shouted as Dillan looked at the two in silence, as he turned his head away.
“No…nothing is making me betray my element.” Rainbow said coldly. “I am doing this because you are acting crazy, and attacking…"
Twilight stood up in anger as her wings unfurled, her horn glowing. "I'm interrogating the cause of all this! Ever since he arrived things have become a hundred times worse! First the snowstorm, then that robot thing and now a tornado! Rainbow, he's a dangerous creature we need to stop!" She shouted, causing Dillan to cover his head with his hood, and hugging his knees to himself as his back was to the two ponies.
“He is a hurt man that needs our friendship!” Rainbow yelled back as tears filled her eyes.
Twilight groaned. "Rainbow! We don't know what he's planning! Why are you defending him!?"
“Because he has done nothing but help!” Rainbow yelled back.
"For all we know he planned all that so we'd let our guards down!" Twilight yelled. "Even after you said you felt a pulling sensation why would -"
“I have that because I have a crush on him!” Rainbow yelled before her eyes widened and she covered her mouth.
Twilight stared at her friend in shock, her mouth wide open as Rainbow glanced at Dillan worriedly who hadn't moved an inch. "W-what!? You just met him! And I thought you liked mares!"
“I do! I mean…I don’t know why…” Rainbow put a hoof on her chest. “I just…feel good when I am near Dillan.”
Dillan glanced back at them, his eyes watching Rainbow as she glanced back at him as well. "Then let me do some tests! Something is clearly wrong! And it's all centered around Dillan! He's. Doing. SOMETHING!"
“He isn’t doing anything other than being himself!” Rainbow yelled as she started to cry, and for a split second Dillan saw his fiancé.
Dillan's body shook as his mind flashed back to that night as he felt his fiance in his arms. "A-alyssa…" he whispered softly, as he reached up to his chest and held a hand over his heart as he felt a pulling sensation.
Rainbow glanced over at Dillan, her own pulling sensation making her notice something was wrong. "Rainbow please! Even if you do have a crush and feel happy around him, this doesn't make any sense!"
“Then call Cadence!” Rainbow yelled with a glare. “I thought she was the princess of love, not you!”
Twilight growled softly. "Fine! I'm telling you something is wrong here. But he stays in the dungeon until she gets back!"
Rainbow walked over to the cell. “Then so am I.”
Dillan and Twilight turned to her. "No/ why!" They both said at once, making Twilight and Rainbow pause at Dillan's reaction.
Rainbow frowned and put a hoof on her chest. “I just feel it is where I belong…”
Dillan sighed and walked over to the bars, kneeling down and reaching his hands through gently pulling Rainbow over to him. "Listen, Someone needs to look out for Scootaloo. It's just a hunch but from what I've noticed I don't think her step mom feeds her while her dad is gone."
Rainbow looked conflicted, her ears twitching as she looked at the ground. “I…”
Twilight looked at the two with suspicion before she used her magic to pull Rainbow away from Dillan. "What are you planning!?" She shouted at Dillan, who looked back at Rainbow.
"You can always visit if you feel the need to." He said to Rainbow before smiling softly. "I'm sure I won't be in here that long."
Rainbow sighed and lowered her head. “Fine…but promise me you will be ok.”
Dillan looked at her as his heart beat faster his mind going back to his fiance again with a blush appearing on his face. "O-of course."
Rainbow nodded slowly before pushing past Twilight. “If you hurt him I will never speak to you again.”
Twilight looked shocked at Rainbow as she left, slamming the door shut behind her. The alicorn glared at Dillan as he sat down covering his face. "What the hell have I gotten myself into…" he said, brokenly as the tone of his voice made Twilight pause her angry onslaught.
“I…I will get my answers.” Twilight said weakly.
Dillan nodded and sighed. "I want some too… I feel the same pulling sensation pulling me towards Rainbow. It took every fiber of my being to tell her to leave…"
Twilight narrowed her eyes. “Describe it.”
Dillan sat back and sighed. "I don't know… it… it feels like how I used to feel with my Fiance… like I can be myself around her."
“Be yourself? So you put on an act around us.” Twilight said and took notes.
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Oh, no I… I don't know. It's hard to explain… I suppose I just… feel comfortable around her."
“I think it is easy, just tell me the truth!” Twilight with a frown.
Dillan stands up. "I don't know The truth alright!? I don't know how to explain it I think I might have feelings for Rainbow dash but… but…"
Twilight frowned as her ears perked. “But?”
"But… I… I don't know…" he said sadly as he sat down with his back to Twilight. "I-i feel… broken…"
“You feel what?” Twilight asked as she got closer.
"Broken!" He said louder. "I feel… I don't know like I'm moving on too fast… l-like i-i'm betraying my fiance." He said as tears fell from his face.
Twilight was quiet, her face unchanging but her ears were twitching all over.
Dillan stared out the window for a while as tears fell from his face with twilight looking at his back. "Please just… leave me alone."
Twilight sighed and slowly walked away, leaving Dillan alone. Twilight heard Dillan sob softly as she left the dungeons, a plan forming in her mind slowly as she looked forward, pausing for a moment as she looked back at Dillan for a moment. "what's going on...?
Rainbow stared at the ground as she laid on a cloud with Scootaloo, watching Twilight's castle sadly as the two saw two chariots flying closer to Ponyville. "Princess Celestia and Luna are almost here…" Scootaloo whispered sadly. "T-they'll get Dillan out right? He's been in there for weeks…"
“I hope so Scoots…if they can’t…I don’t know what we’ll do.” Rainbow said sadly.
Scootaloo scooted closer to Rainbow Dash, laying against her with a sad look. "Why did Twilight lock him up? I thought you said she just wanted to talk to him."
“I don’t know…” Rainbow said, still staring at the castle below.
"Shouldn't we go meet with them and the princesses?" Scootaloo asked worriedly. "Maybe we can convince them to let him out."
“I…want to but…I don’t want to make things worse.” Rainbow said sadly.
Scootaloo looked at her. "Don't you like him? Shouldn't you be there to support him? That's what my dad said you're supposed to do."
“Of course it is…but…” Rainbow said, not able to find the right words.
Scootaloo frowned and looked back at the castle. "Who knows how Twilight has been treating him, I'm sure he could use his real friends."
“You're right.” Rainbow stood up. “Let’s get down there!”
Scootaloo smiled as she hopped onto Rainbow's back, as she pointed to the castle. "They landed!" She said as Rainbow noticed the princesses talking with Twilight.
“Hang on!” Rainbow spread her wings and glided down to them. “We want Dillan freed!”
Celestia and Luna looked at Rainbow and Scootaloo in confusion before turning to Twilight. "Twilight what is miss Dash speaking of?" Luna asked.
“Well um…I kinda…had to lock Dillan up.” Twilight said nervously.
"Why would thou do such a thing?!" Luna asked in astonishment.
"She thinks Dillan is doing something to me and Scootaloo and blames him for all the stuff that's been happening lately!" Rainbow said angrily, glaring at Twilight.
“A-at first yes…b-but after seeing up close…I think…he is…mentally unwell.” Twilight said nervously.
Rainbow's mane stood on end as her anger rose inside her, the two princesses glancing at each other concerned. "First you accuse him of doing something to me and Scootaloo, and now you think he's crazy!?"
Twilight held up her hooves. “Not crazy!” She looked back at the castle worried.
Rainbow snorted as steam actually came out of her nose while her mane began to smoke slightly. "Then what! You've kept him locked up for WEEKS, whatever happened to him is YOUR fault!"
Celestia stepped forward and placed a hoof on Rainbow's shoulder. "Miss Dash, I understand your loyalty is unmatched but I'm sure Twilight had a good reason."
“I…wanted to make sure he didn’t hurt himself…” Twilight said quietly.
Rainbow's growled again as her mane began smoking more. "Oh I'm sure! What happened to everything you accused him of huh?! Saying he did something to me and Scootaloo, saying he caused that snowstorm! Saying he brought that robot here! What changed!?"
Luna and Celestia glanced at each other again, before turning to Twilight. "Please elaborate."
Twilight sighed and lowered her head. “I had a lot of suspicion that Dillan was up to something, I didn't know what and Rainbow and Scootaloo were acting off, I thought either him or one of his aliens were responsible and disasters kept on happening around him…after I had him locked up for a few days I saw that it wasn't him doing it…and he also…” Twilight couldn’t finish but instead pulled out a piece of sharpened rock with a small bit of blood on it.
The princesses both covered their mouths with their hooves in shock as Rainbow's mane instantly stopped smoking, her eyes glued to the sharpened rock as she stepped back. Scootaloo however teared up looking at the rock, as she began shaking. "H-he… h-hes…"
“No! No…I…stopped him…he is tied to a bed right now…I didn't want him to try again…I…don’t know what to do…” Twilight said and looked at the ground.
Rainbow Dash instantly flew inside the castle, leaving the princesses with Scootaloo and Twilight. "Twilight… this is a very serious matter. All of this. Why did you not inform us of this sooner?" Celestia asked.
Twilight’s ears folded down. “I thought I could handle it…”
Celestia sighed and looked at her. "We understand, let's go talk with Dillan." She said as the group started heading down to the dungeon.
Twilight walked slightly behind the two royal sisters with her head low. “I’m sorry…I did what I thought was right..”
Luna smiled and wrapped a wing around Twilight. "Tis alright Twilight, thou wast just worried about thy friends. We believe this problem doesn't have its roots in your actions." Luna said as the four of them approached the dungeon cell Dillan was in, seeing Rainbow sitting on her haunches as she starred in on the human.
The human had his hands and legs tied to the bed within the cell with a bandage wrapped around his left wrist, his clothes dirty and ragged with rips and tares here and there as he stared out the window with dull lifeless eyes.
Celestia frowned and used her magic to open the cell. “Dillan, can you hear me?” She asked softly.
Dillan glanced at her for a moment, confirming he could hear her before looking back out the window. Celestia slowly walked into the cell and sat down beside him. “Dillan, we need you to talk with us.”
Rainbow tried to take a step closer to the two, but Twilight grabbed her shoulder and shook her head softly as Dillan spoke, his voice raspy and broken as if he hadn't spoken in days. "There's nothing to talk about…."
“Dillan…” Rainbow whimpered.
Celestia looked back before looking at Dillan again. “Dillan, can you tell us why you tried to…end your life?” Rainbow let out a choked sob.
Dillan's eyes sparked a little with life when he heard Rainbow's voice and sob, not going unnoticed by Celestia. "Why not? I'm a burden to everyone… all I do is cause problems."
Luna covered her mouth as Rainbow's eyes filled with tears while Twilight bit her lip worriedly. "This is my fault…" she whispered.
“What about the fillies you saved? Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo? If not for you they would have frozen.” Celestia said while subtly waving her wing towards Rainbow.
Rainbow slowly started walking over as Dillan spoke up. "They wouldn't have been in danger if I hadn't come here… My arrival disrupted the balance of nature and caused the storm."
Luna looked at Twilight who nodded softly. "It's true…" she whispered. "All the evidence points to it…"
“Perhaps, but you still saved them.” Celestia spoke softly then she guided Rainbow’s hoof onto his hand.
Dillan glanced at Rainbow's hoof for a second, before moving his hand away as best as he could while rolling over, causing Rainbow's ears to flatten a bit against her skull. "So what? If I had just gone through with killing myself instead of listening to paradox none of this would have happened…"
“But…then I never would have met you…” Rainbow said softly, and for a moment he heard his fiancé and felt the pull.
Dillan glanced back at Rainbow's sad face, his heart acting as he turned back around. "I'm sorry… but… I just can't right now…"
Rainbow started to openly cry. “S-so what…y-you’re gonna just stay in here? Wh-what about Scootaloo? Wh-what about our date? ….what about me?” She asked.
Dillan grimaced at the sound of her voice, closing his eyes sadly. "I… I don't know…"
Celestia and Luna glanced at each other, before the sun monarch gently led Rainbow dash away from Dillan and out of the cell. “This is troubling…”
"I shall send for Cadence, she has a much more expansive knowledge of the heart." Luna said. "Perhaps she may be able to tell us what is wrong with sir Dillan."
“It could also have to do with me…dulling the connection between Dillan and Rainbow.” Twilight said while rubbing a foreleg.
Rainbow's head snapped in Twilight's direction, as Celestia and Luna raised their eyebrows. "You did what!?/ What connection?"
Twilight flinched back. “I…found a magic connection between Rainbow and Dillan…I tried to cut it but I couldn’t, so I weakened it as much as I could in hopes that Rainbow would go back to herself.”
"Oh my bucking Faust Twilight!" Rainbow said angrily as she stomped her hoof. "I told you there's nothing wrong with me!" Celestia and Luna glanced at each other again, before Luna left the dungeons.
“I didn’t know for sure when I did it!” Twilight said as she backed away from her friend.
Rainbow groaned as she looked back at Dillan, who was still staring at the wall. "Please be ok…" she whispered to herself before trotting out the dungeon slowly.
"I'm sorry…" Dillan whispered to himself, the only two to hear both whispers being Celestia and Twilight. "I don't know what's wrong…" he said, before turning his head so it was in the pillow.
Celestia slowly sighed before using her magic on Dillan to help him rest, then she led Twilight out of the dungeon. “You acted too quickly and have potentially made things worse.”
Twilight's ears flayed back against her skull as she whimpered. "I-i was just trying to help my friend…"
Dillan's eyes opened a little as he listened to the two walk away. "It's not your fault Twilight, this is something I should have done a long time ago." He thought to himself, before turning back onto his back and pulling out another sharp rock.
Celestia and Twilight walk into the castle's throne room, noticing Luna writing a letter as Rainbow Dash sat in her throne with her head down. "Rainbow?…" Twilight said softly as she slowly went up to her friend. "Are you ok?"
“No I am not…you hurt Dillan, and through him you hurt me Twilight.” She said without looking up.
Twilight's ears pressed against her skull again as she looked down. "I-i know, and I can't begin to say how sorry I am. But if it helps at all… he had the same pulling sensation to you that you have to him…"
“How do you know that? Are you still spying on him?” Rainbow asked angrily.
Twilight gulped and shook her head as Luna's horn ignited and she sent the letter away. "N-no… he… he told me."
Celestia rested a wing on Rainbow. “Perhaps you should let Rainbow take care of Dillan, Twilight.”
Twilight looked at her mentor and nodded slowly. "I-i'm so sorry Rainbow…"
“It’s not me you should apologize to.” Rainbow said with a snort.
Twilight looked down again, sadly with her ears pinned back not looking up as the other elements walked into the throne room chatting with each other. "Oh! Forgive the intrusion, we didn't know you were here your majesty's." Rarity said, bowing to the two monarchs.
“It is alright Rarity, we were just about to call you all in.” Celestia said.
"Oh Rainbow! I'm so happy to see you again, I'm so sorry for… for… w-what's wrong?" Fluttershy asked her oldest friend, noticing the look of pain and anger on her face.
“Why don’t you ask ‘princess knows everything’…” Rainbow said with a frown turning into a scowl.
Twilight slowly walked to her throne with her head down as the other elements sat in their thrones as well, each one with a worried look on their faces while Rainbow scowled at Twilight. "I-i… I used a spell to nullify the connection between Dillan and Rainbow…"
The others looked at each other confused before applejack asked. “Ain’t that a good thing?”
Rainbow snorted angrily as her mane began smoking again. "Tell them what happened after you did that!"
Twilight flinched back from the shout as she hung her head, gulping back a lump in her throat as the others looked worried. "Twi, what happened?" Pinkie pie asked, her natural bubbly personality put aside for the serious conversation.
"I-i…" She said, trying to find the words. "I-i caught Dillan… t-trying to… to…"
"To Kill himself!" Rainbow shouted angrily, slamming her hooves on the table with a burst of wind as her mane became engulfed in flames with her fur turning out white. "She made Dillan suicidal!"
“N-no I didn’t!” Twilight argued before looking down in shame. “I…only stopped the link with you which was helping him get better…I don’t know how or why it works…but before he came here he was s-suicidal, after he was getting better…”
"What's the difference!" Rainbow yelled as their friends tried to process the information. "He was getting better, and you made it worse!"
"Rainbow calm down, pegasi don't normally rage shift, if you don't calm down you'll over exert yourself again." Luna said to the mare.
"I don't fucking care! One of my friends has caused another important creature in my life to almost kill himself!" Rainbow shouted.
“I know I screwed up! I was just trying to find out what was happening to you! I stopped after he tried to kill himself and have been trying to stabilize him but…I don’t….I can’t…” Twilight said and sat down on her throne looking very tired.
Rainbow Dash shouted in anger before sitting down on her throne, exhausted as her mane and fur returned to normal. "I… I know you were trying to help Twilight… I… I just… I don't know why it bothers me so much! I just met the dude but it feels like we've been friends for years!"
Celestia looked down and off to the side as she contemplated something for a short time before sighing. "I believe I know why."
Everyone looked at her but it was Fluttershy of all ponies to ask. “You do princess?”
Celestia took a deep breath before nodding. "I was not sure at first, but after everything you've said… I believe there is no other explanation…" She said looking at Rainbow with a small smile. "The reason you feel drawn to Dillan and vice versa is because you have been friends for years… you met each other many years ago not long after you performed your first sonic Rainboom."
Rainbow looked confused, as did everyone there. “How?”
Celestia frowned as her horn began to glow, a sphere of magic appearing above the table as a memory appeared.
"Every fifteen thousand years a natural portal connects our world with that of the human world where Dillan is from. Fifteen years ago the portal opened and in a twist of fate you Rainbow dash had performed your sonic Rainboom precisely at the exact moment the portal opened, causing a chain reaction that pulled you in." Celestia said softly, as the magic sphere showed the image of Rainbow's parents in the throne room. "Your parents witnessed everything, and came to me begging to find you. However, not long after this did you return. You said you met a strange creature called a human, you described him as a small Colt with a brown mane that stood up on two legs with tannish skin."
Celestia's horn flashed slightly as the image in the sphere shifted again, showing Celestia herself with a young Rainbow dash standing in front of a portal. "Not long after that still, the portal opened again for the last time, it revealed the boy you spoke of while he was wearing a yellow shirt with some colorful animals in it, it turned out he had broken into a facility run by his government in order to rescue you." Celestia said, the image shifting again to one of the boy in handcuffs and looking at the ground. "You said you had been captured after you had met him, while for us it has been only a few hours in the human world for you it had been months. You told me how close the two of you had gotten as he kept you hidden knowing what his government would do if you and an alien in their world had found you. When they did he risked himself to save you and get you home, then when the government officials of his world noticed the two of us watching they attempted to capture us both. However, not wanting you hurt he sabotaged a machine in the facility causing it to implode and close the portal. You had begged for him to come through the portal because you didn't want him to get hurt but he refused because he didn't want to leave his family."
The image shifted again to show flames and explosions erupting around the young brown haired boy as he smiled at Rainbow through the portal. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Thanks for being my friend Dashy!" The boy said smiling as a final explosion erupted while flames surrounded him, the portal snapping closed immediately afterwards. "You were devastated thinking he had died, I don't know what you two did while you were there but you became so close he risked his own life to make sure you were safe, a child himself. You wouldn't eat and barely slept for months afterwards, your parents eventually had to ask me to erase your memory so you'd finally eat and sleep…"
Rainbow stared at the orb for a long time, her breathing slowly picking up. “Y-you mean I…know him? I….forgot him? I…he….” Tears filled her eyes once more. “C-can you give them back?”
The elements stared at the orb and Rainbow as well, most with tears in their eyes while Applejack had her hat over her eyes."I can, but I don't know what his government officials did to you, it could be traumatic." Celestia said softly as Luna looked at the Rainbow maned mare with a sad look.
“I don’t care…I want to know Dillan again…I want to help him.” Rainbow said with a stomp of her hoof.
"Very well." Celestia said, her horn glowing as she touched it to Rainbow's forehead. The mare's eyes widened as memories from long ago flooded back, memories of two young creatures running around playing in childish wonder, songs played on A machine the boy had, him bringing her dinner as they sat and chatted with smiles on their faces. The memory of one day, after months of them playing and growing close, he had been followed and they were caught. The memory of her getting taken away as the boy begged and pleaded for them not to take his friend, as tears fell from his eyes. And finally the memories of the weeks she has been in the government facility, being starved, interrogated, and how happy she was when the boy had jumped out of a vent hitting a scientist on the head as they were about to cut her open. The memories of everything Celestia had told them, everything was back.
"Rainbow? Did it work?" Fluttershy asked her friend worriedly.
Rainbow cried openly and gasped for air. “Dillan…he saved me…they…he…” She looked up at everyone. “He saved my life.”
Her friends all looked at her with shocked expressions. "H-he did?" Twilight asked, making Rainbow nods as she sobbed.
"T-they were going to dissect me… h-he jumped out of a vent with a large pipe and hit the surgeon on the head…" She said, sobbing before starting to giggle with a blubbery laugh.
Twilight fidgeted before she said. “Actually, if you were still alive and be a vivisection.” At everyone's look she blushed and lowered her head. “Sorry.”
Rainbow continued to giggle and ugly crying laugh. "What is it?" Rarity asked bemused.
"I remember a nickname his friend called him, Dill pickle…" she said, still laughing. "A type of pickle they have in his world."
Pinkie giggled and smiled as her mane became poofy again. “That’s funny.”
Rainbow nodded with a small smile, as she looked up at the ceiling. "I think her name… was…" Rainbow started to say as her eyes widened in shock.
“What was her name Darling?” Rarity asked.
"A-alyssa… h-his fiance…" Rainbow said softly. "S-she was his only other friend at the time…"
“Do ya think he remembered you?” Applejack asked.
Rainbow sniffed as she whipped her eyes, shaking her head. "I don't think so, when we all first met him it didn't seem like it."
Pinkie tapped her chin. “Maybe you should call him that old nickname, it might jog his memory.”
"I wonder why he doesn't remember." Applejack said, looking at Rainbow.
Rarity thought for a moment before she gasped. “The explosion! He obviously survived it, but maybe something hit him on the head and he forgot!”
Rainbow gasped as she looked down. "H-he did so much for me… who knows how long he was hurt… oh my God…" she said covering her face.
Fluttershy hugged her friend. “I am sure he would be happy to remember you.”
Rarity giggled softly. "What a romance story, friends from two dimensions being reunited after years. One thought long dead another without any memory… How tragically romantic!"
Rainbow blushed and rolled her eyes. “Rarity…we were childhood friends, we aren’t romantically interested in each other…”
“That's not what you said a few days ago.” Twilight said weakly.
Rainbow blushed again deeper and looked away quickly. "T-that's because that's what I thought it was!"
Rarity smirked and leaned closer. “Are you sure darling?”
Rainbow blushed deeper and looked away, as Luna slowly went down to the dungeons. "I-i don't know…"
Fluttershy giggled softly before she rubbed Rainbow's back. “You seem to be feeling better.”
Rainbow smiled softly at her. "Y-yeah… remembering all the fun I had with Dillan as a foal really helped."
Fluttershy rubbed Rainbow's back. “Do you want to tell us more about him or his world?”
Rainbow smiled softly as she blushed a bit. "Well… it's actually kind of funny. I remember exiting the portal in a large wooden forest full of tall red trees, there was fog everywhere. I had no idea what was going on and began wandering around randomly. I even tried to fly over the trees but it was too high even for me to get to at the time… that's when I met him. I flew up so high I had to land quickly but I was going too fast. He caught me right before would have hit the ground, causing him to slam into a tree…"
“Aww what a gentle colt.” Rarity said with a smile.
“Even as a colt he was savin folks.” Applejack said.
Rainbow blushed a bit more as she nodded softly, making Twilight's ears flatten in guilt again. "In a panic I got away from him and demanded to know what he was… we were both surprised when we found out we could both talk."
Fluttershy giggled softly. “I could just picture his face.”
Rainbow smiled a bit. "Well while he did look surprised, he was mostly excited because he had never seen a talking pony before. But before we could talk his parents started calling for him, so he told me to hide before they caught me."
Celestia smiled softly. “So he protected you from his world, even his parents.”
Rainbow blushed again with a smile as she thought back. "Y-yeah… after that he explained to me that he knew from books what would happen if I was found out and he didn't think it was right that someone that could talk would go through that."
Twilight looked up weakly. “Did you learn anything about his world?”
Rainbow looked at Twilight and nodded a little. "Yeah a few things… mostly about dinosaurs since Dillan was a big Dinosaur nerd!"
Everyone tilted their heads in surprise. “Dinosaurs?”
"Yeah apparently our worlds share the fact that dinosaurs roamed around thousands of years ago." Rainbow sighed softly.
Celestia giggled from beside Twilight’s throne. “Sounds like Twilight when she was little.”
Twilight blushed a bit and rubbed the back of her neck softly as Rainbow looked at her and sighed, getting up and going over to the Alicorn. "Twi, it's alright. I know you didn't mean for any of this to happen." She said, wrapping her wings around her friend.
Twilight hugged Rainbow back. “I’m so sorry Rainbow.”
Rainbow smiled softly. "Hey it's alright, if it wasn't for all this I wouldn't have gotten to remember everything… and besides… you said it yourself Dillan was depressed before coming here so hopefully this will help him fully move forward instead of ignoring it."
“Maybe…but I still hurt him…both of you.” Twilight said sadly.
Rainbow sighed. "Yeah… but you had the best intentions, now come on I know that egg head brain of yours wants to learn more about Dillan's world."
Twilight blushed. “I’m not an egg head…”
Everyone giggled at her as Rainbow playfully bumped her. "Sure you're not."
Twilight sighed as she pulled out some paper and a quill. “Mind telling me about his world?”
Rainbow smiled a bit, before Luna came barging back into the room with a panicked look on her face. "Sir Dillan is gone!"
“What!?” Everyone yelled and Rainbow ran past Luna down to the dungeons.
"He shouldn't have been able to get out! I know I made it so he wouldn't be able to reach his Ultimatrix!" Twilight said in shock.
“Twilight dear, did you make sure he couldn’t just squeeze out of the cell?” Rarity asked.
"He was tied down!" Twilight said. "I tied him down so he wouldn't hurt himself!"
"He had another rock!" Rainbow dash shouted, rushing up the stairs. "He cut himself free!"
“What!? How?!” Twilight asked as her ears folded back. “We need to find him.”
"B-but where…" Rainbow said holding her head with her hooves.
Twilight tapped her chin. “I can try a locating spell but…they can be tricky.”
“It’s true, even me and my sister have trouble with them.” Celestia said.
"It is dark out." Luna said. "Maybe I can use the moon to locate him."
“What are you waiting for? Do it!” Rainbow yelled.
Everyone stared at Rainbow in shock for a moment, before she used her magic to create a magic viewing orb showing Dillan flying through a forest as a blue bug looking alien. Clouds start to cover the view. “What the?” Rainbow got closer. “Where is he going?”
Dillan landed near his house in the white tailed woods, grabbing his head as he returned to normal gritting his teeth as his body shook in pain and anger. "What the hell is wrong with me…" he said, tears flowing down his face as he shook.
Dillan's teeth clenched more as he screamed in agony his voice filled with pain and sorrow before he suddenly punched himself in the face repeatedly and slamming his head into a tree as he cried and slid down to his knees.
Rainbow covered her mouth and gasped. “No! Dillan stop it!”
Everyone else covered their mouths in shock as he curled up in a ball, covering his head like a scared child who didn't know why they did something. “I’m going to him!” Rainbow said as she turned to leave.
"Rainbow wait!" Twilight said, going over to her. "Listen, I think Dillan feels guilty."
“He needs a friend!” Rainbow yelled back.
Twilight nodded her head. "you're right he does, but… I don't think any of us can give him that right now. All of us aside from you accused him of doing something bad and causing all the stuff that's happened… but you… he told me he thinks he has feelings for you, just like you do for him." She said, making Rainbow blush. "And because of that I think he feels guilty for… for forgetting and getting distracted about his family and fiance's deaths… and for moving on so soon."
Rainbow looked down.” So there is nothing I…we can do?”
Her friends hugged her in a comforting embrace, as the princesses watched them no one noticing as a portal opened near Dillan. “Whoa!” A young girl fell through and landed on her butt. “Ouch! You could have made it where I can walk through the portal!” She yelled up at the portal.
Dillan hugged himself more as he sobbed, not looking up.
The girl rubbed her butt as she stood up. “Um…hey there…my name is Kendra.” She said before looking around. “Can you tell me where we are?”
Dillan sniffed a bit as he looked at Kendra with a depressed stare, his face bruised and bloody with pieces of his hair missing. "Just outside of ponyville…" he whispered.
“Oh…” Kendra dug in her bag and pulled out a first aid kit. “Do you mind if I help you?”
Dillan looked away, holding his knees to his chest. "the help I need no one can give… not unless you can bring back the dead."
“Sorry no.” Kendra said as she knelt down next to him, then she drew something in the dirt. “I just know how to make light.” She then tapped on the drawing and made a ball of light.
Dillan looked at the ground as it glowed, turning his head away sadly. "Neat."
Kendra moved the ball of light up to Dillan’s face. “I may be a teenager but I am a good listener.” She then tried to clean Dillan’ forehead.
Dillan turned away again, covering his face. "It's… complicated…"
Kendra hummed before she placed a hand on his head. “I am here for you.” She gently rubbed his head.
Dillan choked out a sob, slowly lifting his head as he stared at his knees. "I-i killed my family before I came here."
Kendra kept rubbing his head. “I am sure that’s not true, you seem like a good person.”
Dillan raised an eyebrow at her, before chuckling softly. "You just met me… and I… I was supposed to change a gas valve but didn't… My house exploded and killed e-everyone…" he said, begging to sob again. "M-my whole family… E-even my.. f-fiance… a-and ourour unborn child…"
Kendra looked down. “You didn’t change it but…things happen in life.” She looked up at the sky while she kept rubbing his head. “My aunt and uncle died one day when they were driving due to the weather getting bad. But we don’t blame them.”
"That's different!" Dillan yelled, moving away and standing up. "Weather in the human world can't be controlled! But I could have changed the valve! My fiance asked me so many times to change it and I didn't!"
Kendra got up and followed him. “But you didn’t want the house to explode. You were probably busy with other things and forgot about the valve.”
Dillan sighed and nodded a bit. "I did have work… but I mean… it's not just that…"
“Then tell me.” She said before she took out some paper and placed them down, making two ice pillars grow and vines wrap around them and form a hammock.
Dillan glanced at it with a chuckle. "Trying to be a therapist?"
Kendra shrugged and rubbed the back of her head. “I just thought you’d feel more comfortable with somewhere to sit.”
Dillan smiled softly and sat down, staring at the ground for a while. Kendra sat on the ground and looked up at him, waiting for him to speak.
Dillan's eyes filled with tears before they slid down his face, causing him to sob as he tried to wipe them away like a child. "I-i've only been here for a few months… a-and I feel like I'm betraying my fiance because… i-i'm…"
Kendra tilted her head. “You’re what?”
Dillan sobbed a bit. "I think I'm moving on… I think I have… a crush on someone…"
Kendra smiled and clapped. “That is a good thing! But I think I understand, you are falling in love but still have feelings for your fiance. You can move on and still hold her in your heart.” She said and put a hand on her chest.
"I-i know… but i-i just forgot about her when I got here… I was so distracted and moved on without even realizing it… what kind of person does that! Forgetting about the one person that was besides you for your whole life!"
Kendra thought for a moment before she said. “What if she was guiding you here? Helping you move on because she saw how much pain you were in.”
Dillan leaned back in the hammock and as he looked away. "That would be something she'd do…but I'm not ready to move on."
“Why?” Kendra asked softly.
"Because it hurts to look at the mare I think I like… every time I do I can't help but think of Alyssa…" He whispered.
Kendra looked between him and the ground. “Have you talked about this with that mare?”
Dillan sighed and shook his head. "No… I know she has a crush on me as well, but it just feels… wrong comparing her to my dead fiance…"
Kendra hummed and looked down. “Do you compare them or do you just get reminded of your fiance?”
"Reminded…" Dillan said with a soft sign. "but it's hard not to compare them automatically when they're so much alike."
Kendra hummed and looked up at the sky. “I see, well maybe you could talk with this person and explain your feelings. She could understand and help you get to know her.”
Dillan chuckled softly. "Didn't you say you were fourteen? How are you so smart?"
Kendra blushed and chuckled as she looked at the ground embarrassed. “Me and my mom used to watch a lot of soap operas together.”
Dillan smiled softly. "Hearing everything you just said… makes what I'm feeling seem stupid…"
“It is never stupid to feel that way, it is just your mind trying to defend yourself.” She said and stood up. “You are hurting and still grieving for your family, so your uh…subconscious is looking for something to keep you safe and blaming you seems to be the easiest way you thought of.”
Dillan sighed and nodded a bit. "I suppose so…"
"Get away from him!" A voice shouted before Rainbow dash landed between Dillan and Kendra. "I don't know who you are but I'm not gonna let you do anything to my friend! He's been through enough!"
Kendra flinched and backed away slowly. “Wh-what? I was j-just-”
"Rainbow…" Dillan said softly, gently grabbing the mare's shoulder. "It's ok, she was just helping me calm down."
“She…was?” Rainbow said and started to calm down, then she looked back at Kendra and saw a scared child. “Oh geez, what did I do…”
Dillan looked over at Kendra, slowly going over to her and settling a hand on her shoulder. "Are you ok?"
“Y-yeah sorry, she just surprised me and…I am kinda on the run from Celestia in my world.” She said with a sigh and sat down. “Nice to meet you Rainbow.”
"On the run from your Celestia?" The two asked together worriedly. "Why?" Dillan added.
Kendra held up a piece of paper with a glitch on it, tapped it and it became a ball of light. “Wild magic.” She said with a helpless shrug.
"Wait, your Celestia is after you because you have wild magic?" Dillan asked with a frown. "That's so dumb."
Rainbow Dash nodded and slowly walked over to Kendra, gently putting a hoof on her shoulder. "Yeah it is, and I'm sorry again for scaring you… i-i was just worried about my friend."
Kendra nodded and sighed. “Yeah, it is stupid and thats not all.” She looked at Rainbow. “It’s ok, I was just talking to him about his troubles.”
Rainbow blushed in embarrassment as Dillan smiled softly, the two glancing at each other for a second as Kendra noticed the look. Kendra gasped and pointed at Rainbow. “So she is the mare you were talking about!” She said excitedly.
Dillan blushed deeply as Rainbow looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing!" Dillan said quickly.
Kendra giggled as she walked around the two of them. “He likes you.~” She said in a sing-songy way.
Rainbow blushed as she stared at Dillan for a moment, her head hanging down a little as he covered his face. "Kendra, what the heck!"
Kendra giggled a bit and walked over to Rainbow then whispered into her ear. “Be gentle with him, he has lost a lot and is feeling bad for moving on.”
Rainbow blushed and jumped away from her. "What the heck kid! He just lost his family, what do you think we'll be doing!?"
Kendra tilted her head. “Be friends, talk with each other and support each other?”
Rainbow blushed more and looked away. "Then choose your phrasing better!"
Dillan rubbed his arm and looked away a bit. "I had wanted to try and make it special when I told her…"
Kendra looked between them before she smiled. “Look Dillan, you have a friend!”
Dillan glanced at Rainbow who looked at him at the exact same time, making both blush and bit and smile softly. "Thanks Kendra…"
Kendra smiled and leaned back. “I am happy I could help.” They heard the sound of wings and she looked up to see Celestia coming, which made her eyes widened in fear, she then ran behind Dillan.
Dillan looked at her before turning back to see Celestia flying down. “Dillan, it is good to see you not hurt.” Celestia said softly as she landed.
He nodded a little glancing away, still feeling depressed about his family as Rainbow gently rubbed his arm. "I'm sorry I left Princess… I just… I couldn't stop myself when I saw Dillan talking to that human…"
“I understand Rainbow. Dillan, are you feeling better?” She asked with a soft smile while Kendra kept hiding behind Dillan.
"Y-yes ma'am, I'm sorry for scaring everyone…" He said softly as he looked back at Kendra. "It's ok, she won't hurt you. She isn't your Celestia."
“Are you sure? Her guards aren’t around here somewhere waiting to arrest me are they?” Kendra asked.
Celestia looked at the two with a raised eyebrow, as Dillan nodded. "I'm sure, she was already in ponyville to check on me before you got here."
“Ok.” Kendra siad and slowly came out from behind Dillan. “Hi.” She said shyly.
Celestia smiled softly. "Hello young one, thank you for helping our friend."
Kendra relaxed a bit. “I just did what I thought was right.”
Dillan smiled a little. "I appreciate it, I… I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't talked to me."
Kendra smiled and looked up at him. “I’m happy I could help then.”
Rainbow smiled softly as she glanced at Dillan blushing softly as she looked away and uncharacteristically rubbed her leg. "T-thanks for saving him…"
“All I did was listen to him and give him a different point of view.” Kendra said with a small smile. “I hope he can get better now.” She said and looked up at Dillan.
Rainbow smiled a bit as Dillan nodded softly, glancing back at Rainbow as well. "Dillan, I would like you to come back to Twilight's castle so we can keep an eye on you… just in case." Celestia said softly.
“Twilight has a castle?!” Kendra asked, shocked.
Dillan chuckled softly as Celestia and Rainbow raised their eyebrows. "She's a princess here, yes." Celestia said, confused.
“What!? But back home she is just a librarian!” Kendra shouted as she grabbed her head.
Dillan chuckled softly. "Let me guess you never watched the TV show."
“Show?” Kendra asked, confused.
"Apparently there is a TV show about us in the human world." Rainbow said with a sigh as Dillan nodded.
"Y-yeah, in it it shows how Twilight becomes an alicorn. So odds are this dimension is farther in the future than yours, but you can't say anything about it. Otherwise it might mess things up." He told Kendra.
“Oh…” Kendra said and looked down in thought. “I think the last thing that happened with Twilight’s friends was something to do with an empire.”
"Oh, the crystal empire…" Dillan said, glancing at Celestia.
“Yeah I think that was it.” Kendra said.
"I see…" Celestia said while looking at her. "How did you get here if I may ask?"
“A man in a lab coat said a future friend needed my help.” She said while tilting her head.
Dillan looked at her for a moment before smiling and hanging his head. "Paradox…"
Kendra yawned and stretched before wincing and grabbing her arm. “Do you think we could go inside for a bit?”
Dillan looked at her and nodded a bit. "yeah… is your arm ok?" He asked, helping her stand up.
“I’m ok…just a burn.” She said and looked down.
"A burn?" Rainbow dashed asked worriedly. "Are you ok?"
“Maybe?” Kendra said and lifted her shirt sleeve and on her arm is a fresh red burn mark.
"What in the!?" Dillan and Rainbow said together, as Dillan knelt down to look at the burn.
"Rainbow, can you go to my house and get the burn cream from the bathroom cabinet?" Dillan asked the mare as Celestia walked over to inspect the burn.
Kendra hissed when Dillan touched the burn. “Ow, it is just a burn from one of Celestia’s guards.”
Celestia covered her mouth in shock as Rainbow flew away quickly. "Crap sorry, it'll be ok soon."
“It stings but doesn’t hurt as much as I thought it would.” She said and looked down at it for the first time then her eyes rolled into her head and she fainted.
Dillan quickly caught her and looked at Celestia. "Do you know what this is? Since it's from your guard even if it's from another dimension?"
Celestia looked closer. “It seems like a fire spell mixed with a numbing spell, tracking spell, and sleeping spell…quite impressive.”
"Not helpful, can you remove it?" Dillan asked as he picked Kendra up gently.
“Yes, though we should take care of the burn first, if I remove the spells she will be in pain.” Celestia said as she kneeled down a bit. “I can carry you both.”
Dillan nodded a bit as he got on Celestia's back with Kendra in his arms. "A-are you sure?"
“You two are as light as a filly to me.” Celestia said as she flapped her wings and took off.
"If you say so… can we go to my house so Rainbow doesn't freak out about not finding us?" Dillan asked with a soft chuckle, his small smile slowly turning into a frown again.
Celestia giggled a bit. “Dillan, I am a princess that is over a thousand years old, do you really think she would think I'm trying to steal you?”
"I-i meant… n-nevermind…" he said softly, looking off to the side.
“Relax Dillan, I am just teasing you. I see you as a friend nothing more.” She said as she started to land. “Do you need help getting inside?”
"No, thank you though." Dillan said softly as he carried Kendra into his house, setting her on the couch gently as Rainbow came out of the bathroom.
“Oh Dillan! I got the burn cream.” Rainbow said as she walked over.
Dillan smiled softly at her as Celestia noticed the change in his demeanor. "Thanks Dashy." He said, gently putting some of the burn cream on Kendra's arm.
Celestia smiled softly as she slowly backed away. “You're welcome.” Rainbow said with a light blush. “Will she be ok?”
"I hope so, Celestia still needs to remove the spell." He said softly, glancing at where Celestia was. "Huh? Where'd she go?"
“She left?” Rainbow asked and looked around.
Dillan looked down a little as he continued to put the burn cream on Kendra's arm. "I guess… even Celestia doesn't want to be around me for as long as she has too…"
Rainbow sensing Dillan’s feeling placed a hoof on his arm with a smile. “Are you ok?”
He looked at her smiling face as his heart beat rose a bit, nodding slowly. "Y-yeah… s-still just thinking of my family you know?"
“Can you tell me about them…Dill pickle?” Rainbow said with a shy smile.
Dillan looked at her in surprise, while he gently wrapped Kendra's burn in some bandages from the bathroom. "H-how do you…?"
Rainbow blushed and rubbed her head. “Well um…you know how you have knowledge of us from that show?”
Dillan raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly. "Yeaaaah?"
“Well it turns out…” Rainbow started but a scroll appeared between them with Celestia’s mark on it.
Dillan raised an eyebrow as he slowly reached out for the scroll. "A letter from Celestia?" He asked, confused, as he opened it to read. On the letter were instructions on how to remove the spells and Celestia’s apologies that she needed to go somewhere. "Oh, it's instructions on how to remove the spell." He said with a small smile.
“Oh, do you think you can do it as a unicorn or alicorn?” Rainbow asked him, forgetting what she was gonna say.
"I can try." He said, popping up his Ultimatrix and turning into a unicorn, his horn glowing slowly as he read the instructions. Rainbow watched him with a slight blush, her heart beating faster.
‘oh Foust, why is he hot as a pony?!’ Rainbow thought while doing her best to keep a straight face.
Dillan's hazelnut eyes glanced between the letter and Kendra's arm, his magic flowing over her as the moonlight shone through the window almost like Luna was setting a romantic sense.
Rainbow’s wings fluttered as she watched, eyes slowly widening. “Wow.” She said softly.
Dillan looked at her, his eyebrow raised as he blocked the light of the moon causing his shadow to fall over her while the light reflected off a mirror to give her a view of his face. "Everything ok?" He asked her worriedly.
Rainbow blushed lightly. “Y-yeah, everything is cool. H-how is the foal?” She asked, trying to change the subject.
Dillan turned his head back to Kendra with a small smile. "If I did it right, she should be fine by morning according to the spell."
“That's good.” Rainbow said with a smile before she leaned closer. “Huh, are all human foals this…small?”
"Well… sometimes? It depends on genetics most of the time…" Dillan said, looking at Kendra with a worried look. "I'm not sure if that's it though…"
“What do you think it is then?” Rainbow asked as she poked Kendra’s ribs.
"Probably malnourishment, she said she was on the run from Celestia so I doubt she's around others often." Dillan said.
“She did say something like that…why would her Celestia be after her?” Rainbow said with a confused frown.
"She said it was because she can use wild magic." Dillan said with a soft sign.
“The buck is wild magic anyway? Do you know what she was displaced as?” Rainbow asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"I think she's displaced as Luiz from the Owl house. A show where she could use drawings to Channel the natural magic in the air and use it… but it was illegal I think." Dillan said.
“Huh, that sounds kinda dumb.” Rainbow said before she looked back at the everfree. “Then again, we don’t like wild weather.”
"Exactly." Dillan chuckled softly, returning to his human form. "when she wakes up I'll cook her something to eat…"
“Is…is there anything I can do?” Rainbow asked as she followed him.
Dillan slowly walked outside as Rainbow kept an eye on Kendra, the human sighed and sat at the base of a tree, tears filling his eyes as he hugged himself. "Why…. Why…. Why!!?" He shouted, pulling his hair and slamming his head against the tree. "Why does it hurt so much…" he whispered as he sobbed, shaking like a leaf.
Rainbow dash rushed out of Dillan's house when she heard him scream, pausing as the clouds parted allowing the moon light to shine down. Her eyes widened as he began humming a song to seemingly himself, as she watched seven spectral beings standing around him. "I'm so tired of being here… suppressed by all my childish fears… and if you have to leave… I wish that you would just leave… of course your presence still lingers here…" He sang, as the two shortest spectral beings hugged him, while one of the tall ones turned around and looked at Rainbow.
Rainbow flinched back in surprise, before she slowly approached. The taller male stepped aside to let Rainbow get closer to Dillan, followed by the other beings. Two of whom Rainbow recognized as Dillan's parents from her time in the human world, as Dillan sobbed and wailed, causing her heart to ache. "I'm sorry! I miss you all so much!"
Rainbow sat next to him with a sad frown. “I am sure they loved you very much.” She said and put a wing over his back.
Dillan broke down more as he sobbed, having a hand over his head as he suddenly started slamming his head against the tree again. "It's all my fault!"
“Damn it Dillan!” Rainbow grabbed him and stopped him. “It wasn’t your fault!” Rainbow yelled with tears in her eyes. “You need to stop blaming yourself and start living in the present, live for those around you, live for me you stupid monkey boy!” She shouted.
Dillan's eyes widened at her shout, whimpering a bit. "I-i'm s-sorry… i-i don't mean to be a burden…"
Rainbow hits their heads together. “Dummy! You aren’t a burden! You are my closest friend!”
Dillan looked at her in surprise, before looking down. "I-i'm s-sorry… it's just hard to know what I can be sure about anymore…" he said, not noticing the spectral beings before he slowly wrapped an arm around Rainbow's back and pulled her closer. "Aside from this." He said, kissing her quickly.
Her eyes widened from the kiss as her wings popped out before she slowly kissed back.
Dillan pulled away from her with a blush. "Oh crap, I'm sorry! I wasn't thinking!"
Rainbow slowly blinked her eyes and came back to reality. “Wow…”
Dillan moved away a bit with a blush. "I'm sorry… i-i wasn't thinking… i-i just…"
Rainbow surprised him by leaning closer and kissing him again and then giggling. “Shut up monkey boy, you need to relax, I enjoyed that.”
He blushed deeper. "Y-you did? B-but you just got done calling me your closest friend. I-i don't want to ruin anything…"
Rainbow sighed and put her head on his chest. “I am confused too…I care for you…far more than I thought, but…you don’t remember me.”
Dillan looked down at her, slowly wrapping his arms around her. "Y-you remember what happened…?"
Rainbow’s eyes widened and she looked up at him. “You mean you do remember me!?”
Dillan blushed a bit and smiled sheepishly. "C-come on, how could I forget you? W-when I first got here you didn't seem to recognize me so I just kept quiet…"
Rainbow pouted. “So was that whole show thing a lie?” She asked before sighing. “My parents asked Celestia to remove the memories because of…what happened.”
Dillan sighed and nodded. "Yeah… the fire was intense… and no the show wasn't a lie, you know I wouldn't lie to you." He said, holding her closer. "You have no idea how much I watched the show every day, just to see you again."
Rainbow blushed a bit as she smacked his arm, having a small smile on her face. “You`re the same old dork as ever.”
Dillan smiled softly as he leaned against the tree they were next to, looking up at the night sky with a soft sigh. “Ok, i`ll be honest, i did forget everything that happened nearly twenty years ago, i only began to remember right before i came here… when a toaster hit me on the head..” He said before chuckling. “Paradox must have done that on purpose.”
Rainbow slowly leaned against him, getting small smiles to form on the faces of the spectral beings before Dillan slowly moved away. “I- I'm sorry, please believe me when I say I enjoyed that kiss too but… I-I just need more time.”
“I…I understand but that doesn’t mean we can’t hang out like old times right?” Rainbow said with a smile.
Dillan smiled softly and chuckled. "You wanna hang out like old times? What should we chase each other around saying catch me if you can?"
Rainbow chuckled and smirked. “Without that watch you wouldn’t have a chance, monkey boy.” She said before looking back at the cabin. “We should get something ready for the human filly.”
Dillan smiled a bit as he stood up, leaning on the tree a bit as the two started to walk as Rainbow noticed some blood on the tree. Rainbow frowned and looked at Dillan. “You’re hurt.”
Dillan raised an eyebrow as he turned to look at the tree, revealing a small amount of blood on the back of his head where he slammed his head against the plant. "Huh, I don't feel anything."
Rainbow flapped her wings and put a hoof on his head. “You're bleeding from the back of your head!”
"Huh?" Her friend asked as he touched the back of his head and winced. "Oh jeez, I guess I slammed my head a little too hard…"
“Inside now mister!” Rainbow said while pointing at his cabin. “I’ll clean it and wrap it.”
"Huh? But-" He started to say before closing his mouth at the death glare Rainbow gave him. "y-yes ma'am… jeez you haven't changed a bit." He said walking inside.
Rainbow smirked a bit before she gently pushed him inside. “Of course I've changed, I’m much faster and stronger now.”
Dillan smiled a little with a light blush. "Yeah I noticed… just don't go slamming me into a red wood tree like when we first met, I don't think my bones could handle it."
Rainbow blushed and shook her head. “Can you blame me? I was alone, sca…shocked, and saw something completely new.” She said and had him set down before she walked into the bathroom to get the first aid kit.
Dillan smiled softly as he spoke loud enough for her to hear without waking up Kendra. "Yeah I remember, I also remember what happened that night."
Rainbow poked her head out with a red face and glare. “We agreed to never speak of that!”
Dillan smiled softly at her as she came back with the first aid kit. "What? It was… cute."
Rainbow frowned and sprayed antibacterial spray on the back of his head making it sting. “It wasn’t cute…” She said with a blush.
Dillan winced and smiled a little. "Yes it was… and I'm happy you trusted me enough to do that."
Rainbow blushed more and grumbled. “Keep it up monkey boy, and I'll make sure to make this as painful as possible.” She said as she cleaned Dillan’s head injury.
"Ok ok, sorry." He said quickly as he looked to the ground. "I can't believe you remember that old nickname…"
Rainbow sighed and looked away. “I didn’t until Celestia gave the memories back earlier today.”
Dillan slowly reached up and gently rubbed the hood she had set on his shoulder. "It's alright, we both forgot…"
Rainbow blushed again. “I guess that is true.” She continued to clean his injury before she began wrapping it.
"I'm sorry." Dillan whispered. "I can't imagine how worried you must have been when that portal had closed."
“I was scared but…I honestly thought you died and…I didn’t eat for days. It got so bad that my parents asked Celestia to remove the memories of my time on earth.” Rainbow said as she finished bandaging his head.
Dillan turned to look at her quickly, their faces and inch from each other and causing them both to blush and move away. "S-sorry, a-are least it wasn't painful for your memory to be taken. I-i had a wooden support beam fall on my head and my back burnt up."
Rainbow frowned sadly and put a hoof on his back gently. Dillan glanced back at her for a long while, before looking away. "I'm honestly happy it happened… it's a permanent reminder of… what you mean to me…"
Rainbow blushed and shyly looked away. “Aww that is sweet.” Kendra said from the couch.
Dillan and Rainbow's head snapped to the couch, seeing the human girl awake. "How long have you been awake?"
She giggled and sat up. “When you two came back inside.”
Dillan sighed a bit, and stood up wobbling slightly as he grabbed his head. "You know it isn't nice to eavesdrop right?" He asked as he slowly went into the kitchen.
“But you were having such a nice talk.” Kendra said as she stayed on the couch.
Rainbow frowned worriedly as she followed Dillan, watching from the doorway as he made a few peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. "You still could have told us…" he said to himself.
“Maybe…I’m sorry.” Kendra said with a sigh. “Dang, Hooty is rubbing off on me.”
"I knew it, you're an owl house displaced." Dillan said with a small smile, handing her the plate of sandwiches. Before Rainbow made him sit down.
"That's enough moving around, you need to rest." She said sternly, getting a timid nod from Dillan.
Kendra giggled and nodded. “Yeah, I am displaced as Luz and if you have seen the show then you should know about the coven system, right?” She asked before taking a bite of the sandwich.
"Oh god… don't tell me your Celestia did that?" Dillan asked with a frown.
“Yeah, and it was recently before I arrived.” Kendra said with a frown. “When I first got there it was ok as the Apples took me in but after I showed Twilight my glyphs I have been on the run…”
Dillan groaned and rubbed his face. "Great… maybe I could try talking with her."
“Twilight or Celestia?” Kendra asked before adding. “Because Twilight already apologized for accidentally getting the guards onto my case, and putting my new friends in danger.”
"Celestia." Dillan sighed, holding his head as he winced.
"You're not going anywhere." Rainbow dash said to him with a glare. "You slammed your head so hard against a tree you started to bleed, you're lucky I didn't rush you to the hospital."
“Oh geez, he should get checked out.” Kendra said while she ate.
"I um don't think they'd be much good since I'm a human…" Dillan mumbled looking away.
“Oh right, this world is full of ponies.” Kendra said and looked at Rainbow.
Rainbow sighed and sat down next to Dillan. "I can ask Twilight to use a spell to try and see if you're ok."
Dillan nodded a little before looking at Kendra. "How long do you think you're going to stay? I can get you some supplies so you don't starve when you go back."
Kendra blushed lightly. “I am ok, I found a way to grow fruit trees and stuff thanks to my glyphs.”
"Kid, you're almost skin and bones." Rainbow said with a frown. "You need more sustainable food."
"The princesses gave me some meat from their kitchens for when they have visiting dignitaries. You can take some of that." Dillan said, slowly standing up.
Kendra’s stomach growled loudly and she blushed. “O-ok, if you want to…um and I guess it is up to you how long I am gonna be here.” She then started digging in her bag.
Dillan smiled softly as he went into the kitchen. "You can stay as long as you want to."
Kendra pulled out a wooden plank that is carved and painted. “This is my token.”
"Token?" Rainbow asked, confused, looking at the carving.
"It's a device to call other Displaced!" Dillan called from the kitchen. "Unfortunately I don't have one yet."
“Oh.” Kendra set it down and wondered how she would get it back. “Um…do either of you have any ideas of how I can make some money?”
"Maybe put on shows like Trixie?" Dillan suggested.
“Who?” Kendra asked and tilted her head.
"A show mare that puts on fake magic shows." Rainbow said. "But that might draw attention to you."
"Yeah… good point." Dillan sighed, coming back with a plate of food for Kendra.
Kendra smiled and got to eating. “Thank you.” She said and tapped her chin. “I guess I could, I don’t want to bum on my friends for…things.” She added with a blush.
Dillan raised an eyebrow at the comment before blinking and looking away. "Oh, yeah that wouldn't be good."
Kendra fidgested. “Thankfully in my world they are humans…kinda.”
"I don't get it." Rainbow said with a confused blink.
"I am not going into human anatomy." Dillan said, shaking his head.
Kendra fidgested as she whispered into Rainbow’s ear making her eyes widen and a blush cover her cheeks. "Oh…" Rainbow said, shaking her head. "Y-yeah that's um… that's bad."
Kendra looked down with a blush. “Yeah, like I said, I got lucky getting a human-ish Equestria.”
Dillan nodded and chuckled softly. "Yeah glad I'm a dude."
Kendra shook her head and smiled at Dillan. “Do you want to learn my glyphs? They seem to work here.”
"I guess?" Dillan said, rubbing his head a bit.
Kendra smiled and pulled out her sketchbook and started drawing. “Just don’t mix the glyphs…unless you have a photographic memory and can remember which ones are safe.”
Rainbow giggled a bit. "He's always had a photographic memory."
“That's good, has he seen the episodes of owl house with glyph combos?” Kendra asked with a smile.
"No I haven't." Dillan said as he sat down again.
“Aww, well be careful if you try to combine glyphs.” Kendra said as she ripped off the paper and handed it to him with five drawings, four glyphs and one glyph combo.
Dillan nodded slowly as he looked at the list of drawings. "Alright then."
Kendra smiled a bit. “Is there anything else you want to do or talk about?”
"Not really, unless you want me to mix your DNA with something." Dillan said.
Kendra looked around nervously. “I don’t know, isn't that kinda…risky?”
"I guess it depends on what I would mix your DNA with." Dillan said with a shrug. "
“How can you mix DNA?” Kendra asked.
"Oh, I guess I never told you what I'm displaced as." Dillan chuckled softly, removing his jacket and showing her his Ultimatrix. "I'm a Ben ten displaced."
“Ben ten? That was a weird show.” She said as she set the plate down. “Um…what can you mix with me?”
"Well I have all the pony races, all the aliens from the show…. Discord…" he said. "That's about it…"
“I don’t know…maybe later.” Kendra said with a nervous smile.
Dillan nodded a little. "That's fine, you weren't in the middle of something important right?"
“No.” She shook her head. “I had just got home after getting my friends out of the everfree.”
"Alright good, oh I removed that burn." Dillan said.
Kendra looked at her arm. “Oh, thank you.”
"It's thanks to Celestia." Dillan said with a small smile.
“Really? Maybe she isn’t like Belos.” Kendra said while looking down at the ground.
"Shit Belos? Oh man." Dillan said, shakingsaid, shaking his head. "I hope you don't have any titans there."
“Um…about that…” Kendra said with a nervous chuckle.
"Wait, you have some?" Dillan asked with a raised eyebrow.
“King is living with me in the owl house. Eda made it appear and turned my King plush into the real thing after explaining the whole displaced thing.” She said with a shrug.
Dillan's mouth dropped. "King? I wanna meet him, I wanna meet him!" He said excitedly making Rainbow giggle.
Kendra giggled and looked at Rainbow then back to him. “Well if you think it is ok, maybe that guy in the lab coat could send us both to my world, but Rainbow comes with.”
Rainbow smiled softly as Dillan looked confused. "I wasn't planning on leaving her."
“Just making sure, boys can be dumb sometimes.” Kendra said with a giggle.
Dillan rolled his eyes. "Oh please, I've known since I was twelve that Rainbow isn't a mare I wanna make Angry."
Rainbow smirked at him. "I've had you trained since he was twelve? Well that makes things easier."
Kendra giggled more and shook her head. “Ok um…mister lab coat guy? Could you send us to my world?” She asked the air, hoping that he was listening.
Dillan blushed a bit before a portal opened near them, Paradox walking through. "Hello my friends, I am glad to see you made it in time, Miss Kendra."
Kendra smiles sadly. “It is thanks to you mister, and all I did was listen.”
"Sometimes that is all that is truly needed." Paradox said with a smile, turning to Dillan and Rainbow. "I see you two have reconnected."
Rainbow frowned, looking Paradox over before her eyes widened and she gasped. “You were there!”
Dillan looked confused as Paradox smiles and holds up a finger to his lips. "Now, now. We don't want to be late." He said before a blue light flashed from his pocket watch, suddenly making the three end up in a different place.
“Kendra, your back!” I high pitched voice said as a brown tube wrapped around Kendra.
“Yes Hooty, I’m back, but personal space please.” She said as she wiggled in the Owl-demon’s grip.
Dillan chuckled softly as he lifted his Ultimatrix to scan hooty. "What the hay is that?" Rainbow asked, confused as she stayed behind Dillan.
“This-” Kendra stated as she wiggled free. “-is Hooty, an owl…house…worm…demon…I think.” She looked at Hoory. “He is a friend, and is friendly.”
"Nice to meet you." Dillan said with a smile, as Rainbow stayed behind him.
“Oh joy! New friends!” Hooty yelled as he wrapped himself around Dillan and Rainbow, hugging them both.
“Hooty, calm down.” Kendra said with a sigh. “Did King let you eat sugar or something?”
Dillan chuckled a bit as Rainbow tried to get away. "Let… us… go!"
“Aww.” Hooty let go of them but then pushed his face up against Rainbow’s. “We are still friends right?”
Rainbow jumped away and glared at Hooty. "You can't just hug someone and demand to be friends!"
"I'll be your friend." Dillan said with a small smile.
Kendra rubbed Hooty and shook her head. “He is really friendly, sorry.”
Rainbow frowned as Hooty wrapped around Dillan again, making Rainbows wings pop open angrily as Dillan hugged Hooty back causing her anger to subside a bit. "Fine…"
Kendra smiled and clapped her hands. “Let’s head inside, I just hope King isn’t making a mess.”
The four heard a loud crash from within the house, causing Dillan to laugh. "Oh man, just like a little kid."
Kendra sighed and slumped in defeat. “Dang it.” She walked over to the door and opened it. “King, we have guests!”
"Kendra you're back!" King said, hugging the girl as she saw a broken vase on the ground.
Kendra sighed and petted his head. “Hey King, are you hurt?”
He shook his head. "No sorry, I was moving the vase and tripped…"
“Well as long as you aren’t hurt.” Kendra said with a sigh. She then turned and waved a hand at Rainbow and Dillan. “Meet my new friends, Dillan and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow, Dillan, this is King.” She said as she patted the small furry being with a skull on his head with two horns.
"What's up?" Dillan said with a smile, wincing a little before holding and shaking his head.
Rainbow frowned and grabbed Dillan’s shirt in her teeth and dragged him to a couch. “You couch now!”
“Whoa, what's with the married couple?” King asked.
Dillan blushed a bit as Rainbow sat him down on the couch, before checking his head. "W-we're not married, we've just been friends for a long time…"
“Well you act like you’re married.” King said as he walked over to the broken vase but Kendea picked him up.
She carried him over to Dillan. “King, apologize, also Dillan, do you want Titan DNA?”
"Wait what!?" King shouted in shock.
"Not like that dude." Dillan chuckled a bit as he held up his Ultimatrix, a yellow beam flowing over King. "This watch lets me scan and turn into different species. Including Titan now."
“Really? That sounds like some powerful magic.” King said before wiggling in Kendra’s grip. “Let me down Kendra!”
"Not until you apologize!" Rainbow said to him with a glare. "What you said was really insensitive, my friend just lost his fiance and unborn child!" She said, making Dillan look at the ground a bit.
King’s eyes widened widely. “Oh geez…I am so sorry.”
Dillan smiled sadly at King. "It's ok, you didn't know."
"Don't just say it's ok!" Rainbow said with a frown. "You've been beating yourself up over it, and he just reminded you of it!"
"Yeah… except he's a kid. He didn't know, and beating him up over it won't do any good." Dillan said softly, a small trial of blood going down the side of his head opposite of Rainbow.
Kendra gasped and pointed it out for Rainbow. “He is bleeding on the other side…maybe you should visit the hospital here.”
"What!?" Rainbow shouted, dashing to his other side as he held up his hands. "don't you dare say you're fine!"
Dillan closed his mouth and put his hands down, looking at the floor. "y-yes ma'am."
King was set down as Kemdra ran over to a coat rack and picked up a cloak. “Here, you can use this to sneak into town.”
"Thank you." Rainbow said, taking the cloak. "Come on Monkey boy."
"You could say please, Skittles." Dillan mumbled a bit.
Rainbow blushed and huffed. “I told you I didn’t like that nickname…but I guess you could use it now.”
Dillan smiled softly as he stood up, shaking his head more. "Alright… let's go…"
Kendra smiled and grabbed a smaller cloak and put it on. “I can follow you and use my glyphs to draw guards away if they bug you.”
"You don't have to risk yourself." Dillan said with a small smile. "We can take care of ourselves."
“You are hurt and while you are here you’re my responsibility.” Kendra said with a smile.
Dillan sighed and slumped forward a bit before turning to King. "Some friendly advice, never argue with a girl. They're always right."
“Nah, you are just a wimp.” King said with a laugh.
Dillan shook his head with a smirk as he started to leave with Rainbow and Kendra. "One of my forms can alter all of reality, I don't think I'm all that weak."
“Yeah right.” King said before they left.
Kendra looked up. “You have that evil alien from alien xtinction?”
"Alien Extinction?" Dillan asked with a blink before chuckling. "Oh no, you're thinking of alien x, that's from the reboot. In the original show it was first introduced as one of Ben's transformations."
“There was another Ben ten show?” Kendra asked, surprised.
Dillan laughed a bit. "Yes, the original came out in two thousand and five, where Ben got the Omnitrix, then there was the one where he was a teenager, then the one where he got this form." He said holding up his Ultimatrix. "Then one where he had the perfected Omnitrix. So there were four shows all together and then the reboot."
“Wow.” Kendra said as they walked through the forest. “I guess I should have watched it.”
"I think I have them on DVD." Dillan said, rubbing his chin. "If you wanna borrow them."
“I don’t think I have a tv.” Kendra said with a shrug.
"Oh, nevermind then." Dillan said with a shrug, noticing how Rainbow kept glancing at his head. "I'm sure I'll be ok."
Kendra looked at Rainbow. “You are a lot smaller than the last pony I met.”
Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "What's that mean?"
“When I met my first displaced two ponies came with and they were huge! Like bigger than Dillan.” She said while throwing her arms out and up.
"Really?" Dillan asked, surprised. "Well different dimensions, different ways things are."
“Oh and it was Fluttershy and her boyfriend.” Kendra added.
"Fluttershy's boyfriend?" Both Dillan and Rainbow asked together.
“Yeah, a black furred stallion called Full Moon.” Kendra said with a smile.
"Wow, good for her." Dillan said with a small smile as they approached the edge of town.
Kendra flipped her hood up. “You should put up your hood, humans here have ponies ears.”
Dillan looked up as he put the hood on his head, covering most of it as Rainbow hid beneath it huddling close to him and making her blush. They all walked into the town as Kendra looked around for any guards. “I am…not sure where the hospital is.”
Dillan glanced around a bit before stopping a woman. "U-um excuse me. W-we're new In town could you tell us where the hospital is?"
“Oh welcome to town, it is down the road to the right. Hope you are ok.” She said with a smile. “If I was in the healer’s coven I could help you.”
"Th-thank you for the information." Dillan said, nodding with a smile before he and Kendra started walking down the road. "And I appreciate the offer for help."
“You’re welcome!” She said with a wave.
“Most people are kind, but trust the coven system too much.” Kendra whispered to Dillan.
Dillan nodded a bit as they walked through the town, Rainbow dash nuzzling closer to Dillan as they got closer to the Hospital. “Hey!” Rainbow's voice called out from above them before a human version of her lands in front of them. “What are you doing kid?” She asked Kendra.
Dillan stared at the human Rainbow for a second before whispering to his rainbow dash under the cloak. "You look good as a human." He whispered, making her blush a bit.
"Hey Rainbow, I'm taking my friend here to the hospital." Kendra said with a smile.
“Your friend huh?” Human Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow and tried to peek under his hood.
Dillan gently grabbed his hood, keeping his ears covered. "I'm like Kendra… ears are different. I don't want to cause a panic…"
“Ah, I see. I didn’t know there were others like her.” Human Rainbow said as she straightened up. “Why are you going to the hospital?”
Dillan looked down. "I-i, um… I'm going through some emotional stuff and um… s-slammed my head against a tree repeatedly."
“Oh geez, that sucks. Hope the tree got hurt worse than you pal.” Human Rainbow said.
Dillan looked away with a sad look as his Rainbow growled under the cloak. “How about I walk ya there?” Human Rainbow said as she laid an arm around Dillan’s shoulders.
Dillan blushed a little. "U-um… sure?" He said with a blink as his Rainbow whispered angrily.
"Get away from him you horse…" She said softly.
“Cool, let’s get going. I bet we can be good friends.” Human Rainbow said as they all started walking.
Dillan gently rubbed his Rainbow's head under the cloak, trying to cheer her up as they walked making her blush and smile. “Hey Miss Rainbow, did Scootaloo make it home?” Kendra asked.
"Yeah she did." Human Rainbow said with a grin. "She said she made it back with a second to spare."
Kendra sighed and looked down. “I am sorry she and the others are getting dragged into my troubles.”
"Hey kid don't worry about it, they aren't the kind of kids to just abandon a friend." Human Rainbow said as Dillan's Rainbow secretly forced her arm from around Dillan's shoulders.
“Huh?” Human Rainbow looked at her arm. “If you didn’t want my arm around you you just had to say something.”
Dillan blinked and looked at her arm. "o-oh um, sorry. I didn't mind just a little, um… sweaty under here."
Kendra giggled and leaned closer. “Hey Rainbow, Dillan has a surprise under his hood that would be a shock.”
The Human Rainbow dash raised an eyebrow as Dillan looked at Kendra worriedly, before he could stop her the human Rainbow haired girl looked under his cloak. "Um… hi…" his Rainbow dash said with a sheepish grin.
The Human Rainbow blinked in surprise. “Whoa, so you are like a pony me?” She asked.
Dillan's Rainbow nodded a bit, moving up so her head was peaking over Dillan's shoulder as her counterpart put the cloak back down. "Yeah, I tagged along to keep this idiot from hurting himself again." She said, making Dillan slump forward.
"Come on Skittles, really? Do you have to call me an idiot?" He asked with a sigh.
"Yes you Idiot Monkey boy." She retorted.
Human Rainbow chuckled and smirked. “He must be a close friend, it is kinda cool meeting a pony version of me, but let’s get him to the hospital.”
"Of course I'm cool, I'm awesome! And yeah before he loses any more blood." Dillan's Rainbow said, as she uncharacteristically checked Dillan's head with a worried frown.
“Right.” Human Rainbow said as she grabbed Dillan’s arm and started to run, making Kendra have to run to keep up.
"Whoa!" Dillan said as he was dragged along. "Jeez I'm just becoming a rag doll for women today!"
“Hey, I am a mare!” Dillan’s Rainbow said with a light bonk to his head.
“I haven’t pulled you around.” Kendra said as she was barely keeping up.
Dillan chuckled nervously. "S-sorry…."
“Don’t worry we are almost there.” Human Rainbow said as they make a right turn,
Dillan glanced around at the look everyone was giving them. "Um, you might wanna slow down a bit. I'm not that hurt…"
“But the faster we get you checked out, the faster we can go somewhere private and I get to talk with my other self.” Human Rainbow said as they ran up to the hospital.
"I take it this is the first time you've met yourself." Dillan chuckled softly as he noticed his Rainbow dash was holding him around his chest.
“Yeah! Kendra only told me about Fluttershy and her boyfriend showing up.” Human Rainbow said as they entered the hospital.
"Well we haven't exactly done a whole lot, I've only been our Equestria for like… a few weeks." Dillan said, glancing around the hospital.
“Might want to keep that talk till later.” Human Rainbow before walking up to the counter. “Hey Red Heart, I have a friend that needs a check up.”
"Of course, what's the problem?" Red heart asked as Dillan glanced at his Rainbow Dash.
"I-i um… slammed the back of my head against a tree repeatedly until it started bleeding…" Dillan said softly as he looked away.
“What in Celestia’s name made you do that?” Red Heart said as she got up. “Follow me.”
Dillan slowly filled her while mumbling. "Depression?"
“Depression? Should I ask for a psychologist?” Red Heart asked as they entered an examination room.
Dillan shook his head a bit. "N-no… I-I’ll be ok."
“You better be.” Dillan’s Rainbow said, shocking Red Heart.
“Who said that? It sounded like Rainbow Dash.” She said.
Dillan groaned and hung his head. "Skittles you have the worst timing…" He sighed as he removed his hood, revealing his normal head and his Rainbow dash.
“What in the world?” Red Heart said before shaking her head. “Off of his shoulders, I need to check and clean his head.”
"I already did that…" Rainbow mumbled as she got down, when Dillan was sitting down on a table.
“With all due respect, I am the professional.” Red Heart said as she checked Dillan’s head over, getting a bit close to Dillan.
Dillan's Rainbow dash's wings fluffed up a little as Nurse red heart got closer to Dillan, making him blush a little at the proximity. "W-well I had to rush since I saw it happen…" she said, looking away, as Dillan rubbed her head a bit.
"And I can't thank you enough, if you hadn't I probably would have died from blood loss." He said, making the mare blush a bit.
“You missed a spot.” Red Heart said before she got some bandages and began wrapping them around Dillan’s head.
Dillan's Rainbow dash looked down sadly at the ground, before Dillan looked at Red heart. "You know you don't have to sound so cold. I know it's your job and all, but it's not like she knows about human anatomy being a pony."
Red Heard sighed and shook her head. “Sorry, I am used to annoying patients that think they know everything. Would you like some books on human physiology?”
Dillan's Rainbow blushed a bit and nodded. "Yeah… I can give them to the hospital back home Incase something happens again…" she said before pointing at Dillan. "But it's better not to be self -inflicted!"
Dillan held up his hands with a nervous look. "Y-yes ma'am."
Red Heart smiled and shook her head. “Ah young love.”
The two blushed and turned away from each other. "W-we're not in love… h-he just knows better since we've known each other for almost twenty years…* she said before flying over to Red Heart and whispering. "And be careful with stuff like that, h-he just lost his fiance and unborn child and his whole biological family…"
“Oh dear, I am so sorry to hear that.” She said with a gasp.
Dillan sighed as he looked at the ground. "You know constantly repeating that doesn't exactly make it better."
"It's alright, I understand you don't want anyone to bring it up after what I did…" Dillan mumbled softly.
Rainbow lowered her head and sighed. “I’m sorry.”
Nurse red heart looked between the two of them with a small smile, before leaving. "I'll be right back with those books."
Dillan looked over at the door before turning to his Rainbow dash, slowly pulling her over onto an embrace. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad after everything you've done for me."
“I just don’t want to see you hurt…not after everything you did for me and you’ve gone through.” His Rainbow said weakly.
Dillan smiled softly and held her closer, gently rubbing her back as another person walked in. "Hello, my name is Doctor Helper. I'm a psychologist, Nurse red heart told me you didn't want to see me but believe it could help."
Dillan’s Rainbow's ears twitched. “You won’t hurt him will you?”
Doctor Helper blinked at Dillan's Rainbow dash for a moment, before shaking his head slowly. "Not at all, I'm just going to talk to him and try to see if I can help him."
Dillan’s Rainbow sat next to him. “Well…I’m not leaving him alone.”
"I'm sorry… miss… but I need to speak to him alone." Doctor Helper said, fixing his big round glasses. "Patients tend to open up more in one on one conversations and if I'm going to get to the root of the problem I'll need to chat with him alone."
Dillan’s Rainbow huffed and looked up at Dillan. “Do I have to?”
Dillan looked at her. "I can't tell you what to do."
"If you stay it is your choice, but it will make it harder." Doctor Helper said.
Dillan’s Rainbow sighed and got up before looking back at Dillan. “Promise to let him help?”
"If he can, I will." Dillan said with a small smile, before he threw the cloak over her. "Keep yourself safe ok?"
Meanwhile in the hospital entrance Kendra walks in panting and out of breath. “You…run…too fast, Rainbow.”
"Sorry kid, but you wanted your friend to get to the hospital quickly right?" Human Rainbow dash asked with a grin as she and Kendra sat down.
“Yes, but if I hadn't been told where it was recently I never would've been able to catch up with you.” Kendra said as she caught her breath.
"Oh my bad." Human Rainbow dash chuckled softly. "What a shame, me spending time alone with another me and a good looking guy."
Kendra looked up at human Rainbow. “Are you the jealous type?”
Human Rainbow raised an eyebrow at her. "I… I don't think it would be so much jealousy if I had someone, but more of feeling hurt if they didn't tell someone that was hitting on them that they were with me… why?"
“That Rainbow and Dillan like each other, but he recently lost his family.” Kemdra said before raising an eyebrow. “Do you really want to block your other self from having a chance with him?”
"Wait what?" Human Rainbow asked with a blush. "I never said anything about going after the guy, all I said was he was good looking. Besides I didn't know they liked each other… wait didn't he say he was in his Equestria for like a few weeks? Jeez, they move fast."
"He may have only just arrived but we've actually known each other for almost twenty years or so." A familiar voice said as a familiar cloak sat next to them.
Kendra smiled and waved. “Hey Rainbow, I was just about to tell Rainbow that.” She frowned and looked confused. “This is gonna get confusing.”
"How about we just call her Skittles like Dillan does? And wait how the heck have you two known each other that long?" Human Rainbow dash asked her counterpart, who removed the hood to reveal a human girl with an inverted Rainbow colored hair.
"Firstly, Dillan let me borrow his Ultimatrix." Dillan's Rainbow said with a smirk. "he scanned you when you grabbed his arm, secondly that's a long story."
Kendra smiled at the two of them. “Cool, double Rainbow.”
The two Rainbow dash chuckled softly as the normal human Rainbow looked to her counterpart. "So how did you two meet?"
“Did you pull off a sonic rainboom when you were a filly?” Dillan’s Rainbow, Skittles, asked.
"Yeah?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, after I originally pulled it off I did it again while practicing. At the same time a naturally forming portal between our worlds opened and I was sucked through." Skittles said with a chuckle.
“I don’t know everything but there was something traumatic that happened because Celestia removed her memories, and she only recently got them back.” Kendra said.
Skittles rubbed her head a little. "Not really traumatic, more… heart broken. When I came back home it was after he saved me from his government. And he had caused a machine to explode. The portal closed as he was engulfed in flames."
Kendra's Rainbow gasped and covered her mouth. “That's horrible! How did he make it out?”
"You know… I… don't know." Dillan's Rainbow dash frowned. "All he said was a support beam fell on his head and he got amnesia."
"Well that would have to have happened, otherwise he wouldn't have shown up." Kendra's Rainbow said with a small smirk. "Maybe you two are destined to be together, I mean what are the odds the exact same human you met shows up in Equestria."
Kendra giggled and smiled. “Yeah, maybe your soul mates.”
Dillan's Rainbow dash blushed and looked away. "I thought I was talking to myself, not Rarity!"
Kendra giggled more as her Rainbow blushed as well but she smirked. “Hey, I am just calling it as I see it, I mean he is way better looking than Thunderlane and has a better attitude too.”
Skittles smirked a bit. "Yeah well, he's always been like that… I wonder if he would help me piss off thunderlane…"
“Who's Thunderlane?” Kendra asked.
"A womanizer." Kendra's Rainbow dash said with a sigh. "He won't stop putting the moves on me and won't take no for an answer."
"Same with me…" Dillan's Rainbow dash said with a groan. "Maybe Dillan can help get him off my back."
“Sounds like a jerk.” Kendra said with a frown.
“He is, oh that reminds me, keep your guard up around his little brother Rumble. He is starting to act like his brother, which means hitting on anything that breathes.” Kendra’s Rainbow said with a roll of her eyes.
"Jeez, Thankfully the Rumble from our world isn't like that." Dillan's Rainbow dash said with a small grin. "I saw him and Scootaloo kissing."
“Aww.” Kendra said before giggling. Sweetie Belle is starting to date Spike here.”
"Wait really!?" Dillan's Rainbow dash asked. "Back home she liked Button mash."
“Really? Wait, who is Button?” Kendra asked and tilted her head.
"A small kid with brown hair and a beanie hat." Kendra's Rainbow said. "He's obsessed with video games."
"From what I heard from Rarity, Sweetie belle got him out of his shell and even gave her a flower when she got her heart broken by some jerk in their class." Dillan's Rainbow dash said.
“Aww he sounds sweet.” Kendra said with a smile.
Dillan's Rainbow grinned at Kendra. "Well since your Sweetie belle is with Spike maybe you could get to know Button mash."
Kendra blushed lightly and shook her head. “I don’t know if I'm ready to date…especially with being a wanted girl.”
"Maybe, but I bet Button could make you feel wanted in a good way." Kendra's Rainbow dash said with a grin.
"Yeah you could be his princess he wants to rescue." Dillan's Rainbow dash said with a similar grin.
Kendra blushed and groaned. “Is this my punishment for teasing Dillan?”
"Yes." Dillan's Rainbow dash said with a smirk, as Kendra saw Dillan at the counter with a doctor.
Kendra poked Dillan’s Rainbow and pointed him out. “Dillan is back.”
Her head snapped in his direction as he walked over slowly, his hands in his pockets with bandages wrapped around his head. "Hey…" He said softly.
“Are you ok? Your head isn’t cracked is it?” Kendra asked.
Dillan shook his head a bit as his Rainbow dash touched his scalp. "N-no, the back of my head is just scrapped."
“Well that’s better than being cracked.” Kendra’s Rainbow said before she rubbed her shoulder. “I remember when my wing got broken.”
"That sounds like a story." Dillan said as his Rainbow was still looking over his head.
"You don't have any Brain damage right?" She asked with a frown.
"No more than I already did." Dillan said with a light hearted chuckle.
Dillan’s Rainbow slapped his shoulder. “That's not funny Dillan.”
Dillan moved his arm away from her. "I'm not joking… ever since that fire I've had some trouble pronouncing simple words right and I've had tendencies to confuse things for other things… I had to go to the hospital for a few years to have xrays and such done to fix my brain damblig… damblige…" he started to say before shaking his head and sighing. "Damage…"
Dilan’s Rainbow narrowed her eyes. “You are telling the truth?”
"Why would I lie about that?" Dillan asked with a raised eyebrow. "just to avoid the joke? I already made it, I told you how that support beam fell on my head, if it causes amnesia it had to hit me pretty hard."
Dillan’s Rainbow sighed and looked down. “I’m sorry.”
"Uh… why?" Dillan asked, confused. "It's not your fault."
“I accused you of lying.” She said with a sigh.
Dillan arched an eyebrow as he glanced at Kendra and her Rainbow dash confused. "Well… that's because you're just worried about me, you don't have to apologize for that."
“She was super worried about you.” Kendra said with a smile.
Dillan blushed a bit and glanced at his Rainbow dash, scratching his head before pulling her into a hug. "Sorry…"
“Aww.” Kendra and her Rainbow said at the same time, though Rainbow’s was in a more teasing way.
Dillan and his Rainbow dash blushed as Skittles glared at her counterpart before sticking out her tongue in a cheeky fashion. Kendra’s Rainbow chuckled and shook her head. “You two fit together, as friends or more, that's up for you to decide.”
Kemdra’s stomach growled loudly and she blushed, putting a hand to it. “Um, who wants to leave the hospital?”
"Yes please." Dillan said with a sigh as his stomach growled as well.
“Good.” Kendra said as she ran to the doors. “Come one, let’s go somewhere.”
“How about sugar cube corner?” Kendra’s Rainbow suggested.
"Sure, I've been eating there almost every day." Dillan said with a chuckle, making his Rainbow frown at him.
“I had what Dillan gave me.” Kendra said with a sheepish smile.
"I haven't eaten today…" Dillan's Rainbow dash said, looking away.
"What what!?" Dillan asked, shocked. "oh heck no, come on!" He said pushing her to the front doors.
Kendra looked at Dillan before saying out loud. “Wow, he really does care for her.”
Kendra's Rainbow dash grinned a bit as they followed Dillan and his Rainbow dash. "think she would kill me if I flirted with him?"
Kendra shook her head with a smile. “Ok, just don’t get into a fight with yourself.”
Kendra's Rainbow dash smirked before running up to Dillan and hugging his arm, pressing it against her chest. "So, what do you do for fun?" She asked with a flutter of her eyelashes, making Dillan blush.
"U-um… i-i like hanging out with my friends…" He said gulping as she leaned in closer, angering Dillan's Rainbow dash.
Dillan’s Rainbow hugged Dillan’s arm to her chest as she got closer. “You also enjoy learning about dinosaurs, right?”
Dillan's blush turned redder as he gulped a bit. "Y-yeah, i-i um. I learned a lot about them…"
"Oh? What else do you like?" Kendras Rainbow dash asked as she rubbed against his arm while biting her lip a bit making his eyes widen.
Dillan blushed more as he looked at his Rainbow dash. "Y-you think all that?"
His Rainbow looked at him confused before she realized what she said and blushed bright red as her wings popped open.
Kendra’s Rainbow dash smirked as she whispered in Dillan's ear. "how about you two use my house for some fun?" She asked him, making him blush redder.
"W-wait a minute!" Dillan said bashfully. "It's true I think Skittles is awesome and cute and cool, and-"
“Y-you think I’m cute?” His Rainbow asked with a squeak in her voice.
Dillan looked at her blushing redder than ever before sighing. "Yes, I do. And I always have."
Kendra couldn't help but giggle softly as she followed them. “That's adorable! I feel like I’m watching a romantic movie.”
Dillan frowned and glanced back at Kendra before looking back at his Rainbow. "I-i have always thought you were cool and cute. A-and I'm sorry for all the pain I've put you through, b-but… l-like I said before I'm… not ready to you know. Date anyone…" He said, making his Rainbow dash look down sadly. "But, I will be one day and I hope you'll be the one…"
Kendra pouted but sighed. “At least they admitted their feelings.” She said to herself, but then the ground exploded around her as large vines grabbed her. She screamed as she was lifted into the air.
“Got her!” A man in armor said with a grin.
Dillan looked at Kendra in shock and worry. "Crap, why do people have to ruin happy moments… Skittles I need my Ultimatrix back."
“R-right uh.” She looked at her arms. “Where did it go!?”
The man and others walked up to Kendra with handcuffs. “We got you now, wild witch.”
Dillan looked to his Rainbow dash and blushed, noticing his Ultimatrix symbol on her chest. "Sorry, no time!" He said reaching out and grabbing the symbol, turning her back to normal before slipping his Ultimatrix back on.
“Let me go! I didn’t do anything wrong, and the coven system is stupid!” Kendra yelled as she struggled in the vines.
"She's right, let her go now!" Dillan yelled, stepping up to them.
“Stay out of this sir, this is a wild witch, and by Celestia's orders she used to be apprehended and taken to be judged and punished.” The man said as he handcuffed Kendra.
Dillan stepped forward and grabbed the guards wrists, twisting them away from Kendra. "I said leave her alone! I don't give a crap who gave you your orders I'm not gonna stand around and watch you abuse a child!"
“Gah! Let go of my wrist bastard!” He yelled as another man made a green magic circle with his finger and vines came out of the ground and wrapped around Dillan.
“You were interfering with royal guard affairs, step out of line again and you will be arrested as well!” The tallest man said. “Don’t make us have to call the golden guard.”
Dillan glared at them as he glanced at Kendra, smirking a bit to her before he pulled his Ultimatrix up and slammed it down. A pillar of flames erupting from around him as he transformed, pushing the guards back as a tall creature made of flame and charcoal stepped forward. "Go ahead."
“It is a demon!” One of the men yelled.
“Fire class, use ice magic!” The tall man ordered as he made a large magic circle and blasted Dillan with an ice cold wind.
Dillan smirked a bit as the flames around him increased. "Not gonna work, I'm not a Demon." He said, blasting the guard with a burst of flame. "I'm an alien."
“Yeah, he is cool.” Dillan’s Rainbow said before she looked at her counterpart. “Shouldn't you be helping Kendra?”
"I want to, but if I do and they see me I'll be arrested." Kendra's Rainbow dash said, as Dillan turned and blasted the handcuffs on Kendra with flames making them melt harmlessly.
"Get out of here." Dillan told Kendra before looking back at the guards.
“Kinda hard to run when I am still trapped in vines.” Kendra said with a groan. “Owlbert, wake up, I need your help!” There was the sound of a sleepy hoot as a small owl came out of her bag.
"Sorry, figured you'd be able to get yourself out." Dillan said, glaring at the guards.
"The witch Is escaping, call the golden guard!" One of the guards shouted.
Kendra wiggled as Owlbert pecked at the vines and got her loose. “Thanks, Owlbert!” He turned into staff form and she got on him. “Meet me at the owl house!” She flew off.
Dillan grinned as she flew away, glancing at the two Rainbow Dashes and nudging his head slightly to follow her. Dillan's Rainbow dash nodded once and took her counterpart's arm, following Kendra as Dillan stood off against the guards.
“You are in a lot of trouble!” The tall man yelled as he made a magic circle and large earth hands came up and grabbed Dillan.
Dillan looked at the hands and smirked, returning to his human form before he lifted his Ultimatrix and turned into a huge dinosaur. "No you're in trouble, now you face Humungosaur!"
“What in Celestia’s name is that!?” One of the men yelled.
“Stand your ground men!” The tall man ordered as he slammed a staff with a frog on it, on the ground as magic covered the ground making more hands come out and try to grab Dillan.
Dillan grinned and swung his tail around, destroying the hands in one fell swoop. "You're pathetic."
“On that we can agree, beast.” Someone new said, when Dillan looked up he saw a man in a white cloak, gold mask, standing on a staff that looked more mechanical.
"A golden guard?" Dillan asked, crossing his arms. "I think you misunderstood me, I mean the whole cover thing is pathetic."
“Regardless, the Princess has ordered the capture of any wild witches, and I don’t see a coven mark on you.” He said, his voice was vaguely familiar to Dillan.
“Sir, there was another, a girl. She escaped due to this one's interference.” The tall man said.
"As I said." Dillan said, turning human again. "I don't tolerate child abuse. Besides, I don't really think you have any authority on me. I'm not from this dimension."
“It doesn’t matter, you are here now. If you visit another country do you not have to follow the rules?” The golden guard said as he floated down. “You are adding and abetting a criminal.”
"She's a criminal by your laws. Laws that force others to obey you or else they face the consequences, she's a criminal because of things she can't control." Dillan said with a glare before he started to leave. "You're all pathetic following Celestia's dumb laws like a bunch of sheep, the Celestia from my dimension knows it's wrong to force others to obey."
In a gold blur the golden guard moved in front of Dillan. “It doesn’t matter if the law is stupid, Celestia has her reasons for the law, and you still helped a criminal escape.”
"No, I helped a scared child get away from a bunch of monsters." Dillan said, moving past the guard. "Now leave me alone, or else."
The golden guard was quiet for a moment before he asked. “Does she plan on hurting anyone?”
"No, in fact… she saved me from myself… Blueblood." Dillan whispered to the guard.
“I can call off the guards, but she has to stop teaching others her wild magic.” The golden guard said, not reacting to the name.
"I don't think she's been teaching others her magic… and one other thing. As I said I'm from dimension, and I have knowledge of a reality that this one is becoming eerily similar to. Keep. An eye. On Celestia, otherwise… she might destroy all magic." He said softly, before walking away.
The golden guard watched Dillan walk away before telling the guards to return to their posts and to ignore Kendra unless she causes trouble.
Dillan walked for a while, before leaning on a tree as he held his head. "Damn… maybe transforming so much with my head like this wasn't a good idea…"
“Oh my, are you alright dear?” The voice of Rarity asked as a human version of her walked up to Dillan.
Dillan blinked a few times in confusion as he looked at the human Rarity. "I-i…" he whispered, before falling to the ground unconscious.
Rarity gasped and ran to him, checking him. “Oh dear, this isn’t good.” She pulled out a magic scroll and opened it. “Message to Rainbow and Applejack, I am near the edge of town and found a man that collapsed near a tree, please come help.” She said before sending the messages.
Rarity waited a few minutes before he heard the leaves and bushes rustling behind her as she turned to see Applejack. "Howdy Rarity, did ya scare a guy into a coma with all yer romance talk?" She asked with a teasing grin.
Rarity huffed and frowned. “No, I found him leaning on this tree and then he fell.” She said as she had Dillan’s head on her lap. “I’m not strong enough to move him on my own, but I thought either you or Rainbow could help me get him to the hospital.”
"Well ah don't see why not." Applejack said, as they noticed Rainbow dash flying down to them with a couple of bags of books in her hands.
“Oh good both of you are here now.” Rarity said with a smile. “This man passed out and needs to get to the hospital.” She told Rainbow.
Rainbow looked at Dillan, her eyes widening. "Dillan!? Oh crap his girlfriend isn't gonna be happy…"
“You know this man/fella?” Rarity and Applejack asked at the same time.
"Yeah, he's Kendra's guest. We just left the hospital and he got into a fight with the guards when he protected Kendra." Rainbow said.
Rarity gasped and looked down at him. “This poor man…and he already has a girlfriend? Shoot, he would have been perfect.”
“Rarity, I think you're missing the point that the guards tried to hurt Kendra again.” Applejack said with a frown.
Rainbow dash smirked a bit. "Yeah, and this guy is way cooler than he seems. But let's get him back to the owl house first, and she's not really his girlfriend Rarity. They like each other but he says he's not ready to move on." She said, handing the books to Rarity before picking Dillan up with Applejack.
“The owl house…you mean into the everfree forest? But…wouldn't it be better to take him to the hospital?” Rarity objected, however the other two women were already carrying Dillan into the forest, forcing her to follow.
"Trust me Rarity, he's already been to the hospital. He probably just exhausted himself." Rainbow dash said. "He's like Kendra and has some pretty cool powers, he can turn into aliens!"
"Aliens?" Applejack questioned quizzically.
“I find that rather hard to believe.” Rarity said before doing a double take. “Did you say he is like Kendra? Ripped from his home and thrown into our world?”
Rainbow dash smirked at her friends. "Yup, but not our world." She said, as they got closer to the Owl house.
"Dillan!" They heard a very familiar voice shout, as Dillan's Rainbow dash flew over to them. "What the buck happened!"
“My word! A pony version of Rainbow, I know Kemdra told us about Fluttershy but to see it in person…” Rarity said in shock before Applejack elbowed her. “R-right, sorry. I found him leaning on a tree before he fainted.”
Dillan's Rainbow dash groaned as she slapped her forehead. "I knew I shouldn't have left him alone! Come on get him inside!"
Kendra's Rainbow dash smirked at her friends while gesturing to Dillan's Rainbow dash and then to Dillan as they walked into the Owl house.
Applejack shook her head as Rarity giggled and they brought Dillan inside. “Girls!” Kendra said in surprise then she gasped at seeing Dillan. “Oh no…what did the guard do to him?”
"I don't see anything on his body…" Dillan's Rainbow dash said, looking Dillan over as they set him on the couch. "Knowing this idiot he overdid himself…" she sighed.
“This is all my fault, if I had stayed in the forest then Dillan wouldn’t have to fight the guards to save me…” Kendra said as she started to cry.
Dillan's Rainbow dash looked at her and shook her head. "You we're trying to help us, besides Dillan has always been this way ever since we were kids."
“But the guards never would have bothered him if I wasn’t there.” Kendra said as she pulled her hood over her head and covered her face.
"Kendra. It's alright." Dillan's voice said as he slowly sat up, shaking his head before smiling softly at the crying girl. "It was my choice to fight them, once you were gone I could have teleported away."
She sniffled and hugged Dillan. “I’m so sorry you had to defend me!”
Dillan smiled softly as he rubbed her head, gently rocking her. "Hey, come on. It's alright. I would have done it even if I didn't know you."
“Stuipd.” She weakly said as Dillan's Rainbow nodded her head.
"Yeah, why would you put yourself in danger like that!" Dillan's Rainbow yelled angrily as she stared at him.
"Because I don't tolerate child abuse." Dillan said with a frown, as he gently rubbed Kendras head. "And… well… she reminds me of my nieces…"
Dillan's Rainbow dash's eyes softened as she sighed, sitting next to him. "I'm sorry…"
Applejack put a hand on his shoulder. “Ya lost someone haven’t ya?”
Dillan nodded a bit. "Yeah, my entire biological family…and my fiance and unborn child…"”
Applejack took her hat off. “Ah am sorry fer yer loss. Me and mah family lost mah parents when I was younger, around Kendra’s age. It ain't the same thing but, ah know how ya feel.”
Dillan frowned and looked down at Kendra still in his arms as he rocked her softly, while her Rainbow dash and Rarity watched. "No… you don't…" he whispered sadly.
Dillan’s Rainbow put a hoof on his arm. “Do you need anything?”
Dillan smiled softly at her. "No I'm ok, thank you though."
“Well I have a surprise for ya Kendra.” Applejack said as he turned her hat over and waved her hand with a bracelet on it, over the hole, then she began pulling out lots of bags of food and other items.
“Whoa! Is your hat a bag of holding?” Kendra asked.
Dillan's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh that would be really cool, an actual bag of holding?"
“Kinda, I can’t stuff too much in it and it don't keep things cold or hot, but it helps me carry things around.” Applejack said with a smile. “Twilight whipped it up so ah could bring ya some groceries and other items that all of us pitch together to get you after finding out that the guards have pretty much chased you out of town.”
"Oh! That reminds me!" Dillan said with a smile. "The golden guard said he'll keep the other guards away from you so long as you don't cause any trouble."
“Really?” Kendra asked, suspicious of the offer, before her eyes widened in shock. “Golden guard!?”
Dillan raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Um, yeah why?"
“I didn’t know there was one here! Did they seem different from everyone else? What else did they do?” Kendra asked with worry in her voice.
"He just talked to me basically… I think he agreed that the covet system was dumb but he followed it basically because Celestia said so." Dillan said with a shrug.
Kendra frowned and looked confused. “If he is the same as in the show…his time is almost up and he is going to be replaced soon, if he is thinking like that.”
Dillan frowned at that as he glanced away. "Damn… I hope Blueblood can get away…"
“Blueblood!?” Rarity screamed.
Dillan nodded once. "Yeah, that was the Golden guard. I recognized his voice from our world."
“Ugh, how can someone so rude have such a noble position?” Rarity asked herself.
“Wait, did Kendra say he is gonna die soon?” Dillan’s Rainbow asked.
"Yeah…" Dillan said with a sad sigh. "In the reality we know, someone in a similar position was gonna be killed but he escaped… and Rarity, He's not as bad as you think. In our world he explained that since he's a prince he always has mares after him because of his position, so during the grand galloping gala he did everything he could to not let that happen."
“That doesn’t excuse his behavior.” Rarity said with a frown.
“Rarity, ya were going after him like a dog in heat.” Applejack said with a roll of her eyes.
"Yeah, I mean if some random guy was after you and you wouldn't take no for an answer how would you react?" Dillan asked, looking down at Kendra still in his arms.
Kendra had passed out and was sleeping peacefully in his arms. “Well…I suppose when you word it like that…” Rarity said with a sigh.
"I'm just saying, perspective is a powerful thing." Dillan said, gently picking up Kendra and laying her on the couch before covering her up.
"Wow, you're really good with kids." Applejack said with a grin.
“Damn right he is.” Dillan’s Rainbow said with a grin.
“How long are you gonna stay here darling?” Rarity asked as she looked him over with a sparkle in her eye.
Dillan blushed at the tone in Rarity's voice as His Rainbow dash glared at her. "U-um… I-i'm not sure… we didn't exactly plan anything…" he said, gulping as Rarity and Kendra's Rainbow dash got on each side of him.
“I would love to make you some outfits darling!” Rarity said with a giggle.
"I bet I can show you a good time." Kendras Rainbow dash said, before Dillan's Rainbow dash pulled him away from the two with a glare at them.
"Back off!" She said angrily as Dillan stood around the girls awkwardly.
“Rainbow! How very rude, I am offering to make this young man a new outfit and you push him and yell at us?” Rarity said to Dillan’s Rainbow.
Applejack smirked a bit. "Ah think she's worried yer trying ta steal her guy."
Rarity gasped overdramatic Lee and put a hand to her forehead. “I would never try to steal someone’s boyfriend.”
Dillan's Rainbow dash blushed red. "H-he's not my colt friend!"
"Yeah, they're just friends." Kendras Rainbow said with a grin. "Which means if he wanted to he could have… fun with any one of us." She said making Dillan blush redder as his nose began to bleed.
Applejack shook her head. “Girls, if ya are gonna fight over him, do it away from him. Ya are makin him redder than one of our families apples.”
Kendra's Rainbow dash smirked at Applejack. "Don't act like you're not interested, after all imagine the stress relief." She said as Dillan tried sneaking away.
Applejack groaned and lowered her hat. “Girls, ah know ya have been wantin me to find a boyfriend but fighting over someone who ain’t interested isn't very productive.”
"I don't think he wouldn't be interested, it's just some stress relief." Kendras Rainbow dash said, glancing at Dillan and smirking as he tried to get away. "It looks like his friend is UP for it."
Dillan's Rainbow dash frowned a bit as she looked at Dillan. "Dillan!"
"What?! I'm still a guy you know, having multiple pretty girls fighting over me isn't exactly what I'm used to!" Dillan said defensively as he looked away with a deep blush.
Applejack blushed lightly and shook her head. “Girls, seriously if he ain't comfortable with talking about the stuff we should just drop it.”
"I-its not that I'm… uncomfortable with it… o-or fully against the idea truth be told…" Dillan said softly. "I-i'm just not um… used to all the attention."
"So you would be interested in having some fun with us?" Kendra's Rainbow dash asked with a grin as Dillan's Rainbow dash frowned and looked away.
Applejack looked over at Dillan’s Rainbow and frowned before she yelled at the others. “Girls, look at Rainbow. How would you feel if a random woman hits on a guy you like right in front of you.”
Kendra's Rainbow and Rarity looked at Dillan's Rainbow dash, rubbing the back of their heads. "Sorry… I know you must be upset…" Kendra's Rainbow said
“Yes, I didn’t mean to upset you dear.” Rarity said with a sigh.
Dillan glanced at his Rainbow dash and smiled softly, slowly walking over and kneeling down in front of her. "I'm sorry Skittles… I just got done saying that i-i um… well that I hope it'll be you when I'm ready to start dating again… and then this…"
Dillan's Rainbow smiled softly, nuzzling his cheek. "It's alright… after everything I suppose… I wouldn't mind if you had a little fun… so long as I can watch for notes." She said with a grin, shocking everyone.
“Watch what?” Kendra asked sleepily as she slowly sat up.
"Nothing!" All the adults said together, as Dillan gulped a bit.
"T-they just keep teasing me…" He said, before his Rainbow dash whispered in his ear making him blush deeper. "Stop it!"
Kendra yawned and got up. “I am sorry for falling asleep.”
Dillan sighed a bit and smiled softly at her. "Hey it's ok, things have been stressful."
Kendra looked around at everyone before getting up. “Um…I was thinking…could you…um..give me something to help me survive on my own? As much as I would love to have magic…I think it would be best if I stick with glyphs for now.”
Dillan hummed a bit as he held his chin. "Well… how about Swampfire? He's a plant based alien that can manipulate plants and shoot flames, that way you could grow food easier and use the flames for self defense."
Kendra tapped her chin. “I guess so, as long as I am not turned into a freak.”
"You shouldn't, if anything you'll probably just get small holes in your hands to shoot flames which are easily concealable." Dillan said with a small smile.
“I can make you some fashionable gloves dear.” Rarity added with a smile.
Kendra thought about it for a moment before she nodded. “Ok, do it.”
Dillan smiled softly and held up his Ultimatrix. "Splice target with Methanosian DNA." He said before a yellow beam of light washed over Kendra.
Kendra shivered as her hair changed to be red and leafy, then she lifted her hands and looked as a hole formed in each palm. “This feels so strange.”
"It'll take some time to get used to." Dillan said with a small smile. "I can train you the basics for your powers."
“Ok, but we shouldn’t do it near the owl house.” She said with a small smile. “I don’t want to scare Hooty.”
"Right… Do you know any good spots to train?" He asked her, as His Rainbow dash smiled softly while watching him.
“Nope, I have only been here, Ponyville, Applejack’s farm, and Zecora’s hut.” Kendra said with a shrug.
Dillan hummed again as he held his chin. "Well… I could use one of my forms to put up a barrier around us while we train so Hooty won't get scared."
“Ok, if you think it would work.” Kendra said.
Dillan smiled softly as he stood up. "Alright, we'll start in a little bit so I can set up the area."
"Don't forget you also promised to spend time with all of us." Kendra's Rainbow dash said with a smirk as all the girls behind him giggled a bit aside from Applejack who smirked.
"Oh boy…" He mumbled softly before going outside. "Come on Kendra!"
“What do they mean by fun?” Kendra asked with a raised eyebrow, however she never got that answer as Dillan forced on training her for an hour. Once she had a good grasp of her new powers the three human women grabbed Dillan and took him inside while Dillan’s Rainbow pushed King outside.
"Don't worry, we'll be done in a few hours!" She said before closing the door in Kendra's confused face.
Dillan and his Rainbow dash spent three days in Kendra's dimension, spending hours training Kendra to fully control her powers before getting stolen away by Applejack, Rarity, and Kendra's Rainbow dash for a while leaving Kendra and King outside for a few hours. Dillan and his Rainbow dash smiled at Kendra and her friends, as the two prepared to leave back to their own dimension. "It's been fun." Dillan said with a smile.
“Yeah, even though you made my home smell funny.” Kendra said while making a face.
All the adults blushed as Dillan chuckled nervously. "Y-yeah… um… if you need anything just have Paradox get me ok?" Dillan said with a smile, while changing the subject.
"Come now, surely you'll come visit us darling." Rarity said with a flutter of her eyelashes, making Dillan gulp.
"Oh we will." Dillan's Rainbow dash said with a cheeky grin. "Also thanks for the tips." She said to her counterpart.
“No problem, if you two do get together permanently then you better live up to our reputation of being the most awesome, or I will show up and snatch him up.” Kendra’s Rainbow said with a laugh.
Dillan blushed deeply as he turned away. "Aww, he's trying ta act bashful… nice try partner. We all know how you really are." Applejack said with a grin, making the girls giggle as Dillan turned away.
"A-anyway, Kendra, is there anything else you want me to teach you before we leave?" Dillan asked the young girl.
Kendra tapped her chin before saying. “I don’t know if there is anything else.”
"Alright…" Dillan said with a sad smile. "Guess we'll see ya around."
Kendra looked down. “I wish you didn’t have to go.”
Dillan smiled softly and knelt down, hugging her close to him. "Me too, but we have responsibilities back home… but I promise we'll come visit."
“Ok.” Kendra smiled weakly. “Don’t go turning yourself to stone with glyphs ok?”
"I promise." Dillan said with a smile, rubbing her head gently.
"Ready to go?" Dillan's Rainbow dash asked him with a smile as she sat on his neck.
"Yeah…" He said with a small sigh. "Thanks for everything Kendra."
“Of course, I like to help.” Kendra said with a smile.
Dillan smiled as Rarity, Kendra's Rainbow dash, and Applejack stepped forward, kissing his cheeks and a quick peck to his lips. "Come back soon." Applejack said as Dillan blushed deeply, holding the bags of books as a portal opened.
Kendra and all the women waved. “Bye!”
Dillan and his Rainbow dash waved before they walked through the portal, and back to Dillan's house. “You should go lay down while I take these books to Twilight to be copied.” Rainbow said with a small frown.
Dillan smirked a bit as he looked at her. "You didn't seem too worried while they were draining me."
Rainbow blushed and looked away. “Well they are human and you’re human….”
Dillan slowly knelt down to her, lifting her head before kissing her. Rainbow blushed and slowly kissed back as her wings folded out.
Dillan slowly stood up with her in his arms, deepening the kiss. Rainbow fluttered her wings softly. “W-wait…are you sure?”
Dillan smiled softly at her. "I'm sure I want to be better than I have been, it may be a bit fast but I'm willing to try to make you happy… if you'll let me."
Rainbow smiled as tears filled her eyes and then she kissed him, wrapping her wings around him. Both of them felt a warmth in their chests as they headed to Dillan’s bedroom.
Twilight walked through the white tailed woods with Cadence, sighing softly as they trotted along the path. "I'm sorry you came all the way here for a few days and they just vanished like that."
“It’s ok Twilight, it has been fun spending time with you when the world isn’t in danger.” Cadence said with a giggle.
Twilight giggled softly. "Yeah, it is nice. But we called you here to help figure out what's going on with Dillan and Rainbow and all this now…"
“I know Twilight, but didn’t you say Dillan could disappear randomly?” Cadence asked.
"He said he could… but he never had before." Twilight sighed as they approached Dillan's home.
Cadence was about to say something but her ear twitched and she looked at the cabin, stopping in her tracks. “Twilight, I think they are back.”
Twilight stopped and looked at Cadence, before looking back at the cabin. "That's good then, we can have you find out what's going on."
“Um…Twilight, perhaps you should wait outside.” Cadence suggested.
Twilight raised an eyebrow as she approached the front door. "Why?" She asked as she opened the front door and looked around. "I don't see them anywhere."
Cadence bit her lip. “I think they may be…busy.”
"With what? They've been gone for days and who knows when they got back last night, what could they possibly be-" Twilight started asking, opening the door to Dillan's bedroom as she froze up.
Dillan and Rainbow laid silently and happily in each other's embrace, their hair and bed a mangled mess as the scent of sweat and moisture flooded Twilight's senses. Dillan's arm gently wrapped around her friend's body and wings as the two rested their heads against each other with small smiles on their faces.
Twilight blushed bright red and was about to scream but Cadence used her magic to stop her and closed the door. “That.”
"W-what in, Celestia's name!?" Twilight shouted with her mane beginning to friz. "I-how… what!?"
Cadence giggled a bit. “Well Twilight, when a mare and stallion love each other very much-”
"That's just it!" Twilight said in shock. "Rainbow only just remembered him! And even if he remembered her this is just too fast! He just lost his family!"
Cadence rubbed her chin. “Hmm, that is true. I will have to check their emotional connection and see if it has been messed with.”
The two mares heard movement form Dillan's bedroom, both too curious to not put their ears to the door. "Morning Skittles…" they heard Dillan's voice say. "How are you feeling?"
"Happily… Sore." Rainbow's voice said with a chuckle. "I guess I'll have to take Pinkie up on that losing V-Card party."
Cadence giggled softly at the thought while Twilight looked horrified. "Wait, I was your first?" Dillan's voice asked.
"Yes you were." Rainbow dash said with a small giggle. "And I wouldn't have it any other way… it was perfect."
Twilight lifted a hoof and knocked on the door before Cadence could stop her. “Dillan, where have you been!?” She asked angrily to hide her embarrassment.
"T-twilight!?" Dillan's voice asked in embarrassment and shock from the door. "I-i um… m-me and Skittles- uh Rainbow dash ended up meeting another displaced person and uh spent some time in their world." He said as they heard some quick and hasty movement from within.
"Twilight, that was a sweet and tender Moment you interrupted." Cadence whispered to her sister in law.
“It was gross, and could be unnatural.” She whispered back before yelling through the door. “Do you have any idea the amount of worry you caused disappearing like that?”
Cadence giggled at Twilight's reaction as Dillan called through the door. "Sorry! But she was a fourteen year old child that needed help. I'm not the kind of guy to just abandon a child when they need help."
"Yeah, you're really sweet like that." Rainbow dash said, before a quiet pause.
“Rainbow…I know you’re there.” Twilight said with a frustrated sigh.
"And?" Rainbow dash asked from the bedroom, making Cadence giggle. "I was awake when you walked in."
"Wait, she did what?!" Dillan asked in shock.
“Yeah, I walked in…and I brought Cadence to test your connection for any manipulations.” Twilight said with a frown.
Dillan groaned from the bedroom. "Don't you know how to knock! That was kind of a special and private moment!"
Cadence grinned. "Oh we know, you two looked quite cute as well."
Twilight groaned and yelled. “Just clean up and meet us in the living room!” Then she stomped off.
"I think she's mad she won't get a V-Card party." Dillan said, making Rainbow laugh as Cadence giggled and went to the living room. The two lovers coming out of the bedroom a few minutes later, completely cleaned and in Dillan's case dressed.
Twilight still had a light blush and a frown. “What were you two thinking?”
Dillan and Rainbow glanced at each other and blushed, smiling softly as Cadence noticed the look of pure love in their eyes. "That… we should have stopped fighting whatever was pulling us together." Dillan finally spoke. "We haven't had the chance to discuss if we're going to be a full item yet…" he paused as he looked at Twilight. "Thanks for that, but… we decided we were always gonna be there for each other and try our best to make each other happy."
Twilight groaned and lowered her head. “And what if somepony is messing with you?!”
Dillan sat down on his couch as Rainbow dash sat on his lap, leaning against him with a small smile as he wrapped his arms around her. "Twi, even if someone is messing with us… we're both grown adults and… I honestly don't trust anyone as much as I trust Dillan." Rainbow said.
Twilight put a hoof to her chest. “You…but he isn’t….I mean…how….why….” Her mane started to go wild.
"Twilight, it's because of what we both went through in his world." Rainbow said, looking up and nipping at Dillan's chin making him blush. "He saved my life and when I was all alone, in a place where everyone wanted me dead… he kept me safe and helped me eat… he's one of my dearest friends."
Twilight shook her head. “That isn't what is confusing me!”
"It's because I'm not a girl." Dillan said with a soft chuckle.
Rainbow dash blinked before chuckling. "Oh, I mean while I've mostly stuck with mares I am BI."
Twilight groaned and pulled her mane. “I mean how do you two even fit together!?”
Cadence frowned at Twilight, before waving a hoof at her. "Twilight, species doesn't have anything to do with love." She said, making Twilight shout in frustration as Dillan laughed.
"T-twilight, I can turn into a pony remember?" He asked with a laugh, holding up his Ultimatrix.
Twilight blushed and looked down. “C-can we stop talking about this now?”
"You're the one that wanted to know." Rainbow dash said, before getting up and whispering in her ear. "If you want he could show you how we fit together."
"Rainbow…" Dillan said worriedly. "What are you whispering about?"
Twilight blushed so hard her ears turned red. “NO! ….no thank you…”
Rainbow dash giggled softly as she sat back down on Dillan's lap, leaning against him again. "Relax, I just got him, I'm not letting him do anything like that for a while."
Dillan blushed and looked away. "I'm not sure I'm comfortable talking about all this…"
Cadence giggled softly and nodded, smiling at Dillan and Rainbow. "I am happy for you two, however… the circumstances of this all is strange… maybe check your connection?"
“As long as you don’t mess with it…when Twilight did it threw Dillan into depression.” Rainbow said with a frown.
Twilight's ears folded down as Dillan glanced at her with a soft sigh. "Yeah it did but um… thank you for it Twilight." He said as Cadence's horn began to glow.
“What do you mean thank you?! You almost killed yourself!” Twilight shouted.
Dillan sighed and nodded softly, as Rainbow looked up at him. "Yeah I did, but… I did that before I came here… and after I did I got so distracted by the connection to Rainbow dash and everything…" he sighed before smiling at her. "And when you severed our connection it made me realize that I had basically just forgotten about them and I never… worked on my depression. And who knows what that would have done to me. So thank you, thank you for helping me work to get better."
Twilight looked more confused but said nothing.
Rainbow smiled softly as Cadence's magic enveloped them a little. "Twilight, he's saying thanks for helping him move on. Or at least beginning to move on."
“I guess..I just wish he didn’t have to almost die because of me.” Twilight said with a sigh.
Dillan smiled softly as Rainbow nuzzled his chin. "Twilight, it's not your fault. I let the depression take over me and-" he started to say, before Cadence gasped in shock as she backed away from Dillan and Rainbow.
“What’s wrong Cadence!?” Twilight asked. “Are they being controlled?!”
Cadence started at Dillan and Rainbow dash for a moment, before her shocked face turned into a wide smile as she danced on her tippy hooves. "No! This is something so much better!"
“Why are you so excited, what is going on between them?” Twilight asked.
Dillan and Rainbow looked at each other, while cuddling closer together before Cadence giggled. "The two of you are soulmates!"
"S-soulmates?" Rainbow and Dillan asked, getting a nod from Cadence.
"Yes! It's a very old and very rare magic. The two of you built such a close bond when you were together, your souls even without your minds remembering we're drawn to each other when you saw each other again. The two of you are literally the missing piece of each other's puzzles." She said with a happy smile.
“How could that be possible? They only just reunited.” Twilight said, confused.
Rainbow and Dillan looked at each other in surprise, as Cadence smiled. "Twilight, a soulmate connection transcends time and space, it's why they're so rare. While ponies may say they've found their soulmates… but these two." She said with a small smile as Dillan and Rainbow held each other. "Have truly found the one that will make them happy."
“Wow, and I just thought he was an amazing friend.” Rainbow said.
Dillan smiled as he held Rainbow closer. "A little bit more than friends now, and I agree. But I'm happy it's you."
Rainbow blushed and smiled a bit, before kissing him quickly. "Same here."
Cadence smiled and lowered her eyelids. “So Rainbow, how was he?”
"Cadence!" Twilight shouted with a blush and shock, as Rainbow giggled with a smirk.
"He's bigger than Most of Rarity's toys. And we've all seen those." She said, making Dillan blush.
“Oh my.” Cadence said with a blush and giggle. “You are a lucky mare Rainbow.”
Twilight blushed deeper as her wings popped open, while Rainbow giggled a bit. "Sure am, I'm still… burning." She glanced back at Dillan with half lidded eyes. "Too bad you can't feel it, it's magical."
“Rainbow! Ugh, what has happened to my friends, first Pinkie, then Cadence and now you Rainbow. Ever since Dillan arrived everyone started becoming so..so…” Twilight yelled and covered her face.
Rainbow and Cadence giggled softly. "Twilight we're mares, it's only natural to talk about this stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love your brother and believe me. I absolutely love how he feels and I wouldn't cheat on him or anything. But I do love some gossip."
Rainbow smirked a bit at Twilight's face, as she wiggled on Dillan's lap a bit, making him blush and squirm. "Judging by your face I'd say you want to try but don't want to intrude…. Maybe we'd be willing to let you join in once or twice to study-" She started to say before smirking at Dillan. "And I know he's up for it."
"God kill me." Dillan mumbled.
Twilight groaned and put up a soundproof bubble around her. “Oh dear, I think we went too far. Dillan, could you be a dear and let us have some mare time? Shining should be back at Twilight’s castle.” Cadence said with a smile.
Dillan nodded once before, kissing Rainbow's cheek and standing up heading to Twilight's castle. "Dillan!" He heard a familiar voice shout as Scootaloo ran up to him.
"Hey Scoots, what's up?" Dillan asked with a smile, gently picking her up as he walked.
She hugged his neck before weakly hitting his chest with her hooves. “Where have you been!?” Now that she was in his arms he could see some discoloration in her fur.
"I'm sorry, a friend of mine needed help. Scootaloo what happened?" He asked her worriedly as he gently touched the different colored fur.
She hissed softly and wiggled away from the touch. “I…uh…hurt myself trying one of my stunts.”
Dillan frowned as he noticed a mare with a light pink coat and red mane watching them. "Are you sure? Do you need to go to the hospital?"
“I…uh…already went.” She said and her ears folded back.
Dillan frowned as he hugged her gently. "Sorry I was gone for so long, wanna come with me to Twilight's castle?"
“Sure.” She said with a smile.
Dillan smiled softly as he walked to the castle with her in his arms, as Scootaloo saw the mare glaring at her behind Dillan's back. She whimpered softly and looked away in fear.
Dillan gently set a hand on her head, holding her close as she set her head on his shoulder. "It's ok Scootaloo, I won't let her get you again." He whispered.
Scootaloo went stiff and shook out of fear. “Y-you can’t.”
"Yes I can." Dillan said softly with a determined look. "You can stay with me for a while, someone like that won't care."
She whimpered softly. “B-but my stuff and…my dad…”
Dillan looked her in the eyes. "Scootaloo, it'll be ok. Once your dad comes back you can go home."
Scootaloo sniffled trying not to cry. “o-ok.”
Dillan frowned and sat down with her. "Scootaloo, what's wrong?"
“I found a letter….from the princess yesterday…that…that…my dad is…is…” She said before she started to cry loudly and pushed her face into his shoulder.
Dillan's eyes widened in shock, before hugging her close while avoiding her injuries. "Oh Scootaloo I'm so sorry."
She cried into his shoulder the whole time he walked to Twilight’s castle. Dillan simply held her in his arms as he knocked on the castle door. The door opened and Spike was the one to answer. “Hello…oh hey Dillan, you are back!” He tilted his head. “Why is Scootaloo crying?”
Dillan glanced at Scootaloo sadly. "I'll explain later."
“Oh, ok. Me and Shining armor are hanging out in the map room, do you want to join us?” Spike asked.
"Yeah, that's why I'm here. Cadence, Twilight, and Rainbow kicked me out of my house." Dillan chuckled as he rubbed Scootaloo's back.
“Kicked you out?” Spike asked as they walked down the hallway.
"Mare talk, or something." Dillan said with a shrug, as they entered the map room.
“Oh that stinks, they may be busy for hours.” Spike said.
“Who is this Spike?” Shining Armor asked.
"Dillan, don't you remember from his welcome to ponyville party?" Spike asked as Flurry heart giggled and clapped at Dillan.
"I'm sure he's busy running the empire to remember every person he meets." Dillan said with a small smile, as he sat down in Rainbow's throne.
“Oh right.” Shining said nodding his head. “You are the guy that saved those fillies.”
Dillan smiled softly as Flurryheart teleported into his lap, bouncing her as he rocked Scootaloo. "So how are you guys doing?"
“We are fine, Twilight was just freaking out because You and Rainbow disappeared.” Spike said.
“I just arrived to bring Cadence back as she has been here two days.” Shining said.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Dillan said with a sigh. "Me and Rainbow ended up going to another dimension, Twilight and Cadence um… caught us this morning and that's why they kicked me out."
Spike looked confused but Shining blushed. “Oh geez, uh should I expect some stories from my wife when she comes back?”
Dillan blushed a bit. "Probably… s-she um… asked Rainbow how it was before I left so…"
“Oh man.” Shining said as he shook his head. “I hope you don’t make me look bad or Flurry will have a sibling in the future.”
Spike looked between them both confused. "Hey man, I can't control that!" Dillan said with a chuckle as Scootaloo snuggled closer to him.
“Anyway, I guess you and Rainbow are together now.” Shining said with a smile.
Dillan blushed and looked away a bit. "I-i Don't know… Twilight and Cadence interrupted us before we could um… fully decide."
“Oh geez, I hope they didn’t scare you off.” Shining said while sighing. “Mares can be a bit…extreme when they are emotional.”
Dillan blushed a bit and glanced away. "I-i'm not fully sure if I'm ready for a full relationship. But I will be there for Rainbow whenever she needs me for anything…"
“That’s good. Maybe one day we can go on a double date.” Shining said with a smile.
"Wait you and Rainbow dash!?" Spike asked as he realized what they were talking about.
Dillan blushed and rubbed the back of his neck, chuckling softly as he glanced at Scootaloo who was asleep in his arms. "Y-yeah…"
Shining chuckled and leaned on the map table. “Spike, come on, you are already a teenager, I know dragons age slower but you must be past the phase of thinking fillies are gross.”
"I don't think fillies are gross, I just didn't expect Dillan and Rainbow dash to end up together. I thought she liked mares." Spike said.
“So did I.” Shining said with a chuckle.
Dillan chuckled softly as Scootaloo and Flurryheart slept in his arms, before he slowly unzipped his jacket and wrapped it around the two sleeping foals. "Well, she did say that while she leaned more to mares she is BI."
“Not that surprising, most mares are.” Shining said with a shrug. “So do you have any friends besides Twilight and her’s?”
Dillan hummed a bit. "I suppose the crusaders, Kendra and her Applejack, Rainbow, and Rarity… thought those three might be a bit more than friends." He said with a blush. "Um… not really no…"
“A shame, you need more friends, especially some stallion friends to help you not become all girly.” Shining said with a chuckle.
Spike grinned. "You could join me, Discord, and Big Mac in our O&O games!"
Dillan laughed a bit. "I actually asked Big Mac about joining when I met him."
"Did someone say O&O?" A disembodied voice asked, before Discord and Big Mac appeared in the map room. "Is it time for our game?"
“O&O? Huh, it has been a while since I've played.” Shining said with a smirk.
Dillan chuckled softly as he looked down at Scootaloo and Flurry heart. "I'd love to play but my arms are full."
Discord smirked and snapped his fingers making a large crib. “There, now you can play.”
Dillan chuckled again, setting FlurryHeart down in the crib. "Thanks, but I'm gonna keep Scootaloo in my arms…. She's been through a lot and I don't want her to think I left again."
“Oh yes, nasty business that mother of her’s is.” Discord said while looking at his claws.
Dillan stared at Discord in shock that quickly turned to anger as he marched over to the Draconequus. "You know about her mother and you didn't try to help her!"
"Uh oh." Spike and Shining armor said together.
“And do what? I would get turned to stone for doing anything to her.” Discord said in an annoyed tone.
Dillan glared at him more. "You have magic, you could have anything to help her. You could have used your magic to send proof to Celestia and Luna of what her mother has been doing! To the guards to her… father…" Dillan said with a sigh.
Spike, Shining armor, and Big Mac glanced at each other before watching the two talk. “Celestia made it so I can’t use my magic to record ponies after I recorded her in the bath.” Discord said with a huff. “Do it one time and she never lets me live it down.”
Dillan groaned and sat down, holding Scootaloo close. "You could have told someone so they could check… I know Fluttershy would have believed you and when it comes to Scootaloo, I know Rainbow would."
“Maybe, but really with how ponies are, would you think they would believe one of them is capable of doing something like that?” Discord asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I’m sorry but what are you two talking about?” Shining asked.
Dillan glanced at shining armor before slowly removing his coat from Scootaloo, letting everyone see her discolored fur. "Her mom has been abusing her… starving her, and who knows what else…"
“What? That can’t be right.” Shining said as he stood up.
“See, I told you.” Discord said while rolling his eyes.
Dillan glared at Shining armor. "Don't you dare tell me it's not right, I saw it for myself right before I came in here. Scootaloo is terrified of her mom… she came to my house just to eat and she ate so fast she threw up because she hadn't eaten in so long."
"So that's why Scootaloo has been hanging around you!" Spike said in realization, before smacking his forehead. "And Twilight locked you up for weeks because of it! Oh Faust, poor Scootaloo."
"Don't you dare pity her." Dillan said to Spike, not noticing Scootaloo was awake. "She's been keeping all this in for who knows how long, she's tougher and stronger than any of us."
“But ponies just aren’t like that…there has to be a reason.” Shining said while shaking his head.
"Does it matter?" Dillan asked him with a glare, making shining armor flinch. "Would you just forgive her for what she did to Scootaloo? If that's the case what about Sombra? I know why he did the things he did, if I told you would you forgive him?"
“He did those things because he was corrupted by dark magic.” Shining armor said defensively.
"Yeah, but he willingly accepted that dark magic." Discord said.
Dillan nodded. "Besides, her reasoning doesn't matter. She hurt anan innocent child, she starved her and I am NOT. Letting Scootaloo go back there."
“Well unfortunately without proof if you keep her you would be foalnapping.” Shining said sadly.
"She can go back if she wants to, I'm not holding her there. And proof? Cast a memory spell or something on her, or a truth spell on her mom." Dillan said, holding Scootaloo close still making her nuzzle into him. "Scootaloo just lost her father…" he said, getting a sob from the filly, as everyone looked at her. "So I will do what I have to do to keep her safe, if I'm the only one that noticed what was happening after only knowing her for a few days, all of you should have seen it a long time ago. She needs someone to keep her safe and obviously you all won't!"
"W-what are you talking about?" Rainbow dash's voice asked, making all the boy's heads turn to see her, Cadence and the rest of the main six.
“Oh boy, this is gonna be good.” Discord said and made some popcorn.
Dillan and Rainbow stared at each other for a moment, before he sighed and looked away sadly. "Scootaloo's mom has been abusing her."
"She's what!?" Everyone shouted as Rainbow dash growled.
"I'm gonna bucking kill her!" She shouted angrily, about to fly out the door.
"No!" Scootaloo shouted. "That's why I didn't tell you! I didn’t tell anypony because…she is still my mom…” Scootaloo said weakly.
"So it's true?" Shining armor asked shocked, getting a sad nod from Scootaloo.
"Scootaloo, just because she gave birth to you doesn't make her your mom. Moms are supposed to love you and protect you unconditionally, not starve and beat you!"
"He's right Scootaloo." Cadence said, walking up to them slowly. "How long has this been going on?"
Scootaloo was quiet for a while before saying. “Ever since I started hanging out with Applebloom and Sweetie Belle.”
"That long?" Fluttershy asked in shock, covering her mouth as tears pooled in her eyes.
Rainbow dash stared at Scootaloo in shock, tears forming in her own eyes as Scootaloo nodded. “That…that is unbelievable. No mother should act like that.” Shining said.
Scootaloo broke down crying as she buried her face into Dillan's chest, causing the human to rub her back and rock her. "I-i'm a horrible friend…" Rainbow dash said, tearing up.
“None of us knew Dash.” Applejack said while grinding her teeth.
"It's different!" Rainbow dash yelled, stomping her hoof. "Scootaloo is practically my sister! And I'm the element of loyalty… i-i… I'm so sorry, Scootaloo!" She said, shaking in anger as tears fell down her cheeks.
“I hid it from you Rainbow…I’m sorry…” Scootaloo said sadly.
Rainbow dash trotted up to her and rested her head on Scootaloo's forehead. "No, I should have noticed…"
Dillan smiled softly at the two, before gently handing Scootaloo over to Rainbow dash. "Hey Spike, mind sending a letter to Celestia and Luna?" He asked, standing up and walking to the door.
“Uh, sure, what do you need?” He asked as he got a paper and quill.
"Tell them to bring a body bag." He said angrily as he walked out the door.
Everyone paled a bit as Twilight followed after him. “Hold on! You can’t be serious!”
"Twilight there's one thing I do not take lightly, and that's child abuse." Dillan said as he stomped to the front door before Rainbow dash flew in front of him.
"Think about what you're doing! If you do this you're no better than her! Don't stoop to that level… please, you'll ruin your life…" she said sadly, causing Dillan to pause as she looked at him.
“She is right, Dillan.” Cadence said as she caught up. “Let me, Twilight, and Shining take care of it.”
Dillan growled angrily but sighed. "Fine, but if she somehow gets out of this I have and will use a transformation that can mentally break her."
The ponies looked at each other before Shining stepped forward. “She won’t get away.”
Dillan nodded a bit, looking away. The two princesses and prince leave the castle. "I-i'm so sorry for dragging you all into this!" Scootaloo said, covering her face as she cried.
Dillan quickly hugged her, holding her to him. "Scootaloo it is not your fault!"
“Yeah! If anything you should have told us sooner.” Rainbow said as she hugged her too.
Scootaloo sobbed into their embrace, while the others stood around them sadly. "Ah can't believe a mother would do that!" Applejack said.
"Me either, and today started out so perfect!" Rarity said angrily, as Rainbow glanced at Dillan.
“M-maybe Dillan and Rainbow could adopt Scootaloo.” Pinkie suggested.
Rainbow and Dillan looked at each other, before blushing a bit. "I-i wouldn't mind. But, I… um…" Dillan said, looking away as he rubbed his head.
"W-we uh… we haven't talked about… anything…" Rainbow said with a blush, confusing their friends.
"What do you mean darlings?" Rarity asked as Discord chuckled.
"Twilight and Cadence walking in on them this morning." He said making the two blush deeper.
Rarity gasped and grinned, “Oh darling you need to tell me everything!”
Rainbow chuckled and blushed a bit as she glanced at Dillan a little. "Well, um now's not the time but um… it was magical."
Dillan blushed deeply as he looked away with a smile, nodding a bit as Applejack, Pinkie pie, And Fluttershy gasped. "Oh congratulations you two!" Fluttershy said.
"W-wait a minute, w-we haven't had a chance to well… decide if we're going to be anything more…" Rainbow said.
Rarity rolled her eyes with a disappointed huff. “Rainbow, it isn’t very lady like to do that and not be dating at least.”
Rainbow glared at her a bit. "Hey, it's not that simple Rarity… we trust each other and we do like each other! It's just…"
"I don't know if I'm fully ready to… move on." Dillan said softly, rubbing Scootaloo's head gently as she leaned on him.
Rarity blushed and took a step back. “Ah yes, I apologize.”
Dillan shook his head softly, smiling a bit up at Rainbow dash who blushed at him. "It's alright, but I do know one thing, when I am ready I hope it'll be Rainbow dash…"
“Aww that's sweet.” Pinkie said before she gasped and grinned at Rainbow. “Rainbow.~” She said in a sing-songy way.
Rainbow laughed and nodded a bit. "Yes pinkie I know, but not right now. Scootaloo is more important."
Pinkie nodded so fast her head was a blur. “Oki Doki Loki!”
Dillan chuckled softly, covering Scootaloo's ears. "Just no male strippers please."
“Aww but those are the best part!” Pinkie whined.
Rarity giggled softly before grinning at Dillan. "Looks like you may be moving on faster than you thought."
Dillan blushed a bit and looked away, scratching his neck as Rainbow giggled. “I think it is sweet that you two are together.” Fluttershy said with a smile.
Rainbow smiled softly as Scootaloo looked up at them both confused. "Have you two gone on your date yet?"
Rainbow chuckled and rubbed her head. “Not quite.”
Scootaloo pouted. "Aww come on! I had you guys make that bet forever ago!"
Rainbow blushed and shook her head. “Scoots, we were busy helping someone.”
"A-and that was before I got locked up…" Dillan said blushing.
Scootaloo narrowed her eyes. “Are you sure Dillan isn’t just scared to date someone as awesome as Rainbow?”
Dillan moved his head away from her looking offended. "Hey for your information I've a date planned that's both awesome and romantic."
“You did?” Rainbow asked, surprised. “You? The nerdy little dinosaur geek, planned something romantic?”
Dillan blushed red as everyone giggled at him while he crossed his arms. "Hey, people change as they grow up… besides… I know you too well to make it anything but amazing!"
Rainbow chuckled and rubbed her head on his side. “Of course you do.”
Dillan blushed deeper and smiled softly, before gently rubbing Scootaloo's head. "Since you're gonna be staying with me for a while, is there anything you want for your room?"
Scootaloo hummed and thought about it before she smiled sadly. “Just my scooter.”
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "That's it? I can buy whatever you want to decorate it."
“My dad got it for me.” She said softly. “All I really need is a bed.”
Dillan smiled softly and picked her up, hugging her. "You're a strong kid Scoots, your dad would be proud."
“Thank you.” She said with a small smile. “Can you take me to see him?”
Dillan smiled softly and stood up, holding her in his arms. "I'll find out where he is, and yes. I will."
She smiled and nuzzled him. “You are a good friend.”
Dillan smiled to one side with Rainbow dash smiling at them, as he rubbed her head. "This is sweet and all, but shouldn't we see what Twilight and the others are doing?" Discord asked.
“Yeah, I wanna see what happens.” Applejack said.
Dillan nodded and frowned down at Scootaloo, before looking at Rainbow dash worriedly as they all went outside. “Finally, does anyone want some popcorn?” Discord asked as he floated after them.
"Eh why not?" Dillan said, taking some as they saw Twilight arguing with Scootaloo's mother.
"How dare you accuse me of such a thing!" The pink mare said angrily.
“We have evidence and your daughter told us herself.” Twilight said, though she wasn’t very confident while Cadence looked pissed.
The mare scoffed. "What evidence? And you shouldn't listen to that little… horse."
Twilight gasped in horror while Cadence growled. “She is your daughter you missable-”
"No she's not." The mare said, shocking everyone, even Scootaloo. "She's my late husband's ex wife's daughter. She's been nothing but a nuisance." Scootaloo stared, unable to believe it.
Dillan growled angrily as he gave Scootaloo to Rainbow dash, getting ready to go over to them. "You bitch!" Shining armor said angrily to the mare, shocking her. "How dare you treat an innocent child like that!"
“Innocent!? Do you have any idea how much money she wastes on that wonderbolt crap?!” She shouted, making Dillan growl more as Scootaloo cried softly in Rainbow's hooves.
"That does it, you're under arrest!" Shining armor said, using his magic to lift her into the air.
“What!? You have no right! You aren’t captain of the guard anymore!” She yelled and struggled in his magical grip. “You are a foreign leader!”
"He is however correct." A familiar voice said as Celestia and Luna flew down to them. "You are indeed under arrest."
“Princess Celestia!? Wh-what are you doing here?” She asked terrified.
Celestia frowned at the mare. "We received a letter from Spike, telling us everything."
"We do not tolerate the abuse of one of our friends." Luna said glaring at the mare.
“I would never hurt one of your friends Princess!” The mare said fearfully.
"You hurt Scootaloo." Dillan said walking up to them with a glare at the mare. "Scootaloo is her friend."
"Indeed she is." Luna said with a frown to the mare who stared at them all in shock.
“Th-that can’t be right, you are a princess and she is…is just a street rat.” She said weakly.
Dillan sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "A typical stuck up bitch."
Luna nodded her head. "While we don't appreciate your language, we couldn't agree more."
“Is it true?” A quiet voice asked. “A-are you really not my mom?” Everyone turned to look at Scootaloo who was on the verge of crying.
The mare glared at her for a moment, before sighing. "No I'm not. Your biological mother died giving birth to you."
Scootaloo sniffled as she started to cry. “Why do you hate me?”
The mare looked away from Scootaloo, frowning softly. "Because you're nothing but a reminder of the pain my husband had gone through, you killed your mother and he was never the same."
Scootaloo choked a sob as she started to cry heavily. “I’m sorry!”
Dillan knelt down and picked up Scootaloo. "Scootaloo it isn't your fault, you were a baby you didn't do anything."
"He's right!" Rainbow dash said, flying over and nuzzling Scootaloo's cheek. "Scootaloo you're an awesome young filly and this… bitch has no right to take her anger out on you!"
The mare scoffs. “You have no right to judge me, you just waste all your time practicing for a sports team you'll never join.”
Rainbow dash lunged at the mare, only for Dillan to wrap his arm around her and keep her still. "Get her out of here!" Celestia said angrily to two guards who took the mare away.
“Aww is it over? I was hoping to see someone lose some teeth.” Discord said as he ate some popcorn.
"Discord please…" Fluttershy said with a soft sigh as Scootaloo bawled her eyes out.
Dillan rocked her gently in his arms as everyone watched sadly. "Hey, hey it'll be ok."
Celestia walked over as did Luna. “We are so sorry something like this happened.”
Scootaloo sobbed into Dillan's chest, hiccuping from time to time as he gently rubbed her back. "Don't you have aunts?" Dillan asked her
“Y-yes I do, but I miss my dad..” She said weakly between sobs.
"And you always will… believe me I know." Dillan said, rubbing her back more. "You'll always wish you had more time with him, and you'll always regret the times you fought with him. But you'll always remember the good times and that's what matters… keeping the good memories in your heart. I had forgotten that but… an old friend helped me remember. So I know you can do it too."
Rainbow smiled softly and rubbed Dillan’s back. "P-please don't leave…" Scootaloo whimpered as she clutched onto Dillan. "Y-you we're the only one to n-notice… a-and help me…"
“We won’t leave you Scoots.” Rainbow said.
Twilight sighed as she watched the three. "I guess this explains why Scootaloo was hanging around Dillan so much…"
“Yeah, I said the same thing.” Spike said from beside her.
Twilight's ears folded down sadly as she watched Dillan comfort Scootaloo. "She was alone with that… monster for weeks without food… all because I locked up Dillan… I'm such a fool!"
Spike patted her shoulder. “You didn’t know.”
"He is right Twilight, you must not beat yourself up over it." Luna said, wrapping a wing around her.
“Hey, maybe we can speak with all the foals in town to see if there are any other cases like Scootaloo’s.” Spike suggested.
"I know of at least one, or at least that's how it was in the show." Dillan spoke up, looking down at Scootaloo. "Diamond tiara and her mom…"
“Diamond Tiara? I know she can be a bit of a bully but she usually seemed happy.” Twilight said.
Dillan lifted Scootaloo up into everyone's view. "And she didn't?"
"He's got ya there Twi." Applejack said, as Applebloom and Sweetie Belle walked up.
Scootaloo looked back at Dillan confused. "Are you sure she's being hurt? I mean we saw her mom yelling at her when we got our Cutie marks, but I didn't think she would hit her."
"There's a lot of different kinds of abuse, Scoots, including verbal." Dillan said with a frown. "I could be wrong, it might be different than the show, I'm just saying it's worth looking into."
“I agree, it would be a good idea to look into it, even if this world is different from the show.” Luna said.
"I just hope it's not for the worse…" Dillan said looking at Scootaloo sadly.
"Is there something different here than the show?" Celestia asked, making Dillan nod with a small chuckle.
"A lot of things…but that's probably my fault since I'm here." Dillan said with a sad smile.
“You are a hero Dillan, you need to start seeing yourself as such.” Celestia said.
“Yeah, you are starting to sound like Spider-mane with all your self doubt.” Spike said.
Dillan laughed a bit. "That's not what I was talking about, I meant the timeline and how things played out in the show are different because I'm here. Basically when I got here it created another timeline. One where I'm here and one where I'm not."
“Still, you need to cheer up.” Spike said.
Dillan smiled at him again. "It's not that simple Spike, back home… before I remembered Rainbow dash had been my friend… my fiance was the only friend I had. She was my world. I dedicated my life to her… and that was ripped away. It'll take a while until I feel better enough to fully cheer up."
Spike rubbed his chin. “I see, geez this sounds like a superhero origin story. Some bad guy kills your family so you go out to take them down.”
Dillan laughed a bit along with Rainbow dash. "Since he is a hero now I guess that makes it his backstory." She giggled.
Rarity smirked playfully at Rainbow dash. "He's even stolen the heart of the hardest mare to impress."
Rainbow blushed and rolled her eyes. “Yeah, I guess he did.”
"Ya guess? Rainbow you've been giggling up a storm! Ah never heard ya giggle before Dillan came back into yer life. You're like a school filly!" Applejack said with a grin, making Dillan blush in embarrassment at her words.
Rainbow blushed brighter red. “Hey! I can’t help it! He is perfect.”
Dillan's whole face turned bright red at the words making all the mares giggle. “Oh gag.” Discord said before disappearing.
"I think he liked being called perfect." Rarity teased Rainbow dash with a nudge.
Rainbow chuckled and smirked up at Dillan. “Maybe, but that's because he is.”
Dillan blushed deeper yet. "C-come on, you're giving me flashbacks to Kendra's friends…"
Rainbow chuckled with a smirk as the others looked confused. “Who is Kendra, and why does Rainbow remind you of her friends?” Scootaloo asked.
"A-a um, displaced we met like me. We went to her dimension and um… let's just say her Rainbow dash, Applejack, and Rarity got to know me… very well." He said, rubbing the back of his head.
“Oh my.” Fluttershy said with a blush.
“Dillan, you stud.” Rarity teased with a smirk.
“Boy howdy, you sure do get around.” Applejack said with a chuckle.
Dillan blushed deeper as Scootaloo, Spike, Sweetie belle and Applebloom looked confused. "T-to be fair it was Skittles' idea."
"Darn right it was, and you loved every minute of it." Rainbow said with a teasing smirk.
“I don’t get it.” Scootaloo said with the other kids nodding their heads.
"You don't need to!" Dillan said with a deep blush as Rainbow whispered something in Rarity's ear making her go beat red.
"Another Version of me said that!?" She asked in shock with a red face.
“Said what?” Sweetie Belle asked.
"Nothing!" Rarity said, shaking her head violently. "We really shouldn't be talking about this in front of foals."
"Thank you!" Dillan said dramatically.
Celestia giggled a bit. “It is true, why don’t we all head to Twilight’s castle for some lunch?”
Scootaloo's stomach growled loudly. "Yes please… Can we have Dillan's spaghetti!?" She asked excitedly, making Dillan laugh.
"Was it that good?" He asked with a smile.
“It could use some hay but yeah!” Scootsloo said while licking her lips. “Best spaghetti I’ve ever had!”
Dillan laughed a bit. "If you need hay we'll get you hay, but I appreciate the compliment."
"Actually that really was the best Spaghetti I've ever had." Rainbow mumbled.
Dillan heard her thought and scratched behind her ear. "Thanks, my family is part Italian so I used my family's secret recipe."
“Secret recipe?” Pinkie asked with a grin as she got close to Dillan.
"I'm not telling, otherwise it wouldn't be a secret." Dillan said with a chuckle, noticing Rainbow's feathers had poofed up slightly when Pinkie got close to him.
“Aww come on, please? Pretty please with Pinkie on top?” She asked with a flutter of her eyes.
Pinkie giggled and walked away, swaying her hips. “I still got it.”
Dillan glanced away from Pinkie, his face still red. "Why me? I've never had this much attention before…"
Rainbow huffed as she stood closer to him. “It is probably because you are a rarity.” Celestia said with a giggle. “If you haven't noticed Equestria has very few stallions, and the stallions that are here are either too busy with their careers, a bit too stuck up, or are already taken.”
Dillan blushed deeper. "O-oh… I uh, hadn't had the time to notice…"
Luna hit Celestia with her wing. “Sister, stop teasing him, look at poor Rainbow, she looks about ready to defend her stallion in battle.”
Rainbow blushed and looked away quickly, as Dillan blushed even redder. "I'm gonna get a nose bleed…" he mumbled, but smiled softly at Rainbow.
Celestia giggled softly. "Don't worry Rainbow, I doubt any of us would try to take your stallion."
“I would!” Everyone heard Pinkie say from across town with a giggle.
Rainbow dash growled a bit as Celestia giggled softly. "Maybe you three could form a herd."
"A what?" Dillan asked, confused.
Rainbow blushed and fidgested. “A herd is when multiple mares are with one stallion.”
Dillan blushed deeply, as his nose began to bleed before he passed out falling backwards onto the ground. “Dillan!” Rainbow tried to catch him but got knocked to the ground under him. “Ow.”
Everyone giggled at the scene, before Celestia gently lifted Dillan off of Rainbow dash. "Are you alright Rainbow?"
“Yeah.” She said weakly as she stood up with a groan.
"Rainbow darling, I know you love him, but you should be more careful." Rarity said with a giggle.
Rainbow blushed a bit and glanced away. "W-well i-i can't exactly let my soulmate down…"
“But it looks like he is too much for ya, he laid you flatter than a pancake.” Applejack said with a chuckle.
Rainbow blushed a bit as she looked away. "I didn't mind it last night…" she whispered to herself.
"Wait a moment darling, did you call him your soulmate?" Rarity asked, with a devious grin.
“Y-yeah?” Rainbow said hesitantly as she did not like that grin on Rarity’s face.
"Why darling I didn't think you believed in that sort of thing." Rarity said with a grin. "When's the wedding?"
Rainbow blushed brighter and mumbled something.
Cadence giggled and wrapped a wing around Rainbow Dash. "Rarity, it's not a matter of belief. They're literally soulmates, as in their souls are intertwined."
“Oh my, how romantic!” Rarity gushed.
Rainbow blushed and looked away. "Kn-knock it off Rarity…"
"Wow, ah never expected you to be the first of us ta find love Rainbow. What with all the wonderbolt training and such." Applejack said.
“Hey, what is that supposed to mean?” Rainbow asked with narrowed eyes.
"Ah just mean yer always so busy… not that I'm one ya talk." Applejack chuckled.
“Oh don’t worry Applejack, I am sure you’ll find love.” Cadence said.
"How about we all just form a herd with Dillan?!" Pinkie said, popping up out of nowhere. "Well, except for Fluttershy and Rarity since they already have guys they like!"
“Pinkie.” Cadence said with a smile. “That would only work if Dillan and Rainbow were comfortable with that.”
Pinkie giggled a bit. "I know, I'm just teasing."
"Please don't…" Rainbow said as they slowly walked into the castle.
“Oh! I nearly forgot, Rainbow, I will need you to come in one more time for it to be finished.” Rarity said with a smile.
Rainbow blushed and smiled a bit. "Alright."
"Oh, getting ready for your date?" Luna asked with a smile.
“Yeah! Rainbow and Dillan had a race and he won a date!” Scootaloo said with a smile.
Luna giggled. "I'm well aware, he asked for my help with the date. He's out a lot of thought into it."
“He asked you for help? What is he planning?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow while looking at Dillan.
Luna giggled. "All we shall say is that it has never been done before, and that only some creature with his powers can do it."
Rainbow raised an eyebrow as she looked at Dillan. “What are you planning?” She asked herself softly.
Twilight smiled as she wrapped her wing around Rainbow. "Come on, let's get your Colt friend in a bed to rest."
Rainbow blushed. “Twilight, while I am happy you have apologized for what you did to Dillan, I'm still not in the mood to be around you.”
Twilight's ears folded down sadly, as she moved away from Rainbow. "I-i'm sorry…"
“RD, don’t ya think ya are being a bit harsh?” Applejack asked.
Rainbow's eyes softened as she sighed. "I'm sorry Twi, I don't know what's going on. I forgive you, but whenever I remember what happened I can't help but get angry."
"Oh that's because of your soulmate connection." Cadence said as they walked into the map room, as Celestia summoned a mat and laid Dillan down.
“What do you mean? I thought it just drew us together.” Rainbow said.
"Oh it does, but if the connection is strong enough and knitted early on you can feel a deep and burning urge to protect your other half and keep them safe." Cadence said with a smile.
“Oh.” Rainbow looked at Dillan. “Because we met as kids our bond is that strong?”
"Oh how romantic!" Rarity said happily. "Rainbow, you're so lucky to have such a kind, gentle, and heroic young colt!"
Rainbow blushed and shook her head. “A hay of a lot better than Thunderlane.”
Pinkie giggled softly. "Oh he's gonna be mad when he finds out you have a lover!"
“Think we should warn Dillan when he wakes up?” Fluttershy asked.
Rainbow smiled softly as she nuzzled Dillan's cheek. "A guy like thunderlane has nothing on Dillan, I know he'll be ok."
Cadence smiled and leaned on Shining. “They really are a nice couple together.”
Shining armor smirked. "Yeah they are, hopefully the girls don't make him faint repeatedly."
“Dear, they are young mares, of course they are gonna do that.” Cadence said with a giggle.
Shining armor shook his head with a grin. "Lucky bastard."
Cadence elbowed him with a smirk. “What, is an alicorn wife not good enough for you?”
"Of course you are, you're perfect." Shining said, kissing her cheek. "But you know fully well it's every man's dream to have multiple mares chasing him."
Cadence chuckled and shook her head. “Oh yes I know all too well.”
Luna rolled her eyes. “As do I, dear niece.”
"Are you ok Luna?" Scootaloo asked with a tilt of her head.
“Let us just say we have seen the dreams of many lonely stallions.” Luna said with annoyance creeping into her voice.
"Oh, are they annoying?" Scootaloo asked, as a couple of chefs brought out plates of food, confusing Twilight.
Luna looked down at Scootaloo. “I will only say, the things I've seen are not for filly eyes or ears.”
"Oh." Scootaloo said, as Twilight looked at all the chefs.
"I had some chefs come here so you wouldn't have to worry about food while studying." Celestia explained to Twilight.
“But princess, I don't feel comfortable having somepony being paid to cook for me.” Twilight said with a small wine.
"Hey you have no problem when I do it." Spike said.
“That is different Spike, you are my friend, they are…employees.” Twilight said with a sigh. “I don’t want to seem better than other ponies.”
"Twilight darling, you're a princess, you should be pampered a little. And even if you weren't think about it, you're helping them. You're paying them for a service it's just like any other job." Rarity said with a smile.
Twilight sighed. “I guess so.”
"Ugh… my head…" Dillan mumbled, slowly opening his eyes.
Celestia got a smirk and leaned her head over him. “Oh good you're awake, I had a wonderful time.”
Dillan's eyes widened as he blushed deeply. "WHAT!?"
Celestia giggled and leaned away. “I’m sorry Dillan, I couldn’t help myself.”
Dillan groaned and covered his face. "God help me…"
Pinkie giggled and stuck her tongue out. “You are gonna have to get used to mares messing with you Dillan, your authors just love teasing you.”
Dillan sat up with a sigh. "It's Pinkie…. Don't question it." He said, before standing up. "What else is going on?"
Pinkie winked at the readers before ducking under the map table. “Pinkie, where are you going?” Rarity asked before peeking under then sighing. “She is gone.”
"I would love to know how she does that." Dillan said, sitting next to Rainbow dash.
“Don’t bother, I tried to study her, but it didn't go well.” Twilight said with a sigh.
Rainbow nuzzled into Dillan's side with a smile, making him blush and smile at her. "Sorry if I scared you."
“Let’s eat.” Spike said as he looked at all the food.
Dillan looked at all the food and frowned slightly, not seeing anything he could eat. Rainbow nudged him. “Are you ok?”
Dillan smiled at her, before whispering in her ear. "Of course, I have you." Rainbow smiled as she leaned on him.
Dillan smiled and watched as everyone ate, his stomach growling softlynas Celestia noticed he wasn't eating. The princess smiled softly and whispered to a chef, who nodded and went back to the kitchen.
“Sir Dillan, perhaps you can tell us of your time with Rainbow on earth?” Luna suggested.
Dillan blinked a few times, before chucking. "Let me guess you already know Skittles' perspective so you want mine?" He asked, getting a nod from everyone.
“I do not know the story at all actually.” Luna said with a small smile.
"I uh… was kinda too um… happy and relieved you were alive to tell them…" Rainbow said with an embarrassed chuckle. "They basically only know how you saved my life."
"Yes, and you are quite the prince charming for doing so." Rarity said with a giggle.
“Sadly I only know part of the story myself.” Celestia said with a chuckle.
Dillan chuckled softly and smiled as he looked up at the ceiling. "Well let's see… I was twelve when I first met Rainbow dash-"
"Wait you were twelve?" Twilight asked with a raised eyebrow. "But Celestia said it was about twenty years ago."
"And?" Dillan asked, raising an eyebrow.
"If you were twelve then that would make you thirty two… Rainbow dash is thirty three…" Twilight said, making Dillan blink and look at Rainbow dash.
"You're a cougar?" He asked with a playful smirk.
“No, I am a pony.” Rainbow said with a raised eyebrow.
Dillan blinked a few times before facepalming. "Right ok… for humans the term Cougar is an older female chasing a younger guy. I was trying to be funny…"
Rainbow smirked and giggled. “I wouldn’t say I am, but that sure does sound like Rarity.” She said teasingly.
"Hey!" Rarity said with a pout. Everyone laughed a bit from her reaction.
"Anyway. My family went on vacation every year and it had been my turn to pick where we went. So I decided to go to the Red wood natural parks in California. While I was walking around I ran into Rainbow dash… well she ran into me." Dillan said with a laugh.
“So basically she flew right into you, didn’t she?” Spike asked with a snicker.
"Well… not really, she tried to fly above the trees but for her age she said it was too high up." Dillan said with a grin. "I caught her as she was falling and we slammed into a tree."
“Red wood…red wood…” Twilight muttered as she was thinking about something.
"What is it Twilight?" Celestia asked as a chef brought out a plate of meat and set it in front of Dillan.
"Whoa…" Dillan mumbled, before taking a bite of sausage.
“Red wood, it sounds familiar…oh! Do you mean like the trees from the forest of giants?” Twilight asked.
"Forest of giants?" Dillan asked, chewing on the food as the ponies aside from Rainbow looked green.
Twilight had to look away as she explained. “Yes, it is a forest on the edge of Equestria where everything inside is huge.”
"Huh, neat." Dillan said, as he began eating another sausage. "I wonder if it's connected to my dimension."
“Do you…want to check it out…maybe find a way home?” Rainbow asked.
Dillan blinked a bit as his chewing slowed down while he thought about it. Rainbow’s ears slowly folded back and Dillan felt a kick from under the table, coming from Cadence.
Dillan stared at his plate for a while, not noticing the kick before he swallowed the food. "Of course not, I chose to come here. Besides, if I did I wouldn't be with you."
Rainbow sighed with relief and nuzzled him. Everyone smiled as Dillan wrapped his arm around her. “Now that you mention the possibility I want to go there and study it if it's ok with you princess.” Twilight said, ending while looking at Celestia.
"That is a very long journey, Twilight, and if you end up in the human world you may not be able to return." Celestia said with a worried frown.
Twilight lowered her head. “I understand.”
"It's probably for the best, you don't want what almost happened to Rainbow dash to happen to you." Dillan said.
“What did happen? Perhaps we can make contact with earth and become friends.” Luna suggested.
Dillan looked off to the side sadly. "I don't see that happening…"
“If a being as noble as you can come from earth it can’t be that bad.” Luna said.
Dillan looked down. "You'd be surprised, there's a reason I was an outcast back home…"
“It’s true. Earth isn’t a nice place, and what I’ve seen is years ago.” Rainbow said while leaning on Dillan.
Luna looked at Dillan sadly. "Humans are… we can be destructive… There aren't a whole lot of us that are empathetic to others. most just go on with their day. And the governments are typically worse.." Dillan explained.
“That is…saddening to hear.” Luna said.
Dillan stared at the table for a long time, only looking up when Rainbow nudged him. "Are you ok?"
He nodded. "Y-yeah, just… I guess I never actually thought about it all before…"
Rainbow hugged him. “Do you need some time alone?”
"No, I'll be ok…" He said as he took out a small bottle of pills and took some with water.
“What are those?” Fluttershy asked.
Dillan slowly lowered his glass of water and sighed softly. "Antidepressants… I got them in Kendra's dimension."
Everyone’s ears fold back. “M-maybe we can take those pills to one of our doctors to see if they can make you more.” Twilight suggested.
"You guys don't have antidepressants?" Dillan asked in shock.
“Not really.” Celestia shook her head. “Depression is extremely rare in ponies, and in the few cases that have been recorded it is usually solved shortly after.”
The human sighed and slumped back in his seat. "Great, that means I'm gonna have doctors probing my brain…"
Celestia rested a hoof on his shoulder. “You have my word, if you say you want them to stop, I will make them stop.”
Dillan sighed softly and nodded again, his eyes staring at the floor as Rainbow set a hoof on his leg. "Dillan?"
Luna clears her throat. “If you would allow me, I could enter your dreams to help you work through your problems or at least let you get a restful night's sleep.”
Dillan sighed softly, before smiling. "Don't worry about me, let's focus on Scootaloo." He said rubbing the fillies head.
Luna smiled softly. “Your intentions are noble, however in the dream world I can be in multiple dreams at once.”
Dillan frowned slightly, before grinning. "Are you sure? I'm a Lucid dreamer."
Luna giggled and smirked. “If that is true I may have a job offer for you at a later time.”
"Sister, I have already offered him a job." Celestia said with a slight frown.
Luna smirked softly. “He can do both, dear sister.”
"Hey wait a minute, you can't just force him into two jobs! He needs to rest and recover!" Rainbow said, her feathers bristling.
Luna giggled and held a hoof up. “Relax, this job is only an offer, if he does not wish to take it he does not have to, and if he chooses to take the job his body shall be able to rest while his mind works.”
Rainbow looked at Dillan before sighing and looking away and crossing her hooves. "Oh fine…" Dillan smiled softly as he kissed her head, making her blush deep red as steam came off her ears. "Not in front of others!"
“Aww what's wrong Dash, afraid to be mushy with your stallion in front of us?” Applejack asked with a teasing smirk.
"I have a reputation to uphold!" Rainbow said looking away, making Dillan smirk and wink at everyone.
"Oh ok, so I'm not awesome enough for you to show affection to?" Dillan asked, hiding a grin.
“What!? You are too awesome enough! It's just…I have a reputation of being a tough mare.” Rainbow said while waving her arms around in panic.
Everyone giggled as Dillan turned away. "No I get it, I'm just not cool enough for you to be mushy around others with."
Rainbow whined as she stared at him before sighing. “I’m sorry!”
Dillan quickly turned to her and hugged her, kissing her. "Relax Skittles, I was only messaging with you. I know you need to keep up your reputation."
Rainbow blushed and her wings popped out from the kiss, Flutterhsy blushed and covered Scootaloo’s eyes, as Rarity and applejack covered their sisters’ eyes.
"Hey, Applejack ah wanna see!" Applebloom said, trying to move her sister's hooves.
“No ya don’t.” Applejack said with a roll of her eyes as the princesses besides Twilight were giggling.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." Dillan said with a soft chuckle as Rainbow dash smiled dopely.
"I guess your heart decided it was time to move on." Cadence said with a giggle as Rainbow leaned in Dillan still smiling like a school filly.
Pinkie showed back up with a large cake and set it in front of everyone. “Aww did I miss the kiss?”
Rarity nodded with a grin, letting Sweetie Belle go as she giggled. "You did, and it would appear these two are quite infatuated with each other."
“So lucky.” Pinkie said then looked at the readers and whispered. “Think I could get a colt friend?”
"Pinkie, who are you talking to?" Twilight asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Oh no one.” Pinkie said with a smile.
Dillan chuckled and shook his head with a grin as Rainbow dash tapped her chin with a smirk forming. "Hey Dillan, isn't your birthday in a month or two?" Rainbow asked him.
"Uh, yeah… why?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh no reason, just an idea I had to make it extra special." She said with wink.
Pinkie’s eyes widened and she ran out of the room saying. “IgottogoplanapartytalktoyougirlslaterandDashywecanworktogetherforhispresent.”
Dillan blinked a few times as he looked at the door before down at Rainbow dash. "Should I be worried about what you have planned?"
“I didn’t catch that either.” Rainbow said with a shrug.
"Oh no I understood her fine." Dillan said, surprising everyone. "I asked if I should be worried about what YOU have planned."
Rainbow blinked before she chuckled and smirked. “Only if you are suddenly a colt cuddler.”
"A what?" Dillan asked with a frown.
Rainbow blinked before explaining. “A stallion that likes other stallions.”
"Oh… eh, it wouldn't be the first time." Dillan said with a shrug.
Rainbow blinked as her ears twitched. “Wow, that is a surprise.”
Dillan shrugged with a grin. "I'm comfortable with my own sexuality to experiment. Alyssa and I had some wild stuff during our time together."
Rarity sighed dreamily. "You just keep getting better and better, it's a shame not all stallions are like you."
"I agree." Cadence said with a smirk as she glanced at her husband. Shining blushed and looking away embarrassed.
Dillan chuckled before smirking. "Oh yeah, Cadence Shining Armor said he was thinking about giving Flurry Heart a sibling."
Shining’s eyes widened as Cadence’s eyes turned to him as she grinded. “Naughty stallion, you are so gonna get it tonight.”
Shining Armor blushed deeper as he looked away whistling. "Finally someone other than me is embarrassed." Dillan chuckled.
Everyone chuckled at that as Rainbow nuzzled close to Dillan. Dillan smiled and kissed her forehead, making the mares aww at the sight as Shining armor whispered in his wife's ear making her blush and grin a bit. "Not a bad idea honey, Rainbow dash may I speak with you in private?" Cadence asked as she got up and walked out the door.
Rainbow pouted and got up. “Better not be more mare talk, I had enough of that earlier.” She said as she trotted after Cadence.
Dillan raised an eyebrow as he looked back at Rainbow and Cadence, before turning to Shining armor. "Why do I get the feeling I should be drinking a lot of water today?"
Shining just shrugged with a smirk. “Maybe you have strong instincts.”
"Maybe you're dehydrated." Twilight suggested. "Didn't you say you uh… got to know another realitys Rarity, Rainbow and Applejack very well?" She asked uncomfortably.
"Yes." Dillan said, his voice cracking a bit at the look Rarity and Applejack gave him.
“My my my, at this rate you will have been with all of us in some way in no time at all.” Rarity said with a teasing smirk.
Dillan blushed deeply once more, before looking away. "I-i'm surprised you're all just accepting different dimensions so easily."
“Darling, you are walking proof.” Rarity said with a giggle.
Dillan chuckled as Cadence and Rainbow dash came back, both with wide grins on their muzzles as they each sat down next to their respective lovers. "So what did you talk about?" Dillan asked.
“Oh nothing too important, just coming up with a few date ideas.” Rainbow said with a grin.
Dillan smirked back at her. "Speaking of dates… how about we go on the one we promised to go on tomorrow night?" He asked, keeping his eyes on her as the mares in the room gasped in surprise with some in excitement.
Rainbow blushed and stammered a bit. “I..I uh, I…sure.”
Dillan chuckled and smirked more. "What? Getting cold hooves?"
"Ooo." Applejack and Applebloom said together.
"Are you kidding! Rainbow dash doesn't get cold hooves!" Scootaloo said.
Rainbow smiled nervously. “Scoots is right, I don’t get nervous.”
Dillan smiled at her with a knowing look. "Alright, I'll pick you up tomorrow night at sunset. And bring a jacket."
“O-ok.” Rainbow said softly as her feathers ruffled.
Rarity grinned a bit. "Rainbow Darling, I know you aren't much for it but would you like to join me and Fluttershy at the spa tomorrow before -"
"Yes!" Rainbow said, before blushing and looking away. "I-i mean, why not?"
All of Rainbow's friends giggled at her reaction as Rarity smiled. “Don’t worry darling, I will pay for the whole treatment.”
Rainbow looked down with a small thanks as Dillan rubbed her head and whispered in her ear. "Don't worry, I'll make it extra special."
Rainbow blushed and fidgested. “You are going to spoil me before our first date.” She said shyly.
Dillan laughed a bit. "Well what do you expect? When we were kids you never acted like this. It's cute."
Rainbow pouted in a very cute way. “I am not cute.”Rainbow pouted in a very cute way. “I am not cute.”
Dillan grinned and picked her up, rubbing her wings behind her back so no one could see. "Yes you are."
She gasped and started wiggling. "H-hey!"
Cadence grinned a bit at them as Luna pouted. "you still haven't finished your story…"
"Oh, sorry." Dillan said with a smile. "Well… let's see…"
Chapter end.
Souls entwined (still needs editing for color coordination
Tall trees that licked the sky littered the area as leaves fell gently from the sky, a brisk winter breeze flowing through the area as two young beings stared at each other. One a young human with brown hair, wearing a yellow Pokemon shirt and brown sweatpants, the other a small pony with a rainbow mane and light blue coat. The pony's wings spread out in worry as she took a defensive stance, her eyes watching the young boy closely.
"What… are you?" The boy asked in shock, slowly standing up as he tried to get a closer look.
“Whoa you talk!?” The pony asked, taking a step back.
"You talk!?" The boy asked, stepping back as well. "Whoa, talking pony… that's… cool!"
“I’m more than cool! I am the fastest filly in all of Equestria!” The pony boasted.
"Equestria? What's that?" The boy asked with a raised eyebrow.
“What do you mean ‘what's that?’ Equestria is the greatest place in the world!” The pony said and stomped her hoof cutely.
The boy blinked a few times with a chuckle. "Aww, you're so cute. And I've never heard of Equestria."
The filly blushed and pouted. “I am not cute!” She said, stomping her hoof again.
He chuckled again and smiled. "Alright, alright. I'm Dillan, what's your name?"
“Rainbow Dash.” She said while still looking at him nervously. “Where am I?”
"California." Dillan said, rubbing the back of his head nervously.
“The hay is California?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.
Dillan sighed a bit. "That's what I was worried about… I don't suppose you know what the united states are do you?"
Rainbow shook her head. “No…”
He slumped forward and sighed. "That's… that's not good…"
“What are you?” She asked and reached out a hoof to poke him.
Dillan laughed a bit. "H-hey don't do that! I'm ticklish! A-and I'm a human."
“What’s a hooman?” She asked with a raised eyebrow.
Dillan chuckled softly and gestured to himself. "Creatures like me, and you're a pegasus right?"
“Of course I am, you act like you’ve never seen a pony before.” She said with a roll of her eyes.
"I haven't, real live pegasi don't exist normally here. They're fairy tales. make believe." Dillan explained, slowly sitting down. "Which is a problem…"
Rainbow snorts. “Make believe? Yeah right, who organizes the weather then?”
Dillan blinked and looked at her. "Organize the weather? Um no one, it just does what it wants."
“What!? That is crazy! Whoever is in charge should be fired! Pegasi take pride in keeping the weather on track all across Equestria.” Rainbow said while puffing out her chest, which also looked adorable.
Dillan grinned a bit with a chuckle. "You're uh, not in Equestria."
Rainbow pouted and stomped a hoof. “I get that but how did I get here? Last thing I rem,eber was trying to do my sonic rainboom again, then poof, I am here trying to not hit one of these huge trees!”
Dillan sighed and shook his head. "I don't know, but it's dangerous for you to be alone… most humans don't like other creatures. If you're found you'll be captured and… and… who knows what else."
Rainbow’s ears fold back. “But…I don’t know how to get home…”
Dillan looked at her with a slight frown before standing up and walking over to her, kneeling down infront of her. "I know… but I'll help you any way I can."
Rainbow looked into his eyes and they both saw a faint rainbow shine wipe across each other’s eyes. “I…believe you.”
Dillan smiled softly as he rubbed her head gently, as she instinctively nuzzled into it. "Dillan!" A voice called out, making the two jump as Dillan quickly pushed Rainbow into a bush.
"Sorry!" He whispered before standing up and turning around, as Rainbow noticed a taller human with down hair and a purple dress. "Y-yeah mom?"
"What have you been doing?" She asked.
"J-just um… you know enjoying the nature here it's…" He glanced back at Rainbow dash with a smile. "Magical."
His mother chuckled and shook her head. “Well, enjoy it while you can, we are getting head to leave soon.”
"Oh… we're going home then?" Dillan asked softly.
“Yes dear, I know you love these trees but we have to go home.” She said with a smile and rubs his head.
Dillan smiled and nodded. "Alright, let me grab my bookbag and stuff and I'll meet you back at the car."
“Ok, but remember, no running off and no talking to strangers.” She said and headed back to their camping spot.
"But what if they need help?" Dillan asked sadly.
"Honey, what have I told you?" She asked, turning around.
Dillan sighed sadly. "That even if they ask for help they might just be trying to trick me…"
"That's right, now get your stuff and come on." His mother said, walking away as Dillan hung his head with a sigh, grabbing his bookbag.
Rainbow slowly came out of the bush. “You are leaving?”
Dillan nodded sadly. "Y-yeah, we were only here on vacation. It was my turn to pick and I've always loved these woods… they remind me of the time of the dinosaurs I've read about." He said looking around.
“Dinosaurs? What, are you some kinda egghead or something?” Rainbow asked with a weak chuckle as she started to curl up on herself.
"Eh, I've always been fascinated with that kind of thing…" He said, before looking at her. "Hey, you ok?"
“I guess you have to go now…” Rainbow looked at him before looking away. “M-maybe Princess Celestia will be able to find me if I stay here…”
Dillan frowned and grabbed his backpack, before pulling out a heavy coat. "No, you're not. I'm not leaving you here alone." He said, wrapping her in the coat and gently setting her in his book bag.
She looked at him confused as he easily lifted her. “Wh-what are you doing?”
"I'm not leaving you here cold and alone." Dillan said with a smile, making Rainbow smirk and fly out of his arms doing a flip.
"Ha! More like your too afraid to go alone and you need this awesome and powerful-"
"Rainbow, what are you doing?"
“What? I am just spicing up the story a little.”
"Skittles…."
"But my reputation!"
"Is that not how it went?"
"No Twilight, it's not."
"Fine! But no one can make fun of me, I was a filly!"
"Come on Rainbow, ya really think any of us would make fun of you?"
"Of course we wouldn't, now continue the story!"
"Agreed."
"I'm not leaving you here cold and alone." Dillan said with a smile, making Rainbow stare at him before looking away shyly.
"Th-thank you…" She whispered as he hugged the bookbag to himself as he continued walking.
"Hey, there you are." A deeper voice said, as Rainbow noticed a taller man with a white beard walking over to Dillan. "Did you enjoy the trip?"
"Yeah, just um… sad we have to go." He said softly, holding the bag closer to himself.
“I know sport, but hey maybe next time we can go somewhere cooler, like maybe the grand canyon?” The older man said with a smirk. “The Grand Canyon is at least 20% cooler than this place.”
Dillan sighed softly, Rainbow noticing his sad look. "But I like it here more…" He mumbled.
The older man ruffled Dillan’s hair. “I know kido, but we can’t live here forever.”
Dillan nodded softly as he got into the car, holding his bag close as he whispered. "Don't make a sound." Rainbow weekly kicked the bag to signal she understands.
"So bro did you enjoy the vacation?" Another boy asked.
"Yes but… I thought we were going to stay for a whole week… not just two days…" Dillan said sadly, looking back at the forest.
“Well…we were but your dad got a call from work, they need him back.” His mother said sadly.
“Sorry sport, maybe next time.” His dad said.
Dillan sighed and whimpered softly, looking down at Rainbow in his bag. His brother elbowed him. “Hey, guess what I heard, I heard that someone saw a double rainbow a few minutes ago, too bad we missed it huh?”
"Really? Aww man I love Rainbows!" Dillan whined. Rainbow covered her mouth to giggle.
"Ah bet ya do."
"Applejack!"
"I know you do son, maybe you'll get to see… hey look at that." His dad said, looking at a lot of black vans heading into the forest.
"Government officials?" Dillan asked worriedly, glancing down at Rainbow dash again.
“Nah, that would be too cliché, I bet they are just a group of those wacko paranormal investigators.” His father said with a laugh. “They are probably gonna set up equipment and see if the force is haunted.”
Dillan nodded slowly, before gently moving the bag so he was holding it while resting his head. "I won't let them get you…" he whispered.
Rainbow smiled, even though she was shaking a little.
In the present.
"I'm getting another drink." Dillan said with a grin, getting up.
“Wow, so ya just trusted him right away?” Applejack asked.
"Well I didn't have much of a choice." Rainbow said with an embarrassed blush. "I was thirteen! In another dimension, and surrounded by creatures I didn't know!"
“Still, ya seem to be less trustin nowadays.” Applejack said with a small smirk.
"Maybe because of what they did!" Rainbow said angrily. "I learned my lesson!"
Everyone was quiet for a moment. “Sorry.” Applejack said softly.
Rainbow sighed softly and shook her head. "N-no I'm sorry, after what happened I guess my mind just subconsciously remembered."
“That is both troubling and remarkable. I could have sworn I removed all the memories.” Celestia said.
Rainbow dash sighed again as she rubbed the back of her head. "You might have… I don't know, I'm honestly grasping at straws. I… ever since I looked Dillan in the eye back then. I've trusted him…"
Cadence giggled and smiled. “That sounds like an old legend, one that says the eyes are the windows to the soul. And when two souls are lost, they can become entwined."
Rainbow dash blushed deeply. "S-so that's when…"
Cadence giggled with a teasing smirk. “Oh that was just the first step, if you didn’t have feelings for him soon after it would have faded away.”
Rainbow blushed more while she shifted a bit, before Dillan sat back down. "I'm back, ready to hear the rest of the story?"
“Oh yes, I believe we are.” Rarity said with a teasing smile aimed at Rainbow.
Rainbow shuffled a bit as Dillan smiled. "Well, it took a few days of driving…"
20 years ago
Dillan smiled softly as snow slowly fell from the sky, moving the bookbag a bit so Rainbow could see as well. "I love winter and the first snowfall of the year."
“Wow, for wild weather it's…kinda beautiful.” She whispered.
"Wow darling, you said something was beautiful?"
"Yeah, yeah. And surprisingly it was. I had never seen anything like it, a natural white landscape."
Dillan smiled softly as he glanced at his siblings who were asleep, along with his mom as his father pulled into a motel. "Hey dad? Would it be ok if I got my own room tonight? I… I want to be alone since we couldn't stay for the whole trip."
“Well…I guess so, but no room service, no taking anything out of the mini fridge, and no prank phone calls.” He said.
"Daaad I'm not Subby!" Dillan said with a whine, making Rainbow giggle softly thinking it was cute.
“Maybe but you are still related so better safe the sorry.” He said with a chuckle.
"Alright, fine…" Dillan sighed, gently holding Rainbow in his arms as the sun started going down making sure she could see it from his book bag.
“Celestia?” She asked softly, watching the sun.
"Who?" Dillan asked softly, getting out of the car as his father went up to the window.
“Princess Celestia, she is our ruler, she rises and lowers the sun and moon every day and night.” Rainbow said in a whisper.
"Wow, she must be powerful. Our Sun and moon move by themselves thanks to gravity." Dillan said, as his dad came back. Rainbow snorts at the ridiculous idea.
"Here you go, here's your key." His dad said, handing over the key to Dillan's room. "Go ahead and grab sandwiches for dinner and chips."
"Thanks dad!" Dillan said with a smile, grabbing a couple of sandwiches and chips before running off to his room. Dillan looked around a bit, making sure no one could see into the room before letting Rainbow dash out of his bookbag. "Alright, I grabbed a few kinds of sandwiches… I'm assuming you don't eat meat. So I grabbed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." He said with a smile.
"Wow, even back then he was thinking of her."
"Indeed Fluttershy, how considerate."
“Meat? I guess you are like griffons.” Rainbow said as she looked over the sandwiches before picking one and picking it up with her hooves.
"Griffons? They exist in your world? Man, I'm jealous!" Dillan said, biting into a sandwich revealing his sharp and flat teeth to Rainbow.
“Yeah, I have a griffon friend back in flight school named Gilda, she is cool if a bit shy.” Rainbow said as she ate.
"Oh, that's cool. But humans are omnivores." Dillan said with a smile before eating some chips. "We eat meat and vegetables to survive."
“That's cool.” Rainbow said with a smile.
Dillan smiled as he got up, ruffling in his bookbag for a moment. "I need to take a shower, I'm all sweaty and dirty from wandering around the woods."
“Good idea.” Rainbow stood up and followed him to the bathroom.
"Ya followed em into the bathroom!?"
"I didn't know! I didn't realize humans didn't have anything to… cover up anything down there!"
"Wh-what are you doing?" Dillan asked her with a blush forming on his face.
“I am going to take a shower, duh.” Rainbow siad with a shrug.
"You can't take a shower with me!" Dillan yelled with a red blush.
“Why not? I shower all the time with my mom or dad.” Rainbow said while tilting her head.
"Because ponies have fur to cover… their.. uh… parts!" Dillan said, blushing deeper. "Humans don't!"
"That was kind of cute how you tried to explain it."
"Please don't remind me…"
“Your parts?” Rainbow asked before her eyes widened and she took a step back blushing bright red. “You mean your colt parts?”
Dillan nodded quickly before turning on the shower and rushing out the door. "I'll take a shower after you!" He said, throwing a towel over her head.
"Aww he was so embarrassed!"
"He wasn't the only one…"
Rainbow shook her head and looked back at her wings which were fully erect. “What the?” She tried to fold them down but they were stuck, at least till after her shower and she relaxed a bit.
"O-oh my…"
"Rainbow, was that your first…?"
"Yes it was my first wing boner…"
"You're what?!"
“Wing boner…it is exactly what it sounds like.”
"….pft… hahahah! Wow I guess we're more alike than we thought back then…"
“What do you mean?”
"I uh… just started puberty during that time so…"
"So?"
"Rainbow, think about it."
Present day
Rainbow tapped her chin a bit in confusion before her eyes widened. "Wait you mean!"
"Hey in my defense I was a kid going on teenager dealing with puberty and a girl just asked me to shower with them! I couldn't control it!" Dillan said defensively.
All the mares stared at him before looking at Shining. “Hey, it is true, do you have any idea the amount of control it takes to not pop a boner in public as a teenager? At least Dillan has clothes to cover it up.”
"Thank you, someone who understands. Most girls back home would have assumed I was just a pervert. Which isn't true, it's just natural responses." Dillan said, crossing his arms and looking away.
“There are also times when it just happens because we are too relaxed.” Shining added with a shrug.
“Ew, I don’t want to hear my brother talk about his…boners.” Twilight said while covering her ears.
"Personally I like those times the best." Cadence said with a grin to her husband.
"Anyway before we traumatize Twilight any farther." Dillan said with a chuckle.
20 years ago
Dillan sat on the bed as he glanced down at his own lap with a sigh. "What is happening to me?" He asked no one as he turned the channel to Jurassic park.
Rainbow came out of the shower just as the movie got to the island. “Um…Dillan could you help me with something?” She asked shyly.
Dillan looked over at her as he paused the movie. "Sure, what's up?"
Rainbow fidgeted nervously. “I normally wouldn’t ask but…I need help to preen my feathers, the water here isn’t clean enough and I can’t reach them yet.”
"You asked him to help you with that!?"
"I-i had too ok!?"
"What's preening?" Dillan asked.
Rainbow fidgeted before she turned around, sitting down and spread her wings with a light blush. “Fixing the feathers and removing the old or damaged ones.”
"Oh, yeah sure." Dillan said, slowly sitting on the floor behind her. "Um… let's see here…" he said slowly reaching out and beginning to pull out her broken feathers.
Rainbow flinched a bit as her wings shook. “That was a right, you are either lucky or a fast learner. Even I pulled out a few good feathers when my mom was teaching me.”
"Well, I'm just pulling the bent feathers. The ones that look broken." He said, his fingers gently moving over her wings to look for more broken feathers.
“Oh.” Rainbow said with a blush. “Um, there is one of my secondary feathers on my left wing that itches.”
Dillan's hand's slowly moved down her wings, scratching her secondary wings softly as she squirmed.
"Can we skip the next part please?"
"What? Don't want them to know what happened that night?"
"NO!"
"Oh no, please tell us.."
Rainbow dash blushed a bit as Dillan's hands roamed her wings, biting her lip a little as she glanced back at him. "Who will I know if I'm done?"
“A-all the f-fethers will b-be straight and c-clean.” Rainbow said through some stuttering.
"Alright, and are you ok?" He asked, before smirking and running a hand down her wings. "Ticklish?"
Rainbow eeped cutely as he rubbed her feathers and shivered more.
"Don't look at me like that! I didn't know!"
Dillan smiled a bit as he finished pulling out the dirty and broken feathers, running a single finger down both her wing joints and making her shake violently. "Whoa, are you ok?"
Rainbow panted heavily and blushed bright red. “Um…y-yeah…c-could you turn around please.” She said shyly.
"Um… well I need to take a shower." Dillan said, picking up his clothes and walking into the bathroom.
Rainbow whimpered as she looked down at the now wet carpet. “How embarrassing.” She then covered the spot with a towel.
"O-oh my…"
"You peed yourself?"
"U-um, yes. H-he was tickling me too much, like this!"
"Nooooooo!"
Dillan left the shower a few minutes later, blinking at the towel on the ground. "Did you spill something?"
“Um..” Rainbow looked around. “Y-yeah I dropped a glass of water.”
Dillan picked up the towel, starting to put the dirty laundry away before smelling something. "What's that smell?" He asked, sniffing the towels. "Oh wow, that water must have been flavored or something, this smells like candy!"
Rainbow blushed bright red as her tail wagged quickly. “I-i guess so.”
"Oooohhh, she really enjoyed that!"
"Pinkie!"
Dillan smiled as he set the towels into the dirty laundry, before getting on the bed with Rainbow dash and starting up the movie again. Rainbow jumped at the TV making noise and looked closer. “What is this?”
"It's called…" Dillan started to say before a familiar sweet scent filled his nostrils. "U…um… T-TV."
"Wait one second, ya said the towel smelled like candy and now you smelled a sweet scent? It sounds like Rainbow had gone into heat."
"But that's impossible, mares don't go into heat for the first time until their early twenties."
"Oh I can explain that."
“Wait, I actually was in heat?! I thought I was just getting sick or something, I was far too young for that.”
Present day
Cadence smiled and nodded at Rainbow. "There's a lot we don't know about soul mating, however what has been recorded is that most of the time it is between two members of the same species. However there has been one recorded case of the opposite."
Rainbow and Dillan looked at each other before looking back at Cadence. “And that case was?”
"It was between a pony and a dragon long ago." Cadence said with a smile, causing Spike and Rarity to steal glances at each other. "However you see, Dragons don't go into heat. But the mare not long after the soul mating had occurred when the dragon helped the mare out of a ditch and they touched each other for the first time, it sent the mare into an early heat."
Rainbow blushed and fidgeted. “So…when Dillan picked me up and preened my feathers…”
Cadence giggled softly. "It made your soul matting grow closer, the reason for this is for the magic that makes up the soul binding to see if both sides felt the same."
“Wow.” Rainbow said and she looked to Dillan.
Dillan blushed and smiled softly. "Well, it worked."
"Oh really? Then please continue and don't leave out details." Cadence said with a smirk.
"There are children here!" Applejack said.
Rainbow blushed and her ears folded back. “Y-yeah Cadence, there are foals present.”
"Well this next part isn't exactly important to the story… so if you really want to know we can send them out of the room." Dillan said with a blush.
“Aww, but we wanna hear the story.” Scootaloo said with her friends joining her in a group pout.
"You'll come back after the… inappropriate part." Dillan said, blushing a bit more.
"Oh fine…" Scootaloo said as they went outside.
"Now please continue~" Cadence said with a grin.
"Why do you have to be so perverted?" Dillan asked with a sigh.
20 years ago again
Rainbow couldn’t sit still throughout the movie and was panting a bit. “Is it warm in here?”
Dillan gulped a little as he nodded a bit. "Y-yeah, u-um… it is… which sucks t-this is one of my favorite movies… and the heat is making it hard to focus." He said, sweating a little.
“M-maybe we can open a window.” Rainbow walked towards the window.
"No, don't!" Dillan said, rushing over and stopping her from opening the window, accidentally touching her flank.
Rainbow gasped and bucked, thankfully she missed Dillan, however he did get a peek under her tail. “Wh-what’s the big idea?” She yelled as she turned around to face him.
Dillan's face flushed redder as his nostrils breathed in the scent more, gulping as he looked away. "I-if you open the window s-someone c-could see you… w-what is that…amazing smell?"
"*Giggle* Amazing smell huh?"
“A-amazing smell? Y-you were just near my…” Rainbow blushed brighter and fidgested. “N-never m-mind.”
Dillan gulped and glanced down at himself, before looking back at Rainbow dash. "I-its there any way w-we can s-stop all this?"
“S-stop what?” Rainbow said nervously. “We aren’t doing anything.” Her tail tucked between her hind legs tightly.
"The heat, the smell… god… I… this is driving me crazy!" Dillan said, pulling his shirt off and throwing it away to keep cool.
Rainbow’s eyes widened a bit and her tail twitched. “U-um D-Dillan…I…uh…” She bit her lip and fidgeted. “D..do you l-like me?”
Dillan blushed more as he looked at her, his heart beating in his chest. "I… I… W-we just met a few days ago… bu-but… yeah I do… or at least I'm starting to i guess…"
Rainbow fidgeted more before she got closer. “Th-then um…if it's ok with you w-we could um…touch each other.”
Dillan blushed deeper. "W-what… r-really?"
Rainbow nodded and put a hoof on his chest. “I…if you want to…I…haven’t let a colt touch me like you have or are going to before.”
"Y-you mean the preening thing? Wait, is that special or something!? Wait, what exactly are we going to do?!" Dillan asked with his face completely red.
"*Giggle* oh my how adorable!"
“Kinda…it is meant for family or l-lovers b-but I couldn’t reach my wings…and when you touched my wings it felt so good I…um…it wasn’t water that made the mess.” Rainbow said, admitting to earlier.
Dillan's blush turned even redder, gulping as he tried to move a bit before falling backwards leaving Rainbow close to his face. "i-i um… I've n-never done anything like this… i-i've never even um… touched myself before…"
"I can't believe we're talking about this…"
"Come on it's fun, please continue~"
Rainbow blushed and looked away. “I…I understand.” She backed away from him as her tail twitched more. “Um…sorry.”
Dillan quickly wrapped his arms around her, their faces close to each other with blushes. "I-i didn't u-um s-say I uh… wasn't interested… a-as long as it's just touching…"
Rainbow nodded shyly and put a hoof on his chest. “D-do you…want to see it?”
Dillan gulped and glanced down at her, nodding a little as he moved over for her to get on the bed. She got up on the bed and fidgeted before rolling onto her back and slowly spreading her legs. “H-here.”
Dillan gulped as he stared down at it, his blush deepening. "O-oh wow… i-its beautiful…"
Rainbow blushed as her tail flicked. “Y-you can touch it if y-your gentle.”
Dillan gulped a little as his hand slowly reached out and gently rubbed her, making her gasp and arch her back.
Present day
"Oh m-my…" Fluttershy said with a blush, as the rest of their friends also had blushes and some were biting their lips.
"Kinky." Pinkie giggled with a smirk.
Shining armor cleared his throat as he scooted closer to Cadence. “P-perhaps we should skip this part.”
“No!” Said half the mares in the room, surprisingly including Luna and Celestia.
Shining armor frowned a bit as he glanced at his wife, who also said no along with his nerdy sister before he sighed. "Can we at least get towels before the room floods?"
"Oh come now dear… I know you're enjoying it." Cadence said with a grin, her hoof slowly moving over to his lap under the table as guards rushed out the room.
Rainbow groaned and laid her head on the table. “Oh geez, fine! But nopony better make any comments about how cute or anything I was.”
"No promises." Dillan said with a grin, making Rainbow blush. "You enjoyed it when I said it that night."
Rainbow grumbled and continued the story. “I let him touch me and it felt…good, really good.”
20 years ago
Dillan watched Rainbow worriedly as he continued to rub her, making sure he wasn't doing anything she didn't like. "I-its this ok?"
She suddenly moaned. “D-don't stop.” She begged. Dillan looked down at her, gulping a bit as he slowly rolled her over confusing the young mare. "w-what are you doing?"
"W-well you said this felt good too S-so…" He mumbled, still gently rubbing her before rubbing her wings as well.
She gasped and moaned. “Ah~ y-your hooves feel amazing, wh-what can I do f-for you?”
Dillan gulped a bit with a deeper blush moving his hands away from her as he looked down at himself. "I-i um…"
Rainbow fidgeted as her legs closed slowly. “I…um I don’t mind making you feel good too.”
"I-if you're sure…" Dillan gulped softly as he slowly removed the rest of his clothes. "I-i've never done this b-but um… I-i've heard i-if you l-lick this i-ill feel good…"
Rainbow blushed and gulped. “Well…I have never seen a colts part…besides the balls…but ok if you are ok with it.”
Dillan blushed a bit, nodding a little, before he lifted her head to his own. "U-um… d-does this mean we're uh… more than friends?"
Rainbow blushed and fidgeted before leaning closer. “I…think…so.” They then kissed and rubbed each other as they cuddled closer.
“Ok, ok! I think we will skip the rest, you get the idea, and we only went that far.”
"Yeah, a-anyway."
Dillan woke up with a small smile as he turned his head, blushing as he and Rainbow looked at each other. "M-morning…"
“Morning.” She said back with a blush of her own. “What should we do now?”
Dillan slowly moved her mane out of her face before kissing her gently. "Don't know… I never imagined I'd end up being in a relationship with someone not my species."
Rainbow giggled and smiled. “Me either, but I don’t regret it.” She said but then there is a knock at the door.
"Y-yeah!?" Dillan shouted worriedly as he tried covering up Rainbow dash as his mom walked in.
"Hey honey, how'd you sleep… Why are you naked?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"O-oh, um i-its got too hot in here last night." He said with a nervous smile as Rainbow slowly used her wing to tease him with a grin making him sweat.
"Rainbow you didn't!"
"I couldn't help it! It was too exciting!"
"Oh, alright. We're gonna be heading home soon. Get ready to go and we'll grab breakfast on the way home." His mom said.
"A-alright, I'll be there soon. I just need to take a shower." He said with a smile.
“Alright, see you soon.” His mother said and closed the door.
"Skittles?"
"Yeah?"
"Move your wing."
"Aww why? Shining isn't complaining about me doing it."
"No comment."
"I'm not comfortable with this in public!"
Dillan sighed softly and stood up, cracking his back before looking back at Rainbow dash. "Really? In front of my mom?"
Rainbow giggled and shrugged. “It was there, right in front of me. I couldn’t reset.”
Dillan blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Y-yeah ok… get in the shower." He said with a small grin before going into the bathroom.
"Wow, such confidence!"
"We agree… well done."
"Why are you all such perverts?"
"Like we said, you're very enticing."
"I need an adult!"
"I am an adult."
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
“We are adults.”
"I'm gonna need a lot of water…"
"I have some liquids for you."
"I-i um… wouldn't mind…"
"Not you guys too!"
Rainbow grinned a bit before quickly following him into the shower. “Is this more fun time or just cleaning up?”
Dillan grinned at her a bit. "Yes." Rainbow giggled and skipped in after him looking forward to the shower.
"Just to be clear again, all we did was rub each other!"
"Aww, how boring."
Dillan smiled a bit as he packed up his dirty clothes, before smiling at the young Rainbow filly who was smiling at him from the bed. "Come on, get in the bag…"
Rainbow sighed and climbed inside. “I don’t like that I have to hide.”
Dillan lifted her head and kissed her gently again. "Me either, but at least you're safe."
“Ok, but um…could I have more of those?” Rainbow pointed to a bag of candy in the trash can, a bag she had gotten from the mini fridge.
Dillan turned and looked at the bag of candy, before he grinned at her. "Sure, I'll get you some more when we stop on the way home… Skittles."
Rainbow tilted her head. “Huh? Oh that's what the candies are called.”
“So that’s where her nickname came from.”
"U-um well that and something else."
"What do you mean darling?"
"W-well um… after the night before it made sense to me to call her that because of the slogan for Skittles."
Pinkie giggled. “You mean taste the rainbow?”
"U-um… yeah… but uh at the time it was um… feel the Rainbow, taste the rainbow…"
"O-oh my…"
"Well then, you two are kinky fellers ain't ya?"
"Let's just finish the story!"
Dillan chuckled softly. "Yes they are… oh crap! My dad said not to touch the mini fridge!"
Rainbow tilted her head before she smiled. “Don’t worry, I didn’t touch the mini fridge, I just got the candy out of that small ice box.” She said while pointing at the mini fridge.
"Skittles, that is the mini fridge." Dillan said with a sigh.
“Oh…I’m sorry.” Rainbow said with a sad wine.
Dillan blushed and knelt down, kissing her head. "No I'm sorry, I should have told you. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
"Awwww."
"Awwww."
"Awwww."
"Awwww."
"Awwww."
"Awwww."
"Dillan, come on!" His father yelled.
"Coming dad!" Dillan called.
“Ooo, somepony is in trouble.”
“Can we come back in now?”
"Yeah, sorry spike!"
Dillan quickly picked up Rainbow dash and held her in his arms, walking outside to his family. "U-um dad?"
“Son, what did I say about the mini fridge?” His dad asked angrily.
"Wait, how did you know?" Dillan asked in confusion. "I was just about to tell you, I got hungry in the middle of the night and grabbed some candy without thinking."
"I didn't, not until you just told me." His dad said, with his arms crossed.
"Honey, it's just a bag of candy. Just take the cost of it from his allowance." Dillan's mom said.
The father rubbed his eyes. “Fine, but no more candy till we get home.”
"C-could I have one more bag of Skittles? For a snack?" He asked worriedly.
“Sure dear, just don’t male a mess in the car.” His mother said.
“You are going to spoil him.” His father said with a frustrated sigh.
Dillan hung his head sadly. "I'm sorry Dad, I won't do it again."
“You better, and here I was thinking you deserved a Nintendo GameCube.” He said, shaking his head.
Dillan whimpered and held the bookbag closer to himself. "B-but I've been asking for that since my birthday last year…"
“Yes, well let that be a lesson, disobey the rules and get punished,” His father said.
“What’s a gamecube?”
“What’s a gamecube?” Rainbow asked in a whisper.
"A video game console that I've been wanting for a long time…" Dillan whispered sadly as he walked to the car slowly as his parents talked.
"I did get that GameCube… eventually"
“Like one of those arcade machines?”
"In a way, but you hook it up to a TV and you can play games for free on it."
"Button mash would love it."
Dillan got into the car and covered himself up with a blanket, tears falling from his face as he held the bookbag as close to him as he could. "It's not fair, it's just a dumb bag of candy…"
Rainbow whined softly before leaning her head out and licking his tears. “I’m sorry.”
Dillan sighed softly as he pulled her up into a hug, hiding her under the blanket so no one could see her. "It's not your fault, you didn't know…"
“But now you won’t get your game thingy.” She whispered.
"It's ok… you're more important." He said with a smile, kissing her gently as they heard the car doors opening and the car moving.
Rainbow ducked back into the pack but she did give Dillan one of her loose feathers she found. Dillan smiled softly as he held the bookbag, looking out the window while gently reaching into his backpack and rubbing her wings gently.
“Oh my, and you call us perverted.”
"Hey, to be fair. In the short time I knew her, the only thing that made her happy until that point was that!"
"Sad… but true…"
Rainbow wiggled a little in the bag as Dillan smiled softly, before sliding some Skittles into his bag. Rainbow giggled happily and ate the candy from his hand, licking his fingers clean.
“My goodness, young Rainbow reminds me of mine sister when she is given cake.”
"To be fair Skittles are one of the best tasting candy humans can make."
"Oh really?"
"Keep it under the table!"
Dillan shivered a bit as Rainbow felt something familiar poking against the bookbag, before Dillan gave her more Skittles. Rainbow had a naughty idea and started to gently rub herself against the bulge as she ate the candy.
Dillan gulped a bit as he looked out the window, trying to keep himself calm as his mom turned to him. "Honey, Alyssa's on the phone."
"Oooo, your little girlfriend misses you!" His brother said.
"Uh oh…"
"Someone's in trouble."
Rainbow had stopped and looked up at Dillan, hurt that he had lied. Dillan rubbed her head gently, Trying to cheer her up. "Alyssa isn't my girlfriend!" He said annoyed with a glare, before taking the phone. "Hello?.... Yes…, yes….it was cool, I'm sad we had to leave early…" He glanced at Rainbow again.
She had curled up in his bag and sniffled a bit.
"U-um, sure. Wanna hang out tomorrow?" Dillan asked the person on the phone, as he tried to comfort Rainbow dash.
"Honey, you can't. Your father and I talked about it and you're grounded for eating the skittles." His mom said, making him sigh.
"Alright mom… sorry Alyssa. Some other time." He said as they pulled into the driveway of a large white house. "I gotta go, I'll talk to you later." He sighed as he hung up, passing the phone to his mom.
“Don’t worry, you can see her after a week.” His mother said.
Dillan glanced down worriedly at Rainbow dash as he got out of the car and rushed up to his room.
"You didn't help your family unpack?"
"Well I was more worried about Rainbow, that and all my stuff was in my book bag. That thing was big."
"Not as big as you."
"Well he is tall."
Dillan quickly ran into his room and locked the door, before carefully setting his book bag on his bed. "Rainbow… are you ok?"
“You have a marefriend already?” Rainbow asked, as tears filled her eyes.
"No! N-no, Alyssa is just a friend… my only other friend besides you…" He said, pulling her into a hug. "My family loves teasing me about it, but… no she isn't."
“You promise?” She asked with a sniffle.
Dillan smiled and lifted her head, kissing her passionately as he held her. She slowly returned the kiss and hugged him back. Dillan pulled away with a smile, holding her in his arms. "I'm sorry I scared you…"
“I am sorry for jumping to conclusions.” Rainbow said with a smile.
Dillan smiled as he chuckled. "We're both new to this… so we'll have to just… take it slow."
Rainbow laughed and blushed. “Slow? We skipped right to third base.”
"Well… not completely to third base. But in that case we should slow down…" Dillan said with a small smile.
“Ok.” She said and rested her head against his.
Dillan smiled softly as he laid on his bed with her, rubbing her back as she glanced around his room. Dinosaur posters and books littered the walls, along with a TV and some video games. She giggled and shook her head. “I fell in love with an egghead.”
"L-love?" Dillan asked with a blush.
Rainbow blushed when she realized what she said.
Dillan gulped a bit, rubbing the back of his head. "D-do you know what's going on? I… I mean… we literally just met a few days ago and we… you know… is moving this fast normal for ponies?"
“Maybe? I…don’t really know. I haven’t had a coltfriend before.” Rainbow said with a sigh.
Dillan sighed again and sat up, rubbing his head. "I've never had a girlfriend before… so I guess we'll figure it out together…"
“Together.” Rainbow said with a smile and put her hoof on his hand.
Dillan smiled and kissed her head. "I wish I could introduce you to my family…."
“Why can’t you?” She asked softly.
Dillan sighed softly. "Because I can't risk it… you're an alien here… if anyone found out you'd be taken to a lab and… I promised I'd get you home…"
“Aww protecting her even from your parents.”
"What a gentlecolt."
"Yeah well, it was my first time falling in love and I knew how she'd be treated."
“You knew more than that.”
"Yeah… I knew you'd have been killed…"
“You're no fun, I was trying to tease you.”
Rainbow's ears slowly folded down. "I-its that all…? Y-you just want to get me home?"
"What? No! I don't want you to get hurt." Dillan said worriedly.
Rainbow huffed and rolled over away from him. “Maybe I should just wait for the Princess to come get me.”
Dillan frowned and looked away. "I-i didn't mean to upset you…"
Rainbow sighed and her wings fluttered. “I know you didn’t…”
Dillan slowly moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her head. "You know if you had stayed there for Celestia to find you… we never would have gotten this close…"
“I know…I just miss my parents.” She said with a small sniffle.
Dillan held her closer, rolling her over to rub her back and wings.
"My my, what happened to slowing down?"
"I figured she needed cheering up."
“And boy did he cheer me up.”
"He cheered you up by rubbed yer back?"
"U-um… yeah… rubbing my back really helped applebloom…"
Rainbow wiggled a bit with a blush as she glanced back at Dillan. "R-really? Didn't you say to go slow?"
"You looked like you needed cheering up, and as sad as it is right now… this is the only thing I can think of." Dillan said with a small smile.
Rainbow giggled softly. “I appreciate it, but… could you just um… hold me?" She asked with a blush.
"Awww"
"Ewwww! Rainbow I thought you didn't like that stuff!"
“Sure.” Dillan said and they hugged for a while.
Rainbow sighed after a while, before sitting up on the bed. "Do you really think I'll ever see them again?"
"Your parents?" Dillan asked, getting a nod from the pony. "I'll make sure you will."
“Maybe your magic can send me home.” Rainbow said with a small smile.
"Magic?" Dillan asked with a blink. "Magic isn't real."
“Of course it is real.” Rainbow said with a frown. “It is everywhere.”
Dillan shook his head. "Not here it isn't."
“How is that possible? Everything we know about life requires magic to exist!”
"Not for humans, we had to survive without magic. We learned how to study what you call wild weather and predict it. We learned how to grow our own food. We even built machines to help us cross the seas and even space."
“Fascinating, however what Twilight means is in our universe magic is literally needed to spark life.”
"Really? All life in my dimension is said to have evolved from single cell organisms."
“Ok, strangeness aside, Dillan explained how there was no magic on earth and them his mom called him down for dinner.”
"Dillan time for dinner!" His mother's voice called.
"Coming mom!" Dillan yelled getting up, before smiling at Rainbow. "I'll bring you up something to eat, go ahead and watch TV or something."
“Ok, try to get me some hay please.” Rainbow said as she sat down in front of the tv.
Dillan rubbed his chin in thought before going downstairs, coming back after multiple hours. "What are you watching?"
“I don’t know but it is cool.” She said as she watched two men in black suits fight a large bug-like creature.
"Oh, men in black. Good movie." Dillan said with a smile, pulling out a bowl from under his shirt. "We don't have hay, but I grabbed you some rice and broccoli."
“Thank you.” Rainbow siad with a smile and took the bowl.
Dillan smiled and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her back and pulling her closer to him. Weeks pass of Dillan keeping Rainbow safe in his room and feeding her whatever he can get for her.
Dillan smiled as he walked into his room one day after School, flipping down on his bed. "Hey Skittles?" Dillan called out, not receiving a response. "S-skittles?" He asked again, looking around worriedly.
“Oh no! Was she found!?”
"No, I was messing with him."
"Rainbow dash!?" Dillan asked worriedly, looking around his room. "Rainbow!"
Rainbow popped up out of the dirty clothes hamper. “Boo!”
Dillan jumped and looked at her, tears in his eyes before he hugged her removing one of his dirty underwear from her head. "You're ok!"
"Aww, ain't that sweet."
Rainbow giggled and hugged him back. “You should have seen your face.”
Dillan whipped his tears. "Very funny, I thought my parents found you."
Rainbow waved a hoof. “Those two are blind, I even was able to sneak into the kitchen and back without them seeing me.”
"You did? Well good job but be more careful. The kitchen floor is stone. If they hear your hoof steps you'll be in trouble." Dillan said with a sigh.
Rainbow smirked and flapped her wings. “Wings, duh.”
Dillan smiled and rolled his eyes, kissing her nose. "Alright, fine. I'm gonna make some popcorn. Since we're uh… more than friends how about we make this a um… a date?"
Rainbow blushed before she smirked and wiggled her butt and pounced, pinning Dillan to his bed. “Sure, you hurry back though.”
Dillan blushed and smiled softly, nodding. "Alright, but you need to let me up so I can make the popcorn."
“Ok, but first.” She kissed him on the lips and rubbed her belly on his then rolled off him with a giggle.
Dillan blushed deeply before he quickly rushed out of the room, as Rainbow watched him go with a giggle.
"Awww, that's so cute! Rainbow's first date!"
“Yes, and it is a sweet little home movie night.”
"I was twelve, I did what I could."
"Well, now that I remember it… it was a perfect first date for two kids."
"Keep it up and his face will be as red as the apple's on my flank."
"A-anyway."
Dillan came back a little while later with some popcorn and candy, along with some other snacks. "Dillan what are you doing with all that?" His mom asked.
"J-just having a movie night!" Dillan called out. "I-i'm gonna watch… the Titanic!"
"Oh wow, alright. The rest of us are going to your grandparents house, you have my phone number right?" His mom asked.
"Yes mom!" Dillan said.
“Ok, keep the doors locked and call us if you need anything.” She smiled and rubbed his head before whispering. “If you and your girlfriend get hungry I left some money for a pizza on the counter. Tell Alyssa I said hello.” She said with a giggle.
Dillan frowned a bit but blushed. "Mom Alyssa isn't my girlfriend!... I-i do have one though…" he said rubbing his arm as Rainbow watched him with a blush of her own.
"Really!? What's her name?" His mom asked.
"I-i call her Skittles because she loves Skittles…" He said with a blush. "T-this… is our first date…"
“Oooh how cute, I do hope I get to meet her soon and she doesn’t sneak around the house all the time.” His mother said with a giggle.
"Wait, you know!?" Dillan asked in shock. "I-i'm sorry! I was worried you wouldn't let her hang out!"
“Why not? She isn’t an older woman is she?” His mother asked with worry.
"N-no, she said she's thirteen. I was worried because everyone at school says their parents don't let them be alone with each other… boys and girls that is…" he said fiddling with his fingers.
His mother looked even more worried. “Is she a runaway?”
"N-no! She's… it's complicated…" Dillan said sadly.
His mother sighed. “Ok, but I want to meet her soon.”
Dillan gulped and sighed, while rubbing his arm. "Mom… if she isn't… normal would you be ok with that?"
“Of course, as long as she is a nice person.” She said with a smile and rubbed his head. “I better go, have a nice date, but no funny stuff.” She said with a wink.
Dillan blushed deeper. "Mooooom!"
She giggled and waved as she started to leave. “Bye dear!”
"Bye…" He whispered as he went back upstairs with a small smile.
Rainbow was sitting on the bed with a bright blush on her face.
"You heard all that didn't you?" Dillan asked with a smile, setting the food on his bed.
Rainbow nodded slowly and her wings fluttered. “You think she will like me?”
"I hope so, I do." Dillan said with a grin.
She smiled and stretched a wing out for him to get closer. “Just get over here so we can start the movie.”
Dillan smiled and sat next to her, turning on the movie before ordering a cheese pizza half way through for the two of them.
Present day.
Dillan and Rainbow dash took three hours explaining the plot and story of the movie the Titanic, having all the mares crying openly at the end.
"H-how romantic!" Rarity said, her makeup running.
“To think it could have all been avoided if the watchponies didn’t get distracted.” Twilight said while wiping her eyes.
Dillan stared down at the map sadly as he nodded. "Yeah… it was a tragedy that ruined so many lives…"
"Um forgive me Dillan but you make it sound like it actually happened, wasn't it just a movie?" Celestia asked with a worried frown.
"No… the movie was based off an actual event that happened… the Titanic was a real ship that sank because of an iceberg." Dillan said softly.
“Oh my.” Rarity said with sadness.
“Sister, remind us to ban the making of any ships that size.” Luna said.
"It wasn't the size of the ship, it was because they didn't have a way to detect it. Humans have ships that size now, with better warning systems." Dillan said, as Rainbow leaned on him.
“I see.” Luna said.
Dillan nodded a bit as everyone stayed silent for a while. "S-so um, what did you two do after that?" Sweetie Belle asked.
“Well I kinda fell asleep in Dillan’s lap after that.” Rainbow said with a blush.
Dillan chuckled softly. "Well I laid her down and put away all the stuff, then I went back and wrapped my arms around her before I fell asleep as well."
“Aww so cute, but when did she meet your family?” Cadence asked.
"A month later… around Christmas…" He said softly, looking away.
“What's wrong?” Scootaloo asked.
Rainbow Dash picked up Scootaloo and rubbed her head. "Remember? He lost his family around that time before he came here."
“oh…I’m sorry.” She said sadly.
Dillan smiled softly and rubbed her head. "It's alright, Skittles and Kendra helped me remember that even though something bad happens there's always a way to keep going."
“What happened next?” Luna asked.
20 years ago
A month had passed quickly, as snow slowly fell from the sky more as it began building on the ground. Dillan woke up early one morning, smiling at Rainbow dash as she slept soundly next to him before he slowly stood up to go into the bathroom shaking the bed.
Rainbow yawned and stretched before she smirked and followed him into the bathroom. “Hello monkey boy.”
"Where did the Monkey boy name come from?"
"Oh, I snuck her out one day so she could fly around and I played on the monkey bars. Which are things humans swing on for fun, and since then she said I was a monkey and called me monkey boy."
"Yeah, my monkey boy."
"This is too sappy, continue the story!"
Dillan jumped and turned to her with a blush, already having removed his clothes. "S-Skittles! Sorry, did I wake you up?"
“Yeah but I don’t mind.” She said with a soft purr and nuzzles him and circles him. “I want to join you in the shower.”
Dillan blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "A-are you sure? What happened to taking it slow?"
Rainbow giggled and looked him up and down. "It doesn't look like you're not interested~"
"How could ya tell?"
"You don't need to know that!"
"You don't need to know that!"
"You don't need to know that!"
"It was just a question…"
Dillan blushed redder before smiling softly. "Oh fine… but keep your hooves to yourself." He said getting in the shower.
Rainbow giggled and wiggled her flank and licked her lips. “Sure, but feel free to touch all you want.” The two got into the shower together.
"Pervert." Dillan chuckled as he turned on the water, letting the warm water wash over them. "Need me to preen your wings after?"
"How cute, you two were so close already he didn't even hesitate to ask!"
“Yes, mind if I help you?” She asked with a pur and her tail brushed his crotch.
"Hey, bad!" Dillan said backing up. "We said slow, remember?"
Rainbow giggled and shrugged. “All I said was you could touch me.”
Dillan stared at her. "you just asked if you could help me while brushing against my crotch… bad."
Rainbow pouted and lowered her head. “Fine.”
Dillan's frown slowly turned into a grin, as his big toe gently rubbed under her tail. "But if you're good, maybe we can be a little naughty tonight."
She gasped and giggled. “Ok.”
"Naughty? Were you two gonna pull pranks!?"
"Of course they were, it's Rainbow Dash."
"I wonder what they did."
"Probably threw water balloons at people in the cold or something."
Dillan grinned before picking her up gently and kissing her nose, and washing her mane and fur gently. Rainbow smiled and kissed back as she helped wash him and let him wash her back and flanks with a wink.
"What did I say about being good?" He asked with a smirk, but rubbed her flank gently still.
“What? We are just getting clean.” She said with a giggle, but then there is a knock at the door.
“Come on bro, stop hogging all the hot water!”
"Hold your horses I just got in here!" Dillan yelled. "And you're one to talk sis! You always spend hours here!"
Rainbow looked between the door and Dillan in surprise. “Maybe we should finish…I need to hide though.” She whispered.
Dillan nodded a bit. "Who was that? I heard someone talking." His sister said through the door, before she gasped. "Did you sneak your girlfriend in there!?"
Rainbow whimpered and looked around for a spot to hide or escape.
“Oh no! Were you caught!?”
"Yes and no, let me explain."
Dillan held his girlfriend closely, smiling softly at her before taking a deep breath. "Yeah… I did."
They heard a gasp from the other side of the door. "Oh my God! Mom and dad will kill you!"
"Please don't tell them!" Dillan begged as he shut off the water. "J-just tell them that… we'll be down soon."
Rainbow gasped as did his sister. “Dude you are so gonna die…can I have your stuff after dad kills you?”
"Please! Just… tell them." He said softly, as his sister sighed.
"Fine, fine." She said walking away as Dillan started getting dressed.
“A-are you sure you want to tell them?” Rainbow asked, still soaking wet.
Dillan nodded, as he slowly dried her off and wrapped her in a towel. "Yes… this way you can walk around freely and even go outside with me."
"awww."
"How nice."
"How sweet!"
"What a gentlecolt!"
"Very noble"
"Awww…"
"I don't understand."
"Ooo I hope you all had a party!"
"You didn't get in trouble right?"
"He was helping someone, why would he get in trouble?"
"Because a boy and a girl aren't supposed to wash together."
"That is true, this is gonna be interesting."
"you're gonna get punished aren't you?"
"Let me continue!"
Rainbow blushed and smiled, kissing him firmly for the second time. "Thank you."
"Anything for you." Dillan said with a smile.
Rainbow blushed and leaned forward to kiss him. “I love you.”
Dillan smiled and leaned forward to her again as they grew even closer. "I love you too."
"Awwwwwww!!!!"
“HE DID WHAT!?” His fathers voice was heard as a mighty yell.
“Uh oh, that sounds like a very angry father.”
Dillan sighed softly and stood up, leaving the two without a loving kiss as he walked to the door. "I'll call your nickname when I'm ready to introduce you."
“Ok…don’t get hurt ok?” She said and nuzzled his hand.
Dillan smiled, and kissed her. "I'll probably only be spanked or so, nothing big." He said before heading downstairs where his family was waiting, his mom looking at him in disappointment, his brother having a look of respect.
"Ha."
Dillan gulped as his father stared at him angrily, while his sister looked around for someone. "Where's your girlfriend?" She asked.
“Yes son…where is she and where were you two just now?” His father asked angrily.
Dillan sighed softly. "We were taking a shower, and she's waiting upstairs until you're done yelling and punishing me."
His mom's eyes softened at her son. "I'm very disappointed in you…"
“You are too young to be sharing a shower with a girl!” His father yelled.
Dillan glared at his father, making them all look back at him in shock. "Don't you think I know that? I'm not stupid, but it isn't that simple ok? She… she's not like us. And I was afraid that if any of you saw her you'd call the cops or something! And I'm not ok with that!"
"Aww."
"That's so sweet!"
He seemed to calm down a bit. “What do you mean she isn’t like us?”
Dillan frowned and sighed, turning his head upstairs. "Skittles… come on down…"
Soon the sounds of clopping could be heard before she came down the stairs with a sheepish smile. “H-hello mister and misses Dillan’s parents.”
Dillan turned to his family as they started at Rainbow dash in shock, each one unable to say anything. Rainbow rubbed her leg nervously. “Um…my name is Rainbow Dash.”
His family still just stared at Rainbow dash, making her whimper as she hid behind her boyfriend. "Snap out of it, you're scaring her!" Dillan snapped angrily, making his family jump.
"O-oh… i-i'm sorry R-rainbow dash?" His mom said, smiling a bit. "W-we're just surprised to see a small horse… talking"
Rainbow’s eyes widened as she started to cry. “I…I’m sorry..” She whines loudly.
“How rude!”
“That just ain’t right.”
“On no, poor Rainbow.”
“A shame.”
“Oh my.”
“This can’t be good.”
“Poor Dashy.”
“Thay big meanie!”
“That was rude.”
“Somepony should wash her mouth out with soap.”
“I don’t know how you stayed so calm.”
“Whoa, someone is about to get punched,”
"To be fair… none of them knew of the phrase, to them Rainbow dash looked like an actual horse, the animal."
"That is not a surprise, I doubt they would have said anything so mean intentionally."
Dillan instantly picked up Rainbow in a hug, holding her close to himself. "Hey, hey! What's wrong?"
"All she said was she's a small horse." His sister said, confused.
Rainbow started to sob. “I didn’t mean to be…I’m a good filly honest!” She said between sobs as large tears ran down her cheeks.
Dillan frowned worriedly as he held his girlfriend close as he thought about it, his mom stepping forward a bit and kneeling down. "Hey, hey. It's ok, calm down and tell us what you mean."
Rainbow continued to sob loudly as she buried her face into Dillan's chest, making him instinctively rub her back. His dad sighed and rubbed his face. “This is too strange..”
Dillan frowned and continued to try and calm Rainbow dash down. "Skittles, please talk to me, what's wrong?"
“She…she called me a whorse!” She cried louder.
Dillan looked confused. "Huh? But you are… your a small horse."
Rainbow looked at Dillan with wide eyes filled with pain. “I…I know we said we should go slow but…I am not a whorse!”
Dillan blinked in confusion before his eyes widened in horror and shock. "Wait no! We meant the animal! A horse, an animal! N-not… that!"
His family's eyes widened in realization as well, as his mom covered her mouth. "Oh no! I'm so sorry!"
Rainbow backed away from him, and he could swear he felt his own heart breaking. “Y-you think I’m an….animal?”
Dillan's eyes widened more as his family watched the two interact, shaking his head quickly. "No! Of course not! You're so much more than that, you're funny, awesome, crazy in a good way, you can do so many tricks when you fly-"
"Awww how cute!" His mom said with a giggle.
“Cute? Our son is dating a…I don’t even know what she is.” His dad said, covering his face as Dillan glared at him.
"She's a pegasus, and I think an alien… which is why I didn't want anyone to know…" He said, as Rainbow leaned her head on his chest.
“Whoa, my brother is dating an alien, so what is she gonna take you to her home planet now?” His sister asked as she helped up her phone to take a picture.
“What's a phone?”
"The thing I showed you that music video with remember?"
"Ah, yes."
"This isn't a joke!" He said, putting Rainbow behind his back to hide her. "And don't take pictures of her, I don't want anyone seeing her! Who knows what'll happen!"
“Kill joy.” His sister said while sticking out her tongue.
Dillan glared at her before sighing and looking down. "I'm sorry I hid her for so long… I… I didn't want her to get hurt."
“Son…when did you meet her?” His dad asked.
Dillan blushed and rubbed the back of his head as Rainbow looked up at him. "U-um… t-the day we left the redwood forest."
“All the way back then!?” His father yelled and grabbed his head.
Dillan blinked in confusion. "Um, that was only about a month ago…"
"Yes but if you've been hiding her this long it means she's been here this long and none of us noticed." His mom said with a sigh.
"Oh, that simple, she learned a trick from the toy story movies." Dillan said with a smile as Rainbow dash sat completely still without blinking.
“No way…I knew she seemed familiar!” His sister said before slapping her own forehead.
Dillan chuckled softly as Rainbow flew up and sat on his neck, hugging his head. "Well… we needed her to be hidden and she's so flutty my pile of stuffed animals was the best place."
His father sat down and rubbed his face. “How could she be your girlfriend if you've only known her a month? Where are her parents? Where did she even come from? And what the hell were you two doing in the shower together?”
"Um… We like each other, probably in her dimension, a place called Equestria, and washing up? She couldn't exactly take a shower by herself and." He paused for a moment to look at Rainbow. "No offense." He said before looking back at his dad. "She smelled horrible because she dived into my dirty clothes to hide so she really needed one."
The father sighed and groaned. “No more showering together, no sharing a bedroom together, and we are looking for a way to send her home.”
"I was already doing that last one…" Dillan said softly with a sad look.
"D-do we have to stop sleeping in the same room?" Rainbow asked with a frown. "D-dillan is the only one I k-know and t-trust…"
“Yes, I don’t want my boy to end up having any accidents with an alien.” His father said sternly.
Rainbow whimpered and tucked her tail between her legs as Dillan frowned at his father. "Dad! I'm twelve! She's thirteen! What do you expect we'd do!?"
“I don’t know!” His dad yelled before lowering his head with a frustrated sigh.
Dillan turned away from them all. "This is why I didn't want to tell you… I knew you'd react like this, you don't trust me."
His dad sighed as his mother put a hand on him. “We trust you, but you are a teenage boy dear.”
Dillan frowned and looked away. "She's been sleeping in my room for a month… without doing anything… I… I don't want her to be alone… there were a few nights when I had to comfort her to sleep because she missed her parents…"
“She can sleep in your sister’s room.” His father said sternly.
Rainbow whimpered and teared up, hiding behind Dillan's leg. “Ugh, dad, I don’t want her in my room, she will probably get her blue fur all over the place.”
"I'd put her in my room but I don't think Dillan would like that." His brother said, as both of his siblings smiled and winked at him.
Dillan smiled softly as his dad groaned and leaned back. "Fine, she can sleep on the couch."
"Dad! Stop treating her like an animal!" Dillan yelled angrily. "You're acting like she's been a nuisance or something, when you didn't even know she was here! The only reason I told you about her is because mom said she wanted to meet her, and if you can't treat her properly then… then…"
“Look son…it's not what she is that is the problem, you are both young teenagers, who knows how long before your hormones get the better of you and…things happen.”
Dillan frowned and turned away. "Dad, just because we like each other doesn't mean we'll do anything… I mean, I'm responsible enough to know when to stop if need be… and even if something did end up happening. We're different species, it's not like I could get her pregnant or anything…"
“You don’t know that! She could be super adaptive or something.” His dad said with a sigh.
"Fine! Then we can both sleep down here, I don't want her to be alone and that way you two can keep an eye on us." Dillan said.
"No you have school and-" His father started.
"Dad just shut up!" Dillan shouted, shocking his family.
"Uh oh."
"What did you say to me?!" His father asked angrily.
"I said shut up! Stop thinking like an overprotective parent and think about all this from her perspective! She's only a year older than me! She was forced away from her friends and family, and into a world she doesn't know, if I hadn't found her who knows what could have happened! She's scared and lost And I'm the only person she knows here and you're talking about keeping us apart, how do you think any of us would feel if the situation was reversed!" He shouted, panting heavily in exhaustion as his family stared at him with mixed expressions, his sister and Brother had proud and respectful smiles, as his mom teared up happily while his father sighed and rubbed his face.
"A-alright, you're right… when did you get so smart?" His dad asked softly.
"It's simple… I just put myself in her position." Dillan said with a small smile.
"Awww."
"How sweet of you."
"Thou would make an excellent ambassador."
“After that day I saw Dillan as more than my colt friend, I saw him as my best friend and guardeon.”
“Alright, we will allow you two to keep being together just…no funny stuff. Now while you are under our roof we will try to take care of you. What do little hor-” Dillan’s mother elbowed his father before he could finish that word. “What do your people eat?”
"W-we eat vegetables. B-but um, hay is the most nutritious thing we can eat…" Rainbow said, holding onto Dillan's head.
“Hay huh?” His dad asked while rubbing his chin. “How much can you eat at once?”
Rainbow rubbed her chin. "Well… Dillan has been sneaking me food in a square bowl. That size should do… oh I like fish too."
Dillan quickly pulled her off his head and looked at her. "You eat fish?"
Rainbow giggled softly and nodded with a smile. "Yeah, the protein helps pegasi when we fly!"
“Well that helps.” His dad said with a smile. “We can try to get you some hay and fish.”
Dillan smiled and held Rainbow in his arms. "Thanks Dad… I'm sorry I kept her a secret for so long…"
His dad rubbed his eyes with a sigh. “I guess I would have done the same thing if I was in your possession and she was your mother.”
His mother giggled as she wrapped an arm around her husband, resting her head on his shoulder. "Honey, our youngest is the first of our kids to have a girlfriend. How adorable!"
"Moooooom!" Dillan said with a blush.
“And here I thought we would have to worry about his brother knocking up some random girl.” His dad said with a chuckle.
"Dad!" Dillan yelled, burying his face In Rainbow's mane.
"Glad it's not us." His brother said.
"How cute!"
Rainbow blushed and gulped. “So you accept me?”
His dad sighed and nodded as Dillan's mom smiled. "Of course, you're not exactly what we were expecting for our son's first girlfriend. But if you make him happy that's all that matters."
Rainbow smiled and flew into the air and did a backflip. “Yay!”
"Aww."
"I don't get it."
"Me either."
"Ah think ah do, it's important for a mate's family ta like ya."
“Yeah, I was worried they wouldn’t like me and force me and Dillan apart.”
"Even if they had I wouldn't have let them."
"awww, what a prince!"
Dillan smiled as Rainbow flew back into his arms, spinning her with a laugh. “Aww isn't that cute, little bro’s girlfriend is light enough he can carry her.”
"Shut up!" Dillan said with a blush.
“Oh come on, it is adorable.” His sister said with a smirk.
Dillan pouted as Rainbow dash giggled a bit with a smirk as Dillan sat down. "Wait what are you plan-" he started to ask before Rainbow dash kissed him, making his face turn beat red as he froze up.
“H-hey!” His father said with a frown as his mother giggled.
"Look at his face! He wasn't expecting that!" His brother laughed as his sister smirked.
"Oh you and I are gonna get along well." She said as Rainbow pulled away from the kiss with a blush and a giggle.
“Oh brother.” His father said with a groan.
Dillan blushed still but pouted at Rainbow dash. "Really? In Front of them? Now?"
"What? Your sister said you were adorable and I couldn't agree more!" Rainbow said with a smile as her tail swayed back and forth. "Besides, you're even more adorable now." She said, making his mom and sister giggle.
Dillan's father sighed and rubbed his eyes, shaking his head softly. "I'm not going to get used to my youngest being the one with a girlfriend… and a… pony at that."
“What’s wrong with ponies?”
“What’s wrong with ponies?” Rainbow asked as her chest fluffed out.
"My dad means it'll just take time to get used to it. But there's nothing wrong with your adorable fluffiness!" Dillan said, hugging Rainbow and making her giggle.
"Awwww!!!"
"Shut up!"
"Why? It's adorable, I bet I can make you do it again."
"Don't you dare!"
Dillan's father sighed and smiled a little at the show, before someone knocked on the door of their humble abode. "Dillan? You home? It's Alyssa!"
“Oh looks like your girlfriend is here.” Dillan’s brother said with a smirk.
Rainbow glared at him and hugged onto Dillan's chest while sticking out her tongue. "Mine!"
“Simply adorable.”
“How adorable.”
"Shut up!"
His brother chuckled softly as Dillan gently pulled Rainbow off him and went to the door. "Hey Alyssa, what's up?" He asked opening the door to reveal a girl with dark skin and black hair, wearing a gray jacket.
“Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today.” She asked with a smile.
"Oh um." He said looking over at Rainbow dash for a moment, who nodded with a smile. "Sure, what do you want to do?"
“Let’s go to the park.” She said with a smile.
"Um, alright." He said with a smile. "Just give me a second." He said, slowly closing the door.
"Wow, you have two girlfriends and I don't have one, I'm jealous." His brother said.
“He doesn’t have two marefriends!” Rainbow said as she stomped over to Dillan and leaned on him. “Only me.”
Dillan smiled and picked her up, kissing her forehead. "Are you sure you're ok with me hanging out with Alyssa?"
Rainbow pouts and flaps her wings. “I am but I wish I could go with you.”
Dillan sighed softly. "I know, And I know Alyssa wouldn't tell anyone about you. But I don't want anyone seeing you."
Rainbow continued to pout. “I know.”
Dillan smiled a bit and rubbed her back. "Hey, come on. At least we can hang out here… actually…" he hummed before setting Rainbow down and going to the front door. "Hey Alyssa, would it be ok if we hung out here?"
"O-oh… um… sure I uh… wanted to tell you something though…" she said with a light blush.
"Oooooo."
“Oh my, did Dillan have a herd at such a young age?”
"No… I didn't."
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "U-um, sure. Mind if we just walk around the block to talk?"
“Sure, if that's what you want.” Alyssa said with a smile as they walked away from the house, causing Rainbow to look out the window worriedly.
"Wow, Rainbow, I didn't take you for the jealous type."
“I wasn’t jealous……ok maybe I was, but I was just a filly at the time and he was my first coltfriend, hay before then I thought I liked fillies.”
"Are you ok?" Dillan's mom asked Rainbow dash.
“Yeah, of course I am fine, I am Rainbow Dash, the most awesomest filly in Equestria.” She said with a smile.
Dillan's mom smiled softly and sat next to her. "Rainbow, I know that look. You're worried about him liking Alyssa aren't you?"
She lowered her head in defeat. “Y-yeah.”
His mom smiled softly and petted her head softly. "You need to understand, they've been friends for years. And he's told me before he's had feelings for Alyssa. But my son isn't the type to be two timing, he'll stay loyal to you."
Rainbow smiled a bit. “Thank you ma’am.”
Dillan's mom nodded and stood up. "Well since you'll be a part of our family for the time being, how about you help me and my daughter make cookies?"
“Cookies!?” Rainbow asked with a smile.
Dillan's mother smiled. "I figured you'd like that, how about you help us make my son's favorite cookies for him?"
“Sure!” Rainbow said with a smile.
She chuckled softly as they went into the kitchen.
Present day.
"Wow Darling. You learned how to make his favorite cookies for him? Tom colt or not you know how to make your stallion happy!" Rarity said with a giggle.
Rainbow crossed her hooves with a blush. “Hey, I like cookies too.” She looked away. “Also I burned them without help…”
Cadence giggled. "I'm sure he loved them."
"Oh heck yeah, they were some of the best cookies I've ever had." Dillan said with a chuckle. "But I did end up having to turn Alyssa down… she had confessed to me she liked me… if I had known about the herd thing back then… maybe I wouldn't have had to hurt her…"
Rainbow elbowed him. “I didn’t even know about it back then, I was too young to know about that kind of relationship.”
Dillan laughed a bit. "Yeah, I guess so… it was hard seeing her cry though…."
Rainbow put a hoof on his hand. “But you eventually saw her smile again.”
Dillan smiled softly as he gently rubbed her hoof. "Yeah… a lot. But as a kid It hurt to see her cry you know?"
“Yeah.” Rainbow nodded and nuzzled him. “But I am happy you chose me.”
"Awww." Everyone said at once, aside from the fillies who gagged.
"Rainbow! You're supposed to be too awesome for that sap!" Scootaloo said, shaking her head.
Rainbow chuckled and smirked. “Oh I am still awesome, I mean my coltfriend is a superhero.”
Dillan blushed a bit and rubbed the back of his head. "All I've done is destroy one robot…"
"And saved us." Sweetie belle said with a smile.
Rainbow leaned on him. “And saved me when I was a filly. Face it Monkey boy, you're a hero down to your core.”
Everyone but the kids giggled or laughed at him and Rainbow leaned up and kissed his chin. “It is true, but as much as I would love to keep sharing happy memories, I think we tell them about the day I was caught.”
Dillan whined as he leaned back, making everyone laugh. "Do we have to?"
Rainbow smirked and teasingly licked his chin. “I could always sit on your lap and tell them about when you found out about-”
"There are children here!" Dillan yelled with a deep blush.
Rainbow laughed and smirked. “About how to brush my fur silly.”
"Why you!" Dillan said before pulling Rainbow onto his lap and tickling her.
Rainbow gasped and started laughing and struggling. “H-hey no fair!”
"And?" Dillan asked with a grin, holding her still as he continued to tickle her.
Rainbow laughed more and tried to fly away. “Stop!”
Everyone covered their mouths to stifle laughter as Dillan grinned a bit as he ran a finger down her wings. "Not until you say uncle."
“Eeep!” Both her wings shoot out stiff. “Not fair!”
"All's fair in love and war Skittles." Dillan said with a grin as the adults covered their mouths.
Rainbow blushed but then she smirked and rubbed her flank on his lap. “You sure about that?”
Dillan blushed deeper and smirked. "you do know I can turn into a pony and won't have clothes on right?"
Rainbow blushed and looked at everyone. “You wouldn’t dare, especially with the Crusaders and Spike here.”
"I'm sure Twilight or Cadence could teleport-" Dillan began to say before Cadence, Celestia, Luna, And Twilight's horn's began to glow as the kids were teleported away. "Them somewhere else…"
Rainbow blush and whined. “Seriously?”
Cadence smirked a bit. "What? We want a show."
Dillan blushed and shook his head. "u-uh I was joking…"
Luna grinned a bit as she used her magic to lift his Ultimatrix arm. "Tis too bad thou cannot back out now."
Twilight blushed and fidgeted. “I must confess I am a bit curious.”
"Wow." Shining armor said, before sighing. "Dude you're not getting out of this."
Dillan blushed and sighed. "Damn it fine!" He said, turning into a black alicorn with a light orange mane, sitting as tall as Celestia, his two large black wings extended while he turned away, his golden eyes shining in embarrassment. "There, happy?"
Rainbow blushed and glanced down at his lap, shifting a bit. "W-wow…"
All the alicorns blushed and Pinkie leaned over the table. “Ooo so that's what an alicorn stallion looks like.”
The mane six all blushed at the sight of him, as Rarity giggled. "My, my you are quite handsome."
"W-we agree…" Luna and Cadence said together as Shining armor nudged his wife.
"Remember you're married." He said with a grin.
Cadence giggled and whispered in his ear making his eyes widen and lean forward a bit. Celestia looked Dillan over with a smirk. “Rainbow is indeed a lucky mare, though given your body’s size I would advise you not to use this form in the bedroom with her.” She said with a teasing smirk.
Rainbow gulped a bit with a giggle as Dillan grinned and looked down at her. "It's the same size in each form."
Celestia pouted. “A shame, I was hoping an alicorn stallion would be larger.”
Dillan grinned a bit as Rainbow gulped. "H-he definitely is…"
"See, whenever I transform I become the perfect form. Energy, Stamina… everything." He explained.
“Oh my.” Luna said with a blush.
Celestia, Twilight, and Cadence blushed redder as well while the other adults smirked. "Ok, partner keep speaking like that and one of us will try to steal ya."
“Well we could just all have some fun in spring.” Pinkie said with a giggle.
"Pinkie! Applejack! Stop trying to steal my colt!" Rainbow said, spreading her wings defensively as Dillan chuckled a bit.
Cadence grinned a bit. "What about what we have planned for tonight? Maybe someone else would like to join."
Rainbow pouted and crossed her hooves. “You asked me first and are a princess…it's different.”
"What if my sister and I wish to join?" Celestia asked with a grin, making Dillan's nose bleed.
Rainbow blushed and fidgeted. “Well…um…if you two want to…and Dillan is ok with it.”
Dillan blushed more as Rainbow was slowly raised up slightly, her blush deepening before she turned to look at him. "W-wait, not here!" She said, before gasping and shaking as her eyes rolled into the back of her head slightly a large bulge poking out of her stomach.
All the mares blushed and gasped while Shining had to look away while crossing his legs in front of him. “Oh my, well I wouldn’t mind a show, would you sister?” Celestia said with a smirk.
"Not at all, we never get to indulge in these things. Good thing blue blood was able to cover the court." Luna said with a smirk as well, as she slowly leaned back with a hoof in her lap.
Dillan blushed and chuckled softly. "S-sorry… it um… slipped in."
"F-fuck…" Rainbow said, her tongue out as she tried to sit back making it go deeper.
The mares giggle and start to shift in their seats. “Don’t mind us darlings.” Rarity said.
Shining shifted and blushed. “Um, if you both do that w-would you mind if I…”
"Oh I can help with that." Cadence said as she got on his lap.
Dillan gulped as Rainbow wiggled her hips with a smile at him. "A-are you sure about this?" He asked, looking around at the female guards around them.
Rainbow bites her lip as she softly moans. “I am as long as you are and they just watch…for now.”
Dillan gulped a bit gasping as Celestia's horn glowed and moved Rainbow up and down. "Come on, give us a good show."
Everyone sat back with hooves in their laps as Rainbow moaned loudly. "O-oh m-my…" Fluttershy whispered.
The sun shone through the tree in the early morning sun, shadows dancing along a certain Charazard's face. "Yo, I think you've gotten enough beauty sleep." A voice unfamiliar to the pokemon said above the flying fire type, waking him up.
Looking up, Draco saw a human sitting on a branch above him, the human clearly, a boy, had a striking resemblance to Ben 10 from the show with the same name. However his clothes were a bit off; the shirt he wore being a light navy blue with black 23 over his heart, black baggy pants and a jacket with two lines over each side of the blue zipper. "Sup." The human said, his back against the tree with an arm over his leg.
Draco looked at the human with confusion before snorting and closing his eyes. “Luna, you know how I feel about you making humans appear in my dreams.” Draco said, annoyance in his voice.
The human chuckles a little. "So lulu pranks you in this dimension too huh?"
That sentence alone made Draco look at the human, “Dimension? What in the name of Arceus you talking about?”
"What? First time meeting another displaced?" He asks, blinking at Draco, who just blinks in confusion back. "I'll take that as a yes, ok. You were human before coming to equestria right?"
“Yeah, so what. And what’s a Displaced?”
"Humans all across the multiverse who got sent to different dimensions of equestria after buying something from a merchant or given a gift from a merchant." He said.
“Huh, interesting. Well that information would have been helpful before being sent here, but I’m not complaining.” Draco said while getting up with a yawn.
The boy… Floats down to the ground.
“The f**k?! Humans don’t do that! What is this Houdini nonsense?!”
"Well as you can probably tell i'm a ben 10 displaced but with ben 23 colors. Displaced can meet each other and talk and such through the multiverse via tokens… which i will explain in a moment." He said, making Draco close his mouth after opening it again. "My powers include Ben 10 powers, whenever a new species is found that isn't in its database it scans it and adds it, and when I transform it gives me basic understanding of they're powers." He said propping up the pad on his watch, a light blue projection of what looks like Frieza from dragon ball z appears. "Know what this is?"
Draco looked closer at the image, until he realized what it was, “Mewtwo?” Draco asked, looking at Ben.
"No." He chuckles. "But it does look like it, ever heard of Dragon ball Z?"
“Yeah, alien warriors from a different planet on Earth battle evil forces like Frieza. It’s one of my favorites.” Draco said, noticing the ponies that had gathered around him while he slept.
"This is a scan of Frieza's race." Ben said, ignoring the looks. "Oh and my name is Dillan, what's yours?"
“Draco. But most just call me The Dragon God of Justice, or Charizard.” Draco said, growing annoyed with the looks ponies gave him.
"I got this." Dillan smiles at draco as he switches through his scans.
“Don’t they haven’t seen anything like me for a good 3 thousand maybe 2 thousand years. You’ll freak them out.” Draco said, blocking Dillan from choosing an alien.
Dillan chuckles. "Oh I know, I'm making us vanish." He stated pushing the ultimatrix down, the blinding light if the watch giving him enough time to activate the powers of the alien he chose. When Draco opened his eyes again Dillan had transformed into Clockwork, one of Ben 10s time manipulating aliens, before he noticed time around them had frozen.
“Clockwork, time manipulating alien. Often known as a powerful alien to some.” Draco said, poking a pony who tipped over.
"Zat is correct." Dillan said in a German accent. "Now when i unfreeze time zey will think we vanished and we von’t be swarmed."
That’s when they both heard a loud roar. Draco looked a bit worried while Dillan was confused.
"Oh vait, pokemon world. Dialga probably von’t be happy with me…" He said after a moment of realization.
“You think?” That's when the Pokemon of Time itself appeared. Ever in his glory.
“WHO DARES TO INTERFERE WITH TIME?!” bellowed Dialga, he looked at the two, “DRACO!! DID YOU TAKE A TIME STONE AGAIN?! I THOUGHT I GAVE YOU A LESSON IN MESSING WITH MY DOMAIN!!!”
"Sorry vat was me." Dillan said nonchalantly waving at Dialga lime it wasn't a GOD of time. "Mayhaps we can talk about dis in another location so i can unfreeze time?"
Dialga stared at Dillan for good three tense seconds before nodding. “Very well. Follow me.” Dialga said, hovering over the ponies and buildings as Draco and Dillan followed.
"Oh and as for your confusion as to why i can fly as a human, once someone understands ki they can vse it almost naturally in any form." Dillan told Draco' before they reached the white tailed woods away from ponyville. Dillan held up a hand as a wave went outward in an arch, un doing what he did to the timespace continuum as Dialga looks intrigued that no damage was done.
“Good, nothing serious, just a mere time stopping. But never do it again. It’s bad enough that most ponies are on the verge of time travel, I don’t need another time manipulator here.” Dialga said, looking at Dillan with annoyance.
"My apologies, vou see i was mearly using this form to help us escape a possible town freak out." Dillan said reverting back to his human form. "See? I'm just a human naturally."
“I know. You radiate human aura. Us legendaries are able to tell the difference after being here for so long. Now tell me about that device, human”
“It’s called an Ultimatrix, a device that lets one transform into different sentient species to understand them better.” Draco said, holding his wing in pain. Dillan and Dialga could see the faint traces of blood between his claws.
"Here." Dillan said holding up a senzu bean to Drago as his ultimatrix sent a yellow beam over the Charizard "You know what this is right?"
“Yeah, Senzu Beans, able to heal someone. And did that thing just scan me?” Draco said, taking the bean and eating it.
"Yup, now i have three pokemon transformations. About to be four." Dillan said as he held up his wrist as a yellow beam went over Dialga.
“Scan me with that and I’ll wipe you from existence.” Dialga said with a growl.
"Oh, too late." Dillan said' shrugging as Draco was dumbfounded by his chill attitude.
“You were just threatened by one of the most powerful Pokemon in existence. How are you, know what. Nevermind. I don’t want to know.”
Dialga blasts at Dillan with a hyper beam, before being hit with it Dillan suddenly shifts between all his alien forms. Once the light fades the two pokemon don't see a scratch on him. "Nice try, but my watch was built by the two smartest beings in my universe, and as i get new scans they learn and upgrade it. I already had two pokemon scans before coming here so they've upgraded it to withstand pokemon powers."
Dialga let out a growl of annoyance, “You got lucky. Anyway, Draco, how goes it with your friend?” Dialga asks the Charizard, making Dillan raise an eyebrow.
Draco just looked down in sadness. “Not good.”
"Wait what's going on?" Dillan asked Draco confused. "Are you not the only displaced here?"
“No, I’m not, I had a friend who was Displaced with me. She…..didn’t take it well and went insane.” Draco said, “She started attacking everything in sight. Thus giving her the name Dragon God of Death and Destruction. And who fought her?” he pointed a thumb at himself. “That’s how I got the title Dragon God of Justice.”
"Got the idea." Dillan said patting Dacos back in comfort. "But i wonder how yveltal will react if they find out someone else has the name of destroyer." He jokes a bit, trying to lighten up the mood.
“Not very well. In fact even he tried to fight her. He lost was the funniest thing Legendaries ever saw.” Dialga said, laughing a bit. “How does one lose to a pineapple?!”
Dillan snickers. "I don't want to know, but maybe i could try and help. I have a transformation that could go into her mind."
“No. Mewtwo tried that and went insane as well due to how chaotic her mind was.”
“It’s true, took every Legendary just to snap him out of it. We had to wipe ponies minds of the Legendaries as well” Draco said with a shudder.
Dillan hums. "Sounds like Discord would have a field day."
“Did someone say my name?” a shadow rose from the ground and took the form of a familiar draconequus.
"Sup Discord." Dillan waved.
“Oh hello random human.” Discords shadow waved back, it’s yellow eyes looking at everyone. “My my my. Good to see most of the gang here. Hello Dialga. How’s Zygarde doing?” Dialga just roared and stomped on the shadow. Only for it to appear next to Dillan.
"Discord, listen. I have been thrown through four different dimensions in the span of two days. Normally i love your chaos and sh**t but if you don't stop ill turn into alien X and erase you from existence."
“Trust me when I say this but, you can’t erase chaos. And seeing how I’m the living embodiment for it, you can’t erase me, Arceus tried and failed. And speaking of aliens.” Discord appeared over Draco with the Ultimatrix, Dillan looked at his arm and saw it gone. “Nice little gadget you have.”
"Knowing you, you've been eavesdropping on us the whole time I've been here. Remember when i said ki can be used in any form if you have a scan of one that can use it?" He asked. "Same goes for magic of all kinds… with training." Dillan said snapping his fingers as the ultimatrix reappeared on his arm.
“Interesting. But I’m going to cause trouble, just to simply put it.” he appeared next to Dillan and put his arm over his shoulder, “I hate the type of Chaos Reshiram is causing. It’s so yuck!” Discord stuck his tongue out. “Where’s the pizazz?!”
"Then why not turn her back into a human?" Dillan asked.
“Oh he wants to. But he can’t. Can you?” Draco glared at the draconequus.
“Ding ding ding!! Correct my flying reptile friend! My magic can only do so much.”
Dillan looks at Dialga, ignoring the chaos spirit. "Mind getting Arceus? I have a plan that might work."
“You got it.” Dialga opened a portal and was about to enter when a boxing glove punched him.
“Sorry sir. But VIP members only.” a Discord wearing a butler's outfit said.
"How about a god with powers equal to arceus?" Dillan asked with his hands on his hips.
“Nope, and I still have the little Ultimatrix, so no Alien X.” Discord said, “But hear me out on how to help Reshiram.” Discord says, despite being a shadow, he looked serious, and you want to listen to a chaotic being who suddenly turns serious.
Dillan holds up his wrist showing the ultimatrix. "I took it back when you were ranting. And my idea was if Arcus the literal god and creator of this dimension couldn't help her alone, and you cant. Then if you, Arceus and I as alien X combine our powers we could all turn her human again."
“Good plan. But I feel like it’s more than that.” Draco said, with a thoughtful look on his face. Then his eyes widened. “She’ll still be insane won’t she?”
Dialga looked worried, “Yes, even if you change her back, she’ll still be insane. And if there’s a chance she won’t, we’ll have to lock her away until we cure her. You have to think, most humans are fragile. Being sent from one place where you call and suddenly sent to another in a different body can often make them snap.”
Dillan nods slowly, glancing behind him. "Lulu and Tia are here."
Everyone looked to see the two princesses themselves gliding down to them. Both were shocked to see Dialga, but Luna soon glared at the Shadow of Discord. “How did you escape?!”
“Relax, he is just a shadow. Canm’t really do anything except annoy us.” Draco said, annoyed, “And what are you two doing here?”
"Twilight informed us that you and another being vanishing from in front of the library, we came to help her calm the ponies of ponyville until we noticed dialga and discords power." Celestia stated.
“Oh and some ponies are looking for you Draco, they claim to be the ‘Knight of Justice?’” Luna said, and Draco’s eyes widened.
“I thought they were all disbanded after I went into hibernation.” Draco said, surprised.
Dillan scratched his cheek. "Why am i getting Forever knight vibes from that name?"
“Well, not really like the Forever Knights, but more like a group dedicated to me. You know followers. They view me as the symbol of justice and follow in my footsteps, fighting to protect the innocent fro Reshiram and such. Sure made my job easier back then when they fought her valiantly.” Draco said, then began to draw in the dirt. “They made their own symbol so ponies, actually, everyone would recognize them.” once he was done, everyone saw what looked like a shield with Draco's head on it with a sword behind the shield. “Kinda a plus to being A Dragon God right?”
Dillan chuckles. "Reminds me a little of Pokémon Insurgence."
“No clue on what that is, but let’s go meet the Knights.” Draco opened his wings and began to fly. “Need a lift?”
Dillan shakes his head. "Also its a fanmade pokemon game where people worship legendary pokemon like cults." He said pushing the ultimatrix down, a familiar light engulfing him, before a mewtwo with a green tail stood in his stead.
“Knew you had Mewwto, Looks kinda cool with the green.” Draco said, as he and Dillan caught up to the others, who were halfway to Ponyville.
Dillan waved to Dialga as they flew.
Dialga just snorted and kept flying, “Just because you can take the form of a legendary, doesn’t mean you earn my respect human.”
“Dialga, go easy on him. Also why are you coming?”
Dillan suddenly threw up a huge protect around the group, right as a shadow ball was gonna collide with Dialga. "Dialga why are you with an imposter!?" A voice male voice called out.
“S**t. Mewtwo calm yourself, it is merely a human who is able to transform into a Mewtwo.” Dialga said.
"A HUMAN DARES TO IMITATE ME?!" Mewtwo yelled angrily
“Trust me when I say I’m not fond of the Human as well, but there is no need to attack him, so calm yourself before I call Arceus and have you banished to Giratina’s domain!” That seemed to calm Mewtwo.
“Good to see that no one wants to go there.” Draco said, shuddering due to him going there once.
"I do." Dillan said as his Mewtwo scan, everyone looking at him like he was crazy. "What? New scan."
“You are one strange person Dillan. But enough talk, I can see the knights and Ponyville.” Draco said, and true to his word, there in the middle of Ponyville was a group of different creatures, all covered by some form of armor. From what the group can see, there was a griffon and two teenage dragons.
Dillan flew closer to the ground, touching his ultimatrix as light enveloped him, sending a quick message to the group. "Ima mess with them." When the light faded Dillan had shifted into a Shiny houndoom, and was now running quickly towards the group in armor. "How dare you unworthy heathens wear the symbol of the great dragon god of justice?!" He growled
He was met with well aimed arrows landing near him, but surprised to see that arrows had chains wrapped around his legs.
“Enchanted arrows creature. We have an enchantment for every situation.” the griffon, a male, said, crossbow on his shoulder.
"Oh really?" Dillan said smirking as he was once again enveloped in light, shattering the chains as he had become a black Charazard. "How about this then?"
“Why yes. We have something different for that.” A green chain appeared all over Dillan’s body, courtesy of a unicorn. “Chain of Imprisoning. The Great Dragon God Of Justice tested it for our ancestors when he trained them. Took him ten minutes to break free.”
“Heh, I remember that, quite an annoyance but effective.” Draco said as he landed next to Dillan.
Dillan chuckles. "You train them against mega evolution?"
“Couldn’t seeing how Mega stones need a trainer in order for them to work, Mewtwo was lucky to Mega Evolve without one.”Draco said, “But no need to test that, you can release him, he is with me.” the unicorn nodded and released Dillan, just as Dialga, Mewtwo and the Princesses arrived.
The Knights bowed to Draco, “Hail, great Dragon God! We have come to serve you.” they all said in unison.
Dillan rolls his eyes. "Hey Draco wanna spar?"
“After I talk to these guys, then yes.” Draco said, then looked to the Knights. “I thought the Knights disbanded after I went into Hibernation.”
“They did, but once word that two creatures with resemblance to the Dragon Gods reached us we quickly regrouped and came here.” One of the dragons said, female.She had black scales with a purple belly, and she had silver horns. She looked to Dillan, “Didn’t think we would run into a shapeshifter along the way. Names Cinder by the way.”
Dillan shrugging returns to his human form. "Lifes full of surprises."
“I agree, now, I will get to know all personally after a little spar with dweeb here.” Draco said, pointing a thumb at Dillan.
Dillan glances at Draco. "Since when are you guilda?"
Draco just smirked, “No idea what you’re talking about. But I know a place where we won’t cause too much damage.”
"The stratosphear?" Dillan smirked as a joke.
Draco just swiped his tail underneath Dillan causing him to fall onto his back. “No, the Everfree, I used to go there to train back then.”
Dillan just looks up into the sky. "I literally have enough power to destroy worlds from my Ki training with cooler… And yet i fall flat on my back… F*ck you plot armor."
Everyone just laughed at that. Even Dialga. “I think I know a better battle ground for you two.”
Dillan crosses his arms and floats back onto his feet mummy rising style. "Cool lets go."
Dialga opened a portal and Draco, Dillan, The Princesses, Knights, Discords Shadow and the Main 6, who just arrived and heard about the battle, entered.
The group exited the portal Dialga made and saw their surroundings, it looked to be in space with a large island floating in it. Two stands for those who are not fighting to watch the upcoming sparring match.
Dillan smiles at the stands and the faces of the ponies as all the legendary pokemon show up including mythical pokemon. "We literally have a god watching we'd better make this good." Dillan said bowing to Arceus.
"Yeah, didn’t think he would show up.” Draco said, bowing as well. Then looked at the gathered Legendary and Mythical, “Zekrom is here, the only missing for the Unova is Reshiram.” Draco then had a look of sadness on his.
Dillan pats his back. "Im sure you'll bring her back to her senses eventually."
“Yeah let’s hope.”
“Prepare for battle!!” Dialga shouted, which meant he was going to be the ref.
Dillan smiles propping up the ultimatrix. "Are we using all abilities available to us?"
“You may.”
"Alright, but i think I'll only use pokemon scans." Dillan smiles as he fiddles with the ultimatrix.
"All pokemon scans are temporarily locked. Sixteen scans unlocked." It beeped, as Dillan raised an eyebrow.
"Sixteen?" He asked his watch.
"Affirmative, when wielder came into contact with his predecessor he gifted multiple pokemon scans at the time only two were unlocked." His watch beeped.
“That’s interesting.” Draco said, looking at the Ultimatrix. “So what can he use?”
"Houndoom, Mewtwo, Charazard, Dialga, Blastoise, Umbreon, Sylveon, Kabutops, Hoopa, Blaziken, Diancie, Kyorge, Groudon, leafeon, eevee, and Jolteon." His watch stated.
“Well that ain’t fair. Most of those are legendaries that are super powerful. Oh well.” Draco said, shrugging.
"Six out of ten isn't that bad, ill just use the other ones." Dillan said.
“Alright, if you say so. Let’s just this match started. A Charizard hates to wait for a fight.” Draco said, walking to his side of the arena. Dillan did the same.
“Combatants ready?” Dialga asked.
“Ready!!” Draco said, spreading his wings.
"You know it!" Dillan smiles ready to push his ultimatrix down.
“FIGHT!!”
Draco flapped his wings and took to the air, planning on staying away from Dillain in case he chose a close combat type of Pokemon.
Dillan smiles as he slams down the ultimatrix, transforming himself into a Kabutops. A ball of blue formed at his mouth before he shot it into the air, making it rain.
‘Rain Dance, increases Water Type attacks, looks like he knows his stuff. Which could cause some trouble for me.’ Draco thought, his mouth glowing, “Oh well, not something I haven’t dealt with before. FLAMETHROWER!!” Draco let out a blast of flames towards Dillan, but due to the effects of Rain Dance, it was weakened but still hit its target as Dillan was sent sliding back a bit.
Dillan shook his head, before the water around him wrapped him up and launched him into the air. "Aqua jet!" He yelled, but before Draco could move Dillan's speed increased and struck him dead on. "Gotta love swift swim!" Dillan called as he dove into the growing water level.
Draco noticed the water and knew he won’t last long with Rain Dance. It will just weaken his attacks, and him.
The rain dance died down, giving Draco a clear view through the water.
“Now’s my chance!” Draco said, flying at Dillan, grabbing his arm, he flew up and tossed Dillan towards the ground, hard. A crater and dust cloud was formed. “Just to let you know, I wasn’t even using Seismic Toss.”
Through the dust light flashed, until it settled and Dillan was gone a hole in his place.
“Huh? Where did you go?” Draco said, flying closer to the ground while looking at the hole.
"Behind you." Dillans voice said.
Draco spun around and using his tail, he sent Dillan back. “My senses are stronger due to having live in the wild. Including smell.”
The Dillan as a jolteon that Draco hit vanished, right before Draco got hit with a thunder. "Double team mixed with ki is a bitch." Dillan said.
Due to him being wet from Rain Dance, that attack did a lot more damage. “LEt’s see if ki can handle this!” Draco said, firing a fireball before it turned into a symbol.
Dillan dug into the dirt again, but the fire blast followed him. "F**king h*ll! This isn't an oven!"
“Now it is.” Draco said before releasing a torrent of flames down the hole Dillan was in. Of course, he didn’t want to burn him alive so his flames were slightly weak, but strong enough to blast him out of the ground. Draco smirked seeing Dillan out of the ground and in the air.
"My butt is flaming!" He yelled, before diving into a little puddle of water to put it out. Dillan turns back before turning back into Kabutops, and summoning some fossils. "Amchent power!" He yelled launching it at Draco.
Draco was unable to dodge in time and was hit by Ancient Power, causing him to fly backwards before crashing into the ground.
Dillan shifts to his Blastoise form, pushing the Ultimatrix symbol. Draco looked up just as Dillan became enveloped in a ball light, before it burst with a mega symbol above his head as he points a giant cannon at Draco.
“Well s**t.” was all said before being blasted.
Dillan returns to his human form now, walking up to him. "Ya alright?"
He was met with a claw grabbing the arm that had the Ultimatrix, keeping Dillan from using it. “Nope.” Draco simply karate chopped the back of Dillans neck, Dracko thinking he knocked him out. “Now I am.”
Draco let his guard down for a moment, until he heard Dillan's voice again. "Ultimatrix, Jolt!" In a flash of light Dillan was replaced with Jolteon again, before Draco got hit with a point blank electro ball.
Draco was getting annoyed, every attack he doesn’t seem to hardly work. “Alright that’s it!!” Draco said, and before Dillan could blink. He was back in the air, Draco having a hold of his back leg. “Now here’s a SEISMIC TOSS!!” Draco roared out, sending Dillan to the ground at high speeds.
Dillan became engulfed in light right as he hit the ground, a shell in the creator Draco made. "That… hurt…" Dillan deep Blastoise voice said in his shell.
“I was annoyed, but now I’m mad!!’ Draco flew towards Dillan and began swiping at the shell with his claws.
"Don't scratch the paint." Dillan said, making Draco angrier.
Draco spun around, his tail glowing blue. “Batters UP!!” Draco hit Dillan with Dragon Tail, sending him flying. “Home run!!”
Draco smiles at his hit, until he saw Dillan heading right to the princesses and main six at high speed. Dillan suddenly turned into mewtwo, and stopped an inch from them.
“Hey!! Watch where you’re going!!” Rainbow Dash yelled in annoyance.
"Draco is the one that launched me." He shrugged.
Dillan heard Draco roar before he was tackled by said person. They flew at high speeds, too fast for Dillan to see, or it could be the fact that Draco is spinning like a drill.
"Weeeeee." Dillan said before the two froz thanks to dillans syqic. "You know im not supposed to be a Mewtwo, i only turned into one to stop myself from hitting them."
“FLAMETHROWER!!!” Draco blasted Dillan towards the ground, causing him to crash into the ground, creating a huge crater.
When the dust settled Dillan was on the ground in his human form, not moving.
Draco flew down to Dillan to see if he was alright, “Hey, you good?” Draco became worried when he received no response.
Arceus and the others come down. "Is everything alright?"
“I think Dillan is knocked out.”
Dillan coughs. "That hurt."
“Oh thank Arceus you’re alive.” Draco said. “Man, that was kinda…” Draco made a so-so motion with his hand.
"You really go all out when your mad." Dillan chuckles.
Draco just shrugs. “Normally, I don’t get mad like that.”
"Why'd you get so mad then? Because i was using type advantage?" Dillan asked confused as his ultimatrix was scanning all the pokemon there.
“I don’t know, it was as if something was waiting to come out if pushed harder.” Draco said, then the watch began to beep.
“Warning. Pokemon scanning unable to continue.”
“Good, didn’t want that thing to scan any more legendaries.” Arceus said,
Dillan dials through the scans he did get. "I still got my favorite ones."
“Which are?” Arceus asked, “If you have my DNA in there I will get rid of it.”
"I mean you are my favorite, but no. I got celebi, volcanion, Giratina, and Mew." Dillan smiles.
“Huh, nice list. Now you got two time manipulating Pokemon, even one who can open a portal to Distortion World.” Draco said, impressed with the list. Then a golden glow appeared on the Ultimatrix, the glow then seemed to wash off of it, then it began to take shape, until floating in front of everyone was the original Omintrix. Except the green and black dial was now silver and gold while the rest of it was sapphire color.
“Just in case Draco needs some extra power.” Arceus said, floating the Omnitrix next to him. “Hope you don’t mind.”
Dillan blinked as the omnitrix exploded. "You tried to just copy my watch didn't you? One sec." Dillan said looking in a random direction. "Oi paradox!"
"Right here." A man in a white lab coat said walking out from behind DDialga.
“Oh great, another time manipulator. Just how many are with you?!” Dialga said, annoyed that Paradox has appeared.
“Hello Dr. Paradox.” Draco said.
"Greeting Draco, its so good to see you again." Paradox smiles handing Draco a medallion looking item. "This is an item that combines Dillans abilities not on a full blown transformation but more of a regional variant. And the ability to mega evolve by yourself."
Dillan whispers something to Dilaga that makes him roar and Dillan chuckle.
“What did you tell him?” Draco asked Dillan, looking worried that Dialga might do something drastic.
"Told him about Eon and maltruant." Dillan said.
Draco nodded, “Yeah I can see why he’s pissed.” Watching Dialga blast a beam into space. “So, by regional variant transformation, what does that mean.”
"Probably stuff like um, a garlarian Charazard could be a steel type and such, it just changes your typing." Dillan said.
“Huh, so it will change me into a fighting type if I choose a fighting type?”
Paradox nods. "It's actually a concept Dillan came up with before being displaced."
Dillan laughs. "Oh yeah the poketrix, god i was messed up in the head."
“Actually, that is pretty cool. It’s good to have imagination.” Draco said, thinning back to crazy stuff he thought of.
"Oh yeah, the pendent also pets you pick which mega to mega evolve into." Dillan smiles. "Either X or Y and if im right you might get different types for mega pokemon if you change your typing and then mega evolve."
“Okay, I like this thing now.” Draco said,
“You know what else you will like?” Pinkie Pie said, hopping with excitement, “A PARTY!!!”
Dillan laughs. "The entire multominavers could be getting erased and you'd still be you."
Everyone looks confused at the word multominovers.
“It’s Pinkie, nothing get’s her down.” Rainbow said,
“But a party does sound good.” Draco said, then looked to the legendaries, “You guys probably won’t be coming seeing how you want to stay a secret.”
“We can always wipe their minds.” Groundon said.
"Or have Arceus temporarily transform you all into ponies." Dillan laughed, just imagining how they'd all look. "Oh Arceus mind if i do a little science experiment?"
Arceus just stared at Dillan, then nodded.
Dillan smiles and looks to Twilight "Ultimatrix splice target with Charazardian DNA." As soon as the words left his mouth a yellow beam shot over Twilight, for a moment nothing happened… until her main and tail became engulfed in flames. "Now you have a Rapidash." To say Twilight was freaking out is an understatement.
“Calm down Twilight, you were already basically a Rapidash the moment you tried to figure out the Pinkie sense.” Draco said, calming her down a little. “Besides, it’s a good look on you.” Draco then whispered to Dillan and Paradox, “How long is she gonna stay like that, and can I do that.”
Dillan chuckles. "I was gonna splice dashy with XLR8 DNA but that's not a pokemon, 'tdon't think arceus would like me messing things up that much."
“That is correct.” Arceus said, giving a brief glare to Dillan.
"What's XLR8?" Rainbow dash asked.
"One of my fastest alien species I can turn into, at full speed it can go mock 12." He said, making her jaw drop.
“Ah think you broke her.” Applejack said, waving a hoof in front of Rainbows face.
Dillan laughs. "Next thing ya know she'll be-"
Rainbow cuts him off. "Race me!"
“Sorry Rainbow, but I’m sure that Dillan is tired after that match.” Twilight said, Pinkie Pie roasting marshmallows over her mane. “Cut that out!!”
Dillan chuckles putting his hand on Twilights head. "Ultimatrix restore targets DNA to Original." The watch beeped as Twilight returned to normal. "Thought i do wonder what you'd look like rage shifted after already having a flaming mane… shiny rapidash?" He asked Draco.
Who just laughed at the thought of it. “Now that would be something! But shall we head back to Ponyville?”
Dillan nods "sure, your ponyville or mine?"
“Mine.” Draco said. “Besides, Reshiram is out there and could be planning on attacking Ponyville again.”
Dillan nods slowly, thinking. "Paradox?"
"Yes my friend, I already know what your going to ask. Your worlds speed is faster than the worlds you've visited. So if you were to bring him to your world he'd return to this one in approximately tue same time frame. However the icciclean is still freezing the planet over."
Dillan sighs. "Right right."
“Icciclean?” Draco asked, curious about the icciclean.
"A man made ice alien created by animo using eons omnitrix and skurd the synbiot." Dillan sighed. "As it moves it literally freezes everything, and it seem to have the mentality of an abused child like he's my daddy i have to do what he says type cr*p."
“Maybe I can help out with him, but just have to ask, have you guys tried finding a place where he won’t be in contact with the guy?”
Dillan sighs. "The null void? But creatures live there, i was thinking of trying to get him to pluto?"
“Wasn't thinking of that place.” Draco said, shuddering at the thought of being in the Null Void, “Pluto sounds good, but does it need to eat?”
"Azimuth is analyzing the dna scan i got from it, he created the magmalien a fire alien that can withstand the freezing temperatures. Any normal fire being will instantly freeze its so cold. If it does need to eat azimuth said he'll genetically develope plants that can survive in the cold."
“Sounds like a plan, so need my help or you got him?”
"If you go you may die from the cold." Dillan said.
“Man, I’ve dealt with cold, never mess with an angry Articuno. Their Ice Beams make a blizzard seem like a nice day at the beach.”
"It literally turns the ground into ice as it walks." Dillan said making Draco sweat drop. "Groudons primal ability wouldn't be able to stop it."
Draco thought it over, nothing can survive going near the Icciclean, nothing except. “That’s it!! What about Kyrum? Its body literally is freezing cold, and with the Omnitrix Arceus made, I can change my body to be able handle the cold.”
Dillan thought it over. "That might work… and with the 'Ultimate' you might be able to channel… Zekrom and…" he pauses looking at Draco.
“What?” Draco asked, confused. Then it hit him, “Right Kyurem White. Not gonna happen, And even if I did, what would happen when Reshiram has the power of Kyurem? She would destroy everything. And I or anybody would stop her.”
"Huh?" Dillan asked, confused. "I meant replicate the power with you as kyurem thanks to the ultimate evolution… Like this." He said quickly scanning kyurem, and transforming into it, he then propped up the ultimatrix as a hologram of white kyurem appeared and he switched it to black kyurem. "See? Ultimate Kyurem in just it black and white forms, you don't actually absorb Reshiram and Zeckrom."
“Oh good, that sounds like a good idea.” Draco said, looking at the Poketrix, then looked to Kyurem, “May I?” Kyurem just stared then nodded. “Alright how do I scan with this.”
Dillan pokes the poketrix pokeball symbol, before a virtual pokeball appeared and touches kyurem. A virtual kyurem appears around the original and goes into the hologram pokeball, before returning to the poketrix. "There ya go."
“Hah!! This is pretty cool!! Wish they made a crossover with ben 10 and Pokemon, that would be pretty cool.” Draco said, popping up the dial and being met with the virtual image of Kyurem. “As Ben 10 would say. It’s hero time!!” slamming a claw down on the dial, a bright flash blinded everyone, once it died down, they were met with a blue Charizard with a white belly, the Poketrix on his chest with four cables wrapping around his chest and met in the back, his wings seemed to be made mostly of ice, he had two large fangs made of ice from his upper jaw, ice spikes came out of his elbows, his eyes reminded Dillan of Sub Zero, and his usual flaming tail turned into an blade made of ice, but Dillan could see the faint traces of fire dancing in the blade. “What do you think?” Draco asked while spreading his wings, and his voice sounded deeper,
"Not bad, and I just realized that by going ultimate kyurem like that black and white kyurem should be each of Charazard mega evolutions."
“Cool.” Draco said, a mist coming from each breath, almost as if he had no heat. “Now, let’s go to that Icciclean.”
Dillan nods as Paradox opens a portal back to his dimension. Dillan walks through, after quickly scanning the rest of the legendary pokemon. Now that he wasn't in their dimension Arceus couldn't do anything.
He was followed by everyone else, Draco looked behind he and Dillan, “Think they should come?”
“We could be of help on keeping the ice from reaching any settlements.” Arceus said, the rest of the Legendaries voiced their agreements.
Dillan nods. "Theres only one settlement right now, i was fighting the icciclean as the magmalien when a collision of our attacks sent me into the multiverse. The settlement is underneath canterlot castle, discord and the princesses are keeping the core of the planet from feezing over but the ice is slowly making its way there. The elements and azimuth are on azimuths planet while ben prime and The original Ben 23 hold off the icciclean."
“Sounds like things are getting pretty intense, alright, we have Groudon, my Princesses and Shadow Discord help your princesses with the core, while the rest keep the settlement safe.” Draco said,
"Not to mention victini, good to have a literal victory pokemon on our team." Dillan smiles, as they approach the end of the portal he looks to the main six. "Also don't forget different dimensions, different outcomes to things. So you know the Twilight of my dimension is a princess." He said.
“Alright. And I think Twilight along with me is shocked.” Draco said, “Never really watched My Little Pony.”
Dillan nods smirking. "Also i think My Discord and fluttershy are an item." Shocking everyone
“Well, now that is something that will never happen!!” Shadow Discord said,
“You never know Discord.” Draco said, seeing them now out of the portal.
The group was greeted by a large cave with multiple crystals all over the cave, which expanded into a large casm with three large crystals at the end. "Everyone welcome to the Chasm of Memories." Dillan said smiling.
“Whoa! This place is amazing!” Luna said, looking at the crystals, “Why is it called the Chasm of Memories?”
"Because in this dimension this chasm magically holds the memories of everyone that's ever lived here." Dillan said.
“Amazing, are there any memories Starswirl?” Twilight asked excitedly.
"Yeah but Celestia here put a spell around them. If anyone tries to acces them they'll be teleported to a random location." Dillan said as pinkie looms to the three huge crystals.
"And whose are those?" She asked.
"Tia, lulus and Discords." Dillan said.
“Huh, so the longer they live, the bigger the crystal?” Draco asked,
"Yup, more memories." Dillan said looking to hoopa. "Mind alaay hoopaing us out of here?"
“Just because I say that doesn’t mean you should but sure.” Hoopa said, using one ring to open a portal, “Never say that to me, alright?”
Dillan shrugs. "Hey in the movie it was cute." He said transforming into a fire alien with demonic wings, his body appeared to be made of pure magma.
“Geez, that alien is all sorts of scary.” Draco said, “Let’s go. That Icciclean isn’t going to Pluto by itself!”
Dillan nods as they travel through, the wind and snow blinding until Dillan made a heat dome around them revealing they’re on top of canterlot mountain.
“Geez, if I wasn’t in this form, I’d die right here, wait how are we suppose to keep in contact with the others?”
“Leave it to me.” Mewtwo said within Draco’s and Dillans minds. “Groudon, Shadow Discord and the princesses are helping Dillans princesses with the core right now, the others are keeping the settlement safe.”
"Thank you Mewtwo." Dillan said as he rose into the air. "The icciclean should be this way." He said shooting off to the East.
Draco followed behind, Dillan could hear the cracking of ice from Draco’s wings, which meant the wings weren't meant for long distance flight. “I’ll be fine, let’s just stop that Icciclean before someone gets..” Draco trailed off the moment he saw a frozen Timberwolf.
"Killed?" Dillan asked as he heated up the air around them enough for Draco to return to normal for now.
Draco changed back the moment he landed, the Poketrix on his arm now red. Draco walked up to the frozen Timberwolf, blowing some fire around it, both of them watched as the thawed out Timberwolf fell to the ground, not moving. “It’s still alive, just barely. Looks like it tried to escape, it was lucky we saw it.” Draco said, lighting some fires around it, far from it not to burn it, but close enough to warm it.
Dillan created a little ball of fire to keep them all warm as he transformed into a hoopa and ringed the timberwolf to his fluttershy. "Fluttershy has an animal sanctuary in the settlement, theres a section with a spot for animals like Timberwolfs and such."
“Good, let’s stop that thing before it’s too late.” Draco said, changing back into, “Let’s go.”
Dillan nods, turning back into his magmalien form before they took off again. "Look, there he is." He said pointing to a bipedal clear as ice alien like Dillan only made of ice.
“Huh, you two are like twins.” Draco said, feeling the temperature drop due to them being so close to the Icciclean.
"We're polar opposites." Dillan said with a smile. "We can both morph our bodies into different forms because our insides are liquid, like this." He said as his body became pure magma and reshaped into a Chinese dragon similar to avatar Rokus dragon from Avatar the last air bender.
“Nice, if only this thing can scan alien DNA as well as Pokemon, but I’m not complaining, let’s stop this thing.” Draco said, let out an ear piercing roar. Then flew towards the Icciclean, only to be blasted back.
Dillan flown right to the icciclean, and spun around it faster and faster as the icciclean began… singing?
Dillan raised an eyebrow, while glancing at Draco until the icciclean shot a blast of cold air at them.
“It seems to be singing its pain? I don’t know, but it doesn’t seem to want to stop fighting us.” Draco said, dodging another blast, and swung his tail at the Icciclean, the ice blade on his tail not really doing any damage. “Let's just stop this thing quickly before it reaches the settlement.
Dillan nods as he blasts the icciclean again, right as the icciclean blasts at him and the blasts collide making a power struggle.
Draco joined in, releasing a blue beam of ice, helping Dillan. The combined attack managed to overpower the Icciclean’s, causing it to fly back, but despite being hurt, it kept singing.
"I kinda feel bad for him." Dillan muttered. "I mean since he is displaced. He's in a world he doesn't know forced on him by another…"
“Same, maybe we can try to reason with-” Dillan looked over to Draco, only to see him frozen, as if he was frozen in time.
“Now we can’t have that, can we?” Dillan looked over to see none other than Eon.
"Eon!" Dillan growled. "What do you want?!"
“Isn’t it obvious?” Eon pointed over to the Icciclean, “I want that thing to finish destroying this world. Oh, and him too.” Eon pointed to the frozen Draco,
"What do you want Draco for? He's not from this dimension!" Dillan said before transforming into Clockwork.
“Like I will tell you what I’m planning.” Eon said as more Eons appeared. Each one armed to the teeth. “Now, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Hand him over and I may just send this thing away.” Eon said, two Eons grabbed the Icciclean, “The world, or your friend, choose wisely. ”That's when they heard the familiar beeping of the Poketrix timing out. “Better hurry.”
Dillan smirks and shoots the poketrix keeping it timed in.
“Clever. Keeping it running, but pointless.” Eon said,
Dillan glances to the icciclean who looks confused at the Eons. "Whats going on?! I thought you were friends with my father?!"
Eon laughs. "Oh please, your 'father' had only sent you out to be sent away. You really think we want this planet frozen? We're trying to take it over not destroy it."
"W-what? Then why did my father tell me to freeze everything!" The icciclean asked.
"Simple, to distract the ponies and human, from our real plan. But that plan is nearly complete you are no longer needed." Eon smirks looking to Dillan.
Only to hear the sound of something cracking, looking to the source revealing it to be Draco, he had cracks all over him, and was moving slightly. Eon looked surprised. “Impossible!!” before he could do anything, Draco broke free of the time freeze, letting out a roar of fury before stabbing an Eon with his tail.
The Eon vanished as Dillan blasted the other two into the timeline, before blinking out of existence and appeared next to the icciclean. "Do veu see? Animo doesn't care about you, we can help you-"
Dillan gets cut off by eon blasting the ultimatrix and turning him into a human, within a second he falls to the ground in a block of ice.
Draco seeing this, flew to Dillan. Slamming down on the Poketrix, he changed back to normal and released a blast of flames to melt the ice around Dillan, but he had to act quickly, the fire on his tail was nearly out and he was turning to ice as well.
The ultimatrix became unthawed first, as it activated Eon attempted to attack them but the icciclean in a fit of rage blasted Eons beam with a blast of ice. It turned to Draco, frozen tears running down his face. "I heard the cerebrocrustacean talking about the ultimatrix, turn it twice to the left and once to the right then slam it down on dillans wrist!"
Draco followed the Iccicleans instructions and once finished turning the dial, he was about to slam his claw down on it when he was blasted away. “Pathetic worm. No one can stop me.” Eon said, walking up to Dillan. “Now to get rid of you for good.” Eon pointed a blade at Dillan and swung it, time seemed to slow, soon, the sound of piercing flesh was heard, but Dillan was not stabbed, but instead Draco, Eons blade burst from Draco's back.
The ultimatrix began to beep, pulses of energy erupting from it as everything around them thawed out and returned to normal. A bright flash revealed the ultimatrix to be gone as cracks and fissures formed on Dillans block of ice before it shattered. When he stood up everyone noticed the ultimatrix symbol was on his chest with the symbol of Alien x appearing above Dillans head. Dillan held up his hand as all the snow and ice returned everything to normal a ball of ice and snow in his palm as he snaps his fingers, healing Draco.
The icciclean smiles, standing up. "It's just as doctor psychobos said, that code unlocked Dillan's ultimatrix form."
“Oh s**t.” Eon said, as he and his other selves stepped back. They heard a roar and saw Draco up as well, looking extremely pissed. A glowing sphere appeared around him then he burst from it. A mega symbol above his head, Draco was now Mega Charizard X.
“Can we please get rid of these guys already!” Draco said, the flames on the sides of his mouth and on his tail burning brightly.
Dillan nods, holding his hand up at Eon. "F*ck this!" Eon said opening a portal and jumping through.
“No way you’re getting away that easily!!” Draco sent a huge torrent of blue flames into the portal just before it closed, he turned and blasted another Eon.
Dillan looks at the icciclean, before the ball of ice in his palm begins spinning and drawing in rocks and water glowing brightly. The icciclean took a few steps back, all the Eons vanishing.
Draco flew next to Dillan, a broken blade that belonged to an Eon in his claws. “Good thing you changed into that when you did, otherwise, we all would have been goners.” Draco said, dropping the blade and stomping on it, shattering it to pieces.
Dillan nods. "Thanks to our new friend here."
"What are you gonna do to me?" The icciclean asked.
Draco looks to the Icciclean then to Dillan, “He ain’t freezing anything now, think he can stay in Ponyville?” Draco asked, “After all, he was being used. Think he should have a second chance.”
Dillan shakes his head. "Ponies remember him, plus i don't want him to be the only one of his kind."
The ball of ice and snow with rocks and water began spinning faster before he threw it far off into space a bright flash blinding everything.
“What the heck was that?” Draco asked, his vision slowly returning.
"You'll see." Dillan said, teleporting them all, including the legendary pokemon and both sets of princesses to a plant. It was completely covered in ice, dark clouds overhead as slim sunlight flows through. Ice cold water flowing through streams as Azimuth with Dillan's main six appears.
“Are we on another planet?” Dracos Applejack asked, as everyone looked in awe of their surroundings.
"Yep." Dillan said. "I created this planet using alien X powers out of the ice the icciclean created." He said turning to the icciclean. "This world is yours, Azimuth has the machinery to create more of your kind so you and your kind can live here in peace, away from Animo and the others."
"B-but everything i did…" the icciclean said not believing Dillan.
"Well obviously you'll have to be punished, i think making a peace treaty and helping other races is a good punishment, like community service." Dillan smiles.
“Sounds like a good idea.” Draco’s Celestia said, walking up to Dillan, “You did a good thing helping this creature.”
Dillan nods.
"T-thank you." The icciclean said smiling. Azimuth jumps onto the ultimatrix, twisting and fiddling with it before a burst of energy going around the planet. Multiple pillars and shards of ice began taking shape into other iccicleans.
“Whoa. Azimuth is one science god. By the way, what should we call you?” Draco asked the Icciclean,
"I don't have a name." The icciclean said.
“Well we can’t have that now can we?” Draco said as he and everyone thought of a name.
“I have one.” Arceus said, “Gwyneira which means white snow in japanese.”
Dillan nods slowly. "Nice name."
"Gwyneira?... I like it." Icciclean said smiling.
A bright flash and Draco was no longer in his Mega form, “Now that is settled, I believe two certain pink mares are planning a party.”
Draco’s and Dillans Pinkie pies let out a loud gasp before disappearing. Dillan looked to Draco, seeing blood out of the corner of his mouth while he held the spot where he was stabbed, a small amount of blood could be seen between his claws.
Dillan gives Draco another senzu bean. "Here ya go."
“Thanks, one of those Eons tried reversing the healing you gave me.” Draco said, eating the Senzu Bean.
Dillan smiles as he looks to his ultimatrix. "Your thinking of the Magmalien DNA in your ultimatrix arn't you?" Azimuth asked.
"Yes, it doesn't seem fair to just… leave the DNA in the Ultimatrix without giving it a life, which is why i made a sort of hidden world within the core of this planet."
“Like in the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth?” Dialga asked,
Dillan looks at Dialga. "Yes, but how do you know about that movie? I thought palkia of any would know of it or Giratina and hoopa."
“Just because we don’t get along, doesn’t mean we can’t watch a movie together.” Dialga said,
Dillan nods slowly. "Hoopa would you mind?"
Hoopa nods his head and opened a portal with one of his rings, the group entered the portal after saying goodbye to Gwyneira. Once the group exits the portal, they were met with a full blown party. A large banner was strung that said. “Welcome to our world and thanks for saving everyone and finding a new friend a home!!” in every color of the rainbow.
Dillan smiles and looks to Azimuth who nods as the two disapear.
“Geez, one Pinkie knows how to throw a party, but two of them working on a party. It would probably be better than the Grand Galloping Gala.” Dracos Twilight said, while Dillan’s nodded her head in agreement.
Everyone begins chatting, as Draco sees shadow discord watching Dillan's Discord and Fluttershy laughing together.
“Disn’t believe it until you saw it huh?” Draco says, Shadow Discord just crosses his arms and looks away.
“I am not going to end up like that wimp over there, I will break free again and I will not be bewitched by the-”
“Um, Discord, would you like to get some punch together? If you don’t mind.” Draco’s Fluttershy asked, interrupting Discords rant, Shadow Discord seemed to look a little hesitant before nodding.
“I-I guess.” he said, following Fluttershy. Draco just let out a small laugh.
“Looks like he already has been bewitched.” Draco said, throwing a chocolate cupcake in his mouth before swallowing. “Wish most of the big Legendaries would leave some big cupcakes for the rest of us, these things are pony size.”
Draco notices Dillan is gone, just as the two rainbow dashes who had begun to race did a double sonic rainboom.
Draco noticed Latias and Latios were stealthy racing with them, and seemed to be ahead of the two rainbow blurs.
Dillan returns with Azimuth, who vanishes again. "Welp now the magmaliens are all happy in the core of articmelt 9."
“So that’s where you were. You just missed both RD’s be secretly beaten by Latios and Latias.” Draco said, offering a cup of punch.
Dillan chuckles and takes it, watching Everyone having fun just as Dracos celestia and luna saw Dillans Teirek. "Uh oh."
“Oh s**t.” Draco said, noticing the angry look on Celestia and Luna, “I’m guessing that’s Tirek? Celestia and Luna told me about him thousands of years ago. Said he is bad news.”
"Yeah but after he was defeated here he got reformed thanks to the cmc." Dillan said as his Twilight and Dracos celestia began arguing.
"Please stop this nonsense, your ruining the party." Dills Twilight said.
“That is Tirek!! A being who should be still in Tartarus!! How is he even here?!” Celestia shouted. Draco didn’t want things to get heated so, he did the only a orange Poketrix wielding Charizard could do. He let out a roar. Stopping the argument, luckily, he wasn’t too loud for the party to stop, but loud enough to get the attention of his Celestia and Luna.
“Maybe you should let Dillan explain why is Tirek here before you decide to blast him.” Draco said in a tone that meant ‘disobey and pay the consequences.’
Dillan steps up and turns into his ultimate form, this time instead of Alien x above his head it was diamondhead. Raising a hand a light blue crystal erupted from the ground directly above the chasm of memories, dillans celestia shining the sunlight through it to project a memory around them. "When I first got here and was learning to use the ultimatrix a group of timberwolves attacked me and Twilight after I showed off some aliens not from the show." Dillan said, intriguing Draco but he didn't interrupt. "He drained the Timberwolves of their magic to help us and he's been my roommate ever since. The CMC come around a lot and have helped him turn over a new leaf."
“Huh, well be glad you have Tirek who is willing to change, our Tirek has been known to wipe out entire species after he drains them of not just their magic, but lifeforce as well.” Draco said, remembering what Celestia told him.
Teirek backs up slowly, eating a cupcake as Dillans CMC jump on him and laugh.
"So i saw that look on your face when i said aliens not from the show, ya wanna see some?" Dillan asked Draco with a smile.
“Yeah, what kind of aliens did you use?” Draco asked,
Dillan quickly shifted through his ultimatrix's playlist before slamming down the face plate and turning into a full skullital alien with a single eye with blue suit.
“Huh, what can this one do?” Dracos Twilight asked, looking over the new alien.
"Well his name is bonehead and he can turn himself invisible and has enhanced agility and durability. He has at least 9 degrees of super strenth. He can also stick to walls a can project energy beams from his eyes." Dillan said
“Sounds like a skeleton version of Spider Man, except without the webs shooting.” Draco said.
Dillan chuckles a bit before turning into a naga like alien, having a long slender body with two clawed hands. "This viper, not smart."
“Okay, what can that one do, let me guess one. Enhanced speed and agility?” Applejack asked.
Viper shakes his head. "Viper has an incredible biteforce and produces one of the most deadliest toxins known in the universe. He even can change the grade of his toxic. From just painful to deadly by contact. can also constrict his enemies or pray. He has very fast reflexes. immune for own toxic. Like other snakes, also UV vision."
“Awesome! That alien seems perfect for stealth attacks from the information you gave.” Draco said,
"Anyone… Scared… Spiders?" Viper asked.
“No.” nearly everyone said but for two ponies. The Twilights.
Dillan looked to the two Twilights, specifically his. She gets a look of realization on her face. "Oh your turning into the spidarian."
"Yup, dont worry, ill turn back soon." Dillan said to Dracos Twilight as he quickly transforms into a large black widow-like alien with a big blue butt.
“Huh, interesting alien. Can this one shoot webs?” Draco asked,
Dillan nods. "Yep, ghostfreak tried using it to capture me once, it can spin webs for each element."
“Which element?” Dracos Luna asked.
"All of them, its eyes scan an enemy and its body secrets the best element to capture it for survival." Dillan said turning back into a human.
“So those are the aliens you used? They looked pretty tough.” Draco said, looking at his Poketrix, thinking of the cool new transformations he’s going to get.
"Honestly I haven't used them yet, I've just stuck to ones from the show." Dillan said.
“Shame, I would have liked to hear how you kicked somebody's butt with Viper or that spider alien.” Draco said. Then, everyone heard a ringing noise, they looked to see it was both of the Pinkie’s on a stage.
“Alright everypony, mon and human! It’s time to get on the stage to sing a great song. Music will be provided by DJ PON3!!”
Dillan chuckles and sits back. "This should be interesting."
“First up to sing is Draco!! The Dragon God of Justice from my Equestria!!” Dracos Pinkie said as Draco flew onto the stage, a guitar in one claw.
“Alright Equestria, ready to hear some music?” Draco asked, he got shouts of agreement from the crowd. Draco smirked and whispered to DJ PON3. She nodded and began playing some music.
“I wanna be the very best Like no one ever was To catch them is my real test To train them is my causeI will travel across the land.” Draco sang, the legendaries knew this song all too well.
Dillan laughs. "The johto and sinnoh theme songs are better!"
“Searching far and wide Teach Pokemon to understand The power that's inside!!
Pokemon! Gotta catch 'em all
It's you and me I know it's my destiny Pokemon! Oh, you're my best friend In a world we must defend!!!”
Different colored lights began to dance around Draco as he sang. Dillan saw Mewtwo and few other Legendaries were the ones causing the light show for Draco. It seemed to make ponies cheer loudly.
Dillan shakes his head in amusement, watching as he fiddles with his ultimatrix.
Pokemon! Gotta catch 'em all A heart so true Our courage will pull us through You teach me, and I'll teach you
Po-ke-mon!!!”
Dillan claps.
Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em al!! lGotta catch 'em all Gotta catch 'em all Gotta catch 'em all Yeah Pokémon! Gotta catch 'em all!!
A guitar appeared in Dillans hands as Draco kept singing, looking around, he saw it was Mew who gave Dillan the guitar, if her pointing to the stage wasn’t obvious that she wanted him to sing with Draco.
It's you and me I know it's my destiny Po-ké-mon! Oh, you're my best friend In a world we must defend!!
Dillan chuckles and jumps on stage stopping Draco from singing. "If you're gonna sing the theme song sing the full one, you're only doing the one from the into."
Dillan holds up his fingers as he counts down and the two start the song over.
Draco: I want to be the very best, Like no one ever was. To catch them is my real test, To train them is my cause.
Dillan: We will travel across the land, Searching far and wide. Each Pokemon to understand The power that's inside
Both: It's you and me We know it's our destiny Pokemon!
You're my best friend In a world we must defend
Pokemon
Dillan: A heart so true! Our courage will pull us through
Both: You teach me and I'll teach you Pokemon Yeah
Draco: Every challenge along the way With courage i will face I will battle everyday To claim my rightful place
Dillan: Come with me the time is right Theres no better team Arm and arm well win the fight Its always been our dream
Pokemon Both: Its you and me We know its our destiny
Pokemon Oh, your my best friend In a world we must defend
Pokemon!
Dillan: A heart so true Our courage will pull us through You teach me and ill teach you Pokemon!
Both: Yeah! Pokemon! Draco sent several fireballs into the sky after they were done, each one exploded like a firework, some of the Legendaries did the same, this caused the ponies to go wild.
"That. Was. Awesome!" Dillan's pinkie pie yelled as she bounced around. "Dillan you pick a song now!"
Dillan thought for a moment, holding his fingers up to his chin. "I think i got one…"
Dillan begins to strum a couple cords on his guitar as his pinoke starts on drums somehow knowing what he was about to sing. "This is for everyone that will ever need help!"
Well, I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind
I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time
But I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
I feel there's nothing I can do, yeah I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon
After all I knew, it had to be something to do with you
I really don't mind what happens now and then
As long as you'll be my friend at the end If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?
If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand?
I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite
You called me strong, you called me weak
But still your secrets, I will keep You took for granted all the times, I never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head If not for me then you'd be dead
I picked you up and put you back on solid ground
If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?
If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand?
I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite
If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?
If I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand?
I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite, yeah
If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?
If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand?
I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite
All around the world All around the world All around the world
When Dillan played the final chord on hethe guitar, the sound echoed for miles before he looked at all the silent ponies. He glanced around confused before they all burst into applause.
Dillan smiles as him and Draco get off the stage. "That was fun."
Draco nodded, “Agreed, I’m glad I met you Dillan.” Draco stuck his fist for a fist bump.
Dillan bumps his fist, giving draco a omnitrix core. "Same, if you ever need help summon me, this is my token."
“Maybe send me, the Legendaries and the princesses back first, we are in your Equestria. Not only that but the Knights of Justice might be getting a little worried back home.” Draco said, “ey, before I go, do you think you can tell me how to splice another’s Dna, and maybe add a little bit of Alien X Dna too?” I asked, pointing to my Poketrix. “May need him in case Tirek shows up. Or someone worse, like reality warping worse.”
Dillan chuckles. "Dude you have all the legendary pokemon dna and im sure arceus can unlock all the pokemon dna for you, besides not sure how alien X would work in your dimension since it isn't a ben 10 dimension."
“Hey, didn’t stop you did it?” Draco said,
"Technically i used alien x here, but i do see your point. However all dimensions have a check system, if you have a being as powerful as alien x in your poketrix you'll end up meeting a reality destroyer or something, why ya think the more powerful Ben got as did his enemies."
“Huh, when you put it that way. Guess I can stick with the legendaries. Wait, before I go, how did you get in my world.”
"Paradox, when we were traveling the timeline we came upon your dimension and he said id have to meet you for something to come." Dillan said. "But by using my token, the omnitrix core i just gave you, you call my name and it'll teleport me to your dimension…. Do you have one?"
“Nope. I have no idea what a token is, is it some signal for another Displaced?” Draco asked.
“Please don’t let it be a way for others to break the fabric of space.” Palkia said as she hoped it wouldn’t.
Dillan thinks for a moment. "Not really, imagine them as keys, keys Displaced can use to unlock the door of space and time in order to meet other displaced in times of great peril… or just to keep sain…" He said. "I already have one for cooler and another one for a guy named Dante who's half kiju." Dillan said. "Draco get a random item that has to do with your displaced powers "
Draco thought for a moment then got an idea, he pulled a Mega Stone and covered it in flames, the Mega Stone didn’t burn, it just seemed to glow, “Will this work?”
"Yup, now say your name and an oath." Dillan said. "It can be anything really, your title, occupation alignment of good or evil. "
Draco nodded and began to speak. “I am the Dragon God of Justice, Charizard, if you require my aid, then shout my name out to the heavens, and I will arrive to bring justice to the wicked. But be warned, if you are evil yourself. You’ll know true fear!”
Dillan nodded. "Good, and now seems like a good try to try out my invention." Smiling dillan brought out a bag, just a small leather bag. He reached his arm inside and soon his while body minus his feet was inside. He climbed out after falling in, holding a null void projector. "That happened, but now i can make something cool." He smiled as he turned into jurry rig. "Fix fix fix!" In a flash he was ripping the null void projector apart and reassembling it. It now had a long barril on the end of it with what appeared to be a lens. Transforming back dillan took his token and opened a compartment on the barril, sliding it in and closing it. Taking aim at an empty area he pulled the trigger, a blast similar to the null void beam opened up a wormhole into the multiverse itself, giving everyone a view of galaxy clusters and different worlds.
“Whoa, you just opened a gateway between dimensions didn’t you?” Draco asked.
"Yup, watch this." Dillan said, grabbing Draco's token and throwing it into the void, as they watched it it multiplied and was sent out everywhere. A portal opened above Dillan as a copy of Dracos token came out and he caught it. "Tada, now your token is going to all the displaced."
“Alright, which means more ally’s.” Draco said, another portal appeared above him as his token fell out, he caught it and looked to Dillan who just shrugged.
"Maybe because its your mega stone?" He suggested.
“Could be,” Draco said, putting the Mega Stoneaway, after putting out the fire that was around it.
Dillan smiles and nods to paradox who opens a large portal for Draco and his allies. "Well then dragon god of justice it was an honor to meet you." Dillan said holding out his hand for a handshake
Draco grabbed the hand as he and Dillan shook hands. “Likewise. Thank you for everything.” Draco said, “you are always welcome in my world.”
"Back at ya." Dillan smiles as the legendary pokemon head through the portal.
Draco, the princesses and Main 6 enter the portal as well. But stopping to wave goodbye.
Dillan and his group wave buy as well. "Try hooking your mega stone to the top of the poketrix, you'll be in for a surprise!" The ultimatrix user called to the charizard.
“Alright, I will.” Draco said back then he and his pony allies entered the portal.
Paradox closed the portal, leaving the two Displaced in their own realities and they're memories of new friends and good times.
The sun, after so long, was finally out. The iccicleans freezing of the planet took such a hard toll on so many lives; crops, animals, all the scentiant life on the planet.
Dillan was being praised as a hero, a global hero. No one had given much credit to Draco sadly seeing as he was from another dimension no matter how much Dillan insisted he helped more than they thought.
Rain gently fell over the landscape of equestria, causing water levels to rise. Ponyville, in particular, was having trouble. The water flowing from the melting mountains, canterlot being on the top of a mountain was now only about four miles away from a seemingly endless sea. Entire towns and homes were evacuated, orchards of food gone. Life was now on an endless sea, as Dillan glanced out a window at the moving waves as he listened in on the meeting of the princesses and shining armor with the main six.
"What are we going to do? The water is freezing as soon it reaches the frozen north, and is making glaciers. Not only that but it keeps rising, at this rate the entire climate of the planet will change." Shining armor said.
"Can't we just evaporate the water!?" Rainbow dash asked, making Dillan glance her way.
"We can't, if we did it would just conjugate in the sky and become rain." Dillan said. "Even with pegasi magic the amount would be too great to control. And at that point the rockslides and mudslides would be too much for earth ponies and-"
"Ok ok we get it, can't you use your new ultimate powers to get rid of the water?" Applejack asked.
Dillan sighs. "No… azimuth said I'm not ready for it and locked it. Said i'd rely on it too much."
Celestia sighs. "With the situation getting worse… i have been considering an alternative. But that is not important now, we must meet with the leaders of the other races and discuss what to do."
Dillan raises an eyebrow.
Celestia walks over to a window, watching over the liquid that covered her land. "The iccicleans rampage has caused such damage and sadness… it… feels like it shouldn't have been allowed to live."
"Your saying that you want revenge against someone who didn't understand what they were doing? Thats cold tia." Dillan said shaking his head. "Its animo that made the icciclean act that way, it wasn't his fault."
"Yes… i understand." Celestia sighs. "It still feels like all of this was for not thought."
Dillan nods slowly. "I understand Celestia."
“Tia, the creature was merely confused, we must not dwell on the past, let’s just worry about this problem.” Luna said.
"Yes i understand lulu, but dillan is right. If we simply evaporate it it’ll become clouds too strong for us to control." Celestia said. "And if we do nothing equestria will forever be underwater."
“What if we move it to space! Oh! Or maybe another dimension where there is no water!” Pinkie said, hopping excitedly.
"That might work, problem is without azimuths help we wont know what dimension is without water or life." Dillan said. "Plus after the whole animo action like god if we send water to somewhere without life it'll make life and no."
“Well, we could use my fourth wall breaking abilities to find a dimension where it is nothing but heat that will evaporate the water into nothing!”
Dillan puts his fingers to his chin as he looks over the water soaked kingdom while thinking. "That might work, actually Twilight didn't you say once there was a species of animals called naga that used water and land to survive?"
"Yes why?" Twilight asked.
"Well if i can get some dna of one we might be able to make a planet somewhere for them to live." Dillan said.
"At this rate you'll be populating the universe with dna." A familiar voice said before azimuth appeared in a flash of light.
“Azimuth, where have you been?” Celestia asked.
"Home, working on a new invention. I don't spend all my time helping shapeshifters." Azimuth said.
“Well, we could really use your help right now. Equestria is about to be nothing but water.” Applejack said, pointing out the window for Azimuth to see the endless sea.
"Ah yes, no doubt a result of the iccicleans ice melting." Azimuth noted jumping onto a windowsill to see. "I suppose we could attempt to do Dillan's idea, if we could get a scan of a naga."
“Any idea where the naga is Twilight?”
"They went extinct years ago, but i believe I've kept some fossils." Celestia said as her horn began to glow, before the skeleton of a long snake like being with the upper half of a human appeared
“Geez, that thing is freaky.” Rainbow Dash said,
“I-it looks like it could eat a pony in just one bite!” Fluttershy said, scared of the skeleton of the naga before her.
"Probably could." Dillan stated as azimuth takes a needle and takes some bone marrow from it. He then injected it into the ultimatrix, a projection of an adult naga propping up.
“Good, now we can proceed with the plan then?” Luna asked.
"I'd like Dillan to train with the naga scan for a little bit. I need to find a sutible planet." Azimuth said.
“Right, don’t take too long though, we don’t know how long we have.” Celestia said just as Azimuth disappeared.
Dillan looked over the growing sea, raising an eyebrow as two dark figures swam closer to the mountain canterlot. The two figures jump out of the sea, magic surrounding them as they become hippogriffs.
"Hippogriffs?" Dillan asked, confused.
“Greetings, I am Queen Novo, queen of the Hippogriffs. We have noticed the sudden rise of the sea and came here to investigate, which brings us here.” Queen Novo said,
Dillan nods slowly as the other one flys into his face. "Oh my gosh your dillan the human aren't you! The hero who freed the world right?!"
"Um yeah?" Dillan said, backing up a bit.
“Skystar, you are making him uncomfortable, give the hero some space.” Novo said, causing Skystar to pout but return back to her mother's side.
"Sorry." She said
"I-its fine just getting used to the attention." Dillan chuckles as his ultimatrix scans skystar.
"What was that?" Skystar asked.
"My ultimatrix scanning you so now i can transform into a hippogriff." Dillan said.
“Interesting, but we are getting off topic, tell me you have a way to fix this. Because we may like the water, but we don’t want everything to be one big ocean.” Novo said, pointing to sea with her head.
"We have an idea, but right now we're waiting on help." Dillan said.
“And who is this help?” Novo asked, until a bright flash appeared and Azimuth stood.
"Me, i believe i've found a suitable planet that has no liquid that we should be able to teleport the water to." Azimuth said.
“Really? Then how soon can we begin?” Twilight asked,
"It'll take a little time, but it shouldn't take too long." Azimuth said looking over the sea. "We should have it done within a month."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Dillan smiles and looks over the sea. "Thats good… but what are we gonna do about any like sharks and other sea creatures that are gonna be swimming around in there?"
“We will deal with them, you just worry about this problem. Now, good day and good luck.” with that said, Queen Novo and her daughter left, transforming into their aquatic forms and began swimming off.
Dillan smiles softly, before a small frown made its way onto his lips.
“What is the matter?” Luna asked,
"Its animo and everyone else, i have no idea where they are and with animo making the icciclean. Im worried he might make new aliens again." He said. "And they might be worse than the icciclean."
“Dillan, we will stop Animo once and for all. You have friends with you, and not only that, other Displaced are out there waiting and willing to help you. Animo will be stopped, one way or another.” Celestia said.
Dillan nods slowly, glancing up into the sky. "Thing is, im not sure how to handle all this. In the dimension my powers are based off animo and everyone else always comes back one way or another. Heck when he first started off animo just mutated animals… now he's making aliens."
“We will find a way to keep him from doing harm. And we will make sure the creatures he makes find a new home for them to live peacefully.”
Dillan nods again, before he grabs his head as small currents of electricity come from the ultimatrix going unnoticed by everyone.
"So what should we do in the meantime?" Shining armor asked.
“For now we get ready for our part of the plan, transporting this much water is going to take a great deal of magic.”
"Azimuth uses technology to do it." Dillan said.
“Besides Azimuth.” Luna said with a chuckle. “Tiny thing just loves his technology.”
"You can say that again, heck he built a whole planet just to store the dna of the aliens in the ultimatrix." Dillan said.
Everyone just stared at Dillan.
"What?" He asked, blinking. "I didn't tell you about primus?"
"No you didn't, would you mind explaining?" Celestia asked.
"Sorry." Dillan chuckles. "Primus is a literal planet that azimuth made to store the codon stream, a bubbling pool of dna. It holds the DNA of over one million aliens in it. On primus it looks like a river of green lava or probably blue lava in this dimension."
Twilight is writing everything down. "And do they all have ultimate evolutions?"
"They can, but only a few have been shown in the show, i could try going ultimate for a few others but i don't know how it'd turn out." Dillan said.
“That is interesting to hear, Dillan.” Luna said,
Dillan thinks for a moment before transforming into an alicorn, he taps the ultimatrix sending a wave of energy over himself as he becomes an ultimate alicorn. His horn becomes sharper and his wings larger, his legs became even more muscled as he stood even taller. "Cool." His deepened voice said.
“That is awesome!!!” Rainbow Dash says as she flies up to Dillan. “What about a dragon or a griffon?! What will they look like?”
"I have a dragon scan but not a Griffin i could try?" Dillan said. "But judging by spikes growth spurt on his birthday from how you guys described id probably become the size of the dragon lord scorch."
“And we are pretty sure we are not planning on remodeling the castle, so maybe in a much more open space.” Celestia said, already thinking about the massive damage Dillan would cause if he does become the size of Torch.
Dillan nods returning to normal. "I could go ultimate for some of my other forms first."
They all nodded their heads. Eager to see some of the Ultimate forms of Dillans aliens.
Dillan transforms into heatblast before unleashing his ultimate energy. "Ultimate heatblast!"
“Dang! That guy is awesome!!
Dillan chuckles. "Heatblast was the very first alien shown in the show my powers are based on, ah nostalgia."
They all smiled.
Dillan returned to normal, looking out the window before glancing at the calendar. "Wow, its already been nearly half a year since i arrived here."
The others looked at the calendar as well, surprised at the date. “You are right! I’ve haven’t even noticed! Wow time sure flies.” Twilight said,
"Oh my gosh i need to throw you a party!" Pinkie pie said frantically.
“A it’s-been-a-year-since-you-came-to-equestria party?” Rainbow asked, a smile on her face.
"No silly a thanks for saving equestria and a it's-been-nearly-half-a year-since-you-came to equestria party." Pinkie giggles.
Dillan chuckles. "I think we have more important matters to attend to." He said looking at the calendar again with a sigh.
“What is it Dillan?”
"Oh uh nothing." Dillan said depressed before leaving. Pinkie looked to where he was and then the calendar before gasping.
"Do you all remember when we went to the chasm of memories?" Pinkie asked, ripping the calendar down.
“Yes, it was one the most important places to remember. Why?” Luna asked.
"When we looked into dillans memories and saw his family die." Pinkie said her hair deflated a bit. "I saw his birthday and it was three months ago!"
Everyone had shocked looks on their faces, then they all looked to Dillan with upset looks.
They saw him sitting on the balcony, his back to the wall. Celestia raised an eyebrow as light shone through the opening, multiple spectral figures making it ripple before they faded away but she seemed to be the only one to see them. "Did anyone else see that?"
“See what?” Applejack asked, eyebrow raised.
Celestia shook her head while rubbing her eyes. "Must have been a trick of the light."
Applejack just shrugged, “So what are we going to do.”
"I don't think this is the best time for parties sadly." Twilight sighs. "But once everything is taken care of we should throw him a great big celebration."
Everyone voiced their agreement.
Azimuth re-appeared in a flash of light, looking to Dillan before everyone minus Dillan was teleported to his home planet. "I've begun preparations on getting the water off your planet, however there is another matter we need to discuss."
“What is Azimuth?” Fluttershy asked.
Azimuth sighs. "What i am about to tell you is classified… but the one who watches over life and death in all dimensions is in a rage unlike any other."
Dillan sighed again as he leaned on the wall of the castle's balcony, staring out over the seemingly endless sea. "Funny, this reminds me of both Wind waker and Spirited away." Dillan chuckled a hollow chuckle as he watched the waves crash against canterlot mountain, seeing many sea creatures and fish swimming around. He glanced at Ponyville, completely submerged under the waves. The lights of homes and business glimmering through the dome he and Discord created when the flooding started, the lights wiggling and dancing through the waves.
Dillan smiles softly, as he starts walking through the castle a unicorn with a black mane and orange fur walking behind him with a clicpbored in her magic. "The development of the tunnels connecting all the settlements has been completed, and all pony settlements have been fully incased in domes thanks to the aid of Discord."
Dillan nodded slowly looking at the unicorn in confusion. "Um, why are you telling me all this?"
"The princesses and the elements of harmony have vanished, you are the most logical to be next in charge." The unicorn said. "Shining armor and princess cadence are too busy in the crystal empire and ponies trust you, it only makes sense."
Dillan blinked as his head slowly turns to the balcony overlooking canterlot city itself as ponies went about their day. Swallowing a lump in his throat Dillan looked to the mare. "What's your name?"
"Sunset meadows sir." She said, adjusting her mane a bit. "I am Princess Celestia's new secretary… sadly raven inkpot did not make it back to canterlot before the flood."
Dillan winced and nodded slowly. "Huh, sunset… sunset… you wouldn't happen to have a daughter with the same first name would you?"
"I do actually, well… did. She disappeared years ago, how did you know?" She said to him.
"Um, I read a book in the library about Celestia's old private students." He lied, chuckling.
Sunset meadows nods slowly, glancing at her clipboard again. “I see...Well, we have a lot to do and we are already behind schedule.” She points at her clipboard. “First we need to have day court, then the meeting with the parliament on what to do with all the water. And lastly the dragons have sent a delegate demanding answers and restitution for the floods.”
Dillan blinks rapidly. "Uh… alright?"
She nods and smiles before opening the door. “Come along sir Dillan, daylight is burning."
Dillan follows behind her. "Um, so what exactly do I have to do?"
“Well, like I said, the first is day court where anyone can come to princess Celestia with their troubles and ask for her help, be it financial, legal, or just advice.” Sunset said as they walked towards the throne room.
"I'm not sure if I'm uh, qualified for that kinda thing… well the financial part." He said.
“You won't be alone, Celestia’s advisers will be there with you.” She said as she opened the door to the throne room.
Dillan gulped. "Uh am I supposed to sit on her throne or something?"
Sunset nods and starts pushing Dillan with her magic. “Yes, now hurry, the court is already late to start.”
"Ok ok!" He said sitting on Celestia's throne. "Um, should I transform into an alicorn or something?"
“If that makes you feel more comfortable, however most that are coming know that you are the one going to be the one on the throne.” Sunset told Dillan before taking her spot to his right.
Dillan nods slowly, looking to the guards at the door. "Um, begin?"
The guards nod, opening the doors as a rainbow line of ponies comes walking in. The first one to come up surprised Dillan when he bows. He was a brown mane, and white coat earth pony. “Sir, please ma family needs help. All this water has washed away most of ma farm and now the little light that makes it to us just ain’t enough to grow food properly.”
Dillan frowns and looks out the window at the sea. "I hear your concerns, and I want everyone here to hear me!" He said standing up and raising his voice so everyone could hear him. "The person that made my watch is the smartest person in three possibly five galaxies. He is working on a solution to get rid of the water, however until then I will use my powers to aid in any plant growth and food development. And if need be, I can even use my powers to raise farms and towns to make islands. So that everyone can get sunshine and fresh air, all I ask is that you give me some time please?"
The first stallion and a few other ponies nod and bow before leaving. Then a well dressed mare walks up and slightly bows her head. “I am here on behalf of the Canterlot preservation society. I'm here to ask the crown for funding.”
Dillan looks at her. "And how much do you need?"
She smiles and flutters her eyes. “Well, with the projects we have in mind we need at least…” She seems to think it over, before saying. “Ten thousand.”
Dillan's eyes widen. "Ten thousand bits!?." He asked before calming down. "honestly less than I expected, however I need to discuss it with the financial council."
The mare frowned but only for a moment before she was smiling again. “Of course sir.”
An old unicorn stallion walks up to Dillan. “That is a large amount and she never said what these projects of hers are.” He said in a whisper.
Dillan glances at the mare. "What are the projects you need the money for?"
The mare smiles a bit more forced. “Well, we will be cleaning up the city and removing any...trash.. As well as adding some security in the old Canterlot district.”
Dillan stares at the mare. "And what proof do you have that this is what you need it for?"
The mare blinks as if shocked and confused he would ask such a thing. “I’m sorry?”
"Proof, what organization specifically is this for?" Dillan said, raising an eyebrow. "I'm sure there have been many ponies trying to con bits from Celestia over the years, and just because I've never done this before doesn't mean I'm dumb or nieve."
The mare chuckles and waves a hoof. “Oh sir you don't have to worry about that, I am a noble not some filthy commoner.”
Dillan stares at her with a raised eyebrow. "And that matters because?"
The mare stares at Dillan as if she was just told the world was flat. “Wha..it matters because I am above them! All nobles are and it is our responsibility to lead them but we can't do that if they keep barging into our city and taking our supplies. Canterlot needs more food, Canterlot needs more space and more importantly Canterlot needs less commoners!”
Dillan stands up immediately, glaring down at her. "Actually it's ponies like you that canterlot needs less of!" He said shocking her. "Canterlot may be the center of the pony lands, however that doesn't mean that the problems here are any worse than anywhere else. Of anything, canterlot should GIVE more food out to places like ponyville or even Appaloosa, this flood has caused problems way worse for them than here."
The mare was shocked at first but then she harrumphed and turned her node to the air. “Those dirt ponies don't Matter, all the ones that matter are here in Canterlot, anyone who didn't make it up here obviously doesn't have as much importance.”
Dillan crosses his arms. "Oh really? What about the farmers that grow the food? What about the builders and ponies that provide the materials? What about the elements of harmony that have saved equestria many times over?" He asked slowly walking down the steps of the throne to get in her face. "They all provide necessary, and important aspects to life in equestria that without would mean the end of everything…" he glared, staring her in the eyes. "And what have YOU done?"
She backs up as Dillan gets closer. “They do those things because it is their purpose in life to fulfill our needs and I am responsible for keeping Canterlot pure.”
"What's your name?" He asked her.
She puts a hoof on her chest. “I am Scarlet Rose, but most call my lady Rose.”
"Leave, I'm sure Celestia will be interested in hearing what you've had to say. And considering her star pupil and her friends are those so called lowly commoners, and the ones that have saved equestria more times than I have. I'm sure she'll have a few words for you." He said.
She frowns and flips her mane as she turns to leave. “I guess you are just another pretender.”
"A pretender?" Dillan raised an eyebrow, turning to Sunset meadows.
Sunset shrugs and watches Scarlet Rose leave. “I don't know sir.”
Dillan sits back down. "Um, did I mess up by getting all worked up by that?"
A earth pony mare clears her throat. “Well, Celestia would have handled that ….differently, but you are in charge today. You can choose how to act.”
Dillan sighs and holds his head, before turning to the old stallion that walked up to him before. "Has there been anyone else that's asked for that amount of bits before?"
He nods with a frown. “Most are just seeking to loot the royal vaults but there are a few cases that are legitimate.”
Dillan sighs. "Crap, I hope I didn't just mess up…."
The ood stallion clears his throat. “Miss scarlet Rose has a reputation for hmmm how do i word this nicely?”
“She is a total plothole.” Sunset said.
Dillan coughs and chokes on apparently nothing, covering his mouth. "Damn, that was funny!"
The older stallion clears his throat. “Right, in any case you shouldn’t have to worry about miss Rose.”
Dillan nods slowly. "Ok, are there any more ponies waiting for day court?"
Someone clears their throat after Dillan said that, and when he looked he saw an unamused Blueblood. “And what exactly do you think you're doing on my aunties throne?”
"Running day court, she left me in charge… apparently. Your blue blood right? What can I help you with?" Dillan asked with a small smile.
Blueblood huffs. “As if my loving aunt would leave a commoner in charge, get out of my throne this instant or I shall have the guards throw you in the dungeon.”
Dillan stares at him before looking to Sunset meadows, completely ignoring him. "Is he mentally unstable?"
Sunset opens her mouth before Blueblood cuts her off. “What kind of question is that? Of course I am mentally stable, stop being such a fool it is my birthright to rule Equestria not your’s commoner you may have that fancy shape shifting ability of yours but to me that just makes you a freak and get out of my sight before I have you arrested.”
Dillan blinks at him. "And what right do you have that says you can overrule the laws your aunt placed?"
Blueblood frowns and stomps his hoof. “What law are you talking about? The only law here is that I, as a prince should be on that throne!”
"That is not actually true sir." A young voice said. A young unicorn stallion walked up holding a book in his magic, opening it he flips through the pages until he stops midway through. "Equestrian law number fone hundred and six." He started
"Wow." Dillan said at the same time.
"In the absence of either princess celestia or Princess Luna. And no other suitable royal is named or located, such as princess twilight or cadence, it shall be up to the members of the royal court and secretary of Princess Celestia. To name a temporary leader in their absence." He spoke, before closing the book. "And as such we the Royal court have named Dillan the temporary leader."
“But that is preposterous. I am right here. I've been in Canterlot this whole time. Why haven't you come to me before going to that monkey!” Blueblood started yelling and pointing. “I am a Prince and will be treated as such. In the absence of my aunties, I am in charge!”
Dillan stands up, slowly walking over to blue blood. "What exactly do I have the rights to do as I am in charge?" He asked the other unicorn.
"You have the same rights as the princesses. And if they seem your decisions to be appropriate soon their return it shall stay." The unicorn said.
Dillan nods. "Understood, blue blood you said it was preposterous that you weren't chosen. I think it's clear now why. You are rude, hot headed, you jump to conclusions and a racist. Of any visiting dignitaries were to arrive white you in charge a war would be soon behind. And as such." He said glancing around as everyone waited for his response, including the guards. "As the temporary ruler, I hear by strip you of your status and power!"
Bluebloods eyes widen and then he lights his horn. “Who do you think you are!? Guards arrest the commoner filth immediately!” He yells as two magic sword construcks appear next to him.
Dillan crosses his arms as two guards walk over and point their spears right at blue blood. "You are under arrest for crimes against the crown."
“What!? I am the crown!” He yells before launching his magic swords at Dillan rage filling his eyes.
Dillan shakes his head and pushes down his ultimatrix, in a bright flash a purple rock alien stood Infront of them as he absorbed the magic swords. "Nice try, but Chromastone can absorb all kinds of energy. Including magic." He said as the guards restrained Blue blood.
“No! Stop! I am a prince! A PRINCE!” Blueblood yells as he is taken away. After a few moments of silence every guard left in the throne room cheered.
Dillan sighs and sits back down on the throne, as he returns to normal. "That could have been better…"
“Well to be fair almost everypony knows that prince blueblood is a mareizing, selfish, cowardly, plothole.” Sunset said, partially hiding behind her clipboard.
Dillan smiles at her. "Trying not to laugh?" He asked, looking to the royal court. "if any of you want to laugh or cheer go ahead, I'm not uptight about it."
Dillan smiles as many royal court members laugh and cheer along with the guards. Dillan spent the better half of five hours answering simple yes and no questions for the court day ponies. However there were a few he had to think on and had Sunset meadows write down for celestia and Luna when they come back.
"Alright, now what?" Dillan asked Sunset as he stood up and rubbed his butt. "This chair is uncomfortable…"
“Well, next you have to meet with the Parliament in order to discuss what to do with all the ocean water. And for the throne being uncomfortable, Princess Celestia had designed it that way to help her keep herself awake at least that's the rumor going around.” Sunset said.
"That… surprisingly makes sense…" dillan said. "Do I meet them here or somewhere else?"
Sunset shakes her head. “No we need to head to the other side of the castle.”
Then an older mare chuckles. “Also one of Celestia’s ideas, if she's walking all over the castle she's getting at least some exercise.”
Dillan nods, cracking his back. "alright let's do this."
Dillan and Sunset move on to the other side of the castle passing many ponies, mostly guards and maids. “Sir if you don’t mind my asking, how soon do you think till the water will be gone? I have family that is on the edge of Equestria and I want to find out if they made it.”
"Well, truth be told once the water is gone or if we have to make islands. I can bring them all back to life." He said. "Anyone that died."
Sunset looks at Dillan with wide eyes. “B-But isn’t that necromancy?”
"I'm assuming that's illegal here considering your reaction." He said chuckling. "But no it's…. Huh actually I wonder if it does count as necromancy. You see I have a transformation that can create these things called dragon balls… Stop it." He said pointing at her when she blushed at what he said. "their magic orbs that can grant any one wish within their power, surprisingly reviving the dead is within those powers."
She blinks and looks down. “A..are there any negative side effects?” She asked Dillan.
"Well… in one timeline when they're used they create negative energy and if it builds up too much they'll break and become shadow dragons. But whenever I transform the dragon balls are destroyed and recreated with each transformation. So we don't have to worry about that." He said. "Sadly though I already tried to use them for the water and couldn't. It's too much to evaporate, it'll just become rain, and the dragon balls don't have the range to search the whole universe for a planet to teleport it to."
“Oh..” Sunset looks down and sighs. “Well at least there is hope you can ‘save’ the ponies lost in the flood.”
"I can." Dillan said. "The dragon balls don't do anything half assed, they'll be restored to the way they were before they died."
Sunset smiles then looks up at Dillan. “I have a bit of a selfish request to ask of you sir.”
"Go for it." He said smiling softly at her.
She sighs and asks. “Do you think when you have some free time you can try to find out where my daughter is? I miss her so much.”
Dillan glances down at her, smiling softly. "Sure."
She smiles softly and wipes her eyes. “Thank you sir, oh we are here.” She clears her throat and calms herself down before opening the door.
Inside is a large room with a podium in the center and in front of the podium is a large desk with 15 seats on it however only nine seats are filled. “Well well, it seems mister Dillan has decided to grace us with his presence today.” A tall gray stallion with black mane said looking down at Dillan from his seat.
"My apologies, the former prince blue blood was making a ruckus in the throne room." Dillan stated. "Where do I sit?"
“You stand at the podium and answer our questions.” A yellow military Pegasus mayor said.
"Oh, ok. Sorry I've never done this before." Dillan said standing at the podium.
A earth pony mare adjusts her paperwork before asking. "Seeing as this is your first time here, please state your name, occupation and species for the record.”
"Um Dillan anthony schorer, occupation… Um. Hero? Or I guess peacekeeper would be better. And homosapien." He stated.
One of the ponies writes that down. “Alright, let’s start with something simple, what has been about the flooding so far?”
"The creator of my watch has been searching the cosmos for a berrin planet just far away enough from it's star to be able to teleport the water away. However it has been difficult from what I've heard. Most planets that are far away enough for life already have life on them." Dillan said.
Some of the ponies frown and mumble with each other. “I see, and how have you handled the food issue?”
"That was only just brought to my attention today in day court. However I have a transformation that can manipulate plants, and another that could help make islands out of some mountains. Then we will be able to grow more food on those islands." He said. "Or we can use magic to raise the pony settlements to the surface and make them into islands."
“Hmmm I see, well Please do something soon. Equestria has lost most of its farmlands due to this flood. Next question is, where are the princesses at the moment?” The same stallion asked.
Dillan opened his mouth to speak before his eyes widened and he looked behind him. "Well, Luna is outside now." He said gesturing to the door. "and as for Celestia I'm assuming she's with the creator of my watch, for what I do not know."
The ponies talk amongst themselves for a moment before the Pegasus mare asks. “If Princess Luna is outside, why is she not in here speaking with us?”
"She just arrived." Dillan said. "I know because I can detect life energy and hers just appeared." He calmly stated, before the doors opened again, princess Luna quickly walking in.
"Apologies, something very important came up and-" she paused, looking at the ponies and Dillan. "Have we missed something? What is happening?"
The military mare salutes and says. “We are having a meeting about the flood ma’am and as you and Princess Celestia were missing Dillan was named to be in charge ma’am.”
Luna sighs and nods. "Yes of course, Apologies once again. Azimuth wished to speak with me and Tia about the water as well. And good work Sunset meadows, Dillan is a very good choice." She said to the secretary mare.
Sunset blushes lightly but smiles at the praise. “Thank you ma’am.”
“Yes well now that there is an actual pony in charge Mr….Dillan is free to go, while we can resume the questioning with Princess Luna.” The tall gray stallion said looking down his nose at Dillan.
"Um technically mr naysayer, Dillan is still in charge of the day court and everything that happens during the day. Until celestia returns." Sunset meadows said.
He frowns at sunset and sits down. “Very well, if we must continue with this meeting with...him..”
Dillan raised his eyebrow and crosses his arms. "feelings mutual."
The pegasus clears her throat. “Yes well, next is what you plan to do about the cloud cities that are sucking up the water and starting to sink?”
Dillan's eyes blink multiple times. "Hmm. Well we can set up magic berriers underneath the cloud cities so that they won't asorb any more water and drain the excess water."
“Hmmm that could work.” The military mare said, while rubbing her chin.
“Yes yes, fine he has some good ideas, last question, what are you going to do about the monsters that will come to equestria for what little land is left?” Chancellor Naysay said.
"Uh what are you talking about?" Dillan asked raising an eyebrow.
He scoffs. “I am talking about those monsters from beyond equestria. Griffins, Minotaurs, Dragons, and all the rest!”
"You mean the other races that could use our help during this time of tragedy?" Dillan asked raising an eyebrow.
“Oh right, you aren’t a pony so you wouldn't understand. I will speak slowly for you.” he lends forward and speaks slowly. “Ponies have most of the dry land, monsters want dry land, monsters attack ponies for dry land.”
Dillan glares at him. "You do realize as acting leader of the land I can fire you right?"
Naysay glares back. “Only until a sensible pony would hire me right back. You don't scare me monster, ponies will never need you if i had my way.”
"You know it's Racist like you and former prince blue blood that give ponies a bad name." Dillan said. "And as for what I'm gonna do, I'm planning on helping them. They need aid just like the rest of us."
“Is it racist if I am concerned about the welfare of the ponies I'm in charge of? Is it racist that I stay up at night worrying how long it is until the next dragon attack or Minotaur war or griffin attack! And most dangerous of all...how long till you attack us.” He said pointing at Dillan.
"When you call other Races monsters?" Dillan asked. "Yes. And seriously? I literally saved the world from becoming a popsicle, why would I attack you?"
“You may have saved us this time, but with how unstable your mind has to be from shifting into those hideous creatures, It's only a matter of time before you attack us. And I for one will not be around when that happens.” He gets up and starts to leave the room.
Dillan looks to luna. "Can I kick his flank for being racist?"
Luna looks like she's considering it by rubbing her chin in thought. “Nay i think not, for doing such will only prove him right in his mind.”
Dillan sighs. "You know he's not even right? Equestria has the least amount of dry land." He said, catching naysayers attention..
He turns around and points a hoof at Dillan. “That is a bold face lie! Equestria is the biggest and best country on this whole planet. Of course we have the most land and of course we have the best resources. Everyone wants to come here and take everything from us!”
"Before the flood." Dillan said. "The size of the country doesn't matter, it's what's in it. Canterlot is the only mountain in equestria with ponies still on it. And very few other mountains count. The dragon's territory is mountainous, the yaks terrain is mountainous, the griffons and hippogriffs. Are. Mountainous. Are you seeing a pattern here?" He asked, rolling his hands.
Naysay grinds his teeth. “I refuse to listen to you, begone beast!” He taps his metal and a blue portal opens below Dillan.
Dillan floats in the air. "Yeah no."
Naysay’s eyes widen and he points a hoof at Dillan. “See! He floats with no wings! He must be a spawn of discord!”
Dillan shakes his head looking to the rest of the ponies. "You gonna listen to his crazy ramblings or are you gonna focus on helping the world be better than him?"
The other ponies look away from Naysay. “What!? Has he corrupted you to turn on your own kind!?”
"No, it's just they're smart enough to know their priorities." Dillan said.
Naysay growls and points at Dillan. “You will pay for your corrupting ways!” He then opens another portal but unfortunately for him the portal he opened is deep under the water and he is blasted against the wall with a torrent of sea water.
Dillan turns into a Hoopa, throwing a ring and sending the water back into the sea. Naysay falls off the wall and is hurt badly, with fur missing and broken legs.
Dillan sends the ring over to the portal, keeping it from flooding everything as he touches naysayers pendant and closes the portal. He looks back to the snooty pony and turns back to human, before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small green bean feeding it to naysayer as everyone watches.
There is the sickening sound of phones resetting and then any bruises and missing for disappear and fill in. “ugh what happened?”
"You opened a portal and the ocean came flooding in. Mister dillan gave you a bean and somehow healed you?" A stallion said.
Naysay looks around before getting up and huffing. “The day I believe that freak saved me is the day discord becomes harmonious.” He then leaves the room without another word.
"I should have left him alone." Dillan shakes his head.
“As much as I agree with you, I thank you for saving him, Dillan.” Luna said.
Sunset walks up and clears her throat. “Um excuse me but we still have one more appointment to do before you're free for the day ….sir.”
Dillan raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Sunset sighs and shows Dillan her clipboard in on it are big bold letters that say ‘dragon ambassador coming today.’ “Have you already forgotten sir?”
Dillan blinks. "You didn't tell me about that before."
Sunset groans and Luna giggles. “J-just come on we don't want to keep them waiting.”
"Um, ok?" Dillan said following Sunset.
After a while of walking they get to a meeting room, Luna deciding to follow. Sunset turns to face Dillan. “Inside is the dragon representative, her name is Ember and she is….passionate.”
Dillan nods slowly. Sunset nods her head before opening the door. “Good luck sir.”
Dillan slowly walks in, looking around confused. "Um hello?"
“About time someone showed up!” A femenine voice said as a blue dragoness stands up and comes into Dillan’s view.
Dillan blinks, smiling softly. "I'm sorry for the wait, day court and a meeting had me dealing with some… questionable characters."
“Whatever, look I need more food for the dragons.” Ember said.
"We are currently working on a way to grow more food, as I'm sure you know the flooding has… interrupted the food growing process." He said.
Ember frowns and crosses her arms. “Just tell me how soon your ponies can give us more food? Or better yet how soon till all this water goes away.”
Dillan coughs. "W-well, we are working on a solution with the greatest mind in five galaxies."
Ember rolls her eyes. “Oh brother, I doubt you are that smart..whatever a galaxies is.”
"No, no. Not me. The one that created my watch here, that lets me transform into different races. And uh… galaxies are… way too hard to explain." He sighed holding his head.
Ember just raises an eyebrow. “Look, I had to fly here all day and night. Just tell me what i need to know or else i will stop being so nice.”
Dillan gulps. "Well, I can help you start growing some food. Or help in some other way maybe building housing or something?"
Ember smirks. “Housing? You do know that most of the dragon population is larger than most pony houses right?”
Dillan chuckles. "Right, thought that doesn't necessarily mean your people shouldn't be comfortable at least."
Ember shrugs. “If you want to waste materials building houses that will most likely either be destroyed or burned down go ahead.” Ember starts to leave. “But now i need to fly home before some drake gets a stupid idea in their head.” She said but her movements were sluggish and almost drunk.
"Are you alright?" Dillan asked, catching her as she nearly falls over.
Ember tries to push Dillan but even without his super strength she couldn’t. “I am fine, let go of me dork.”
Dillan chuckles. "Sorry princess, but you're in no condition to go anywhere. Come on, you'll stay here tonight."
“Not..a...princess..jerek.” She said before passing out from fatigue and hunger.
Dillan sighs, smiling softly with a chuckle before he carries her out the room shocking sunset meadows and Luna. “Dillan, what did you do?” Luna asked as they followed him.
"Nothing, she passed out from fatigue." He said, carrying her to the infirmary. "The dragons are low on food, tomorrow if celestia is back I'll go and help start growing food for them. And I'll make an island halfway between here and the dragon lands to grow food on for us all."
“I see, but I must ask dillan, is it human custom to carry females with one hand on their butt?” Luna teased Dillan after noticing where his hands were.
Dillan blushes a bit. "Hey I just picked her up in a hurry, I didn't stop to think of how I should pick her up!" He said adjusting his hands so he wasn't feeling her up.
Luna giggles and trots ahead slightly. “Sure Dillan, just don't let Cadence find out or you may be holding your future marefriend.”
Dillan blushes deeply, shaking his head. "Not funny…" he said looking away.
Sunset tries to hide her giggles as they travel to the medical wing. “So Dillan how has Equestria been in mine and my sister’s absence?” Luna asked.
"Well you've only been gone about a day " dillan said, setting Ember on a medical bed when they got to the infirmary. "Day court went over all well, though I did strip Blue blood of his title and power."
Luna blinks with a blank look on her face for a whole minute before face hoofing. “Are you telling me I could have done that the day I met him?”
"I mean you are his aunt, and you have more power than him. Though right now he's in the dungeon, for attempting to attack me." Dillan said. "After he was told he wasn't in charge and throwing a fit like a toddler."
Luna shudders and shakes her head. “He isn’t related by blood, and the worst part is, on my first day back...he had the nerve to hit on me and attempt to get me in his bed.”
Dillan gags. "Ew, if I was you I'd have cut off his horn and shoved it up his flank." He chuckles.
Luna giggles and puts a hoof to her mouth. “Oh how I wish I could have done that..but sister would be disappointed and no doubt he would spread rumors that I am still the Nightmare.”
Dillan nods. "Yeah that makes sense, in a fucked up way…" he mumbled, looking outside the window. "Shouldn't it be dark by now?" He asked looking up at a clock.
Luna blushes and runs over to the window. “Oh no, I knew I forgot something.” Her horn lights up as the moon starts to rise and the sun starts to set.
Dillan chuckles and cracks his back. "I'm gonna hit the hay, goodnight lulu nice meeting you miss Sunset. And thanks for your help today."
“Of course sir, please don’t forget about what you promised.” She said as Dillan walked away.
"I won't!" He said with a smile as he waved to them, heading to a guest room in the castle and collapsing on the bed. He quickly fell asleep after removing his shirt for the night, until a portal opened and he was gone.
A bright light blue light begins shining above a courtyard, lightning and thunder erupting everything as storm clouds form. A swirling light blue vortex opened above everyone until Dillan fell on something big and red and bounced off, falling flat into the mud Infront of it.
Dillan groned annoyed as he stood up and shook his head. He looked around in confusion as he whipped off the mud. "What the fuck? Where the hell am I?"
james pov
I stare at this new human that just fell out of a portal, and landed on me before falling into some mud. One of the guards holds a hand up. “Sir step away from the monster!”
"Monster?" The man asked, turning his head to me. I noticed he had brown hair and a pair of black jeans on. However what caught my attention the most was a light blue ultimatrix from ben ten on his wrist.
I blink in surprise. “What the hell is an Ultimatrix doing in Equestria?” I ask mostly myself.
"I could ask the same thing about a growlmon." The man said with a smile, shocking me that he knew what I was. "So pineapple head, where's Takato?"
I groan from the nickname but it comes out as a growl making the guards think I was upset and one tries to pull the new guy away. “Please don’t call me that, and he doesn't exist here.” I look up at him. “Where did you come from?”
The guard that was pulling on the new guy's arm was trying his darndest to pull him away from me, the heels of his shoes even digging into the ground but the new guy didn't budge. "From a different equestria in another dimension." Everyone froze after those words.
I blink in shock and just as I am about to ask another question more guards come from the hole in the wall. “Sir, we found another monster inside, this one on fire!” They push a Meramon out of the hole with their weapons aimed at him.
“Where the hell did he come from?” I ask myself.
"Hey pineapple head, they caught you too huh?" Meramon said with a smirk.
"My guess is an impmon digivolved." The new guy said, as guards still tried to pull him away from me.
"Sir please step away from the monsters!" The same guard from before said.
I look at the guards before I look at the new guy. “Uh...you know those guards are trying to ‘protect’ you right?” I say while flexing my claws to make air quotes.
"Yeah I know, but after training with cooler I kinda don't feel normal physical tugging anymore." He said, my brain stopping at what he said as he turned to the guard. "Don't worry, they can't do anything to me."
“Sir, you may be of the Earth Clan but even your strength can't handle these monsters! Once the captain gets here he will send them back to where they belong.” The same guard said, now stopping his tugging bur keeps his hand on the new guy.
I look over at Meramon. “Since when could you turn into a Meramon? I thought you could only turn into Beelzemon.” I ask him but stay on my belly.
"Yeah, get this. That fang faced dragon guy got my digivice." Meramon said, shaking his head. "And I thought only Ai and mako could use it "
“Wow, that is a surprise. Well hopefully we won't have to fight our way out of this situation.” I said to him and got a spear poked into my keg. “Ow! Jerk.”
"Hey man leave him alone, he's not doing anything." The new guy said, grabbing the guard's spear that poked me, literally dragging the other one who had his hand on his arm. A man with blue hair and a white horn walking in through the door, and seeing the man that was holding the spear.
"Sir, please leave the area. This is a job for the guard and we can't have any civilians from any clan here. Even from the earth clan." The blue and white haired man said to the ultimatrix user before A loud roar erupted through the area as A wall of the castle came down as a Greymon with a black gear in it's head slammed through the castle.
"Men, weapons up, don't let these monsters get through!" The captain said, his hand on a sword on his side as the guards held their weapons up to the greymon.
My eyes widen and I lift my head. “A black gear controlled Greymon? Not good.” I turn to Meramon. “Get ready to step in.”
Meramon punched his open palm, “Why don’t we step in now? Show these idiots that we’re the good guys?” he asked me,
“Because if we act now, all they will see are three monsters fighting over who gets them.” I tell him before snorting flames out of my nose.
“You know something Pineapple Head? I hate it when you make a good point.” Meramon said, sitting down while crossing his arms, “I still say we should help out.”
“We will, if things go south.” I tell him. I then look over at the ultimatrix user.
“So who’s he?” Meramon asked, pointing at the Ultimatrix user. “He doesn’t look like he’s with those soldiers.”
“I don't know, he fell out of some kind of portal, but that device on his wrist makes him a bigger threat than all the devas put together.” I told him while watching the whole situation.
“Him? A bigger threat than all the Devas put together? I don’t buy it.” Meramon said with a scoff. Watching as the guards try to bring the Greymon down.
I shake my head at how the guards are fighting Greymon. “They aren’t even trying to destroy the black gear, it's like they are trying to kill Greymon.”
“Quiet monsters!” One of the guards pokes me with a spear.
"Ok, that's it. This little farce is over." The ultimatrix guy said snatching the spear out of the guards hand and snapping it in two in one shot. "I'm not gonna let y'all kill an innocent being just because y'all are a bunch of racist!" He called a white aura forming around him as the ground itself cracks, he held up his hand to greymon as a blast of energy erupted from his palm. The beam curved to the side and slammed into the side of the gear in greymon, forcing it out as it shattered in the air.
The greymon then falls to the ground before de-digivolving back to a Agumon who is now out cold.
I blink in surprise. “Ok, up his danger level to All the Devas, and dark masters, and pretty much every mega digimon and above put together.” I stand up now and look over to see Shining armor staring at the ultimatrix user.
“What in Celestia’s name are you? You aren’t of the Earth Clan, that's for sure!” He said, pulling out something. I look closer and my eyes widen when I see it is a digivice, it is mostly black and red with a small screen on the top of it, and two small buttons at the bottom. Then a line of code appears around his left hand.
"Huh, spirit evolution as well." The ultimatrix user said. "weird world."
“How the hell do you know about that?” Shining said before holding his hand up. “Execute, spirit evolution!” Then he scans the line of code with his digivice. Just as Shining Armor said that, a holographic set of armor appeared behind him before it glowed, then pieces of the armor began to form around SHining Armors body before he was covered in flame, once the dispersed, he was now clad in red and balck armor, he had two horns, clawed boots, yellow hair and the symbol of flame on his belt, “Agunimon!” (picture of Agunimon here)
“Ok, now we act.” I said before walking over to Agunimon. “ You don't have to fight us.” I said looking down at him.
"Don't think that's gonna help." The watch wearer said.
“Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t?” Shining Armor said, getting into a fighting stance.
I roll my eyes. “Maybe the face that we took out the evil digimon that was helping Nightmare moon?” I ask him, then point at the battle damaged courtyard.
Shining Armor looked around then glared back at me, “Really? How do I know that you two didn’t just fight for no reason?”
I blink confused. “Why the hell would you think that? Devimon is obviously evil, and needed to be stopped. Unfortunately we weren't able to stop him before you unleashed the black gears so now we need to find as many black gears as possible and destroy them.” I try to calmly explain to him.
“Save it monster, we’ll worry about any more of you monsters, but right now we’re sending you back to where you came from!” Shining Armor said, his fists igniting as he jumped up and uppercutted me,
I grunt as I am knocked over and land on my back. “Ass...hole…” I weakly look up at him. “I don't want to fight you, and I sure as hell am not going to the digital world.” I get up before backing away from him.
“Tough luck, cause that’s where you and the others will be going soon.” Shining Armor replied,
"How about you just calm down." The ultimatrix user said walking up to us. "This one and the fire one aren't able to digivolve without human teammates. And evil digimon literally can't have human partners because they don't like or trust humans." He said, shaking his head at Agunimon. "You're the legendary warrior of flame, your spirit literally helped save both the human and digital world from Lucemon why are you being such a dick?"
“Because all Digimon are chaotic and destructive monsters that should stay out of Equestria.” Shining Armor replied,
"Wow getting digimon data squad vibes." The ultimatrix user mumbled to himself, thigh I could hear him because of how close we were. "Ok, how about we start over. My name's Dillan, and why do you think all digimon are chaotic?"
“Because all they do is show up and destroy everything and everyone around them!” Shining armor said, while stepping closer and flames come out of his gauntlets. “And you can't fool me, digimon! I saw you destroy that thing, No Earth Clan member can do what you did!”
"Ok what is an earth clan?" The man, Dillan, said raising an eyebrow in confusion.
Shining Armor smirks. “Ha! I knew you aren’t one of us!” He said pointing at Dillan.
I speak up. “Earth Clan are basically this world's version of earth ponies.” I whisper to dillan.
"Ohhhh." Dillan said nodding. "Got it, so I'm assuming that if earth clan are earth ponies… sky clan is pegasus and uh idk mage clan is unicorn?" He said obviously guessing.
I shrug. “I have only met the Apple family so far.” I said then look at Shining Armor. “I'm surprised that someone as cold hearted as him got a digivice.”
Dillan nodded and looked back to shining armor. "I'm guessing you have some personal bad experience with digimon."
Shining glares at us before he throws a fireball at us. “Damn right! You monsters attacked my sister and almost killed her!”
I saw Dillan blink as the flames hit his chest and apparently doing nothing as he shakes his head. "Dude, I'm not a digimon. I'm a human from another dimension."
“Oh please, you just got hit by a fireball and standing there like it didn't even affect you!” Shining gets ready to attack again. I look over to see the guards surrounding the unconscious agumon.
"Ok. Yes." Dillan said scratching his head. "but that's Different because I'm kinda… well I'm basically a human but I guess you can say I've gained… ugh how to I explain this…"
“He is like you, he can turn into other beings with a device.” I speak up to help but then I look at Meramon. “Go protect that Agumon please.”
"Well yes and no." Dillan mumbled, agumon in his arms… Wait what? "After training I've been able to increase my natural power, magic and flying abilities."
“Wait..how did you?” I start confused.
"Magic." He said, snapping his fingers as me and maremon suddenly became rookies again. "See?"
"Oh come on!" Impmon said angrily.
I look to Impmon my eyes wide. “Holy cow! Ok yeah this guy is a lot stronger then he looks.” I look back at Dillan. “Look I don't want to fight with anyone, can you think of a way to stop this?”
“A monster that doesn’t want to fight? What a load of bullcrap. Men get the little one and send him back to the other world.” Shining said before running at me.
I saw Dillan step between me and agunimon, taking a punch right to the face and not flinching. "You know I thought digimon were stronger, guess rookies and champions can't compare with cooler and dbz training." He said.
I step back. “Holy cow man, look Agunimon, We seriously don't want to fight you. Just leave us alone.” I try again to speak with him. I also Look up when I hear more wings and see a tall woman flying over the courtyard.
"Is that supposed to be Celestia?" Dillan asked.
“You don't get to speak her name monster scum!” Shining said before throwing punch after punch at Dillains face.
Soon The tall woman in a white dress, with a horn and wings lands next to her guards. “Ma’am please stop this, we are not your enemy.” I call out to her.
Dillan nods, grabbing agunimon wrist. "please do, this doesn't hurt but it's annoying."
Shining yells in anger as he tries even harder to hurt Dillan. “Damn you monsters!”
“Shining Armor stand down. These creatures said that they do not wish to fight; we should at least hear them out.” The tall woman that has to be Celestia, said.
Dillan smiled as shining armor growls, stepping back from Dillan. "Alright so, I'm assuming you're the displaced in this dimension right?" He asked looking at me. "Seeing as you're the only one that knew what my watch was."
I blink in confusion before my eyes widen. “What!? You mean I am one of those stupied overpowered original characters?! I fucking hate those stories!” I said punching the ground.
Dillan blinked. "Original characters? Your guilmon not exactly original."
I glare at him. “I am talking about the stories I have read, I couldn't get past the first chapters.” I shake my head. “Damn so there is no way for me to go home and return to normal?”
"Can you please explain what a displaced is?" Celestia stated interrupting us.
"Oh right, displaced are humans that get sent to different equestrias through the multiverse and gain powers. Guilmon here became a digimon, while I got the ultimatrix from my favorite tv show." Dillan said before Patting my head. "and hey cheer up, there could be a way home and back to normal, just gotta look."
I look at him in shock before looking at myself only to see I am back to being a Guilmon. “Holy crap I didn’t even notice.” I then look to Celestia. “I don't know all the details about the displaced, pretty much what he said is all now. Hell I don’t even know how he crossed into this world.”
"Professor paradox most likely." Dillan stated. "I was asleep before I woke up in the mud, but the portal I saw was one of his."
“Oh, So what happens now?” I ask looking at Celestia. “You I can trust to tell, Me and Impmon helped save your sister.”
Celestia nods as she looks at Dillan. "And what powers do you have that allowed you to not take damage from shining armor?"
"Oh, my powers are based off of Ben 10. A story where a kid gets a watch like this and allows him to transform into different alien species. I met another displaced called cooler from a dimension where beings with enough training can fly and shoot lasers to put it simply. After training with him I learned how to use it in my human form."
Celestia rubs her chin. “I see...So why were you all fighting my guard captain?”
"Technically he attacked us because he assumed we were dangerous." Dillan said, looking at me. "Also how'd you digivolve without Takato?"
I scratch my cheek. “Let's just say I found a partner.” I said looking away from him.
Celestia looks confused. “Partner? What do you mean, and what is Digivolving?”
"Should we tell her?" Dillan asked me.
I shrug and say. “I guess, I don't see a reason to hide it.”
"You'd better not hide anything when the princess asks!" Shining armor yelled, raising his fist at us.
"Chill man jeez you're uptight." Dillan said. "As for your questions. Digimon like impmon and guilmon here can't digivolve without human partners to use their personalized digivice machines that channel the feelings of humans into the digivice and make the digimon stronger. Digivolving is when a digimon becomes bigger and stronger, the stronger the feelings of trust and belief in a human’s partner the bigger and stronger they become."
“I see, so more of my subjects have these digivices?” Celestia asked.
“We need to find them and take them away to keep them safe from these monsters.” Shining said.
"Yeah no." Dillan said. "You literally can't, it's their destiny to be digidestined and the forces that chose them will always return the devices to them."
“Think of it like this, the digital world is alive and when it feels danger coming, it sends out digivices to humans to work together with digimon to protect BOTH worlds.” I tell them, emphasizing the word both while looking at Shining Armor.
Shining armor crosses his arms. "Yeah right, like a bunch of monsters could help save our world!"
I huff and look away from him. “Geez, I can already tell he will cause problems later.” I mumble to myself.
Dillan shook his head, while gritting his teeth. "You know what, it doesn't matter what you think." He said shocking everyone in the courtyard. "If you want to hate them, go ahead, however you have NO right to take away someone's friend from them just because you're a heartless jerk. You're all pissy and moody because your sister ALMOST died, your Lucky!" Dillan said his anger clearly rose. "Your sister is still alive, I lost my ENTIRE FAMILY." he said his hand over his chest as tears form in his eyes. "If you think you can be an ass just because your sister got hurt then what the hell is stopping me from destroying the entire universe huh? I'll tell you what, it's the fact that taking out my anger on others would make me no better than anyone I fight, you wanna be like this?" He asked, pointing in Shining Armor’s face. "Then you're no better than the digimon that attacked your sister and that helped Nightmare moon."
Everyone blinks in shock at Dillan and Shining Armor even reverts back to human form. “Holy crap man, how long have you been holding that in?” I ask him.
Dillan was silent for a while. "A year and a half… since I got displaced… and my family died… my mom, dad, brother, sister… My six and seven year old nieces… and my pregnant girlfriend…" Celestia and everyone, even impmon look at him in shock before he continues. "I'm the only one in my world that can protect everypony from the likes of Vilgax and Eon… I've always been helping others and it made me feel good… but hearing that just pissed me off. No one has the right to complain about something that has happened to them, yes it's bad but someone always has had something worse done to them…"
Shining looks away frowning. Celestia walks up and gives Dillan a strong hug. “I am so sorry you had to go through all that.”
Dillan slumps a bit, hugging her back as a yellow beam flows over her from his ultimatrix. "It's fine, it was years ago…" he said, pulling away. "Honestly, my equestria is going through a major catastrophe right now, so it's kinda nice to get it out…. And sorry I snapped."
“Hey, dont worry about it, it’s better you explode and let it out now rather than snap and go crazy later.” I told him as I walk up to them, but some guards rushed over and kept me from getting any closer to Celestia.
"Wow you guys are seriously dumb." Dillan said, shaking his head. "thought I suppose it does make sense… which I'm sure Discord will hate." He chuckled a little.
Celestia looks at Dillan with suspicion when he said Discord's name. “Hey, in case you couldn’t tell we are literally right after Nightmare Moon’s defeat.” I tell Dillan.
He blinked and chuckled. "Oh right, sorry my dimension is way ahead of this one. Though because of that catastrophe I mentioned before in my dimension Discord was freed and surprisingly helped save everyone's lives, that's why I know him." He said to Celestia, surprising her. "Different dimensions can have small or big changes, heck the catastrophe in my world is… well let's just say canterlot is beachfront property now."
Celestia blinks in surprise but I speak first. “How the hell can that happen? Canterlot is at the top of a mountain.”
"An alien Animo made using Eons omnitrix froze the planet… literally the air and everything. Took the help of Azimuth making a new alien with the opposite abilities and a charizard displaced named Draco to beat him. Though Animo was manipulating him like a parent with an impressionable child." Dillan said before shaking his head, going off topic again. "Anyway the ice and snow melted and well everything flooded."
“Damn, I think the worst that will happen here is maybe mega levels showing up or maybe…” I shiver. “The D-reaper.”
Dillan's eyes shrink. "Yeah, not gonna lie, that thing scares me."
"The D-reaper?" Celestia asked.
"Long story short it was made to keep simple programs in line but evolved to delete digimon. In the dimension Guilmon and Impmon are from, it got through to the human world and tried deleting them. It wasn't until Guilmon and Impmon here with their friends and partners were able to beat it back." Dillan said.
Both me and Impmon rub our heads. “Well, there was more to it but yeah. So is there anything else I should know about being a displaced?” I asked Dillan.
"Oh right, I'm guessing you don't have a token yet." Dillan said.
“Token? What is that?” I ask him.
Dillan chuckled and pulled out a light blue omnitrix core from out of nowhere. "Catch." He said tossing it to me. "That's my token, normally when a displaced person finds a token it'll relay a message from the creator letting other displaced people know about them. It's a sort of bekon that lets other Displaced know we're not alone."
“That sounds pretty useful eh Pineapple Head?” Impmon asked me with a grin, “Who knows, in case we end up in a situation like this or in a situation where we are getting our asses kicked we can call for some help.”
“Yeah it does, especially if the stories that I saw were in indication of how powerful they are. I saw a lot of powerful Displaced ideas but I've never actually read any of the stories.” I said and looked over at the hole in the wall for a moment before holding onto this token and looking back at Dillan. “So how would one make a token?”
"All I did was take something that represented my powers." He said, holding up his ultimatrix as I looked to the omnitrix core. "and spoke an oath, then I threw it into the void so maybe use your digivice or a guilmon digimon card, the original token stays with the displaced." He said tapping his ultimatrix core.
I scratch my chin and look at Impmon. “Hey did Takato ever have an actual Guilmon card?” I ask him.
“I don’t know. I never asked.” Impmon replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
Some more guards come out of the castle with the main six along with Big Mac, Spike and Apple Bloom. My eyes widen and I growl lightly at the guards not knowing if they have hurt her or not. “James! You are back to normal!” Applebloom ran to me.
"I take it Apple Bloom is your partner." Dillan said, as a yellow beam flows over her from his watch.
"And what was that?" Applejack asked as she and big mac came over.
James rubs the back of his head as Apple Bloom hugs him. “This is Dillan, and yeah Bloom is my partner. Hey Bloom can you hand me the digivice and look through the cards for one of me?”
Apple bloom starts looking through the card as Dillan spoke to the other two Apple siblings. "And that yellow beam was my way of scanning her, it lets me transform into an earth clan member now…. And I guess whatever Celestia is since I scanned her."
“Ya can turn into a member of the Goddess Clan?” Applejack asks, with a small smirk.
"God clan, I keep my gender." He said chuckling, as a blue hologram man with a horn and pair of wings pops up on his ultimatrix. Dillan pushed down his ultimatrix just before a bright flash enveloped him, before vanishing. In his place stood a tall man with brown hair, two large white wings and a sharp white horn. Without a shirt his muscles were clear on display as his six pack glistened in the morning sun.
I frown and cover Applebloom's eyes as all the other women, even some of the guards and Celestia, have a blush on their faces. “Ok alicorn of handsomeness, you can change back now. I'd rather not I have to watch you get chased around by all these women.”
Dillan chuckles, pushing the ultimatrix symbol again and returning to normal. "Sorry, just wanted to try it out."
All the women shake their heads before some glare at Dillan while others look away from him. “Anyway, Bloom, any luck finding that card?” I ask her.
“Sorry James, Ah can’t find it.” She said frowning.
"I might have one in my world you can have, I kept a few trinkets from before my displacement. We can go check if you want." Dillan said, a friendly smile on his face.
I look at Apple Bloom, and Impmon. “Maybe, but I want to make sure my friends won't be thrown in jail or sent back to the digital world while I am gone, and if it is ok with Applejack I would like Apple Bloom to come with.”
"To another dimension? Ah don think so." Applejack said, crossing her arms. "Who knows what could happen to her."
"Nothing that can't happen here." Dillan said. "Besides, there's an Applejack in my world that has her own Apple bloom. She won't let anything happen to any Apple bloom."
Applejack rubs her chin thinking while me and Apple Bloom bith give her the puppy dog eyes. “Arg, fine ya can go but if so much as a hair is hurt on her head Ah’ll tan both your hides.” She said, pointing at me and Dillan.
Dillan chuckles and nods. "Don't worry if anything does happen I have multiple transformations that can undo it. Including one that can rewind time, she's perfectly safe."
"As for your friend… from what you've explained he's helped save a world before. So I shall allow him to stay in ponyville for now, however I would like him to keep an eye out for other digimon that might pop up." Celestia said, nodding to Impmon.
I smile and look at Impmon. “Best behavior, and I can tell you everything when I get back.” I then look to Celestia. “I recommend that he be watched by someone you trust, maybe someone who just recently moved to town, that is fireproof?”
“Hmmm, I think I may know someone.” Celestia said, looking at Spike,
Twilight sees this and gets between Spike and everyone else. “What!? I am sorry Princess but I refuse to let a monster into my home, who knows what it will do to us...maybe worse than this!” She lights her horn up and her face starts to become blurry, then it goes back to normal only now there are three large claw marked scars on her face, from the bottom left to the top right of her face.
“Oh man, a Digimon did that to you?” Impmon asked Twilight in shock, “I’m….I’m sorry that happened to you. I really am.”
Twilight glares at Impmon. “Like you care, monster.” I growl at that and step between Impmon and her.
“Hey, I get that you had a traumatic experience with a digimon before, but that's no reason to accuse all digimon of being evil, or should we judge magic users on what a few bad ones have done, or maybe all Goddess Clan members for what Nightmare Moon threatened to do?” I ask her, making her back up. Most of her new friends hug her but Applejack seems to be thinking about what I said.
“He is right Twilight.” Celestia said to Twilight, “You mustn’t judge an entire race all because of the actions of one. I know you were hurt, but you mustn’t let your anger cloud your judgement.”
Twilight looks down and hugs herself. “Ok princess, I will do my best.” I smile at that then hear someone groan and look over to see Agumon waking up.
"Did the dark masters knock me out again?" He asked, rubbing his head.
I chuckle and walk over to him and growl at the guards making them back off. “No, actually you had a black gear in you.” I tell him and hold out my claw to help him stand.
"A black gear?" He asked, taking my claw and standing up. "I haven't seen one of those since devimon attacked."
“Yeah, he is a jerk, thankfully me and my friends could help stop him.” I smile and start to talk with him and call Applejack over.
Dillan's pov
I smile as James and Applejack talk with Agumon, before looking back at Twilight and her scar. Looking down a little I think back to everything and everyone that the iccicleann hurt, the time in ice, and now the flood. I smile again and walk over to Twilight, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Bad experience with a digimon right?"
She looks at me with suspicion and mistrust. “Yes, a black cat looking monster attacked me when I was a little girl when all I did was try to give it some food.”
"Must have been a blackgatomon. They have a really hard time trusting people." I said, smiling softly at her. "Wanna talk about it? I've had my own experiences with trauma, just ask your brother I snapped at him earlier because of it."
She looks away and puts a hand on her face as she uses her magic to hide the scar again. “What's to talk about? I tried to help a monster and got hurt because of it.”
I sigh and tap her shoulder, getting her to look at me, I Kneel down and pull up the leg of my jeans showing her a black frostbitten foot. "Same here, thing is. Life isn't all it appears to be. Aliens, digimon, and people all have so many emotions that if we're having a bad day we could snap. You weren't here for it but my world is completely flooded by the same being that did this to my foot. Canterlot is beach front property."
She gasps and covers her mouth as tears form in her eyes. “So...everyone is...is..”
I sigh. "No, I used my powers and the help of a powerful magic user to create a dome over ponyville and all the smaller pony settlements. However I'm sure you can imagine how traumatic it's been for everyone there."
She nods and sniffles softly. “What did you do after that?”
"Well, after defeating the iccicleann, the alien that froze everything, I befriended it." I said smiling softly.
She blinks in confusion trying to understand what I just said. “B-but it destroyed everything! How could you j-just...befriend a monster?”
I smile softly at her. "because I knew it wasn't a monster, it was misguided. It's creator, it's father, told it to do all that inorder to prove it was loyal to him. He took it's trust and destroyed it and manipulated the iccicleann into doing his evil desires. Once it found out the truth… it lost all motivation to do anything. So me and the creator of my watch befriended it and gave it a home on another planet." I said, sighing again. "Things aren't always as they appear, I'm never going to forget or forgive the iccicleann for what happened, but I know that it won't change anything."
Twilight looked down, no doubt thinking about what I said, then she looked up at me, “I….I understand what you are saying, and...I think I will give uh, what was his name again?” Twilight asked me, no doubt asking what Impmon's name is.
"Impmon." I smile with a chuckle.
Twilight nods and looks over at the digimon talking to each other. “I will give Impmon a chance.”
I smile and glance at her, chuckling. "That's good, and I have a question for you."
Twilight looks back to me. “What is that?”
"Want me to remove your scar?" I asked, smirking at the look of shock on her face. "I can remove it, or shrink it, or just make it fade so you don't have to hide it."
Twilight gave me a shocked look, “Y-you can do that?!” she asked me,
I chuckle and lean in to whisper in her ear. "I have a transformation that can create entire universes, a scar is simple."
Twilight just stared at me, her left eye twitching while her mane started to become disheveled.
"Oh crap, hey Celestia I think I broke your student!" I called over to Celestia, getting everyone's attention.
James’s POV
I look over at Dillan and facepalm when I see even human twilight has her freakouts. “Oh no, she is Twilighting.” I said.
“Twilighting? What do you mean?” Agumon asked.
“It is something her friends will say when she starts panicking over small things or over think things.” I whisper to him.
“Oh, and that is what she is doing right now?” Agumon asked me,
"More like freaking out because I told her about alien X." Dillan said as Celestia talks to twilight.
“Who?” Agumon asked in confusion,
I tap my chin before I say. “It is a transformation of his that lets him control most aspects of reality, though he has to convince two other personalities in order to use the full power of that body.” I explain.
"Yeah kinda told her how it was used once to recreate the universe." Dillan said, chuckling a little.
I facepalm. “Dude, she literally just stopped Nightmare Moon a few minutes ago so yeah good job breaking the world's hero.” I shake my head and look at Applejack. “Thank you again for watching over Agumon while I am gone.”
“It’s no problem James.” Applejack replied with a nod,
I look over at Dillan. “Well, everything is settled on my end, so whenever you are ready we can go.” I tell him as Apple Bloom walks over then her digivice starts to beep.
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "What's with the beeping?"
“I have no clue.” I said as Apple Bloom holds it up and then it shines a light onto Dillan and then data flies around Dillan before going into the digivice. Then cards start to materialize and fall to the ground one after another and more and more data starts coming out of dillan’s ultramatrix.
"Huh, neat." Dillan said, picking up the card. "looks like you can copy displaced powers and make cards out of them."
I watch as the pile of cards continues to grow. “Holy cow, how many cards are there going to be?” I ask.
"Um well, if it's making them out of all my transformations that are unlocked… probably around a hundred cards." Dillan said. "I have all the ones from the show, plus a few pokemon, a Saiyan, a namekian, frieza and some other stuff."
“Damn.” I said watching for a while. Then I look at Dillan. “I wonder if you can scan digimon?”
Dillan held his chin in thought. "No, digimon don't have dna. While they are smart enough and the omnitrix has mixed ben's dna with non organic dna, digimon are data, not really possible to mix data with dna without some backlash… though azimuth has never met a digimon so who knows maybe he can upgrade it."
I tilt my head. “It should be possible, I mean there is biomerge digivolution.” I say, and Agumon and Apple Bloom look at me confused.
"Yeah but as it said in the show that was when they were data in the digital world. And when dobermon gave his life to give it to them temporarily in the human world." Dillan said.
“Eh, I guess that is true.” I said and saw that the digivice was done making cards, and Twilight also seemed to have calmed down. “Oh look who is back.”
Dillan smiles at her. "So want me to remove the scar?"
Twilight smiles and nods tears in her eyes. “Yes please.”
Dillan smiles and pushes down on his ultimatrix, in a flash he became a big bipedal being made of stars that wasn't moving.
I back up from him and pull Impmon away from him. “Do not touch him.”
After what seemed like an hour, his head moves as he looked at Twilight. "Motion carried!" He said as his hand rose to Twilight's face, her scar itself painlessly getting pulled off of her face and vanished.
Everyone gasps at the impossible and Celestia herself seems scared. “How?” I hear her whisper to herself.
Dillan returned to normal, sighing. "Damn those two can talk."
I chuckle. “Well they are total opposites.” I said, then I look at Impmon. “Go ahead and pick out some cards for you and spike to use.”
"Careful, who knows what some of them can do." Dillan said as he pops up his ultimatrix again, pausing as twilight suddenly hugs him.
"Thank You Thank You Thank You!" She said happily, tears in her eyes.
Dillan chuckles and pats her back. "It's no problem, just remember what I said ok?"
Twilight nods and wipes her eyes as she goes over to her friends. While Impmon is picking up lots of cards. “Thanks for the cards Pineapple head.”
Dillan grabbed the card impmon picked up and looked through them, taking only one out of the entire stack. "sorry but no alien X modifying."
I tilt my head. “I doubt a single card can make me as powerful as one of them.”
Dillan held up the card he took as I read the card. Celestial divolution. “Wow, it lets me digivolve into a digimon version of a celestialsapien.”
"Yeah like I said, no." Dillan said, putting the card in his pocket. "At least not for now."
I cross my arms and huff. “Honestly I wouldn't want to use it if I have the same restrictions as you do, but I would want to have it on me in case I actually needed something that strong.” I say, then look at another one, this one gives me magic for a short time. “Huh neat.”
“What did you get?” Applebloom asked me, trying to look at the card I was looking at, causing me to chuckle and show her, “Wow, that’s cool.” she said,
“I agree, maybe we can try that one later.” I say, before giving the cards.
Dillan sighs and smiles, handing me the digivolution card. "Go ahead."
I smile and nod taking the card and handing it to Apple Bloom. “Keep that safe.”
“Will do James.” Applebloom replied with a nod.
"You guys ready to go?" Dillan asked me and Applebloom.
We nod and step closer together not knowing how we will travel. “Ready, Freddy.”
Dillan nodded and pushed his ultimatrix down again, turning into a large golden metallic alien. Clockwork I think it's name was. “Neat, what are ya gonna do with that form?” Apple Bloom asked.
"While in vis form I can open portals in time and space, creating portals to other realities." He spoke with a heavy german accent.
Apple Bloom’s eyes go wide with stars in them. “Wow! So cool!”
"Vou are easily impressed." Dillan said. "Though in my current form I can only manipulate time, I shall have to go ultimate to get uz to my dimension." He said, confusing everyone in the courtyard, as he turned and pushed his ultimatrix, a light blue aura flowing around him as he changed again. The golden metallic metal of clockwork became shiny and silver as he grew in heightheight, though that was because of a futuristic hovering device under him. The section that had the ultimatrix symbol was now more of a swinging grandfather clock, as the key in his head grew bigger. "Ultimate clockwork!"
“Whoa! That’s so awesome!” Applebloom said, stars in her eyes,
I look him over and smirk. “It is neat, but I wonder how fast you can run in that form.” I said then chuckle a bit.
"Considering I can freeze time, I'm pretty sure I vould vin any race." Dian said with a mechanical chuckle, before the pendulum in his chest began swinging faster. "voud better get close, I'm about to transport vus."
“How close do we have to be?” Applebloom asked him, my answer was to get us both closer and out a hand and claw on him and I wave at Impmon before we teleport.
I stare wide eyed as we fly through what looks like cosmic clouds and galaxies, as hundreds of white streams of light fly past. "Vis is all ze timelines sat exist within ze displaced multiverse." Dillan said, pointing to a clear timestream as we see a charizard. "Zat is Draco, a friend of mine."
“Ooo, neat, Say if you wanted could you travel to the prime timeline?” I ask him.
"Ves actually, I met ben prime and Ben twenty three during the iccicleanns attack." Dillan said, as we approach a light blue timeline. "Vere we are." He said before we entered the bright blue timestream.
We appeared on the balcony of what looked like canterlot castle, however there was nothing but a cast sea below us. The sound of crashing waves echoing up to us as we inhaled the scent of the sea.
“Oh wow, what a beautiful beach. where are we?” Apple Bloom asked.
In a single bright flash Dillan had returned to normal, and turned apple bloom so she saw the rest of the castle and canterlot. "This is my dimension's canterlot castle, I told you the world flooded."
Apple Bloom looks down at the sea and gasps when she sees ponyville. “Ah didn’t believe ya before but this is horrible.”
I pat her back gently then look at Dillan. “So what now?”
"We go down to ponyville, my house is down there." Dillan said. "As I mentioned before there's a dome covering the entirety of ponyville, including the apple family farm. Though I'm going to have to go down and teleport you in. Also don't freak out when you meet my roommate." He chuckled, before turning into ripjaws from the original series and jumping into the sea.
I watch him dive into the water, then I turn to Apple Bloom. “Bloom, I don’t know where we are in his timeline. So I want you to promise to not tell anyone back home any details of what you see.”
"Ah understand, but well I'm confused. Is his world not the same time… um speed as ours?" Apple bloom asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I don't know, but when he is in his clockwork form if he wanted he could drop us off before we left.” I tell her before we are blinded by a bright flash next to us.
"And who might you be?" A soft regal voice said to our right, as we both turned to see pony princess celestia.
"A talking horse?" Apple bloom asked, a confused look on her face
I elbow Apple Bloom. “Hello Princess Celestia, We are guests of Dillan’s.” I say with a smile.
Apple bloom's eyes widen at me as I say Celestia's name, before the princess chuckled. "I see, well welcome to our world. I must apologize for what you see. Azimuth is currently working on a way to remove the water. Though if he can't he has said he May be able to bring the pony settlements to the surface as islands."
“Wow, this Azimuth fella must be super smart.” Apple Bloom said.
I smile and nod. “You bet he is. And I apologize for Apple Bloom’s reaction when she first saw you as you can see she's from a human version of Equestria even though I told her that in parallel universes she is a pony I guess it didn't really sink in until now.” I say to Celestia.
"It's quite alright, and Azimuth is very smart apple bloom. He's the one that created Dillan's ultimatrix and is known as the smartest person in five arguably six galaxies." Celestia smiled softly
“Wow!” Apple Bloom says with stars in her eyes.
I chuckle and smile before tapping my chin. “Hold on I thought it was Albedo that made the ultimatrix?” I ask her.
Celestia smiles. "In the… what was it called… 'prime timeline' it was. However in this reality Azimuth is much better at listening to what others have to say… according to Dillan. And worked with albedo to make a perfected ultimatrix, combining the abilities of the omnitrix and albedos idea of evolution. It's opened up a lot of new data for Azimuth from what I've heard."
“Huh, that is cool. Hmm ha ha oh man I just had an awesome yet dangerous idea.” I smirk and lean closer before conspiratorially whispering. “A multiversal council of Azimuths.”
"Sounds like the guardians of owa." Dillan's voice said behind us, making us jump. "Hey Tia."
"Greetings Dillan, is the teleporter machine on the fritz again?" Celestia asked him.
"Sadly, it looks like I'm gonna have to take them around the long way. Unless you could teleport us with magic?" Dillan asked her, smiling. "Unless… again… you two want to see the long way."
“What the long way is exactly?” Applebloom asked,
"There's a magic tunnel that connects canterlot to ponyville, and ponyville has ones that lead and connect to the rest of the pony settlements." Dillan told her.
I shrug and look at Dillan. “Either way is fine to me, also you should be careful pulling that batman shi-...stuff. You are gonna get decked in the face one day.”
"Oh I have been, mainly by my roommate." Dillan chuckled, as he walks over to Celestia. "Everything ok on galvin prime?"
"I was not aware you knew where we went." Celestia said, blinking. "But yes it is all well."
"Considering I sensed Azimuth's energy before you all vanished, not hard to figure out." Dillan said, motioning for me and Bloom to follow him.
I nod so me and Apple Bloom get closer to him. “We are ready, let's get going, oh and bye pony Celestia!” I say with a smile and wave at her.
“Bye!” Applebloom said, waving at Celestia as well.
"Farewell, oh and Dillan Azimuth said he wished to speak to you about something." Celestia said as we all walked away.
"Got it, thanks Tia!" Dillan said as we walked through the throne room doors. "Sorry about the walk, we've developed teleportation pads with Azimuth and the plumbers help. But because technology is so new to this equestria things aren't going so well."
“I see, I don’t even know If my Equestra has computers yet.” I said and scratch my head. “If there aren’t and we need to get to the digital world we are screwed.”
"Hmm…" Dillan thought out loud. "Maybe clockwork’s digicard could help."
“You mean like how you travel the multiverse with it?” I ask.
"Yeah, maybe since it uses data to use it it'll let you travel the digiverse." Dillan suggested.
“Maybe, I will have to try it later.” I said and watch as Apple Bloom looked around, especially at any pony guards that we passed along the way. “By the way Dillan did you get all the scans of each of the people back home?”
"Yeah, I got a scan from apple bloom, a scan from twilight when she hugged me, a scan from celestia when she hugged me. And while you were talking to applejack my ultimatrix scanned rainbow dash." Dillan said with a smile.
I tilt my head. “What about spike?” I ask as we walk over to some kind of platform.
Dillan blinked. "Aww man I forgot."
I chuckle and smile. “Maybe when you drop us off you can get a scan.” I said.
"That'd be great, I love learning what new scans can give me." Dillan smiles as we head into the city itself, and make our way down to the edge edge of the water
I nod and tap my chin. “Hey why don’t you ask Azimuth if he can upgrade the omnitrix to scan digital life forms, then he can give me something so I can scan every digimon i come across for ya.”
Dillan laughs. "Actually funny enough, that displaced that we saw in the timestream. Draco. I gave him a similar device that lets him scan and become different pokemon and sends me any new species he finds. Well.. he doesn't become the species he gains their typing and only slight changes happen, similar to kyurem."
“Huh that sounds neat but I don't want to risk my data becoming corrupted, so I don't want a digitrix.” I said with a chuckle.
Dillan chuckles. "Well how about this, let azimuth scan you to try and give me the ability to become a digimon and I'll ask him to upgrade your digivice to scan data for not only me but maybe make cards out of the digimon you meet."
“Hmmm that sounds alright, but I hope he doesn’t accidentally break it. If a digivice breaks it is nothing but data inside.” I said as we walk down the tunnel.
“Wait, if a Digivice breaks, does that mean we won’t be partners if ours breaks?” Applebloom asked me,
I look at Apple Bloom. “Technically yes but we can still choose to be together so long as both of us are still alive. The only example of a third generation, or really any device breaking to my memory was when Beelzemon killed Leomon and absorbed his data. Which severed the link between his partner and him, the screen was completely filled with static and she ended up dropping the digivice and it cracked before breaking into pieces before deleting itself.”
“That’s horrible!” Applebloom said,
"Yeah, but to be fair he was being manipulated by evil forces and overwhelmed by power. I mean impmon doesn't act like that anymore." Dillan said, quickly covering his mouth.
“That was Impmon!?” Apple Bloom yells shocked. I glare at dillan.
"Now to be fair, like I said he was in a bad place and under evil influence, similar to the black gears." Dillan said rubbing the back of his head. "Also no pineapple head there was technically two digivice breaking in tamers, Takato and Guilmon's original one, that red one." He said pointing to my digivice. "Broke when Takato forced guilmon to digivolve to mega when Beelzemon killed Leomon and then they got a new one." He said clearly changing the subject.
Apple Bloom looks at the digivice. “So even if it breaks ah van get a new one?” She asks.
I rub my head. “Kinda? I am not sure, but still best to keep it safe.” I said, as we came up to a large door.
"They got a new one because of their bond in the original dimension. They went through so much together that their bond and connection made a new one appear. So don't get careless." Dillan said to Apple bloom as he knocked on the door. "Hey Mac, open up! It's me!" He called.
“Big Mac?” Apple Bloom looks up excited to see another version of her brother. I chuckle and wait for the look of shock.
“Hey dillan before we go home I want a picture of the Apple family and mane six if they have time.” I say with a smirk.
Dillan laughed as the door slowly creaked open. "I'm sure they'd be happy to." He said.
"Howdy Dillan." A deep voice Apple bloom obviously recognized said, as a tall red stallion stood in the door. "Welcome home."
"Thanks." Dillan smiled, his head turning to look at Apple bloom. "I think you can guess who this is?"
"Well she looks like mah sis." Big mac said, rubbing his head. "sort of."
Apple Bloom stares at Big Mac in surprise before she squeals and hugs him. “He is so adorable!”
Dillan and I laughed at the blush on Big mac's face as we walked through. "Come on Bloom, if you like that you'll die when you see yourself."
Apple Bloom gasps and follows after us. “I gotta see ma self!”
I smirk and look at Dillan. “So meet the Apple family, then the mane six, and then we go meetc the first thinker?” I ask him.
"Well, um…" Dillan said, whispering to me so Apple bloom couldn't hear. "Granny smith died a few months ago here
My eyes widen and then I lower my head. “Oh, well that doesn't happen to every timeline right? Plus she lives on a farm, I am sure she can handle it.” I whisper back.
“What are y’all whispering about?” Applebloom asked us, a confused look on her face,
“Just some things about this timeline Bloom.” I say to her then look at Dillan. “So lead the way, oh hero of the universe.” I say with a chuckle.
Dillan chuckles. "As for the rest, Applejack is on Azimuths planet for whatever reason, and This dimension Apple bloom is probably hanging out with my roommate. He actually used to be a villain here until this reality vision of you and your friends helped reform him." Dillan said to Apple bloom.
“Ah helped reform a bad guy?” Bloom said, smiling. Then blinks. “Ah have friends?”
Dillan blinked and facepalmed, before opening his eyes apparently having an idea. "Well in this dimension you do, their names are Sweetie belle and Scootaloo. Maybe you'll meet them in your reality sometime."
I sigh and smirk. “I am actually gonna try to speed up their meeting, I am sure the other two will get digimon too seeing how close they are normally to Bloom. Oh speaking of them.” I rush over to Dillan and whisper. “Do they have their cutie marks?”
Dillan nods. "Yep."
I groan and look at Apple Bloom before looking at Dillan. “Think if we ask they will keep their marks covered?”
“Again with whispering? What are y’all talking about that you don’t want me to hear?” Applebloom asked, no doubt a bit annoyed.
Dillan sighs. "Ok Apple bloom you need to know something. Every dimension is different, things can happen or not happen all depending on certain circumstances. And not everything is the same, for example your brother in this world is married." Dillan said, shocking Apple bloom.
“Ma brother is married!?” Bloom yells loud enough to get almost everyone’s attention.
I had covered my ears and groan. “Right, I forgot the CMC had that little quark of yelling everything.”
"Yes." Dillan said calmly. "And in this world you and your friends have your cutie marks." He said covering her mouth before she screamed again. "However that doesn't mean it'll be the same as the one you'll get. Since you're a tamer now for all we know your cutie mark could be a digimon or something. Don't freak out over seeing them because they're probably gonna be different from the one you'll get."
Apple Bloom raises an eyebrow and once Dillan removes his hand she asks. “James mentioned cutie Mark before, are you two talking about emblems?” She points to her blank shoulder. “Ah don’t got mind yet, but if ya are saying this me does it may give me a clue on how to get mine.” She said with a smile.
I tap my chin before looking at Dillan. “I think there is a bigger fundamental change between my Apple Bloom and your’s. In the story she's only around seven years old however this Apple Bloom is obviously a teenager so my Apple Bloom is actually much more mature than the story counterpart.”
Dillan nods. "like I said, different realities, different ways of working." He said as we approached a small wooden cabin near the Everfree forest. "here we are, welcome to my abode."
I look over the house and smile. “Nice house, I wonder If me and the other digimon should stay with our partners or get a house for ourselves.” I said rubbing my chin.
"Impmon mister bada boom in a house without his partners supervision… not a good idea." Dillan said, opening the door for us. We walk in and look around, seeing a fairly simple house with a single couch and a kitchen. However what surprised me the most, was a medium centaur with red skin in the kitchen chopping up carrots.
I blink staring at him for a moment before I look at Dillan. “Yeah, no why I will trust the guy in my world if I meet him.”
Bloom peeks around me and asks. “Who is that? What is he? And where's me?”
"Ah hello Dillan." Tirek said smiling at us. "Please be quiet, the crusaders are asleep." He said gesturing to the couch, where three small bundles of blankets were slowly moving up and down with breathing.
Bloom smiles and starts to go over there but I grab her shirt and shake my head. “Hello Tirek, good to see you here reformed and not working with Queen Chrysalis and Cozy Glow.” I said to him.
"Who?" Tirek asked me, raising an eyebrow as Dillan chuckles.
"That part of the story was avoided in this dimension." Dillan said.
“I can see that. Though I honestly think the tirek from the shot came close to being returned if he had more positive interactions rather than working with more villains.” I say to Dillan before saying. “So what do we do? Pony bloom is asleep and …” I look around my eyes widen when I see my Apple Bloom lifting the blanket to look at the CMC.
Dillan chuckles and walks over. "They're cute right? Just don't wake them up." He told her, before walking to a closet and rummaging through the junk inside.
I walk over to the closet and ask. “Are you looking for the cards?” I pickup a box and look inside.
"Yeah, I've been here for about a year and a half at this point. So they'll be in the back here somewhere, honestly I forgot I had them in my pocket when I got displaced." He said before grabbing a small tin from the back. "Here you go." He said handing me the tin as Dillan's Apple bloom began waking up.
"Um dillan, why is there another human in mah face?" AB asked.
I look over and roll my eyes when I see my Apple Bloom waving at her pony counterpart but I smile and take the box. “Thanks Dillan, hopefully these will count as actual digimon cards for the device I don't know if they need a chip inside them or if it's just a barcode on the side of the card.”
Dillan smirked and grabbed a card out of the box, and looked to my Apple bloom. "Hey human Apple bloom!" He called getting her attention as his Apple eyes widened. "Swipe this card!" He called throwing it to her.
She fumbles to catch it but once she has it she looks at it and shrugs before sliding it through the digivice. “Digimodify." She looked up at the card's name. "Armor digivolution courage active!" She called as my eyes widened as the armor digivolution egg of courage appeared next to me.
I watch as it spins around me so I shrug and say. “Guilmon armor digivolve to!” And then the egg fases into me and I glow brightly as I grow more bipedal and armor appears on my legs and arms. I punch out of the flames making sharp blade like claws pop out of the armor around my hands. “Flamedramon, the fire of courage!”
"Whoa, red flamedramon, cool." Dillan's aid smiling, as I noticed the Pony cmc were all awake now.
I look myself over and smirk. “Cool, or should I say hot?” I chuckle at my joke.
Dillan shakes his head. "Um Dillan? Who?" Sweetie Belle asked him, confused as she looked at me and Bloom.
I smile and wave my hand at her. “Hi girls, my name is James, I am a displaced I guess.” I say to her. Then i look at Bloom to find her hugging and petting her pony counterpart, making me laugh.
"Uh Dillan help…" Dillan's Apple bloom asked as Dillan pulled Bloom away from her.
"Bloom, stop hugging yourself to death." Dillan said.
“Awww but she is adorable.” Bloom said.
I walk over and carefully place a hand on her shoulder. “Keep in mind Bloom they are people not animals, how would you feel if they started doing that to you?”
Dillan's Apple bloom nods. "Yeah, even though yer me from another dimension, ah ain't a dog!"
Bloom looks down and closes her eyes. “Yer right, I am sorry Apple Bloom, you two uh..other ponies.” She smiles sheepishly at the end.
I hold up a hand. “Don't be upset at her for not knowing your names, in our timeline you three haven’t met yet.” I explain to them.
"It's alright, I'm sweetie belle." Sweetie belle smiles.
"And I'm scootaloo!" Scootaloo smiled.
"It's alright… me." Apple bloom smiles.
I smile at Dillan. “You know Dillan, I think after the day we had or should I say nightmare, I think me and Bloom could use some apple family cooking, if you think they would have us.” I wink at him where his Apple Bloom won't see.
Dillan smiles. "Sure, I'll call them."
“Cool, but I want to stay like this, I want to see how long it stays active.” I say looking down at myself.
Dillan nods before heading upstairs. "I'll be right back."
I nod and look over to Bloom and smile seeing her and the pony CMC getting along and becoming friends.
Dillan walked back down the stairs, smiling at us. "alright on word to the Apple family farm!"
I chuckle as I watch the CMC from Dillan’s world run around my Bloom as we walk to Sweet Apple Acres. “So Dillan, I noticed that your ultramatrix is blue instead of green, is it some sort of customized version?”
"Well when I got it I uh…" Dillan said, rubbing his neck. "I kinda tried killing myself, the 'Merchant' sent me the ultimatrix and sent me here for a new beginning. As for the color… I just like the 23 dimension."
“Damn, sorry to hear that man.” I look down and close my eyes. “I guess I shouldn’t complain about what happened to me.” I say, as we walk up the path.
Dillan waves it off. "Relax man, you can be upset all you want. I chose to come here so I wouldn't do anything dumb, heck if I hadn't these three would have been popsicles." He said, looking to the CMC. "They had the bright idea to go into a blizzard in the middle of winter."
The CMC chuckle and rub their heads. "To be fair, that was before we got our Cutie Marks."
I chuckle and shake my head. “I hope you girls back in my world won't be that nuts...oh who am I kidding.” I facepalm groaning. “One of them will suggest going out to look for a digimon partner once they meet me and they'll probably get dragged to the digital world somehow.”
Dillan chuckles and nods. "Seems like it."
“Hey, it won’t be that bad...I think?” my Applebloom said,
I chuckle and pat her back. “We will see, plus like I said earlier the versions of you that I know of are much younger, so there's a chance that you and your friends in our world are going to be a lot more mature than... others” I finish looking down at the ponies.
The pony CMC chuckles and rubs their heads as the smell of fresh pies and cakes fill our noses. "Smells like Sugar Belle is cooking up a swarm."
“Sugar Belle? Who is that?” Bloom asked.
I smirk and look at Dillan. “You want to tell her?”
"Take a guess." Dillan chuckles. "Remember how I told you Big Mac was married?"
Blooms eyes widened. “She is Mac’s wife?” She smiles and looks ahead. “I can’t wait to meet her!”
"Just don't rush her, she's probably carrying hot pies and stuff. Also Bloom, I have a question, do you guys eat meat in your reality?" Dillan asked.
Bloom raises an eyebrow. “Of course we do, why wouldn’t we?” She asked, then I cleared my throat and pointed down at the CMC. “Oh.”
"Y'all eat meat?" Dillan's bloom asked. "Ah guess that makes sense considering Dillan does as well, all though he turns into a pony to eat most of the time."
I pat my stomach. “From what I remember, Digimon eat almost exclusively meat. We can eat other things but in the Digital World meat literally grows like plants.” I say.
“Wait what? How in the name of Celestia does that work?” Bloom asked me,
I shrug my shoulders and chuckle. “Trust me when I say don't question it. It's like Pinkie Pie, the digital world sometimes just does not make sense, because it's a bunch of information that's gathered from across the entire planet jumbled together until it created life...more or less.”
Dillan nods. "Yep." He said as we approached sweet apple Acres. "Oh wow they gathered the family quickly." He said as we see a bunch of Apple family members around a table. "Oh wait I think the reunion is today."
“What a coincidence, it was also a reunion day sort of on our world. We literally just had the Summer Sun Celebration and Nightmare Moon's return and defeat.” I said smiling at the happy faces. Then I sigh sadly as I start thinking of Jennie.
"You ok?" Dillan asked me, patting my shoulder.
I nod slowly. “Yeah, sorry just thinking about my girlfriend back on earth.” I look up at the sky.
Dillan hums and taps his chin. "I'll be right back." He said turning into Ultimate Clockwork again and vanishing
I blink wondering where he went. “Huh, hey Apple Bloom, mind introducing us to your family, while we wait for him to come back?”
Apple bloom bounced up and down excitedly, before she was tackled by another filly. Babs seed. "Hey cos!"
I chuckle as I watch the fillies. “Hi there.” I said.
Babs looks at me and jumps. "What in tarnation!?"
I laugh and cover my mouth with a hand. “Sorry for the scare, my name is James.”
"Babs this is a friend of Dillan's." Apple bloom said to her cousin.
"Wait Dillan!? The hero!?" Babs asked wide eyed.
I smirk and shake my head. “I guess Dillan is famous here.”
"Of course he his!" Babs said. "News spread like wildfire about how he and another hero stopped the planet itself from freezing!"
I nod and smile while pulling Bloom over by me with a smile. “Well, we helped stop Nightmare Moon.”
Babs raised an eyebrow. "Ah thought that was the Elements of Harmony a few years ago?"
I roll my eyes and point at Bloom. “Me and her are from another Equestria, meet Apple Bloom.”
Babs eyes widen. "Another Bloom!?"
I chuckle and nod. “Yep, so how about we all head over to the family so we can eat.” My stomach growls before I start glowing and change back to a Guilmon. “Awww.”
"Run out of energy?" Dillan's voice asked behind me.
I jump and turn around. “Geez, you really need to stop doing that, and yeah I am back to my base form.”
Dillan chuckles before we both have to cover our ears from the sound of a loud squeal. "Dillan!!!!" Babs yells exactly running around him, making him give a weirded out look.
"Never thought she'd be like this." He whispers to me pointing at babs.
“Seems you have a super fan, hope you don't have a jealous girlfriend.” I chuckle a bit.
Dillan frowns. "Not anymore…"
I flinch and sigh. “Sorry, didn’t mean to bring up bad memories.”
Dillan waves it off. "It's fine, and nope no girlfriends."
"Ah can't believe I'm meeting the real Dillan!" Babs said excitedly. "Ahm so jealous you get to see him all the time!!!" She said to pony Bloom. Dillan chuckles and starts walking towards the farm, as Babs keeps bugging Apple Bloom.
I follow Dillan and ask. “So where did you go off to?”
"Well, I was curious about what was going on with you. I remembered something about a girlfriend from when we were back in your world. I went to earth to try and bring her here." He said.
My eyes widen and I grab his shoulders. “You found Jennie!?” I start shaking him. “Where is she? Is she ok? Does she know what happened to me?”
Dillan sighs sadly and puts my hands off his shoulders. "I'm sorry, I couldn't find her. And if I stayed any longer my ultimatrix would have ran out of power since it wasn't my displaced world."
I blink and lower my head. “Does that mean she is...is..” I couldn't even finish that sentence.
Dillan put a hand on my shoulder, smiling softly as I looked at him. "It most likely means she also got displaced, however that can be a good thing. All you'd have to do is find her token, or if I find it I can contact you."
I nod and smile softly. “Thank you, at least I could see her again one day.” I say as I cheer up a bit.
Dillan smiles and chuckles as my Apple bloom sees a mare within the Apple family. A pink unicorn with a purple mane and tail, with beaded ties and a cupcake cutie mark.
I smile at the scene then grin once the food starts coming out. “One downside to being a digimon, BIGGER appetite.” I said before I started digging in.
Dillan coughs and pokes my shoulder, pointing to the entire Apple family that was staring at me and Applebloom who was gushing over Sugar belle. "Only Mac, Bloom, and Babs know who you are." Dillan whispers to me.
I blush lightly and chuckle rubbing the back of my head. “Oopsie sorry folks, my name is James, I am a traveler similar to Dillan.” I said pretty embarrassed.
Dillan had shoved a dinner roll into Babseed's mouth before she could squeal again. "Sorry Babs, I appreciate the attention but my ears can only take so much." He said before turning to the Apple family. "James here is from another dimension, one where all you are human like me. And that's his version of Apple bloom."
The whole Apple family looked to my Apple Bloom and surrounded her, smiling and chatting about our world.
I take a bite out of an apple while I watch this. “This is nice, much better than getting wacked on the head.” I chuckle softly.
"Should be." Dillan said with a smile, munching on a fish sandwich.
I look at Dillan. “Say, do I look like a dragon to you? Because…” I look around at the apple family before leaning over and whispering. “Granny whacked me on the head with her cane thinking I was a thieving dragon, when she first saw me.”
"I mean a bit? Then again granny doesn't have the best eyesight." Dillan said chuckling.
I roll my eyes. “Applejack, and Bloom both called me a dragon as well.”
"Huh, maybe they don't have dinosaurs in their world and assumed you were a dragon." He said still munching on his fish sandwich.
I look at the fish sandwich and lick my lips. “Got any more?”
Diplan chuckles and pulls out a small box, opening it to show capsules from Dragon Ball. He clicked one and tossed it In Front of me, an entire plate of fish, bacon, and sausage sandwiches appeared. "Help yourself."
My eyes widened and I put a claw on the box. “Whoa, where did you get a set of these?” I ask while taking a bite out of the fish sandwich.
"I met a cooler displaced, I already had a namekian scan and I made him some dragon balls. When we were testing out the dragons powers it gave me the idea to use mine to make these." Dillan said, putting the box away. "I also have senzu beans."
“That's cool, you are lucky you get a wish every year...assuming you can’t over use them and make shadow dragons.” I said scratching my chin in thought.
"Nope, and actually because the Ultimatrix and Omnitrix can create and destroy matter whenever I become a namekian I can make a wish because it's like their automatically recreated brand new." Dillan said. "I could give you a set if you want, that or look through all the cards you got from me and see if you already have a card for them."
“I probably have a Namekian card but not an actual dragon wish card, of course if I get a set of dragon balls I'll have to hide them very well.” I said in thought then get a blank look on my face for a whole minute before I facepalm. “And now I want to dig a large hole to hide them, damn these new instincts.”
Dillan laughs. "Well hey, at least you're not craving anything but bread like Guilmon did in the show. And literally have that be the only thing on your mind."
I frown at him. “I am pretty sure the reason he was obsessed with bread, was because that was the first piece of food he was ever given.” I look at the table. “At least that's my theory.”
Dillan hums. "Wait didn't he eat the cafeteria food first?"
I shake my head. “No, Takato fed him some bread when he left him in that alley in the box, before he went to school.” I told him, then chuckled. “Then he ate the cafeteria food, which actually makes me wonder if it actually was as bad as the kids were saying or if that was just part of the show for comedic effect and they were being overdramatic.”
Dillan chuckles, before his ultimatrix starts beeping. "Hello?" He asked into it.
"Greetings young Dillan this is Albedo." A voice said from his ultimatrix. "First thinker Azimuth needs to speak with you as soon as possible."
"Oh hey that's perfect." Dillan smiles.
“Huh, well that is convenient timing.” I say at the same time as Dillan.
Dillan chuckles. "Albedo I have a few friends that want to meet Azimuth, one of which is a new species in our reality. Mind setting up a teleportation for three?"
"A new species? I'm sure first thinker Azimuth will be happy to meet them, I shall activate the teleportation at once." Albedo said
I call Bloom over, then look at Dillan. “I bet you are glad not to have to deal with a evil color swapped copy of you with the mind of Albedo huh?” I ask Dillan.
"Not yet at least, who knows what will happen." He sighed before looking at the Apple family. "I'll send Applejack back soon!" He said as we began to be teleported away.
"Hey wait where's Granny Smith? I wanted to see her!" Applebloom asked as we got teleported away.
“Granny? Oh you weren’t told?” A young voice said, once we arrive at where we are being teleported to. We all look down to see Babs standing there next to Dillan.
“How did she sneak so close?” I say in surprise.
Babs seed chuckles and rubs her neck. "Uh ah kinda tried to give Dillan a hug and got caught up in the teleportation."
Dillan smiles softly, picking Babs Seed up, much to her excitement that was obvious on her face. "Alright, I'll bring you back afterwards."
"Wait what wasn't I told about Granny?" Apple Bloom asked, raising an eyebrow.
Babs lowers her head and ears. “She...she passed away not too long ago.” Babs said as tears started to fill her eyes.
Dillan sighs sadly as Apple Bloom covers her mouth, tears in her eyes. "a-ahm so sorry." She said.
I walk over and place a hand on her shoulder. “You still have yours Bloom, just know that this isn’t always her fate. Just because she passed away here around this time doesn’t mean she will pass away soon back home.” I try to comfort her but then someone clears their throat behind us.
"I thought there were only three Dillan." Albedo said as we turned around.
"Yeah sorry, she kinda got caught in the teleportation." Dillan said
I wave with a smile. “Hello, my name is James, take me to your leader.” I say, with a straight face for about a minute before I started laughing. “Sorry, this will probably be my only chance to say that to an alien race.”
Dillan shook his head at me with a small smile as Albedo coughed. "Yes well, I take it you are the new species Dillan told me about?"
"Yes he is… Technically. His race itself is called a digimon. They're made out of literally data." Dillan said, as Albedo eyed me up and down.
"Like computer data?" He asked, walking around me.
I nod and tap my chest. “Yep, Digimon is short for Digital Monsters. The backstory is long and confusing, but to put it simply, originally we were digital pets that were just simple programs. But eventually we grew and grew until we became sentient and are able to pass from the digital world into the physical world. Though there are about three or four, maybe even five different digital worlds.” I trail off tapping my chin in thought.
"Fascinating." Another voice said as Azimuth walked up behind Albedo. "Would it be alright if I scanned you? I've never met a digital being before."
I nod but warn him while pointing to the symbol on my chest. “I am fine with it but be careful, I am technically a virus type digimon, the symbol is a digital biohazard logo.”
Azimuth hums and nods. "Very well, come with me."
"Uh make sure you're careful, don't want a juggernaut like accident to happen here." Dillan said.
I look at Dillan and tilt my head. “Juggernaut?” I then start to follow Azimuth.
"Remember in Tamers, Yamaki scanned a Digimon and deleted it to get data on Digimon and made the Juggernaut program… which in turn allowed the D-Reaper into that world." Dillan said.
“Ooh right, Geez, I forgot about that.” I shake my head then get an idea. “Say do you think I could have a spare laptop? If we need to get to the digital world we will need a way to get there.” I ask Dillan, as I step onto a machine Azimuth pointed out for me to stand on.
The machine came to life as a beam of light washed over me a few times, while Dillan tapped his chin. "I might, if I don't I'm sure Azimuth has one."
"Indeed." Azimuth said as Albedo hands Apple Bloom a laptop.
“Wow, thanks.” I say with a smile. “I wonder how different a Digimon is from your local non-organic species, like the Upgrade race and Nanomech.” I say while watching the scan move up and down my body.
Azimuth hums. "It appears to be similar to the Galvanic Mechamorphs but is different to the point the Ultimatrix can't scan it. However with a few modifications I can make it so it can."
"Really? Awesome!" Dillan said smiling.
I grin and chuckle. “Too bad you will only get a Guilmon scan, and who knows if you’d be able to use my champion and mega levels.” I look to Azimuth to see if I am free to move.
"You may go, and what are Champion and Mega?" Azimuth asked raising an eyebrow
I get off the device and wave Apple Bloom over. “Digimon are odd, we all come from eggs, and have two different baby forms, one that's completely helpless and one you can sort of move around in. Then we have the Rookie form which is the level I'm at right now then there's the Champion level which is the evolution past Rookie, and then finally Mega is the highest form we can be without fusing with another Mega.” I tell him.
Once Apple Bloom comes over I get the digivice from her and show it to him. “Digimon can Digivolve into these different levels through two main ways. First by themselves which is much harder, by fighting each other until we grow strong enough to evolve on our own, or we can form a partnership with a human or really anyone technically, that isn't the Digimon and their emotions can give us more power to evolve past the form that we are at. The downside to this is we will always revert back to the form we first met them in.”
Azimuth nods.
"You know a Mega is kinda like the perfect form for a Digimon, I wonder if I could become Gallantmon through going Ultimate as a Guilmon. Considering Digimon don't have normal 'building blocks of like' my transformation as a Digimon would have to be part human. Like Upgrade, Nanomech, Echo Echo and Buzzshock." Dillan said.
I shrug and add. “True and like I said, digimon can Digivolve by themselves through battle it will just take a longer time but by doing that, their higher form becomes their base form and they can't revert back without dying and going back to the Digimon Daycare.”
Dillan nods. "Fair enough."
“So what do we do while he is working?” I ask Dillan.
"Not sure, bu-" Dillan started to say, but was interrupted when multiple explosions erupt from outside as Dillan's Mane Six ran up to us. Oh right they were here.
"Dillan! Thank goodness you're here, a bunch of big red… things are attacking the planet!" Twilight said, obviously not noticing me.
I tilt my head. “Big red things? What do they look like?” I ask her.
Twilight turned to me and jumped a bit, before looking confused. "U-um they look like robots of some kind, they shoot laser blasts and can fly."
Dillan hummed. "Big red robots that fly, shoot lasers… sounds like Vilgax drones."
I blink in surprise. “I thought we are in the 23rd dimension, how the hell is he here?” I ask then look over. “Bloom we are gonna be fighting soon.”
Bloom nods as Dillan chuckles. "Remember I told you the villains that are here? I'm not sure how they're here but they are."
I shrug and say. “Honestly I'm surprised you're not having to fight the 23rd dimension versions of them instead. Actually you should actually look into that, see if they're actually good in this timeline. If they are, recruit them and team up,” I said then look at Bloom. “Bloom this will be a bit dangerous. I want you to be close but safe.”
Bloom nods as Azimuth puts a round pad on her chest, a suit materializing around her as Dillan chuckles. "I know Animo is a villain called doctor Vegitor."
“That's interesting and that is a neat suit.” I look it over before asking. “What does it do?”
"It'll help her stay safe." Azimuth said as Dillan hums.
"You know I could temporarily mix her dna with say Diamondheads. Turning her into the ultimate Earth clan member." Dillan chuckles.
I think about it but then shiver. “No thanks, I feel like Applejack would delete me herself if I came back with her half alien.” This got the pony Applejack’s attention.
"Wait what?" Applejack asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Right, this is your sister from another dimension." Dillan said, patting Apple Bloom's shoulder.
I chuckle and nod. “Yeah, but enough talk, we got robots to smash!” I say with a smirk.
"Oh and you realize I said temporarily mix her DNA right?" Dillan asked with a chuckle as he popped up his Ultimatrix core. "As in remove it after the fight."
I tap my chin then shrug. “Then it's your responsibility if Applejack gets upset and it's Apple Bloom's choice if she gets changed.”
Dillan looks to Apple bloom. "Wanna become the most powerful earth clan member in history?"
She smiles and nods. “Hay yeah! Maybe I will get my emblem somehow.” she said.
Bo5 me and Applejack shake our heads. “Alright, so is this the usual smash them until the boss shows up scenario or do you think this is a distraction and someone else is sneaking into a lab somewhere to steal something?” I asked Dillan.
Dillan hums. "Not sure, Maybe DR Psychobos is trying to get predator DNA for the Nemetrix from fossils or something." He said as a yellow beam flows over Apple bloom.
Applebloom arms began growing crystals around her hands and legs, as her red hair became crystalized. “This is cool!” She said looking at her new crystal skin.
I nod and walk over to a window. “Well, let's get out there before they destroy this place.”
"You can control crystals." Dillan said to Apple bloom. "Shoot them from your arms and hands, grow them out of the ground, cover other things with them, and you can reflect energy blasts. Just be careful with your human parts." He said poking her side and making her laugh. "Are still vulnerable."
“Right! I will be careful ah promise.” Bloom said, then accidentally fired off one of her crystals into the ceiling.
Dillan crosses his arms at her and shakes his head. "Be sure to aim." He said before he ran at the window and turned into Big Chill, phasing through the window.
“Show off.” I look to Azimuth. “Does this window open? If not mind if I break it?”
"It opens." Azimuth said as the window slid upwards.
“Right, be careful Bloom.” I said before I jump out the window and land on the ground looking around I see one of the robots shooting at Dillan. “Pyro Sphere!” I fire a fireball at the robot’s back.
The robot exploded as Dillan freezes a few of the robots.
I help out by following Dillan and using rock smasher to shatter the frozen robots into pieces.
Dillan dodges a couple crystals that Apple bloom shot, as they destroy a few robots as well.
I growl as I dodge one of the lasers. “Bloom give me a new power!” I yell as I fire a Pyro Sphere at the robot but miss when it moves out of the way.
"Digimodify! Super Speed Activate!" She said swiping a card as Dillan freezes a few more robots before turning into Ultimate Humungousaur and blasting a few more robots
I run around the area cutting up robots left and right before I climb onto Dillan’s back and say. “Throwmethrowmethowme!”
Dillan nods and throws me into the air. I cheer loudly before firing lots of Pyro Spheres in every direction.
Multiple robots explode, as Dillan runs under me and catches me on his back as Bloom shoots more shards at some other robots. . “Woo!” I cheer thinking that was the last one, but then a larger taller one fell down in front of us. “Awww, Bloom, Digivolve me please!” I get ready before I jump at the robot.
"Uhm, normal or armor?" She asked, looking at all the cards.
My eyes widened as she hesitated and the robot smacked me across a lake and I crashed into a building. “...ow…”
Apple bloom runs over to me. "Ahm sorry! Ah didn't know which one tah choose!"
I groan and look up before pushing Bloom out of the way and catch the robot’s leg as it tried to crush us. “Grrrr! W-word to the wise Bloom.” I fire a Pyro Sphere at the robots joint and it starts to glow red hot. “When I say digivolve I mean the normal way, when I want armor I'd say armor digivolve.” I tell her while struggling to hold the robot up before my arms give out and I get pressed into the ground hard.
"Guilmon!" I heard Apple bloom yell before I saw Dillan blasting the giant robot off me and turn to me.
"Um dude… you're a Gigimon." He said blinking in confusion.
I groan and look around before I look up at Dillan. “Not one word dude.” I say in a high squeaky voice.
Dillan has a smirk on his face. "One word."
I growl and run up the sides of the hole I am in and bite Dillan’s foot. “Eerk!”
"Awww an angry little red tomato!" Dillan chuckles, picking me up by the tail. "Keep it up and I won't help you get your energy back."
I growl but then look behind him and my eyes widen. Suddenly green bubbles start coming out of my mouth and I open up my mouth and they fly out right over his shoulder and hit the hand of the robot melting the fingers. “Wow, who knew I could do that?”
"Neat." Dillan said, blasting a whole in the robot's chest with ki, as Apple Bloom hugs me.
"You're so cute!!" She said
I wiggle my stubby legs. “Ugh! Not so hard, I am technically in my Toddler Form.”
"Aww does baby want a bottle?" Apple Bloom said giggling.
I growl and frown at her. “Just because you're my partner, doesn't mean I won't bite you!”
Apple Bloom dropped me and crossed her arms. "Fine, have fun trying to Digivolve alone."
Dillan snickered as he shook his head. "You two are a riot, but we have bigger things to worry about." He said pointing up as Vilgax’s ship entered the atmosphere of the planet.
I bounce on the ground and look up. “Well...we are boned.” I look to Bloom. “Bloom go inside with Azimuth, now.”
Bloom nods and runs inside, but stops and looks to me as a large orb falls into the city. A large bipedal squid-like being stepping out and towards Dillan. “So I am guessing you get him talking then kick his ass?” I ask Dillan as Vilgax walks closer to us.
Dillan hums. "Nah, let's just kick his ass." He chuckled, reaching for his Ultimatrix before Vilgax arm split into tentacles and grabbed it.
"No you don't, I'm not letting you use your powers!" He said as he drew a large blade
“Holy cow! I thought only the reboot version of him could do that!” I yell before my mouth warms up and I jump up and bite one of his arm tentacles, burning it. ‘Hot bite!’ I think the name of the attack, somehow knowing it.
"Ah you little welp!" Vilgax yelled, as Apple Bloom ran over.
"Apple bloom, get the brown bag out of my back pocket and feed the bean inside to Gigimon!" Dillan said, grabbing the tentacles and pulling them so vilgax stayed in place.
I growl as I keep biting Vilgax before my front legs can grab onto the tentacle that I am biting onto. I quickly let go and pulled myself onto it as he lifted me up ready to smack me but and blow acid bubbles into his face, scaring him. ‘Frothy Spit!’
Apple Bloom grabs the brown bag out of Dillan's pocket, throwing a bean at me as Vilgax releases Dillan and covers his face. I turn and see the bean coming so I jump up and catch it in my mouth. I then start running away from Vilgax as I chew the bean. “Suck it Villgy!”
Dillan chuckles as my Digivice began to glow, before I was suddenly a Guilmon again. "I have an idea!" Dillan called.
I trip over my now longer legs and roll till I land next to Dillan upside down. “Then tell us, and stop making clones.” I said as my head spun.
Dillan shakes his head, and picks me up. "I asked Azimuth to make something for me, try keeping him busy until I get back." He said dashing off to Azimuths lab.
“Right..”I look over at the fuming Vilgax. “Bloom...I am gonna need some Armor Digivolving soon.”
Apple Bloom looked through the cards and smirked. "Let's show 'em something new!" She said swiping a card. “Digimodify Alien Armor: Four Arms Activate”
I see a small red figure with four arms fly from the digivice to me. I smirk and run at it. “Guilmon Armor Digivolve to!” We collide and in a flash of red code swirling around me I double my size and grow an extra set of arms, then armor appears on my arms, chest and legs, that is mostly red and gold. I punch all four fists together and grin at Vilgax as I call out. “Tetramon!”
I look myself over myself once more before looking at Vilgax. “Alright Squid Face round two.”
"What is this!?" Vilgax said
“This? This is your butt whoopin!” I say with a grin before running at Vilgax but before I get within grabbing range I punch the ground. “Terra strike!” And a pillar of earth shoots up out the ground near Vilgax slamming right into his gut.
"Guh, what the!?" He said, gritting his teeth as he sent red lasers from his eyes.
My eyes widen and I stomp on some ruble by my foot and knock a large rock up. I grab it and block the lasers and the rock explodes. “Nice try, now you face a mon!” I run through the dust and punch Vilgax in the face pushing him back a few inches.
Vilgax growls as he pulls out his sword, before it erupted into flames and slashed my chest. I grunt as I was knocked back thankfully my armor protected me. “Ha! Got to love Chrome Digisteel.” I smirk and use all four fists to punch the ground, “Terra strike!” Making four pillars shoot out of the ground and slam into the four sides of Vilgax pinning him.
I crack my knuckles as I walk forward ready to punch his face again. I also grab a metal beam and once I get close enough I bend it around his head blocking his eyes. “Hey I just kicked your ass, does that mean I rule your planet now?” I tease him.
"Not by a long shot." Vilgax said taking in some air and breathing out a blast of freezing air that surrounded me. From within the ice I saw Vilgax's arms grow larger as he broke out, and removed the beam from his eyes. "I have the powers of ten heros what do you think you can do!?" He yelled, punching me in the face and sending me flying across the city of Galvins.
I crash through a few buildings landing in the living room of a family of Galvins. I groan and look over at them. “Sorry about the mess, bill Dillan, or Villgax.” I get up and dust myself off before running back to where Vilgax is.
"Hey don't try to send me a bill!" Dillan said flying next to me before running with me. "Got that device Azimuth made me." He said, showing me a Null Void projector, but the end of it was light blue in the shape of the Ultimatrix symbol.
“First off, I did say ‘or Vilgax. And secondly, what does it do?” I ask him as we get to the area I last saw Vilgax but both him and Bloom are missing. “Aw crap baskets.”
"Oh you say that too?" Dillan smirked making a Dragon ball Z Abridged reference as he looked around. "And it's a surprise."
“I know right?” I said then start yelling. “Here I thought Vilgax had at least some honor, but kidnapping someone? That’s low.” I look around and listen for any sign of him.
A loud crash came from our side as Apple Bloom crashed through a building, crystals shielding her as Vilgax slashed at her with his blade. "You annoying whelp!" He said, raising his blade at her.
I blink and look at Dillan. “I did not see that coming. So you need us to hold him still or something?”
Dillan smirks and nods. "Just for a few minutes."
I narrow my eyes at him. “Do not pull a Piccolo on me, I am not Goku and he is not Raditz!” I tell him before jumping over into the battlefield. “Yo Vilgax, I got a question, can you squirt ink?” I ask to annoy him as I jump onto his back and start punching his ribs.
"You insolent whelp!" He yelled as Dillan jumped behind him while he was distracted by me, before he blasted Vilgax with the null void projector. The energy erupted from the projector was surrounded by blue energy as it struck Vilgax, pulling him into the void.
"Well, that was easier than I thought." Dillan said, even though it looked like a normal Null Void projector to me.
I raise an eyebrow and open my mouth to ask a question but then De-Digivolve back into Guilmon. “Awww being Four Arms was fun.”
"You can try again later. Also this thing is a piece of amazing machinery " Dillan said patting the Null Void gun. "I had Azimuth make it so I can get new scans. When it sends aliens to the null void the blue energy scans their DNA, and if it's DNA is in the Ultimatrix it unlocks it."
“That’s cool. So now that he is gone, what should we do?” I ask as Bloom walks up to us.
"Token." Dillan chuckles. "Also Azimuth has made a sort of upgrade for your digivice that will let you scan Digimon."
“Oh? Neat and damn I had completely forgotten about that. Bloom bring the Guilmon card over here and we can make my Token while we head back to the lab.” I say, then look at Dillan. “How do we do that?”
"Just say your name and something about you and your powers." He said.
I nod and think it over for a while as we walk back to the lab before I smile. “I think I got it, Apple Bloom hold onto the card with me.” We both hold onto it and I say. “My name is James, I am a Guilmon and my partner is Apple Bloom, if you need help kicking butt or just want to meet a Digimon give me a call”
Dillan smiles and nods, taking the card and Digivice from us. "Ok now I do this." Dillan said, pulling out a small cylinder. He pushed a button on the end of it before it extended into a large cannon like gun before it whirled to life a blast of energy erupting from it as a portal Into the void opened up.
I quickly grab the Digivice. “Whoa there, just the card.”
"Don't they need it to swipe the card?" Dillan asked me, before grabbing the Digivice back from me and throwing them both into the void. After a second of panic, my Digivice and card reappear in my claws. "When a Token is thrown into the void the original stays with the Displaced while copies are sent around."
I sigh and then frown at Dillan. “You could have told me that first! I almost had a heart attack.” I said, crossing my arms as we entered the lab.
"Yeah but." Dillan said, smirking at me. "You should see your face."
Apple Bloom giggles at me. I huff and roll my eyes. “Geez what are you Piedmon?”
"Nah, I just like pranks." He said.
I shake my head and wave at Azimuth. “Hello, we are back.”
"Good, let me see your digi… thing." Azimuth said, holding his hand out.
I nod to Bloom and she gives him the Digivice. “Here just be careful please.”
Azimuth nods and examines it, before inserting a few machine parts into it. "There you go, now you can scan Digimon and their data will become a card for you. As well as sending the data to Dillan for a scan."
I blink in surprise before turning the Digivice To face myself to see what happens.
After a few minutes Dillan chuckles. "You already have a card of yourself. And Azimuth scanned you already remember?"
I shrug and say. “Hey I didn't know you already got that scan. I thought that was just to see what I was.” I look down at Azimuth. “So this upgrade to my Digivive will let me Digivolve into other Digimon that I have scanned? Does that include their higher levels?”
Azimuth thinks for a moment. "I didn't have much time so I was only able to upgrade it with data I found in the digital domain, from what I saw it lets you switch from form to form. So I do not think so."
I sigh then shrug. “Oh well, still I have my Rookie and Champion form to work with, could be neat to see what forms I can get.” I hold out my claw. “Thanks for the new tool Azimuth, oh and here is an idea to think about.” I smirk and wave my other hand like I am wiping a window. “A Interdimensional council of Azimuths!”
Azimuth thinks for a moment. "Hmm intriguing"
Dillan chuckles and looks at Apple Bloom. "Hey Azimuth, think you could make something that will let Bloom keep her new form but shift between that form and her normal one?"
"A simple task, one second." Azimuth said as he and Albedo started working.
“Ya mean I get ta keep these cool powers!?” Apple Bloom said full of energy, making me chuckle.
"Yes, however." Dillan said sternly. "You cannot show anyone, it would cause a mass panic and your sister would kill James. And I'm not even saying that as a joke, one punch from your sister could probably delete James."
I nod my head with Dillan and Bloom looks down. “Oh, ok ah wont show my powers to anyone.”
I smile and pat her back. “Hey how about after Azimuth makes you that device you go bug your pony sister.” I say with a smirk.
Dillan smiles as Azimuth and Albedo give Apple Bloom, a small circle pad. "Better keep that hidden so no one can see."
She nods and smiles as she fiddles with it till she changes back to her normal self. “Cool! Thank ya mister Azimuth.” She thanked him.
Azimuth smiles. "It was no problem. All we did was take the base abilities of an Ultimatrix and make it so it only affects your DNA."
Bloom nods with a confused smile before she goes over to Applejack and starts to mess with her. I chuckle and shake my head. “Alright Dillan, we are ready to go, and I will be sure to scan as many Digimon as we can.”
Dillan nods with a smile. "Cool, also I'll probably tell your Applejack about that device. And tell her… well the truth. Just I'll do it in a way that hides your involvement."
I raise an eyebrow. “My involvement? You're the one that changed your DNA and Azimuth is the one that made the device I didn't do anything.”
"Exactly, I'll say you weren't here at all and did it without you knowing." Dillan chuckles as he turns into Ultimate Clockwork again. "Now letz go."
I look over and snicker as I see Bloom holding Applejack in her arms and hugging her. “Bloom set her down, we are going home.”
“Awww, ok.” She sets Applejack down and walks over to us waving at the ponies.
"What in tarnation was that about?" I heard Applejack say before we were in the timestream again, heading back home.
I chuckle and look at Bloom. “You just had to do that didn’t you?”
"Eeyup." Apple Bloom said giggling.
I chuckle and shake my head. “Well just be sure to have it out of your system, there are a few cute Digimon that are deadly.”
"He iz correct." Dillan said.
"Oh ok." Apple Bloom said, looking nervous.
“Heck, look at me, I am damn adorable but I can shoot fireballs out of my mouth and break stone with my bare claws.” I said slightly jokingly.
Dillan doesn’t say anything as Apple Bloom looks away from me. I huff and cross my arms. “Fine so I am not cute, but my point stands. Never judge a mon by their looks.” I told Bloom.
Dillan and Apple Bloom burst out laughing. "Relax James, you're plenty cute." Apple Bloom said with a giggle.
I blush lightly before shaking my head with a smile. “Hey Dillan, do you know id there are only Omnitrix users out there?” I look around as I see other timelines pass us.
"I'm sure zere are, I just haven't zeen any." Dillan said.
“Well, I ask because I am wondering if they will be updated with any DNA or data you get.” I said and as we pass one timeline I see images of a teenage boy with a pink jacket running through the forest.
"I'm not sure, but zat vould be cool." Dillan said.
“Maybe ask Azimuth to see what he can do about that.” I said, just before there is a flash of light and we are standing in front of Sweet Apple Acres.
I notice Spike, Impmon, Agumon, and Applejack talking Infront of the barn as Dillan returns to normal.
I smirk and yell. “What’s that Dillan? You have something to tell Applejack?” I wink at him before grabbing Apple Bloom and running over to the group.
Dillan chuckles and walks over easily to us all as Applejack raises an eyebrow at him.
“What do ya want to tell me?” Applejack asks while I take the Digivice from Bloom and scan Impmon. Making an Impmon card appear.
"Back in my dimension a villain appeared and in order to help keep Applebloom safe the creator of my watch gave her the ability to evolve her dna." He said. "Basically she can transform herself into something that the earth clan will be in a few hundred years or so, and change back."
"Wait so a human can Digivolve by herself!?" Impmon said, holding his head. "Already!? She just met pineapple head, that's so unfair!"
I chuckle and shake my head as I start scanning Agumon. “No Impmon, think of this as...hmmm an armor she can put on at any time. Remember humans can’t actually digivolve...well i guess some can but only those with special Digimon partners or special Digivices.” I then turn and watch as Applejack takes her hat off.
“Apple Bloom cover yer ears.” She does so. Applejack takes a deep breath before she punches Dillain in the face. Thankfully it wasn’t at full force. “Thank ya for tellin me.”
"No problem." Dillan said unfazed. "Also why'd you tell her to cover her ears if you were gonna punch me?"
“Fer this.” She then yells just about every Equestrian curse word she knows at least that's what I’m guessing. “Ah feel better now.”
I chuckle and walk over to Dillan "Well Dillan, I don't know if we will cross paths again but still.” I hold up a claw and fold it so the pointy parts aren’t aimed at him. “I hope you have a safe and boring life.”
"Man fuck that." Dillan chuckles shaking my hand. "And I'm sure we can if you ever need help just call me with my Token… Also." He said a yellow scanning beam flowing from his Ultimatrix and over Spike as a hologram of a Dragon Clan member appears.
I chuckle and say. “Safe travels my friend.” I back up from him.
"Later." He said turning back into Ultimate Clockwork again, waving to Apple Bloom before looking at me. "Good luck with the possibility of the Dark Masters and Chuchowmon teaming up… you know considering." He said ominously before vanishing. I gulp at that warning but put on a smile and go with my new friends and tell them everything that happened.
Thunder erupted from the sky like lava from a volcano as Dillan walked down the halls of Canterlot castle. His footsteps echoing as he stared down at his feet, a million thoughts filling his skull. "How am I gonna help the Dragons for food, how am I gonna help the ponies under the water without revealing I could help the whole time… I don't want them becoming dependent on me…"
Dillan was so lost in thought that he didn't notice sunset meadows had walked up beside him until she spoke up. She tries to get his attention but he's so deep in thought that her voice goes in one ear and out the other, getting annoyed she lightly punches his hip. “Ahem!”
"Huh?" Dillan asked, blinking down at her. "Oh miss meadows, I'm sorry I was lost in thought about everything that's going on. What can I help you with?" He asked with a small smile.
She sighs and shakes her head. “Princess Ceelstia wishes to speak to you, she is in her office.”
Dillan nods a bit. "alright, um where is that again?"
She sighs and points at the office right next to him. “Right here sir Dillan.”
Dillan looked at the door with a chuckle. "Oh, crap I guess I'm really out of it." Dillan knocked on the door, opening a few seconds after as he looked at the princess. "You wanted to talk to me?"
Celestia looks up from some paperwork. “Ah Dillan yes, please come in, tea?” She offered.
"If it's not too much trouble. Could I get a slice of lemon please?" He asked with a smile as he sat down across from her.
Celestia nods and lit her horn for a moment. “It will be here soon, snacks?”
"No thank you, I'm hoping the tea will help me clear my head about the flooding and what to do to help the Dragons." Dillan sighs.
“I see, well let’s start this meeting.” Celestia sighs and sets the paperwork down. “Why don’t you help catch me up on what has happened.”
Dillan rubs his chin. "I swear I asked Meadows to inform you of everything that happened while you were gone."
“She did, I just want to make sure she didn’t forget anything. You can also start with telling me what you plan to do with each problem.” Celestia said.
Dillan nods slowly. "Well, I did day court, Blue blood caused me some trouble so I stripped him of his power and title until you say so, he got arrested for attacking me. I met with naysayers and ugh." He said, shaking his head. "Then I met with Ember and she passed out, she's currently in the infirmary."
Celestia sighs and rubs her temples. “Oh Blue… I will talk with him, and why did Ember pass out?”
"Exhaustion." Dillan said, rubbing his forehead. "I'm planning on going to the dragonlands and helping with food and stuff."
Celestia nods and frowns. “Yes, with how volcanic their lands are, they probably do not have that much food left.”
"I do have my petrosapien transformation aka diamond head, who can make gems." Dillan said rubbing his chin. "Maybe that can help them on food for a while."
“Gems are only part of their diet, they will also need other foods. Gems are more like fruits to them, it still isn’t healthy for them to live off of just gems.” Ceelstia told Dillan.
Dillan hummed. "Well then I'll need to find a good island in the middle of everywhere to grow food that we can all share, not just us and the dragons. But the hippogriffs, yaks, changelings, and so on."
“How are the other races?” Celestia asked.
"Not sure, I've only been approached by the dragons. But as I told the naysayer, all but the kyrin and changelings have mountainous homes" Dillan said, rubbing his head.
“I see. So what else has happened?” She asked as some ponies came in with tea.
Dillan smiles and takes a sip of the tea. "Well, other than meeting another Displaced, the red dinosaur you saw when you got back." He said chuckling. "Not much, other than your sister messing with me."
Celestia giggles. “Oh? How has my sister been messing with you?”
"It was once, I picked up Ember to take her to the infirmary and Luna said something about me having my hand on her butt." Dillan said, chuckling. "Like I did it on purpose."
Celestia got a smirk and sipped her tea. “Oh i see, I don’t suppose you have feelings for this dragoness? Maybe I should send a letter to Cadence to help you out.”
Dillan slams his head on the table with a sigh. "You realize I just met her right? That and… I'm still messed up about my family and… my…"
Celestia sighs and wraps a wing around him. “I am sorry for the teasing but I think it would be healthy to start moving on, you can keep them in your heart, but you should open yourself up and find love again.”
Dillan turned his head to the side, looking away from her. "I know… but… with everything that's going on. I don't think I can."
Celestia tightens the wing hug. “Trust me, I have lived for a long time. Now is exactly the time to try to find love. If you feel a connection with someone or in this case some Dragoness, it's best to explore that. It may or may not work but that's OK you just have to take life one step at a time.”
Dillan sighs. "Yeah… maybe…"
Celestia smiles and playfully pushes Dillan. “Besides between you, me and Luna, I'm pretty sure you'll be the first one of us to have children and I can't wait to play with your foals.” She said with a giggle.
Dillan laughs and sits back. "You act like we've known each other for decades."
Celestia giggles and smiles. “Maybe not but it feels like it.”
Dillan smiles softly and nods, before sunset meadows walked in. "Excuse me your majesty, but dragon lord ember is awake."
“Alright, thank you.” Ceelstia said then she smirks at Dillan. “Let's go check on your marefriend.”
The shapeshifter deadpans and shakes his head, before getting up. "Again, just met her."
Celestia gets up and starts to follow him. “Oh come now, let this old mare have her fun.” She said with a giggle and a spring in her trot.
Dillan shakes his head with a chuckle. "Just don't say it around her, we don't want to piss her off."
Celestia nods and sighs. “Yes, I am not foolish to upset a foreign representative.” The two walk down the hall to the medical wing.
Dillan smirks. "Hey IF something does happen between us at least you'd get to say I told you so."
Celestia smirks and pokes Dillan with her wing. “So you admit there’s a chance.”
"I said if." Dillan chuckled as they knocked on the medical wind door and walked in. "Hello nurse, is Ember ok to talk?" Dillan asked the unicorn nurse with an orange mane and black coat.
"Yes sir, she's just over here." He said leading them to the room Ember was in.
She was sitting up and drinking some water but once she sees Dillan she slams the cup down and points at him. “What did you do to me?”
Dillan shakes his head with a small smirk. "Why does everyone assume I did something? You passed out from exhaustion, and Malnutrition."
Ember glares at him for a bit before looking away. “Hmm, whatever, when can I get out of this ...soft...bed, these ponies won’t let me.”
Dillan looked at Celestia. "Any idea?"
Celestia shakes her head. “I would not know, best ask the nurse.”
Dillan nodded and walked back to the nurse. "How long until Ember can leave?"
"She can go now, we just needed to make sure she was completely ok. I just got the results back." The nurse said smiling as Dillan walked back to Embers room again.
"He said you can leave now." He said.
“Finally!” She throws the sheets off and gets up. “I need to get back before some stone head steals my saved up food.”
"You saved up food while your people went hungry?" Dillan asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Don’t be stupid, I save half my food each day for an emergency.” Ember said, getting in Dillain’s face.
"Fine, fine." Dillan said, rolling his eyes.
Ember backs off and crosses her arms. “Is there anything else you need to tell me or can I finally leave?”
"Actually yes I do need to tell you something." Dillan said before smirking playfully at her. "I'm coming with you to the dragonlands."
“Ugh fine, but I am not carrying you!” Ember said, pointing a claw at Dillan.
Dillan laughs as he pops up his ultimatrix, flipping through the scans quickly much to embers confusion. However once the hologram stopped on a dragon, Dillan pushed it down and a bright blue light filled the room. Once it died down, Ember's eyes widened at a tall black dragon with light blue frills going down his back and two large wings. Her eyes glanced quickly at his abs and muscular build before she looked back at his eyes, being golden slits that made her gulp a little.
“You are a dragon?” She asked confused and slightly turned on.
Dillan chuckles. "I'm a dragon, pony, hyppogrif, I could be a griffon, a minitor, a changeling… the race. I'm already classified as a changeling technically."
Ember looks Dillan over once more before huffing and walking past him. “Whatever.”
Dillan shrugged at Celestia before walking behind Ember on their way out of the infirmary, waving goodbye to the princess before they left the room. "Why'd you sound so excited about me being a dragon?" He asked Ember with a smirk.
Ember crosses her arms and looks away from Dillan. “I was just surprised.” What Dillan couldn’t see was the light blush on her face.
Ember heard a small hum coming from Dillan before she glanced back at him and saw him smiling at her. "Alright then, I guess it can be surprising for the first time you see the transformation process."
She rolls her eyes and opens a window. “Let's just get going already, and don’t start complaining that you're tired after a few hours.”
Dillan smirks and dives out if the window, spinning in the air as he flys Infront of the sun spreading his wings wide. "Same to you princess."
Ember growls and jumps out after him, spreading her wings and flies after him. “The last time I'm not a princess!”
Dillan chuckles and slows down to fly next to her, smiling at her. "I know that dragon lord Ember, I said it as a term of endearment. My father taught me to always treat all women as princesses." He said before smirking at her. "Even if they can kick my ass like you."
“Well don’t! Or I will.” Ember said, huffing. Then she flaps her wings and moves ahead.
Dillan shrugs and flaps his wings to catch up withcatch up with her a bit. "So how bad is it in the dragonlands? I'm sure fire breathing dragons and water don't mix very well."
Ember frowns. “Some are fine, they just stay on the mountains but others who aren’t strong enough have to swim. And without the heat from the volcanoes we can't hatch any of our eggs, meaning if the flooding doesn’t go away, dragons will eventually die out.”
Dillan frowns and hums. "Well what if we find an active volcano and divert the lava into a pool so you can hatch the eggs there? Or I could dig down far enough on your islands to have lava spout up like a gyzer."
“Then there would be less land to sleep on dumbass.” She said as if it was obvious.
Dillan shakes his head. "No there wouldn't, the lava would cool when it hits the water and it would make more land."
She looks at him. “How is that possible? Lava is a liquid.”
Dillan stops in mid air and looks at her. "Wait do you not know how lava is made?"
She shrugs. “It is hot red stuff from underground, what’s to know?”
"How about the fact that it's super heated and molten rock?" Dillan chuckles.
“Huh, how does a rock turn into lava just by getting hot?” Ember asked passing Dillan.
Dillan follows her again. "Because anything that gets hot enough can become a liquid. Even metal. I'll show you." He said flying ahead and landing on an island, waving her down.
Ember sighs and lands next to him. “We don’t have time for a science lesson nerd.”
Dillan looks at her. "Ok, one call me that again and I won't help your people. Two I'm not just demonstrating what I was talking about, this island is half way between the dragon lands and canterlot. Not only that but it's in the dead center of every major race that is on this planet, which means this is the perfect place to grow food for all the races."
She crosses her arms and frowns. “How do you know all that?”
Dillan smiles. " You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you." She narrows her eyes at him but says nothing, until Dillan sighs and gives in. "Fine, one of my transformations has the ability to detect and sense life energy. Each race life energy is different, so after some training in this form I'm able to detect it as well."
“Sounds like a ton of crap but whatever, just get on with whatever you're doing.” Ember said.
Dillan chuckles as he walks to the center of the rocky deserted island. "Told you that you wouldn't believe me." He said, as Ember watched a white energy form around him as he stared at her with a toothy grin Making her heart beat faster before he screamed and the white energy turned red and the wind blew and whipped up rocks as the ground shook.
She covers her face with her claw blocking the wind. “What the hell?!”
Dillan rose his hands into the sky, before slamming them down onto the ground. The impact forced the ground to split open like an orange before gallons of lava erupted from it poring into the sea as it cooled making more land and melting away the rocky island making it smooth.
“Whoa!” She flaps her wings and gets into the air.
After a few moments Dillan flys out of the lava and spins getting all the extra molten rock off of him.
Ember watches as the land starts to grow slowly outward. “Wow, who knew such a small guy could do that?”
Dillan chuckles and flys over to her. "Oh I can do a lot more than that."
She blushes lightly before crossing her arms and looks away from him. “Hmph how do you plan on making food on a hot rock?”
"I'm going to cool it off, I have the power to turn into the same species as the ice alien that did all this. Though thanks to my transformation method I can control the abilities better than that one." He said.
Ember’s eyes widened. “You can turn into that monster!?”
"The same species, I scanned it's DNA when I fought it. And it wasn't a monster, it was only following what it's creator, it's father, told it to do." He said sadly. "A father that then betrayed and tried to kill it."
Ember frowns and thinks about what Dillan said. “That...makes me feel odd. Stop confusing me!”
"I'm betting it makes you feel sorry for it, it's whole life was just to destroy… but thanks to me and Azimuth. The one that created my watch, we found it a good home on a distant planet." He said.
Ember lands and looks down. “Maybe I do feel sorry for it, but I am not weak!”
"Never said you were." Dillan said landing as well, before turning into his iccicleann scan. "It takes a lot more straight to listen and understand others than it does to judge them by first appearances." He said blasting the island as it turned to soft fertile soil.
Ember watches as the hot hard rock soon becomes ready for planting and her eyes widen at the effect. “Wow, too bad that thing was raised evil.”
"Yeah, but thanks to Azimuth and myself we're trying to teach it better. Along with it's new neighbors." He said, kneeling down as he checks the soil.
“Neighbors? Who would want to live next to a walking ice storm?” Ember asked.
"Not next to." Dillan chuckles. "In order to help beat the iccicleann, azimuth created a species of alien that was the exact opposite of them. The magmalian, the iccicleann and it's new family live on the frozen surface of the planet, while the magmalians live in the center of the planet. Literally in the lava." Dillan said as he walked a bit farther.
“That sounds a bit odd, even dragons can’t stay in lava forever.” Ember followed Dillan.
"Yeah but the magmalians are literally made of lava." Dillan said, turning into his scan of the magmalian. "See?"
“I see, kinda odd looking but whatever, so what now? Do you order the ponies to come grow food for everyone?” Ember asked.
"Nope, I need to Expand the island more before growing the food. Once it's big enough then I'll grow the food myself." He said.
Ember looks at the water around them before saying. “Hey, wasn’t this a mountain top before? What happens once all the water is gone?”
Dillan looked out over the sea. "To be honest, I'm not sure if It will be gone… it's just too much. But if we can get it gone, the mountain itself is also expanding. The mountain under here also has lava flowing out when I hit it, so there's cracks making it become bigger to support the weight of the top."
“Well that’s good, would be a shame if this large island fell down and crushed a town after all the water-“ she stops then stares at Dillan. “What do you mean you don’t know if the water will be gone!?”
Dillan sighs sadly and sits down, looking over the sea. "Some things are just too big of a problem to fix…"
“Bull shit! Can’t you use that watch of yours, or the ponies use those element thingies?!” Ember yells at him.
"I already tried a few of my transformations that could help but couldn't. One transformation creates magical orbs that can grant any wish, but there's too much water for them. Another one if I tried to use it I'd be stuck like that… forever… frozen." He said looking away.
Ember sighs and looks down at the water. “So this is how the world will be forever?”
"Who knows, forever is a long time. And the one that created my watch is looking for a solution, but the universe is huge… who knows how long that could take." He said rubbing his head as the wind began picking up a little.
Ember just sighs and crosses her arms.
Dillan stands up as a huge gust of wind blew Ember tiff her feet when she wasn't expecting it, pushing her into Dillan's arms as thunder sounded in the distance. Turning his head Dillan saw massive storm clouds rolling in the direction they had come from, and heading to them quickly. "We'd better find a place to lay low until the storms over."
Ember shakes a little before pushing Dillan away. “Yeah sure whatever, something as soft as you couldn’t handle such a…big…thunder..storm.”
Dillan glances at her and smiles softly. "Yeah your right, let's get inside my emergency house." He said turning into a namekian, he reached inside the brown bag he had on his waist that held the dragon balls and pulled out a small capsule. Clicking the top dillan threw it into the center of the Island as thunder screamed through the area before lightning lit up the sky. A small house popping into existence Infront of them before wind, rain, and sea water began bombarding the Island.
“What kind of magic was that!” Ember yelled in surprise.
"Get inside!" Dillan said pushing her inside. "It wasn't magic, it's technology from another dimension, the same dimension that green transformation is from."
Ember moves away from Dillan and shakes herself dry. “Whatever, what is there to do till we… you can fly again.”
"Well I have a TV and movies from ben tennyson." Dillan said walking over to a couch Infront of a TV.
“What is a Teevee?” Ember asked confused.
"A box that has moving pictures and voices on it." He said, turning on the movie tremors. "It's entertainment."
Ember watches the tv with mistrust for a moment but eventually sits down and watches. “What are those things?” She asked pointing at the graboid. “They remind me of a tasselworm.”
Dillan laughs. "Kinda, they're called graboids, their ancient subterranean worms that have been around since before the dinosaurs."
She crosses her arms. “They don’t look so tough.”
"Just wait, they have an evolution cycle similar to a caterpillar." Dillan said. "In the second movie the second form is shown, in the third the third form."
She huffs and sits back to watch.
Dillan tries not to laugh as she jumps when a loud thunder sounds out as a graboids was killed by a bomb.
She looks around wide eyed. “That was …um kinda loud.”
"Yeah…" Dillan said, reaching to a curtain to look outside. "It's really raining, we'll probably be here a while." He said getting up. "I'll make us something to eat, ever had spaghetti?"
“No I haven’t, what is it?” She asked looking over to him.
"The basic premise of it is noodles, tomato sauce and meat." Dillan chuckles. "I can also make garlic bread which is what most people eat with it… though now that I think about it at first glance it probably looks like intestines…"
“Sure whatever, meat sounds good.” She said as her stomach growled.
Dillan chuckles, putting a pot of water on a stove and a pan to fry up some meat as Ember watched him. Dillan walked over to a radio and clicked on a song as he started cooking, making ember smirk and giggle as he sang along.
Ember shakes her head at him as she smells the meat cooking, her stomach growling more as she walks over. “You really are a nerd.” She said but has a smile.
"Hey, good music is good music." Dillan chuckles, slowly starting to dance by stepping back and forth before grabbing Ember's hand and twirling her suddenly.
“H-hey!” She blushes as she is forced to dance but doesn’t fight back.
"Hey is for horses, not dragons." He chuckles as they dance a bit more. "Besides no need to be embarrassed or worried. No one can see."
Ember looks away but doesn't stop dancing. Dillan chuckles as he stops, finishing up the cooking. "Sorry, I figured a little fun wouldn't help pass the time."
She rubs her arm. “It…it was a little fun..but tell anyone I said that and I’ll kick your ass.”
"Ma'am yes ma'am." He said with a solute, before he put the spaghetti in a bowl and started making some garlic bread.
She rolls her eyes and goes to sit down. “Good.” She said, then adds under her breath. “It would be a shame to hurt someone as handsome as you.”
"What was that?" He asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked in the refrigerator.
She blushes more. “I didn’t say anything nerd.”
"Um alright." Dillan said as Ember smelled the garlic bread when he took it out of the oven, walking over with two bowls full of spaghetti and garlic bread, handing one to her with a fork before the second tremors came on.
She starts to eat and watch the movie. “I thought they killed all of those warm things before.”
Dillan smiles and eats as well, watching the movie as ember steals a glance at him. "They thought they did, but there were some they didn't get."
“That sucks for them, too bad none of them have wings.” She said while eating. “Mmmm this is good.”
"Thanks." Dillan smiles. "And yeah, but just wait until the shriekers come in, it's a good thing they can't fly."
“Shriekers?” She asked confused.
Dillan pauses for a moment before face palming. "Sorry, a bit of a spoiler. The second evolution of the graboid is called shriekers, you'll see why. The third form is called an ass blaster, again you'll see why. And I was wrong, it's a good thing they can't fly with the third forms on the loose." He said as Ember sees a shrieker on the screen.
“Those things are so ugly!” She flinches back.
"Oh that's only the beginning." Dillan said, as the Shrieker opens its heat sensor.
Ember looks away. “Gross! They are disgusting.”
"Oh you have no idea." Dillan said, as they continue watching the movie up until Ember sees the Shrieker multiply.
Ember covers her eyes. “Oh no no no gross I do not want to see that again!”
"Luckily that's the only time they show it." Dillan said.
She glares at Dillan. “Good if anything that gross happens again I am gonna brake something, or someone.”
Dillan smirks back playfully. "Kinky."
Ember blushes bright red and huffs looking away. “Gah, shut up!”
Dillan laughs. "I'm only playing around."
“Well your not funny.” She crosses her arms and looks away from him blushing.
"Aww don't sound too disappointed." He said playfully poking her.
She frowns at Dillan. “You are quickly losing any charm you had.”
Dillan stops and looks at her. "You think I'm charming?"
Her eyes widens and she stands up. “Oh look the storm stopped.” She walks to the door and opens it while it is still pouring outside.
Dillan pulls her back inside. "Hey relax, it's cool. You're really cute yourself just so you know."
She crosses her arms and blushes. “Say that again and I’ll pound you.”
Dillan smiles softly, and caresses her cheek gently. "Like I said, no one's here to see. I'm not one of your subjects, you can let your guard down here."
She looks away before she looks back at him. “You just want the bloodstone scepter.”
Dillan raises an eyebrow. "The what?"
She rolls her eyes and breaths some flames making a staff appear. “The one thing that makes me ruler of the dragons.”
Dillan glances at it, before pushing it away and smiling at her. "I don't care about a stone, all I care about is you." He says before blushing deeply. "I- I mean you know, you must have a lot of pressure on yourself so I figured you could use a friend."
She looks away and breaths fire on the staff disappear. “Maybe I could..”
Dillan smiles. "Wanna finish watching the movie 'princess'" he said playfully.
“Yeah..I would like that.” She sat down.
Dillan sits next to her, smiling as he resumes the movie.
Ember blushes and her wings twitch.
The young shapeshifter smiles at her and puts one leg on top of the other, resting his arm on the back of the couch around Ember.
She looks at him before looking back at the tv. "Are you ok?" Dillan asked her, looking at her. "If you want me to move my arm I can."
“N-no your fine.” She said sounding nervous.
"If your sure." He said, turning back to the movie.
“Just don’t get too handsy.” She said without moving away.
Dillan chuckles. "Back at ya."
Ember blushes and glances away, yawning a little as she leans her head on dillan's shoulder. "Don't get any ideas, I'm just tired."
Dillan smiles softly. "It's ok, if you want to go to bed I can show you to the bedroom."
Ember jumps when another thunder erupts around them, scooting closer to Dillan. "U-um n-no I'm ok."
Dillan chuckles and stands up with her, taking her to the bedroom where two single beds were waiting. "Don't worry I'm gonna be here all night."
Ember blushes and nods a bit, before climbing into one of the beds. Dillan smiled and got into the other bed, yawning as he fell asleep along with Ember.
Ember yawned while licking her lips, siting up as she stretched. "Man I don't think I've ever had that good of a night's sleep." She said looking around. "Wait where's…"
Dillan sat on the edge of the island with his feet in the water, looking down to the new seafloor. Ember walked out of the capsule house, as she looked at him. "everything ok?"
Dillan turned to her and smiled softly. "Yeah, just enjoying the peace. It's been so hectic lately that just taking the time to relax is nice."
Ember glanced at the sea and sat next to him, she stared at the sea. "It's… beautiful."
"Wow, Princess Ember is calling something beautiful."
"I'm not a princess, and If you tell anyone I'll rip your eyes out." Ember said.
Dillan chuckled and held up his hands. "Ma'am yes ma'am."
Ember huffs and looks into the ocean once again, watching all the fish and sea life swimming around. "Welp, time to make breakfast." Dillan said while standing up and going inside. Ember watched him curiously before looking back again at the sea creatures.
"He's a strange creature, but he does have some charm." Ember thought to herself before following the human.
Deep within the now underwater mountain range a cave had been sealed off, within the waterless cave stood some of the enemies of Ben Tennyson, and now Dillan. Eon growled and slammed his fist on the wall of the cave, turning to the rest of the villains. "How can it be that a novice to these blasted powers is able to beat us! And a new creature all together!"
"Because he had help." Vilgax said, crossing his arms in annoyance. "If it hadn't been for that orange creature he would have been beaten!"
Animo snorted. "Not only that but that blasted creation of mine decided to turn goody goody and turn on me!" He said annoyed before smirking darkly. "Then again I do have another plan!"
"No." Eon said, stopping Animo from talking. "Ghostfreak is finally back and will be landing In the dragon lands soon with his 'secret weapon' we will allow him to attempt it's prowess."
Animo growled. "Whatever, I'm still going to experiment with my new weapon. One that I got from ghostfreak." Animo laughed darkly as he walked away.
Dillan set two plates of eggs and bacon with sausage on the table Infront of Ember who sniffed it with confusion on her face.
"It's food, don't worry it's like the spaghetti I made last night. Something from my world." Dillan smiled softly as he gathered some food on a plate and made some toast, giving it to Ember.
Ember looked at the food curiously but took a bite out of the bacon, her eyes widening before eating it quickly, causing DIllan to chuckle a little. “Man! That tastes amazing!” she said.
Dillan chuckles as he puts his eggs, sausage and Bacon on his toast and takes a bite out of it. After chewing and swallowing it he looks at her with a smile. "Try the sausage, it's just as good."
Ember nodded before she ate some of the sausage, smiling in delight as she quickly ate it like the bacon. “I’ve never tasted anything like this in my entire life!” she said, still smiling.
Dillan chuckles. "Yeah, I had to um… convince some pigs to… become my food." He said, rubbing his head.
“Oof, that must have been one bad and uncomfortable conversation.” Ember said.
Dillan blushes. "Well they couldn't talk, it's just the fact that cows and other animals can talk is… weird. It's normal for humans to kill cows and other animals for food, it's in our biology to eat meat but when they talk…" he said shuddering.
Dillan gets up and washes the dishes once the two finish their food, cracking his neck. "Alright, let's get going. So I can see how much territory you have left in the dragon lands."
Ember nodded, “Alright, and you’ll be surprised, or not, at how much territory we have.” she said,
Dillan nods, putting the house back in a capsule after they went outside taking off into the direction of the dragon lands.
Time Skip
Dillan looked at the mountains turned islands that made up what was left of the Dragon Lands, “As you can see, we still have plenty of territory thanks to the mountains.” Ember said.
Dillan nods slowly. "Alright, this section will be set for growing crops." He gestured to a bundle of five islands. "The rest we'll work on connecting and building homes and shelters for you all."
Ember nodded her head, “Thanks.” Ember said, “Things have been difficult around here since the flood. With no food dragons have gotten a little, well, crazy.”
"You mean more than usual?" Dillan asked playfully smiling at her, beginning to fly down to the island before pausing.
“Oh ha ha ha ha.” Ember said with a roll of her eyes. “Anyway, why’d you stop?”
"Something doesn't seem right, shouldn't there be dragons around?" He asked, looking around slowly.
Ember looked at him confused before she looked around as well, realizing what Dillan meant. “You’re right, I don’t see a dragon anywhere.” she said, still confused but was also a bit worried.
Dillan looked around, scanning the area as he noticed a cave. "They might be in that cave, I'll go check it out you wait here ok?"
“Why do I have to wait out here?” Ember asked, crossing her arms.
Dillan rubs the back of his head. "Well if you got hurt it wouldn't exactly be good."
“I can handle anything.” Ember said,
Dillan smiles. "I'm sure you can, alright then let's go." Ember nodded as the two flew towards the cave and landed at the entrance.
Dillan follows her and looks around, slowly walking into the dark cave as he uses his ultimatrix for small amounts of light as Ember stepped in something sticky. “Ew, what is this?” Ember asked as she pulled her foot out of it.
However her foot snapped back into the sticky mess as Dillan held up his ultimatrix to it to shed light on the mess. "it's… a giant spider web." He said, raising an eyebrow as he tried to help her out of the web.
“A giant spider web? But there’s no spider that big around here! Is there?” Ember said then asked before she was freed thanks to Dillans help.
Dillan hummed as he brought his ultimatrix closer to it. "Uncataloged DNA detected, source inceffitant. Please locate a larger source."
“What does that mean?” Ember asked,
"It means this web was made by an alien, an alien I can't transform into." Dillan said, looking in thought.
“Wait, so an alien came here? But why would it stop in the dragon lands? It would be fried by other dragons in seconds.” Ember said, then looked at the web, “Unless it managed to hide somewhere.”
"That or since it's a spider it's a predator that has good survival instincts." Dillan said, a clicking noise echoing through the area.
"Good observation, my species was once the predator to another race until they tricked us and threw us off our planet and we had to evolve." A sinister voice said all around them.
“Who said that?” Ember asked, looking around. “Show yourself!”
"Oh I missed a dragon." The voice said. "No matter, the watch user is the one I'm after."
"And I can only assume one of the Ben 10 villains got you to come here." Dillan said, turning his head slightly. "And seeing as spiders are nightmare fuel I can assume it's Zs'skayr."
“Zs-who?” Ember asked in confusion, “Who the heck is that?”
"An enemy of mine that's basically a ghost alien." Dillan said.
"Very accurate, funny because soon all the dragons of this land will become ghosts as well."
“What is that supposed to mean?!” Ember asked angrily,
Dillan furrows his eyebrows in determination, as the voice didn't respond. "If it's a spider then he's probably planning on eating them."
Ember went wide eyed before growling in anger, “You better not! Or else I’ll turn you to ash!” she shouted, a small bit of fire escaping her jaws.
Dillan listened closely as the clicking noise returned and began to grow quieter. "I think it's leaving."
“Oh heck no! You get back here and tell me where those dragons are!” Ember shouted but received no reply.
Dillan places a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down, getting worked up and making mistakes is what it wants. We need to keep calm and figure out where he could keep all of them."
Ember growled but nodded her head. “Right, so where do you think he would keep them?” she asked Dillan.
Dillan thinks for a moment. "It would have to be somewhere big, like really big. Is there a cave or ravine anywhere down here?"
Ember holds her chin in thought, “There is a ravine not too far from here.” she said.
"That's the best place to look then." Dillan said as he pushed down his ultimatrix, a blue light blinding ember before he was replaced by an orange and red charcoal looking being with fire all over its body giving off light as he looked at her.
Ember nodded before she walked forward, “Follow me, I know where the ravine is.” she said,
Dillan nods as they head down farther into the cave. "I'm surprised you aren't surprised by living fire."
“There’s literally a giant spider that has captured dragons somewhere in this cave, pretty sure I’ve been surprised enough.” Ember said with a shrug of her shoulders.
Dillan nods a bit. "Fair enough, and don't worry. I'll get them all back."
“Thanks Dillan.” Ember said with a small smile. “I just hope we aren’t too late.”
Dillan smiles and pats her shoulder. "Don't worry, I know it'll be ok."
“I hope so.” Ember said, and the two continued walking through the cave in silence, making sure to keep an ear out for the spider alien.
Dillan glances at her. "I know it'll be alright, even if something happens I can undo it. Not a lot of beings know that… I can revive the dead."
Ember looked at him in shock, “You can what?!” Ember shouted,
Ember's mouth gets covered by his flaming hand, as she thanks the lord she's fore proof. "Will be keep quiet, and yes I can. Remember those magic orbs I mentioned yesterday? The ones that can grant any wish even though there's too much water for them to remove?"
“Oh those, yeah I remember those things. And you’re saying those things can revive the dead?” Ember asked.
Dillan nods. "Yes, but only up to one year after they died and it can't be natural. Which is why I couldn't revive anyone that died when the icciclean froze Nearly everything."
Ember nods in understanding, “I see.” she said, then noticed that the webbing was getting more and more frequent, “I think we’re getting close.”
Dillan thinks for a moment. "Hold on, I'm gonna make a call." He said tapping his ultimatrix, as Ember looked at him confused before a voice came out of the ultimatrix shocking her.
"Hello Dillan, what is it?" The voice asked.
"Albedo, can you tell me anything about a spider alien that was kicked off it's home world?" Dillan asked the voice.
"A spider species kicked off it's home world?" Albedo asked. "It sounds like the spidarian species, a subspecies of the Arachnosapiens. They originate from the planet Saniton Knujdray(owned and created by zigwolf on deviantart) the spidarian's originated there not the Arachnosapiens." The voice said. "They used to be the primary predators to the Muscadipterran (also owned and created by zigwolf) species until they were banished from their world."
"Anything you can tell me about it? We have one on my planet." Dillan said.
"That's not good, there's no records of anyone surviving encounters with them. They just eat the inhabitants of worlds and reproduce until they take over." Albedo said.
“But it’s just one. Surely someone might deal with it before it can take over the world. RIght?” Ember asked nervously.
"Do not be sure, in order to survive they have developed many types of elemental webbing to defeat many enemies." Albedo said. "And they have the ability to reproduce asexually in an environment where there's only one spidarian." Dillan holds his chin in thought.
Ember gulped fearfully, “That’s not good. Not good at all.” she said, “You said they had elemental webbing? What kind?”
"All kinds, ice, water, fire, so on." Albedo said, as Ember starts freaking out.
“Okay, that’s really not good!” she shouted, “This thing is able to take down dragons! Freaking dragons!”
Ember sees Dillan smile softly and put a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I've got this."
“But that guy said no one has survived encountering one of them! What makes you think you can handle it?!” Ember asked fearfully.
"Because I have this." He said tapping his ultimatrix, and returning to normal. "And I'm not going to let anyone get hurt on my watch." He said walking down into the cave, leaving Ember dumbfounded.
Ember just stood there, still dumbfounded before shaking her head and following Dillan, “You’re a good guy you know that?” she asked Dillan.
Dillan stays silent. "Not good enough…" he mumbled as they reached a large ravine deep in the cave. The walls that were obviously once just sheer rock faces, now we're nothing but different colored webbings of all shades. White, blue, red, black. Some were on fire, and some seemed to freeze the rock it was stuck too, with hundreds of large and small sacks alike that wiggled from time to time indicating they were the dragons.
“There’s the kidnapped dragons! Let’s go free them!” Ember said, preparing to fly over to the cocoons.
Dillan grabs her arm and shakes his head. "You really think an apex predator like this will just have it's prey unguarded? We need to beat it before freeing them."
Ember looked at the captured dragons with worry before nodding her head, “Alright, how do we beat that overgrown bug?” Ember asked.
Dillan smiles. "We don't, I do. You need to free everyone while I'm distracting him."
Ember looked at him in shock, “What?! But what if you need help against that thing?!”
Dillan smiles. "Then I'll die while you get your people away from here, get them all to Equestria." He said before jumping down onto a web.
"Well well well, look who's here." The voice from before said, the clicking noise growing loud again as Dillan looked around. “I was wondering when you would show up. I was getting a bit bored that I was about to have a snack.”
"I'm not scared of you." Dillan said, keeping an eye on Ember as she freed the dragons. "And I know you want my ultimatrix for Zs’skayr, so just get your spider butt out here."
“You should be scared, my species are the apex predators, nothing survives encountering us. And you won’t either. Even with that little toy of yours.” the voice said, and Dillan could what clicking moving around him.
Dillan laughs. "You're right, but whoever said I was planning on leaving, I'm just letting Ember get out. Besides, I'm pretty smart. I think I can beat your butt. Also quit being a creep and come on our already, and it would be nice to know your name before I beat the crap out of you!"
“Very well.” the voice said before a large alien walked down the wall and stood in front of Dillan, its upper body was mostly human, but that was it, its arms were replaced with spider legs, and its head was that of a spider with two large fangs and eight eyes. Its lower body was that of a spider, eight large, hairy spider legs and a spider's abdomen. “My name is Amur, remember it cause it will be the last thing you hear.”
Dillan shivers as he shakes his head. "Fuck Luna is gonna have to deal with my arachnophobia nightmares tonight, but at least Embers getting the Dragons out…" he said noticing Ember was in a web dangling from the ceiling. "Yeah, I should have guessed."
Amur looked at Ember and chuckled, “You were a fool to try and free them.” he said to her then turned to Dillan, “As for you, I think I will deal with you now.”
Dillan smirks as he pops up his ultimatrix, slamming it down as he transforms into a dark blue skinned alien with two bat-like wings. "Vampire!" He said flying into the air. "Let's do this!"
Amur immediately shot webs at Dillan, causing him to fly up and avoid them, only for a web to hit his shoulder before shocking him. “Fool, I am prepared to deal with any alien you transform into.” Amur said,
Dillan spun quickly around as his eyes glowed blue, beams of energy shooting out at the walls and webs all around them freezing them on impact. Breaking free from the now frozen webs he flew into the air, his eyes glowing red before reb beams blasted the walls and made all the ice melt drenching the Spidarian in water. "Good luck with electro webs when you yourself are soaked, can't exactly channel electricity all wet can you?"
“No I cannot, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have other means of defeating you!” Amur said, shooting another web at Dillan, who shot red beams at it, burning it but didn’t notice Amur on the wall behind him until he felt a web stick to his back before he was slammed into a wall. Amur shot another web at him, which froze him to the wall.
Dillan laughs a bit as Amur clubs the wall on top of him. "You know, your really bumb."
“How so?” Amur asked,
Dillan smirks as a yellow beam from his ultimatrix scans Amur. "Uncataloged dna detected."
"Because I told you I'm not stupid!" He slammed his head into Amurs, sending the giant spider across the ravine to another wall as he broke out of the ice. "You're the ultimate apex predator, which means to beat you I need to be you!" He said pushing his ultimatrix down, as Ember watched in shock.
In a flash dillan became a large black spider like being with a blue hourglass on his spider ass. The end of his long arms having red tips as his purple hair flowed a little from the transformation.
“Damn, got too careless.” Amur said, glaring at Dillan.
"Yeah overconfidence is a bitch." Dillan said, shooting a web onto the ceiling and crawling up to Ember, before cutting her free. "Get out of here." He said, shooting webs of water at Amur when he launched a flaming web at them.
“But what about the rest of the dragons?” Ember asked, pointing at the cocoons.
"I'll get them, you get the ones you freed out." Dillan said, before lunging at the Spidarian making the two topple and roll before facing each other again. "If I'm honest this is kinda fun!" He said.
“I must admit, I’ll have to agree, it’s been a while since I have found prey to be so challenging.” Amur said as the two circled each other.
Dillan smirks as he shoots ice webs onto the ground to slip up the Spidarian, before launching multiple rock webs at it.
The Spidarian merely shoots fire webs at the ice webs, melting them before he quickly jumped to the side, dodging the rock webs. “Ameture.” Amur said before firing a toxic green web at Dillan.
Dillan smirks as he shoots an electro web at the toxic webbing making them explode on contact. "That the best ya got?"
He can see Amur getting angry as the Spidarian growled. “Don’t get confident worm. I’m just getting started.” Amur said before firing another webbing at Dillan, who shot webbing back only to get tackled by Amur before he was thrown into a wall, Amur looked up and used his webbing to pull down some of the wall onto Dillan.
Dillan uses ice webs to block the rocks from hitting him before shooting more ice webbing onto Amur, freezing his legs and big ass to the ground. Amur quickly shot fire webs to the ice, freeing himself but also burning himself as well. He then looked at Dillan only to get hit in the face by a rock. “Gagh!” Amur shouted in surprise.
"Like I said before I'm not dumb!" He heard Dillan yell, before he was drenched in water and ice again, before seeing Dillan using his fire webs to melt the ice he just created confused Amur.
Dillan smirked at the spider alien before Amur noticed he was now in the middle of an ice bowel that was filling with water, just before Dillan began to charge up an electro web.
Amur went wide eyed, “No!” he shouted before he tried to get out.
"Too late!" Dillan yelled, firing the electro web. Amur was able to climb to the edge of the bowel just before the electro web hit the water, a painful shock coursing through him as the water on him conducted the electricity still paralyzing the Spidarian.
“AAAAAAAHHHHH!” Amur screamed in pain as he was electrocuted, still trying to get out but to no avail.
Dillan shoots a normal web onto the Spidarian and pulled it out, landing next to it while returning to his human form. "Looks like I win."
Amur growled a bit before chuckling, “I-it seems you did.” he said, too much in pain to move.
Dillan smirks. "You're a good combatant, too bad you're not a plumber, your skills could be useful to them." He said, forcing it into its feet as he dragged it outside to where Ember and the freed dragons were.
“I see that you won, what took you so long?” Ember asked him,
"I thought you didn't believe I could win?" He asked back with a playful smirk.
“Er, well, I, uh.” Ember stuttered a bit before sighing. “Okay, I’m glad you’re alright, taking down a guy who managed to take down dragons must have been pretty tough to fight.”
"Wow, someone's going soft." Dillan chuckled. "And yeah, but once I figured out his weakness it was easy." He said tapping his ultimatrix again.
"Plumber HQ." A voice said over his watch.
"My name is Dillan, I have an ultimatrix and I reside on the planet-" he started.
"Equs, we know mister Dillan Azimuth has informed us of you. What can we do for you?" The voice said.
"I have a Spidarian on my planet that attempted to take over, I need you to come and get him." Dillan said.
"A Spidarian? Yikes, understood, there's a plumber not too far from your location, we'll send them right away." The Voice stated.
“Um, what’s a plumber?” Ember asked Dillan, her and the rest of the dragons looking at him in confusion.
Dillan thinks for a moment. "A guard of the universe, they protect planets and innocent beings from bad guys."
“Wow, they must be pretty tough if they’re a guard of the universe.” Ember said,
Dillan chuckles. "There's thousands of them."
“Okay, that makes a bit more sense.” Ember said, “Anyway, so these Plumber guys are coming to pick up the insect?”
"Arachnid." Dillan and Amur said at once.
Ember rolls her eyes, “Whatever, so they're gonna come and take him away or something?”
"Yeah, they'll send him to plumber HQ to face his crimes." Dillan said.
Ember nods, “Good.” she said, glaring at the spider.
Amur glares back. "A being needs to eat."
“Couldn’t you eat something else?” Ember asked.
"Like what? I'm a giant Spider. What would be large enough for me to eat without needing to eat hundreds of things all at once?" It asked.
Dillan thinks on what the Spidarian said. "well… that is a good point but there has to be a better way."
“Like what?” Ambur asked,
Dillan hums. "Well… there's the Tokyo ghoul option of eating suicide victims, or you could find large animals that aren't sentient and raise them for food."
“What? You mean like a, what’s the word again? Oh yeah, a farmer? You want me to become something like that?” Amur asked.
Dillan opens his mouth but sighs and rubs his head. "shit, I would say yes but billions of years of instincts make that impossible…"
“Exactly.” Amur said, nodding his head in agreement.
Dillan rubs his head more trying to think as a plumber's ship lands next to them. The ramp came down as a tall red four armed man and a super fast raptor like girl came down. "Manny and Hellen?" Dillan mumbled as they approached.
“What’s up? We heard you got a Spidarian that needs picking up.” Manny said,
Dillan nods and gestures to Amur. "What's gonna happen to him?"
“He’s going to jail, that’s what.” Manny said, walking over to Amur and grabbed him.
Dillan frowns a bit. "That doesn't seem fair for a being just doing what he knows…"
“Even if is doing what he knows, it’s still a crime.” Helen said, just as Manny paced energy cuffs on Amur and began walking him to the ship.
Dillan looks down, not sure what to say. “Hey, you alright?” Ember asked him,
"Not sure, I just heard something I don't really get you know?" Dillan asked, shaking his head. "I mean Amur did what he did to survive and live… I do the same thing to pigs so what makes us so different?"
"Because you don't attack or eat beings that are able to talk." Ember said. "Beings that have feelings and can express it."
Dillan thinks for a bit and nods slowly watching the plumber ship fly away. "yeah, I guess… kinda feel bad still…"
Ember sighs and places a comforting hand on his shoulder, “Hey, maybe you can think of something else for him to do besides eat, multiply and take over planets. Well, something other than being a farmer.”
Dillan chuckles. "Yeah, thanks. We'll start setting up food and houses for you all tomorrow…" he said smiling softly as the sun starts going down.
Ember nods, “Yeah, after what happened earlier, I’m exhausted.” Ember said,
Dillan smiles softly, seeing all the dragons starting to lay down as he walks away to a hidden part of the island and sets up his capsule house. But he didn’t notice Ember following him, “Wonder what’s he doing?” Ember said to herself.
She sees Dillan head into the capsule house, before he goes into another room. She raised an eyebrow and peaked through the door he walked into, blushing before she turned away. “M-maybe I shouldn’t do that again.” she said as she walked away from the door.
A blur ran throughout the Everfree Forest, making quick stops to rearm her traps that had covered the forest. “Lets see. Hmmm, I think I’ll rearm Punchington Woods, that one always puts a smile on my face.” Gwen said to herself, doing what she said and rearming the trap. “There we go! Now what trap is next I wonder?”
“I see you’ve been busy lately Gwen.” Gwen turned and saw Paradox.
“Oh hey! If it isn’t times walking asshole!” Gwen replied with a smile. “What’s up doc?” she asked the TIme Walker while leaning against a rock and eating a carrot she got from seemingly out of nowhere.
“Nothing much, but I have heard of what you did recently.” Paradox said, frowning slightly, “Honestly Gwen, do you have to punish the poor mare for so long? All because of a little slip up?”
Gwen glared at Paradox, “Hey, she deserved it for what she did, now ponies know about my weakness! And if you’re here to lecture me, then you’re wasting your time!” Gwen angrily said, walking away from the Time Walker.
"Very well." Paradox said, opening his watch as a portal opens and he leaves.
“Hmph, honestly, you think he’d learned by now, I don’t care what is right or wrong, I’m a Goddess of Chaos and Monsters, I listen to no one!” Gwne said, then ran off to rearm more of her traps.
With Paradox, he exited the portal, seeing he was on the moon. “That girl is gonna end up getting herself hurt, or worse.”
"Having Displaced trouble?" Another paradox asked, his coat turning blue.
“Oh you have no idea.” Paradox said with a shake of his head,
"May I suggest another displaced person?" Blue coat paradox asked, opening his own pocket watch as a hologram appears of a boy with an Ultimatrix. "This is Dillan, a Displaced that is showing real promise with not only his Ultimatrix but in combat and diplomatic skills as well."
’Gwen did show signs of sanity when Jake tried to offer her help, maybe this Dillan could help her as well.’ Paradox thought to himself and nodded, “Very well, though he will have to be warned.” Paradox said, showing the blue coat Paradox a hologram of Gwen, “Gwen is very powerful and crafty, and she is even more stubborn than a mule.” he said as a mule appears.
"Understandable, and Dillan is stubborn as well. Not to mention he can use ki outside of transforming and he's able to keep up with hand to hand combat from basic training with the royal guard." Blue coat said.
Paradox nodded his head, “I see.” Paradox said,
"Roughly a year and a half in his dimension, and has defeated a few enemies from the prime universe. Including a combo of Eon and Animo that created a whole new species of alien that nearly froze his whole world." Blue coat said.
“Well, I can say this, Gwen will certainly have a handful if she tries to fight him, the only thing she has done is turn Vilgax to stone and sent him to the Null Void, thankfully, she made sure to put him somewhere where he won’t get shattered.” Paradox said,
Blue coat nods and opens a portal above them, as Dillan falls through onto his face. "Dude! Paradox! I told you to warn!-" Dillan started as he got up, pausing at the two paradoxes. "Please don't tell me your assistant is a time monster again."
“So you are Dillan. As you can see, I am Paradox.” Paradox said, holding his hand out,
Dillan blinked and looked between the two Paradoxes as he shook Paradox's hand. "Um, are you a Displaced Paradox or?" He asked clearly confused.
“No, though I do watch over a Displaced, a troublesome one that is.” Paradox said, showing Dillan the image of Gwen.
"Gwen Tennyson, with an Omnitrix. What's the problem?" He asked, crossing his arms. "She need a butt whooping?"
“No, though do go easy on her if she decides to fight you. You see, young Gwen is...insane.” Paradox said with a frown, “Though her insanity was fine at first, simple pranks and the like, but then it grew worse, to the point where she terrified ponies left and right with her aliens until the princesses sealed her in stone. Which surprisingly, calmed her down so she pulls childish pranks.”
Dillan looked at the hologram for a long while. "How was she displaced?"
“The usual way, buy something, end up in Equestria, but if you are asking if she was Displaced insane, no, in fact she was sane at first. But then she changed, I don’t even know how it happened.” Paradox said,
Dillan nods slowly. "Alright, I'll see what I can do."
“Thank you, I just need you to talk with her, help her.” PAradox said, “And do be patient with her, she is quite stubborn. Also, word of warning, she has been around for thousands of years, so expect her and her aliens to be much stronger than normal. And be careful if she goes Alien X, she is able to get her personalities to agree much more easily due to them being different than the ones you know.”
"I have full control over my Alien X as well, I can even go Ultimate to use its powers." Dillan said, popping up his ultimatrix and turning into Big Chill. "Let's go."
Paradox nodded and opened a portal and they walked into it. Once they exited it, they were on a cliff overlooking the Everfree, a blur could be seen through gaps in the trees, Paradox pointed, “That is her, be careful, this forest is filled with traps and magic siphoners, they’ll look like Null Void guns with one small difference being the small container on it, she uses them to avoid others from tracking her down.” Paradox said, “You’ll be stepping onto her territory so be careful.”
Dillan nodded and flew down into the forest, stopping and floating in the air as he waited. "Let's see if she'll take the bait.. I bet she doesn't like her forest and stuff being messed with." He said as he changed into Big Chill before he froze the entire area, including some of Gwen's traps.
With Gwen she had just finished rearming the last of her traps when she looked in one direction, seeing ice. “Ok, I know someone isn’t messing with my forest and stuff.” Gwens said angrily, running towards the source of the ice, seeing Dillan, “Alright buddy, I don’t know what a Necrofriggan is doing here, but you made a big mistake in messing with my forest as well as my traps!”
"Yeah I thought that would get your attention." Dillan said, crossing his arms as his wings unfolded revealing his blue Ultimatrix symbol.
Gwen went wide eyed when she saw the symbol, “I’m gonna take a guess and say you are a Displaced, but that can’t be right, I didn’t summ-oh no he didn’t.” Gwen said, then shouted to the sky, “Paradox you son of bitch! You brought a Displaced here?! You’re gonna get it now old man!”
"Chill Gwendolyn, he just wants me to talk to you." Dillan said, returning to his human form. "And yes I'm Displaced, my name is Dillan."
Gwen glared at him, “Let me guess Dillan, he told you about me didn’t he? He wants you to talk to me?” Gwen asked him, “And it’s Gwen! Not Gwendolyn!”
"Sorry, sorry. And yes he did. Though I'm not here to say you need to stop or anything. A harmless prank is fun once in a while." Dillan smiles softly at her. "Though I did want to ask about how you went insane."
The next thing Dillan knew, he was sent flying into a tree, breaking it in half, when he looked at Gwen, he saw that she was pissed, “You don’t need to know that!! You hear me?! So go away!!” Gwen shouted angrily, then ran off.
Dillan sighs, and flys after her. "Touchy subject?" He asked, keeping up with her still in his human form.
Gwen glared at him, then tried to punch him, “I said go away!!” she shouted,
Dillan caught the punch, smiling softly at her. "Calm down Gwen, I'm not here to fight."
“Well you should have thought of that before pissing me off!” Gwen replied, kicking him away from her, “Now leave me alone!!” she shouted again, running off deeper into the forest.
Dillan shakes his head and flies after her, picking her up and carrying her into the sky. "ok, now just calm down."
“Hey!” Gwen said, trying to get free, “Let go of me!” she then got an idea, she grinned and kicked Dillan in the shin.
Dillan drops her and holds his shin. "You little, fine. You won't listen normally, I'll make you listen!" He said grabbing her tail as she fell and spinning her rapidly before sending her flying out of the forest into Ponyville Town square.
Gwen quickly slammed a hand on the Omnitrix, causing a pink flash to appear before she crashed into the ground, making ponies look at the dust cloud with annoyance, “Oh come on! You just pranked us!” Rainbow Dash said, wiping away the makeup that made her look girly, “What is the prank….” she as well as the rest of Ponyville noticed Dillan, who was flying over to where Gwen crashed,
"You gonna listen now?" Dillan asked, crossing his arms, showing off his Ultimatrix.
“How about no!” Gwen shouted, just as she ran out of the dust cloud, now as Diamondhead, she then uppercutted DIllan before kicking him away.
However Dillan only skidded away a few feet, before Gwen noticed her diamond fist was cracked and broken. Dillan cracked his neck, and knuckles with a smile as the ponies watched on in shock. "You know… I've met very few Displaced thus far. But one I did meet was a Cooler Displaced who taught me to use ki not just in my transformations but my base form as well. And I've made sure to hone that power."
Gwen growled in anger, “You think a little extra power is gonna scare me! Think again!” Gwen shouted, slamming her hands on the ground, causing two hands made of crystal to burst from the ground and punch Dillan, though they did crack a bit when they did. “I’ve had thousands of years to hone my aliens abilities! Which will be more than enough to kick your ass!”
A bright blue flash emanated from where Dillan was, a freezing cold flowing from the spot as everything, even the air began to become ice. "Maybe I know you won't be able to fight this alien, after all it doesn't exist anywhere but my dimension courtesy of Animo." He said as even Gwen, who was made out of literal diamond grew cold.
“W-what the f-fuck?!” Gwen said, “W-what k-k-kind of alien d-do you have?!”
"The iccicleann." Dillan said, all the ice stoped expanding as it moved and melded into a tall bipedal being with blue hair. "an alien made by Animo using Eon's omnitrix, one that Azimuth himself had to make a counterpart to in order to stop. It's so cold it froze my planet literally turning trees and the air to ice, do you understand how cold that has to be?"
“T-th-that’s absolute z-z-zero temperature!” Gwen said, much to a certain pony’s shock.
“W-what?! Bu-but not e-even light can escape that!” Twilight shouted in surprise, making Gwen glare at Dillan before slamming her hand on the Omnitrix, turning into a alien with a large suit.
“NRGWEN!” Gwen shouted, “You are a complete fool! You’re going to freeze the entire town and kill anyone who is unable to escape the cold in time! I may be insane, but I don’t kill! Not even Vilgax! No matter how much he deserved it!” Gwen said in a Russian accent, clenching her metal fists.
Dillan smiles. "Good to know you're not completely insane, and neither do I. Why do you think the cold is around me and not spreading anymore? I can control it." He said, showing her what he meant as the cold air around them wrapped around Dillan, keeping it from harming anyone.
“Then you just got lucky! I don’t tolerate killers, but you still pissed me off!” Gwen shouted, trying to blast Dillan with a beam of radiation.
Dillan held up a hand just as the radiation blast hit, making it freeze into a solid block of ice. "That won't work, Azimuth had to make literally the polar opposite of this alien to beat it. Normal fire or radiation won't do anything."
Gwen groweld in anger, before getting an idea. “Well, if not even NRGwen can beat you, then I know who can!” Gwen changed again, this time into, “Alien X! Let’s see how you deal with me!” with a snap of her fingers she turned Dillan back to normal,
"Meh." Dillan said pissing her off even more, shocking all the ponies as he slams down his Ultimatrix with a smirk. "Two can play at that game!" He said now as Alien X as well.
"T-there's two of them now!?" Twilight said horror in her voice.
“Great! Just what we needed!” Rainbow Dash said angrily,
“You know, you’re really starting to piss me off. And I hate it when people piss me off!” Gwen shouted, flying at Dillan and tackling him, the two flying into the upper atmosphere as Gwen repeatedly punched him, “Why won’t you just leave me alone!?”
Dillan blocked each punch and stopped her from moving. "Because I just want to talk, and you're too quick to attack. I thought Gwen was supposed to be better than Ben."
“Shut up!!” Gwen shouted angrily, punching Dillan into an asteroid, before she made another asteroid crash into the one Dillan was on. “This will make you leave me alone.” she said, snapping her fingers and created a human sized black hole where DIllan was at. “Once you’re in, I’ll destroy the blackhole, don’t want it to cause me any problems in the future.”
Dillan teleports behind her and then the both of them back to Equestria before she could finish. He quickly touches her Omnitrix and returns her to normal, before grabbing the arm her watch was on and removing the Omnitrix core. "You may have had time to practice, but I've watched the show, studied and practiced everything about the Omnitrix since the show first came out." He said returning to normal.
“Give that back!” Gwen shouted, trying to get the core back while also trying to get free, “That’s mine! You hear me?! You give that back! I need it!” Dillan noticed that when she said the last part she had a hint of fear in her eyes.
Dillan smiles softly at her and releases her arm, kneeling down so they were face to face. "I'll give it back once you talk to me, what happened to you that made you like this, and why do you need it?"
Gwen growled, “I don’t know! You honestly think I know what drove me crazy!? If Paradox couldn’t figure it out, what makes you think I know?! I’m insane remember?! Just give me back the core! Please!” Gwen said, still trying to grab the core.
Dillan blinked at her, noticing a pair of orange and yellow ponies hidden near them. "Whoa whoa, it's ok. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you, just calm down and talk to me ok?"
“No! You don’t understand! I need it! Please!” Gwen shouted, fear clear in her eyes and voice, “It keeps the monster away!”
Dillan blinks a bit, not understanding completely. He looks to her Omnitrix core and smiles softly at her, reaching out he takes her arm again and re-inserts the core into the pad. "There."
Gwen immediately held the Omnitrix close to her, fearfully looking around her as if something was watching her, Dillan put a hand on her shoulder still smiling softly while on one knee still. "It's ok, I won't let anything hurt you. How about you tell me what's going on ok?"
Gwen still looked scared but slowly nodded, “I need the Omnitrix, it protects me. From the monster.” Gwen said, holding the Omnitrix closer to herself.
"Monster?" He asked, looking worried. "Is something worse than Vilgax after it?"
“It’s not after the Omnitrix, it’s after me!” Gwen said, tears in the corners of her eyes, “It wants me to hurt ponies, it wants me to make them scared but I don’t want to!”
Dillan looks at her and sighs. "I'm sorry I didn't know, you know I'm sure the ponies would help you, it's kinda what they do."
“They can’t.” Gwen said quietly, looking down, “I tried everything to make it go away, the Elements, hell, not even Alien X could get rid of it, and a Celestialsapien is able to bend reality and create an entire universe!”
Dillan stares at her for a long while, before pulling her into a hug. Saying nothing and just holding her in a safe embrace, while rubbing her back.
Gwen immediately started to cry, her tears staining Dillans shirt as she whispered, “Don’t let it get me, I don’t want it to get me.” she said,
Dillan rubs her back more, simply holding her and rocking her a bit. "I won't, I'll help set up barriers for you so you'll be safe and if something happens you can use my token to summon me. I'll drop whatever I'm doing to help you."
She looked up at him, “P-promise?” she asked him, sniffling a bit,
Dillan smiles down at her and nods. "I promise, before I got displaced I lost my whole family. Including two nieces that you remind me of." He said booping her nose. "When I got my powers I swore to myself I'd never let anything happen to anyone if I could help it, so I'll be here for you if you need me."
Gwen sniffled again then hugged Dillan as if he was gonna disappear, “Please, I don’t want it to get me. Make it go away.” Gwen said quietly.
Dillan holds her closer, holding her like she was about to vanish as well. "I'll do what I can." He said resting his head on hers.
“T-thank you.” Gwen replied, a small smile on her face.
Dillan smiles and rubs her head, channeling his magic as he enters her mind. "Ok monster, where are you…" he said looking around.
As he was searching, he got confused when he sensed something else in her head. It wasn't what he was looking for, but it was definitely confusing and strange, before he could question it, he suddenly frowned when he found a dark presence trying to no doubt hide from him. “I hear it, it wants you to go away.” Gwen whispered, holding onto Dillan tighter, “It hates you.”
"Of course it does, I make you feel safe and it's feeding off your fears." Dillan said, as he searched her mind more. "But I'm not going to stop, you hear me monster? I'm gonna get you."
“Go away.” Dillan looked at Gwen when he heard her speak, as if a second voice was talking with her, he saw that half her face had become black with a jack-o-lantern like smile on the black half of her face, the eye and mouth glowing red, “Go away.”
"Make me." Dillan's said, rubbing Gwen's head more. "Remember Gwen, I'm still here. It's ok."
Gwen whimpers a bit before the demon glared at him, “She is mine, she will do what I say. You’re only delaying the inevitable.”
"See I don't believe that." Dillan smiles, shocking Gwen and the demon. "Because if that was the case and you could overpower the Omnitrix you'd have done it by now. Besides, I know Gwen can beat you, she's one of the strongest and most stubborn Displaced I've met."
“She cannot, she doesn’t have the courage to do so!” the demon said, making the normal part of Gwens face tear up,
Dillan smiles. "I bet she does, if she tries."
The demon growled, while Gwen gave him a scared look, “D-Dillan, I do-don’t know if I can.” Gwen said fearfully.
Dillan smiles and puts a hand on her shoulder. "You can Gwen, that monster only has what power you give it from your fear. Don't give it any."
“He’s lying child, I am much more powerful than you, you know this. So give up and obey me!” the demon said, but Gwen whispered, “Go away.”
Dillan smiles. "That's it, keep going, don't let it get to you. You're stronger than you know!"
“G-go away.” Gwen said, the demon side of her face looked surprised before growling, but before it could say anything, Gwen shouted, “Go away! Just leave me alone!”
Dillan smiles as the demon's power weakened slightly, just enough for him to put his hand on that side of Gwen's face and rip half of it out of her with his magic without her knowing. Sealing it away within himself.
Gwen blinked a few times, then looked around, “It’s….it’s gone..” Gwen said,
Dillan smiled softly and rubbed her head. "I know you had it in you. Though don't let your guard down ok? It could come back."
Gwen tackled him into a hug, crying into his shirt with a smile on her face, “Thank you, thank you so much.” she said to him,
Dillan smiles and pulls out a small string and another Omnitrix core, turning it into a necklace. "Here, this is my token. If one core helps keep you safe, two should be extra helpful. Plus if anything happens to yours you can use this one as a replacement." He said rubbing her head.
Gwen smiled as she accepted the Token, "T-thank you." she said, then gave him something, it was an exact copy of her Omnitrix, except it was turned off. "That my Token, just switch the dial to an image of me and press down on it, I'll come if you need any help."
Dillan smiles and nods. "Now then, I'm betting you have a lot on your mind, how about I cook us some food and we talk about it?"
Gwen nodded just as her stomach growled, causing the Goddess to blush in embarrassment, “I-I guess I c-could go for something to eat.”
Dillan chuckles, and stands up. "Lead the way to your place and I'll cook up something you won't forget."
Gwen nodded and began to lead DIllan to her home, the two going past every kind of childish trap possible, some were downright loony. Such as an anvil on rope.
"You must have loved looney tunes back home." Dillan said, looking at them all.
“Eh, it did give me some ideas for traps.” Gwen replied,
"I can tell." Dillan said with a chuckle.
“Anyway, we should be getting close to my home soon.” Gwen said, and true enough, the two reached a cave, and if DIllan looked close enough, he could see that it was surrounded by Gwen's Magic Siphoners, “Welcome to my humble abode! It may not look like much on the outside, just wait till you see the inside.”
Dillan smiles. "Lead the way."
Gwen nodded and the two entered the cave, Gwen leading him past some of her traps that she had put in the cave, soon the two had reached a large room that had multiple chests, one side of the room had a kitchen, “Hey Nighty, I brought a guest! So be nice and try not to mind control him.” Gwen said,
Dillan raises an eyebrow with a smirk. "A boyfriend?"
Gwen rolled her eyes, “No way!” Gwen said, then walked over to a chest and knocked on it, causing a dark blue mist to come out of it, “Dillan, I believe you’ve heard of Nightmare Moon, or what’s left of her anyways.”
Dillan blinks at the mist. "Um hi?"
”You seemed surprise to see me.” Nightmare Moon said,
"Well truth be told in my dimension you've been gone for almost… three years?" He said not entirely sure.
”I see, well is your Nightmare Moon dead or simply removed from Luna?” Nightmare Moon asked Dillan,
Dillan blinked. "Huh, I never actually checked. Though the castle of the two sisters is underwater now. My world kinda flooded." He said, rubbing his head. "Canterlot Castle is basically beach front property now."
Gwen blinked in confusion, “Whatever happened that caused a flood that big must have been pretty strong. Was it the Icciclean? You know the alien you changed into.”
Dillan nodded. "When me and another Displaced beat it the ice and snow melted. And remember I said it literally froze plants and the air so yeah lots of ice."
Gwen nodded, “Yeah I can see how that can cause a flood.”
"Yeah, hope to any higher god here that Animo and Eon never team up here. It can be bad." Dillan chuckles. "Anyway, I promised you a meal, so mind if I use what's in your fridge?"
”Oooh! Is the so-called Goddess on a date?”
Gwen immediately tenses before banging on the chest, “Shut up! It’s not a date!”
Dillan covers his mouth and tries not to laugh, before heading into the kitchen. "Alright let's see…" he mumbled looking in the fridge. Dillan grabs some raw chicken and pasta and tomatoes out of the fridge.
“Whatcha making?” Gwen asked him,
:Please let it be something other than ramen, you have no idea how many times this girl makes that stuff.” Nightmare Moon said, receiving a glare from Gwen.
"And what's wrong with that? Ramen is amazing." Dillan said with a smile. "And I'm making chicken parmesan and garlic bread, with my mother's secret sauce…" He said pausing for a second with a slight frown.
“Bad memories?” Gwen asked him,
Dillan sighs. "More of… sad now. But yeah, about a month before I got displaced my family died…. Including my girlfriend and our unborn child… I guess that's why I didn't stop pestering you until you talked to me. You remind me of my nieces."
“I see, I’m sorry you lost those close to you.” Gwen said, then hugged him. "No one should have gone through that.”
Dillan smiles and rubs her head. "So I told you my story, your turn." he said with a smile.
"Well what do you want to know?" Gwen asked him, "Cause I'm pretty sure me and Paradox told you everything about me."
"Well how'd you get displaced and what happened?" He asked, mixing up some flour and sugar with the mashed tomatoes.
Gwen sighed sadly, “I honestly don’t remember Dillan, I really don’t.” Gwen said, “Due to my stupid insanity, I’ve pretty much forgot my old life. Being in stone didn’t help either.”
Dillan stared at her for a bit and smiled softly, cooking and breading the chicken. "Well, I'm no expert. But maybe you can build a good life here, as long as you don't prank the ponies… too much." He smirked.
Gwen laughed, “Well it’s a bit late for that.” Gwen replied, then frowned, “I already made a few enemies here in the forms of most of the Mane 6, though Rainbow Dash is the biggest pain in my ass.”
Dillan smiles softly and rubs her head. "Key word in that sentence, MOST of the main six. I'm guessing not all and that's a start."
Gwen chuckles, “Yeah, well the only ones who isn’t considered an enemy is Fluttershy, obviously, and...Applejack, though I’m really starting to dislike her.”
"Why?" Dillan asked, turning into Heatblast and sending some flames over some buttered and garlic bread to toast it.
“Well for starters, I let my one weakness be revealed to her.” Gwen pointed at the Omnitrix, “The recharge feature, and I specifically told her not to tell anyone. Yet she does the opposite.”
"I mean she is the Element of Honesty, if she breaks that element it won't work. So." Dillan said but nods. "Though I can see your side of it."
“Yeah, well, still pretty pissed at her.” Gwen replied with a huff, then thought of something, “Hey, Dillan? Seeing how you have my Token which also works as an Omnitrix, wouldn’t that mean you could use both yours and mine to make the Biomatrix?”
Dillan raised an eyebrow. "Huh, maybe I could. Though I'll have to do that later." He said putting a plate of chicken parmesan with spaghetti and garlic bread Infront of Gwen.
“That looks delicious!” Gwen said with a smile.
"Bone appetite." Dillan smiles, eating some of his own. "Also while ramen is delicious, you probably should eat healthier."
Gwen rolled her eyes and said, “Ok dad.”
Dillan chuckles. "Yeah no, no way I'm a dad. More of an uncle."
“Ok uncle Dillan.” Gwen replied before happily eating her food.
Dillan stares at her and smiles softly, while eating his food. "So, um. I know you're not friends with them. But I think you should try making amends with the main six… if only so if something happens they can help you if I can't make it for whatever reason."
Gwen frowned slightly then sighed, “I don’t know, Dillan. I know they wish for what is best for me, cause you know, I look like a filly to them.” Gwen said, “But frankly I don’t think I can trust any of them, minus Fluttershy, I trust her. But the others not so much, Twilight basically treats Spike as a slave then a living being, and Rarity keeps leading the poor drake on, making him think he has a chance with her. And don’t get me started on Rainbow Dash.”
Dillan sighs. "I know, they have their flaws just like everyone. But I know they wouldn't want anything to happen to you, and honestly. I'm worried something will happen if and when I leave… I lost my family and I don't want to see a friend lost as well."
Gwen looked down, thinking about what Dillan said, then sighed and looked at him, “Alright, let’s go talk to the ponies. But I will kick their asses if they try to take my Omnitrix.” Gwen said, holding said device.
Dillan smirks as they finish eating. "Same here."
Gwen smiles, “Well now I don’t whose ass to kick, theirs or yours, you’re stronger than me! And I had years to hone my aliens abilities.” Gwen said with a laugh.
Dillan laughs. "It's not just about honing your abilities. You also gotta get into your opponents heads, anticipate their next and most probable move with what information you have. Paradox td me how you can use alien x and how stubborn you are, so I planned for alien x and I acted how I would for my nieces of they threw a tantrum, adding in my past knowledge from the ben 10 franchise I was able to think on my feet and overcome what you threw at me."
Gwen lblinked, “Wow, I almost feel sorry for any bad guy you have to fight. Key word almost.” Gwen said, then propped up the dial on her Omnitrix, “Well, shall we go talk to the ponies?”
Dillan nods and poops up his ultimatrix as well, before turning into fast track. "Ready to go?"
A pink flash appeared and Gwen had become Big Chill, “Yep!” Gwen said, the turned intangible, “See you at Ponyville!” she shouted while phasing through the caves wall.
Dillan chuckles and dashes to ponyville through the forest.
The two soon reached said town, seeing that ponies were going about their day, that was until they saw the two Omnitrix users and immediately ran into their homes.
"Welp, time to wait until the main six show up and assume the worse." Dillan said returning to normal.
“Yeah.” Gwen said, changing back as well, but also hiding behind DIllan,
Dillan smiles at her and rubs her head, as Rainbow show's up first with the rest of the main six behind her.
“Alright, we already have enough trouble with one shapeshifting ‘Goddess’,” Rainbow Dash said, “We don’t need two of you causing trouble!”
“Rainbow knock it off!” Twilight said angrily, then turned to Dillan, “Who are you?! Are you related in some way to her?!” Twilight pointed at Gwen, who glared at the unicorn.
"Not by blood, I… kinda became an adopted uncle." He chuckled, rubbing Gwen's head.
Gwen smiled at him but then glared back at the Mane 6, just they stared in shock, well Flutterthsy was smiling slightly, “That’s good to hear, Gwen needs someone to help take care of her.” Fluttershy said,
“Buck that! What she needs is that stupid thing removed!” Rainbow Dash said, pointing at Gwen's Omnitrix,
Dillan steps forward a few feet, keeping Gwen behind him. "How about no, she needs it to keep herself safe."
“Yeah right! Like we believe that!” Rainbow Dash replied, “She may have everypony fooled, but not me! I read that history book, she’s a mons-”
Dillan is suddenly in her face and grabbing her neck, shutting her up. "Same old Dashy no matter what the dimension. Always jumping to conclusions and rushing head first into things."
“Rainbow! Let her go!” Twilight said, her horn glowing before a pink flash appeared, and a pink slime covered her horn,
“Sorry Sparkle, but can’t have you hurt him.” Gwen, now as Goop, said, then she turned to the rest,
"Gwen." Dillan said, getting her attention. "It's ok, let me talk to them alright?"
Gwen looked at Dillan, uncertainty in her eyes, but she did change back, “Alright, but if they try anything, I’m going Way Big on them.”
Dillan smiles softly at her and rubs her head again. "Relax even if they do, they can't hurt me, I'm stronger than you remember?" He asked with a wink, getting shocked gasps from the ponies as he lets Rainbow go.
“Y-you’re stronger than her?! But that’s impossible! She has proven time and time again she’s the strongest being in all Equestria!” Twilight said, holding up a book, “Even this book says she is capable of creating earthquakes!”
Dillan smirks and looks at Gwen. "Armadillo?"
Gwen laughs nervously, “No, um, Way Big, but I made sure they wouldn’t cause any damage.” Gwen said, rubbing the back of her head with a sheepish grin.
Dillan nods and looks to the ponies. "Anyway, yes. I am stronger than her, physically, statistically, and with knowledge about our powers… no offense Gwen." He looked at her for a second. "Plus I have way more transformations, including the absolute zero one from before that I know you saw and one that can manipulate time itself."
“M-manipulate….t-time?” Twilight asked, her mane starting to go crazy, “I...I-I think I need to sit down.”
Gwen holds back her laughter, “I think you broke her.”
Dillan gave Gwen a look that said not helping. "Anyway, yes manipulate time. But that's not even my most powerful transformation. But enough about that… I need your help."
“What? What could possibly need our help with?” Rarity asked Dillan in confusion.
Dillan bows his head. "Protecting Gwen." He said seriously, shocking them. "Something… something monstrous is after her. Her omnitrix is the only thing keeping it back. Gwen may be insane, but that thing is pure evil. And I can't stay here, you see I'm from another reality. Another Equestria… yes multiverse is real so is omniverse." Dillan said as Twilight opened her mouth. "I promised Gwen I'd help her however I could, but… my duties back home could prevent that and I need to make sure she's safe."
The Mane 6 looked at Dillan in shock and Confusion, well the confusion is mostly from Twilight as her head was filled with questions, the silence was broken when Applejack spoke, “I’ll help take care of her, shoot, I’ll even give up my Element if it means protecting Gwen.”
Fluttershy nodded, “We know she’s done some bad things and doesn’t want or need anyones help, but I’ll still help her in any way I can.”
Dillan smiles and looks at Gwen, putting his arm around her. "As for her actions. There's no excuse for it, however I'd like to explain to you all what we are to give you some… perspective."
“What do you mean by that?” Twilight asked,
"We're what's called displaced. People that are stolen from their home worlds and sent to alternate dimensions of equestria." He said shocking them. "I'm not gonna go into details about the powers and all that because that would take too long, but I want you to imagine how it would feel. To never go home, never see your friends or family again… now imagine that for a child." He said putting his hand on Gwen's head.
Gwen looked down sadly while the Mane 6 gave ehr saddened looks, Applejack thinking to herself, ’Ah knew she was hiding something, just didn’t expect it to be that.’
"So please, I understand she's done some pranks. But watch out for her ok?" Dillan asked, smiling softly at Gwen. "She could really use it… even if she is stubborn as a… Rock."
Applejack chuckled, "Ah'd say she's more stubborn than a mule, but yeah, you can count on me and Shy to watch over her, and if possible the others as well?" Applejack asked the others,
The rest of the Mane 6 gave nods in reply. Though Rainbow Dash still looked hesitant in agreeing to help Gwen.
Dillan chuckles and points to Applejack's side, where a mule was shaking his head. "And that's why I said rock."
“Why is it that everytime someone says that, a mule is around?” Twilight asked,
Dillan could see that Gwen chuckling a bit at the Mane 6’s confusion.
Dillan chuckles and rubs her head again. "Who knows, but thanks for looking after Gwen. Aj, Shy. You've already seen the monster I was talking about." He said shocking them. "I knew you were watching us in the forest the whole time."
Gwen went wide eyed when she heard that, before whispering to Dillan, “You knew?! Why didn’t you tell me?! I didn’t want anyone finding out!” Gwen had a bit of a fearful look on her face.
Dillan smiles sadly at her. "Because if I had, you wouldn't have opened up to me at that time, and that… thing would still be in your head. You were freaking out and if I had waited any longer I'm sure that thing would have gotten ahold of you again." He whispers to her as he kneels down and hugs her, shocking the main six. "Besides since they know at least those two, now if something happens they can help you calm down like I did before."
“I…” Gwen said then sighed as she returned the hug, “I just don't want to hurt anyone, I nearly did thousands of years ago.”
Dillan nods and picks her up, holding her in his arms as the main six watch in surprise. "I know you don't, and you won't. You're a good kid Gwen, you've just made some bad choices."
“He’s right sugarcube, yer a good kid, a kid who just needs a little guidance and love from a family.” Applejack said, walking up to the two.
Dillan smiles. "And no better family than the Apple family."
Gwen looked at Applejack, giving the mare a small glare as she did, then turned away, "I don;t think I'm ready to trust you yet AJ." Gwen said quietly, but Applejack still heard her, making the mare frown but then smiled slightly, "But....someday I will. Just not today."
"Well she did betray your trust so that's understandable." Dillan said.
“Yeah, and I regret doing so everyday.” Applejack said, “AllI ask is yer forgiveness Gwen.”
Dillan looks at Gwen, smiling softly. "Just give her some time AJ."
Applejack nods her head, “She can take as much time as she needs.” she said, then Gwen said,
“So we talked to the ponies, now what?” Gwen asked Dillan.
Dillan smiles softly at her. "I guess I go home."
Gwen nods her head, “Alright, but before you go I have a question to ask.” she then looked at the ponies, seeing them talk amongst each other, then she looked back at Dillan, “Is….is it alright if I can get a few new alien scans of my choosing? Please?” Gwen asked DIllan,
Dillan smiles. "Sure, however if I find out you used them for pranks when i come back I will lock them."
Gwen laughs a bit, “Well, you got me there, but….I also want to use them for hero stuff in case of a villain shows up.” Gwen said,
Dillan nods. "Sure, which ones?"
“Well which ones do you have?” Gwen asked Dillan, “Cause other than the Icciclean, Alien X and Big Chill, I have no idea what aliens you have.”
"All of them." Dillan said. "From the original to omniverse. Plus a few… hundred from other shows that I met displaced of."
Gwen went wide eyed, “Wow, you sure meet a lot of Displaced don’t you?”
"Nope, a few hundred pokemon scans from a single displaced universe." Dillan chuckled, shocking Gwen. "Only two Displaced were there tho."
“Wow, and all those were just Pokemon from one universe? I got to meet this Displaced someday.” Gwen said with a smile, then had a thoughtful look on her face, “Can I take a look to see which ones I want?”
Dillan hums. "sure, but I'm locking the legendary pokemon and Rath…"
Gwen pouts, “Aw, why lock Rath?” she asked him,
Dillan looks at her. "I'm sorry Gwen, but I don't think Rath with insanity is a good idea "
Gwen nodded in understanding, “Yeah, I guess you’re right. That would be pretty bad.” she said, “And I can understand the Legendaries as well. But that still leaves a bunch of other scans for me to pick. You also said you had met a Cooler Displaced right?”
"Yup, I have a cooler, namekian, saiyan and cell scan…thought the only displaced I met was a cooler…. Omniverse stuff happened and I met another displaced Dillan from another reality who gave me some scans." He quickly explained
“Man the Omniverse is both weird and awesome. Wonder if I’ll run into another me except sane.” Gwens said, then shook her head, “Well, I think I’ll have the Frieza race as one of my scans, the others I’ll have to take a look.”
"Alright, also the unofficial name is arocrasian." Dillan said fiddling with his ultimatrix. "Alright so I locked everything but the frieza race, but I can tell you all the names of the aliens from the show and powers."
“Alright.” Gwen replied with a smile.
Dillan smiles and sits down, as Twilight takes out a quill and pad of paper. He shakes his head and begins explaining each transformation from the show, along with their powers taking the better half of two hours explaining them all. Including his pokemon and Dragon ball z scans and powers.
“Wow, I knew some of those guys were tough but wow.” Gwen said in shock,
"Oh my, and Gwen is getting them?" Fluttershy asked Dillan timidly.
"Not all of them, I'll limit it to say… two from ben 10, two from pokemon and… one from dbz. She already chose her dbz scan." Dillan said.
“Yeah, I got to have a limit on how many scans I can choose, otherwise I’d choose all of them.” Gwen said with a smile, then she turned to Dillan, “Alright, I think I’ll have Chromastone, Lucario, Gardevoir and maybe a random scan from you. Just try not to give me The Worst or Walkatrout.”
Dillan Chuckles and nods, messing with his ultimatrix for a few minutes. "Alright hold up your omnitrix."
Gwne did as he said, holding up her Omnitrix.
Dillan puts his ultimatrix next to her omnitrix, before both glowed yellow and multiple new black silhouettes appeared on Gwen's omnitrix. "Ok so I did the ones you asked for, I also added snare-oh and a scan of each pony race. Oh and a dragon scan."
Gwen smiled at that, “Awesome! I only had one Pony scan before, now I have all four tribes? Plus a dragon? Thanks!”
Dillan Chuckles playfully and smirks. "Who knows when you become a dragon maybe Spike will want to date ya."
“Oh geez, please don’t joke like that. A certain unicorn has the nerve to lead him on.” Gwen said, glaring at Rarity.
Dillan glanced at Rarity. "Not cool."
“Trust me, I’ve been punishing her for that.” Gwen said, “And I’m still thinking of morre ways to do so until you finally tell the poor guy the truth!”
“Seriously Rares? Just tell Spike the darn truth already.” applejack said, shaking her head before turning to Dillan, “So Gwen now has new uh, scans?”
"Yup, new transformations." Dillan nodded. "A living crystal capable of reflecting energy, a living mummy, and some other stuff. Including each pony form and a dragon."
“Each pony form? You mean Earth, Pegasi and Unicorn?” Fluttershy asked DIllan,
“Yep! I only had one pony scan, but now I have all of them!” Gwen said happily.
Dillan nods. "Also, Gwen what do you know about the omnitrix?"
Gwen tilted her head in confusion, “i know it;s original purpose is to let others walk in the footsteps of another beings, able to splice DNA when needed, change its bearer into an alien that survives something that alien is known for surviving. Why?”
"Good, however did you know that scans aren't limited to one race or species on any one planet? Or that toepick's race was once the same as eyeguy?"
“Yeah. I knew that.” Gwen replied, then tapped her head, “I may be insane but I’m not stupid.”
"I didn't say you were, just not a lot of people know that eyeguy and toepick are genetic cousins." He said.
“Well, good thing I remember at least something from my old life, I remember trying to figure out where the fuuuudge Toepick came from.” Gwen said nervously while Applejack gave ehr a stern look, “Come on! Can’t I just swear at least once in front of you?!”
"To be fair you are a child." Dillan said.
“Oh come on! I’m thousands of years old! I only look like a child!” Gwen whined,
"Technically the elements freeze you in time, so just because you've been around for thousands of years doesn't mean your thousands of years old." He said
“Oh hush you, I actually have been around for thousands of years, I was around since Discord, Sombra, and many more.” Gwen said,
Dillan blinks at her and looks back at Applejack. "Why do you not want her cussing?"
“Even when she says she’s older than all of us combined, she’s still a filly to us. No matter what she says, I know she’s more than mature enough to take care of herself, but still.” Applejack said,
Dillan shrugs. "Eh fair enough."
Gwen huffs while crossing her arm, further proving Applejacks point about Gwen being a child,
Dillan chuckles and stands up. "I guess it's time for me to go."
Gwen frowned, “Yeah, I guess so.” Gwen said, then smiled at Dillan, “It was nice meeting you Dillan, hope to see you again someday!”
Dillan laughs as both paradoxes show up behind him, and he rubs her head. "You kidding? I'm your 'uncle'." He said using air quotes. "You can bet we'll be seeing each other again!"
“Ok uncle Dillan!” Gwen said happily, then turned to her Paradox, “I’m pretty ticked at you old man, buuut...I guess a little help from others couldn’t hurt every now and then.”
Paradox chuckles as Dillan hugged her, smiling. "Just so you know, I can use clockwork to get back here anytime. So don't make me come back to kick your butt!"
Gwen smirks, “Just try it! I’ll be ready by then!”
Dillan laughs and kisses her head, making Fluttershy d'aww as he turns to leave. "Oh!" He said turning back to her. "Let me see your omnitrix."
Gwen looked at DIllan in confusion before showing her Omnitrix, “What ya doing now?” Gwen asked him,
"A precaution." He said fiddling with her omnitrix.
"Arocrasian dna locked." Her omnitrix beeped.
"Now before you get worried or upset." Dillan said, holding up his hand when she opened her mouth. "I locked it because even though the omnitrix implants basic knowledge into you when transformed, it's a very powerful and dangerous transformation. I've locked it until I can train you properly in ki control."
Gwen had a disappointed look on her face but nodded, “Yeah, that’s probably a smart move. Don’t want to accidently um….you know.” Gwen said,
Dillan nods. "Exactly, though if that did happen id use the dragon balls to undo it."
"The dragons what now?" Applejack asked.
“Not those kind of dragon balls!” Gwen said to Applejack, “Magical orbs that have incredible power. That’s all I’m gonna say.”
Dillan nods smiling at Gwen. "See ya soon, and if you unlock the arocrasian dna summon me right away ok? That or have dox bring you to my world."
Gwen nodded, “Will do!” Gwen said with a smile,
Dillan Chuckles and hugs her again, before walking towards the paradoxes and the portal. "Make sure she doesn't do anything too crazy!" He called to Applejack and Fluttershy.
Both mares nodded their heads, “We’ll try, but Gwens is known for one thing and that’s being stubborn.” Applejack said,
“I Thought that was me always causing mischief?” Gwen asked,
“Well two things.” Applejack said,
Dillan laughs and turns away, walking through the portal. "See ya GWENDOLYN!" He called playfully as it started to closed.
Gwen went wide eyed after hearing Dillan say that, before angrily saying, “Oh you motherfu-OW!” Gwen shouted in pain as Applejack grabbed her ear, “Not the ear again!”
Dillan laughed as the portal closed completely, with his paradox going with him.
“Can you let go of my ear now?” Gwen asked APplejack,
