The Twilight Zone:
As Sanguine and Fluttershy walked towards Twilight's library, Sanguine took his time to look at the eye catching sights around him.
"Quite the pretty town you have here." Sanguine inquired.
"Oh I know, isn't it just the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" Fluttershy responded.
"Well, I know that I wouldn't mind living here, that's a start." Sanguine replied.
The two eventually made it to a large tree with housing features lining it.
"So, why are we stopping, do you need a break?" Sanguine asked
"Nope, we're here!" Fluttershy responded
"Wait, your friend lives in this...tree?"
"Yup, this is her house."
"Your friend isn't some kind of dirty hippie is she?" Sanguine asked with apparent concern
"I assure you she isn't" Fluttershy retorted,"C'mon I'll introduce you."
The two approached the door and Fluttershy knocked on the door with her hoof.
"Coming!" A voice rang out from inside. After a few seconds the door opened to reveal a purple pony actively reading a spellbook.
"Oh Fluttershy, how nice it is to see you." The pony said
"The feeling's mutual Twilight." Fluttershy responded
"Umm who's this guy?" Twilight asked gesturing to Sanguine.
Sanguine struck his signature pose and donned his smirk once more as he began his introduction to Twilight.
"I...am Sanguine Carbide, ex-mercenary elite, gangster of love, playboy billionaire philanthropist, and currently upholding a 130-23 KD ratio in Halo 3." Sanguine proudly exclaimed
Twilight struck him an odd look, both one of confusion and one of fascination.
"What?" Sanguine asked,"never seen a humanoid before?"
"No, it's not that, to be honest I actually was one once in an alternate dimension, but...nevermind it's ridiculous." Twilight said sheepishly.
"Oh no no, I completely believe you, I've had my fair share of encounters with alternate dimensions, I mean I'm no stranger to multi-versal exploration." Sanguine responded
"Really?!" Twilight inquired with interest,"Then you would also know of the meta-physical quandries of-"
"The laws of hyperspace alteration, know it all to a point." Sanguine finished Twilight's sentence.
"OHH MY SWEET CELESTIA! Futtershy! Why haven't you introduced me to Sanguine before?!" Twilight urged.
"Well, he only showed up yesterday."
"How did you two meet then?" Twilights asked the two. Sanguine and Fluttershy both glanced at each other before Sanguine broke the silence. He told Twilight Sparkle a brief recap of his life story, how he wound up in Equestria, meeting Fluttershy, and the return of the changelings.
"Wait, the changelings are back?!" Twilight exclaimed in surprise,"How? My brother's protection spell should be preventing that!"
"Well it looks like your brother's doing a real crap job of it then." Sanguine said
"No no, something must be wrong, I'm going to check in wi-"
"MAIL!" A young voice rang out as a stubby purple dragon flew in through the library window.
"Spike! Just in time, any word from Celestia?" Twilight asked Spike
"Actually, yes there is." Spike said as he spat out green flames that produced the letter. Twilight used her magic to hover the letter over to her so she could read it aloud.
Dear Twighlight,
It is I Celestia! You know...your mentor.
I wanted you to come over so we could talk...about stuff.
This is totally not a trap...umm, yeah.
Signed,
Celestia
Sanguine listened to Twilight as she read the letter and took note of the choppy lying.
"It's totally a trap." Sanguine said
"Are you sure?" Fluttershy asked
"Positive, Fluttershy, trust me, It's one of my specialties. You ever heard the term 'I can read you like a book'? Well this is exactly the case, even in writing." Sanguine informed,"I mean for god's sake, the damn girl even spelled her name wrong, "Twighlight," I mean c'mon, a fifth grader could spell that!"
"He's right Fluttershy, Celestia never acts this suspicious in her letters, and with the return of the changelings I think something IS going on." Twilight said,"I'm going to go investigate, Sanguine can I trust you to protect me in case things go wrong?"
"Actually, about that Twilight, apparently the changelings I fought in the city square just now said that they know all about me, so I assume that if they see me waltz in there with you they'll know somethings up and attack us." Sanguine clarified
"So what do we do then?" Fluttershy asked
"Oh I know!" Sanguine said,"Here." Sanguine opened a back pocket on his utility belt and pulled out a silver pen-looking-thing.
"A pen?" Twilight asked in confusion
"Not just any pen, but an alerting one!" Sanguine corrected as he gave the device to Twilight,"Listen, if anything goes wrong up there just click this button on the pen, it will alert me, and I will be up there to help as fast as I can.
"Thank you Sanguine, well guys, I'm off to investigate...wish me luck?" Twilight said
"Luck." Sanguine responded
"Oh, and Spike, I want you to man the fort while I'm gone." Twilight added
"Caaaan do!" Spike stated as he saluted. Twilight spread her Alicorn wings as she took off to Canterlot castle.
"C'mon Sanguine," Fluttershy said,"In the mean time we can meet another one of friends."
The two walked out of the library.
"Really? What's her name?" Sanguine asked
"Her name is Rainbow Dash, she's the fastest flier in all of Equestria!" Fluttershy responded
"Fastest huh, we'll see about that."
The two of them began walking through Ponyville until they eventually reached a clear opening with many clouds overhead.
"Okay wait, hold on a sec. Let me guess the gimmick for Rainbow Dash's house, she's a flier so...hmm, aha! She lives in a cloud!" Sanguine guessed
"You're right, she does." Fluttershy affirmed
"Sweeeet, bonus points." Sanguine whispered to himself.
"Well, she should be up here." Fluttershy commented as she flapped her wings and rose up. Sanguine rose off the ground as well as the two flew upwards towards the clouds.
"Hey Sanguine." Fluttershy asked
"Yeah?"
"You never did tell me how you're able to fly without wings."
"Oh this? Simple, the power of Telekinesis!" Sanguine responded
"Telekinesis?"
"Correct, I use Telekinesis to lift my body off of the ground and propel myself through the air."
"Wow, that's impressive." Fluttershy contemplated
"I know huh, people and ponies...I guess really underestimate the true potential of a power such as Telekinetic alteration." Sanguine said
As he finished that statement the two emerged from the clouds and in front of them was a literal cloud house.
"You weren't kidding when you said she lived in a cloud."
"Uhh, hello?" Anyone home?!" Sanguine asked in a loud tone. After a while a familiar blue pony with a rainbow colored mane responed.
"You know it!"
Rainbow Dash stepped out of her house and walked over to Fluttershy and Sanguine.
"Hey Fluttershy, what's going on? Also, who's your buddy? Never seen anyone like him." Rainbow Dash asked
Sanguine struck his pose again as he donned his smirk and began his introduction once more
"I...am Sanguine Carbide, ex-mercenary elite, part time chauffeur, current world record holder of the biggest Donkey Kong high-score, [INSERT WITTY TITLE HERE], and breaker of fourth walls everywhere and anywhere!"
"Wait, did you say mercenary?! That's totally wicked!" Rainbow Dash said all ecstatic-like.
"Job was shit though, 0/10 do NOT recommend!" Sanguine retorted with a huff
"Ooh, merc with a mouth, how edgy." Rainbow Dash teased
"As much as I would love to, that title belongs to a far greater mercenary than I."
"Well, Sanguine pleasure to meet you." Rainbow Dash said
"Same RD, can I call you RD? The author really doesn't like having to type your full name every time you're referenced." Sanguine asked
"Sure thing, I guess..." Rainbow Dash replied with confusion,"by the way Sanguine, how are you standing on my cloud without falling through, also how did you even fly up anyways? You have no wings."
"Same thing I told Fluttershy, Telekineses. I can use it to lift my body off the ground and steer my way through the air, and in regards to your cloud question, I am currently gathering many water molecules from the clouds close together and under my feet in order to form a strong, and solid walking surface...pretty neat huh?"
"Sounds way too...sciencey for me, sounds like something Twilight would be interested in. Speaking of, where is she anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked
"She went to Canterlot castle in order to meet with Celestia, but we don't know if she truly is the real Celestia." Fluttershy answered
"What do you mean not the real Celestia?" Rainbow Dash jested
Just then the three heard an audible explosion sound over the horizon, after a second went by, Sanguine's blinker that was on his belt began going off.
"Dammit that's Twilight, she's in trouble." Sanguine said,"We need to get to Canterlot castle now! You guys lead the way, I don't know how to get there."
"Right," Fluttershy said as the three took off at great speed towards the skies. After a while Rainbow Dash pressed the question at hand.
"Uhh, you mind telling me what's going on?"
"I guess we should fill you in RD, so that this next part makes sense." Sanguine added. He told Rainbow Dash about him meeting Fluttershy and defeating the two changelings and how Twilight went to check in on Celestia under the guise of suspicion.
"The changelings are back?!" I thought Shining Armor's spell was keeping them out." Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well, it's not RD, so I guess something's gone wrong now hasn't it" Sanguine remarked with sarcasm
"You think Queen Chrysalis is behind this?" Fluttershy asked the other two.
"Seems likely, but I'm just about as uninformed about the rest of this as you guys are, however I think that we're about to find out what is truly the source of our problems." Sanguine informed the others as they touched down on the Canterlot castle's front terrace.
"It's quiet..." Rainbow Dash said
"Too quiet." Sanguine added
The three slowly began walking through the silent corridors of the barren castle.
"Huh, no guards around, this really is weird." Rainbow Dash said
"Look guys, if my knowledge on evil things happening in castles is correct, which it sometimes is, then the shit usually hits the fan in the Throne Room." Sanguine told the other two equines.,"You guys know where that is?"
"Sure do." Rainbow Dash answered. The two mares led Sanguine through a few corridors until they came upon the entrance to the throne room, the door was cracked open slightly, and Sanguine heard four voices in there, he recognized Twilight's, but not the other three.
Sanguine flattened himself against the wall close to the door and silently gestured for Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash to stick close. He listened to the voices closely.
"You won't get away with this Chrysalis!" He heard Twilight yell.
"It's all over for you and your kingdom, I win!" He heard Chrysalis say back mockingly, Sanguine had heard enough, just hearing her voice began pissing him off. He held up his fist to the others in a hold position gesture, eventually he raised all five fingers and began counting down. 5...4...3...2...1...
"Time's up, let's do this. LEEEERRRROOOOOOY JEENKIIIIINNNNNNSSSS!" Sanguine battlecried as he kicked the door open so hard it flew to the other end of the room.
"Oh my gosh, he just ran in..." Rainbow Dash said as she and Fluttershy followed Sanguine into the throne room. The three confronted the startled queen. Sanguine looked around the room, he saw Princess Celestia and another pony that looked like her, but darker, in a corner with a pink pony and an unconscious male stallion, all locked in a dark green magical barrier. He also saw another Celestia that was standing next to a scared Twilight Sparkle.
"Obviously the faker." Sanguine thought
"Ahh, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, how pleasant to see you two again." Queen Chrysalis looked at Sanguine,"You."
"Me!" Sanguine responded, pointing to himself
"I've heard a lot about you Carbide..." Chrysalis stated
"Nothing good I hope." Sanguine retorted
"Hmph, a witty one aren't you." Chrysalis said
"It's in my nature lady, and right now my nature is telling me to kick your ass." Sanguine stated as he cracked his knuckles.
The three stared down Queen Chrysalis as she stared back with a devilish grin.
"This will be most fun..." She said slyly
Author's Note:
You can now add Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle to the active friends list as well, but in other news more cliffhangers!
Who shall overthrow who? Will the day be saved? Why did my dog just crap in my bedroom? I have no idea...
FIND OUT ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGON BALL Z! Oh, and as always
Stay Frosty,
TwoFatNinjas