The Remote
Chapter 14: Ultimatum
(Author's note: As promised, here is a longer chapter. Lots of dialogue in this chapter.)
"Let's see, were do I begin?" She asked herself.
"Start from the beginning, and when you get to the end… stop." I said with a smile.
"Haha, very funny." She said sarcastically.
"Look, can we just get this over with?" I asked.
She gave me a cold stare.
"What?" I asked.
"Just be quiet and listen." She said.
I sighed and crossed my arms. "Fine."
She began to tell her story of how a person named Brian found her on Earth. However, she was just a baby at the time.
"How did you get to Earth in the first place?" I asked.
"I'll get to that." She said.
She told me that the both of them had gotten very close to each other. However, after she had found out that she was a cartoon character, she had run away crying because Brian had never told her. After a few days, she had reunited with Brian in a forest. After they had reunited, they moved to a very isolated house so that she could remain a secret from the rest of the world. After many years, Celestia, along with the other five horses, had arrived at Brian's doorstep. They were there to take her back to Equestria. Celestia told Brian how there was a magic mishap causing Rainbow Dash to be transported to Earth in a younger form.
"Quick question, did you want to go back?" I asked.
"Not really, no." She responded.
I turned my head over to Celestia.
"I wonder why they don't call you Trollestia." I said with a mean look.
She looked away.
"Proceed." I said.
She continued with her story. Apparently, Brian had known that they would inevitably take her back so he told her that she belonged back at Equestria. Once they had gotten back, Rainbow Dash still had her memory of Brian. Eventually, she did lose her memory of Brian, but not forever. There was some kind of spell on her that would give her memory of Brian back if she could see him in three days' time. Since time travels differently on Equestria, one day here means one year on Earth.
"It's a good thing my remote can time travel as well." I said with a smile.
They all looked at me with gaping mouths.
"Oh, didn't I mention that?" I asked with a laugh.
"So you're saying I could go back in time and see my dad?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Well, yes." I said.
"Well then why don't I show you what happened?" She asked.
I thought about it for a minute.
"Give me just a minute." I said.
I turned on my earpiece to talk to Ted.
"Ted, the time travel function is safe, right?" I asked.
"Of course, the only problem that you might have is the pain." Ted said.
"All right, thanks Ted." I said.
"What are you going to do Kosmo?" Ted asked.
"I'm going to get answers." I said.
I heard screaming for a brief moment and hung up.
I turned to the blue Pegasus.
"Alright, time travel is aloud, are you ready?" I asked.
"If you do anything to hurt the ponies of Equestria I will not let you leave unscathed." Celestia said.
"Oh please." I said. "You've already misplaced my left shoulder."
"Yikes." Twilight said. "Doesn't that hurt?"
"Eh, I've been through worse." I said with a smile.
"Do you want me to fix it?" She asked.
"Will it hurt?" I asked.
"Most likely." She responded.
"Then no thanks." I said. "I'll figure something else out."
"Um, okay then." She said.
I then heard a ring coming from my earpiece and turned it on.
"What do you want Ted?" I asked with a groan. "I'm in the middle of something."
I heard nothing but Ted's screaming in the background.
"Hello Kosmo." An elderly voice said.
"Who the Hell is this?" I asked angrily.
I heard laughter from the background.
"He wants to know who we are!" A voice yelled. "I think we should let him know what's going on."
"Of course not, let him find out for himself." The elderly voice said.
I heard Ted's screaming once more.
"What exactly do you want?" I asked, frightened for the well-being of Ted.
"I'm glad we're getting right to the point." The elderly voice said. "We want your remote."
"And what happens if I don't give you the remote?" I asked.
"Or else we're going to kill Doctor Strange." He responded.
"Who?" I asked.
The other voice began to laugh. "You mean after all the time you spent together he hasn't told you his real name? That's just sad."
I sighed. "Alright, where should we meet?"
"We'll be right here at the lab waiting for you." The elderly voice said as he hung up the earpiece.
"What was that all about?" Rainbow Dash asked.
I took off the earpiece with my right hand and crushed it. "I've just been given an Ultimatum."