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Author's note: Originally posted by Anon e Mouse Jr. on 2017-12-16. This is the fourth of four chapters posted today.

Disney/Kingdom Hearts Loops, Chapter Twenty-Two, Part Eight of Eight

22.26 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as part of MLP Loops: Gravity Falls.

Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 26: Changelings, Elections, Unicorns, Bill, OH MY

Ford woke up in the field of wheat. This time gravity was inverted and he was standing on a cheese cloud.

"BILL! You've done this one before!"

"HAVE I? REALLY? I BELIEVE THE EXPLODING ANCHOVY IN THE DISTANCE WAS A NICE TOUCH."

Ford rolled his eyes at the triangular being. "So, I take it Stan convinced you to go baseline?"

"MORE OR LESS. PERSONALLY, I LIKE OUR LITTLE GAME OF SEE IF YOU CAN KEEP ME FROM BREAKING THE RIFT! THE SCORE IS 874 TO 623, MY LEAD IN CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN." Bill... winked. "NOW WITH THE PONIES EVERYWHERE IT SURE WILL BE INTERESTING..."

"I wonder why you keep going with this. The loop ends right after you shatter it anyway."

"ONE OF THESE DAYS SIXER, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EXPANSION. AND I'M GOING TO LOVE IT WHEN I FINALLY GET TO PARTY! PERHAPS YOU SHOULD JUST GIVE ME THE RIFT THIS TIME, GET IT OVER WITH. SEE WHAT HAPPENS."

"You know that always causes the Loop to end or crash. Yggdrasil doesn't know what Weirdmageddon entails yet."

"BUT IT WILL ONE DAY! AND WHEN THAT DAY COMES... WELL WON'T IT BE FUN?"

Ford rolled his eyes. "And of course I will stop you."

"AHAHAHAHAHAHHAH! THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK! REMEMBER, I LEARN AS WELL!"

Then the two of them felt a disturbance in the mindscape. "What?" Ford said, looking around.

Standing in front of them was Luna. She looked ticked off.

Bill and Ford blinked. "Uh... you kind of interrupted something miss."

"YEAH. CENTURIES OF RIVALRY HERE."

Luna glared. "You have no right to intrude on this domain!"

Bill groaned. "LISTEN, LADY, I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF SIXER'S DREAMS HERE MORE TIMES THAN YOU COULD IMAGINE. IT'S ROUTINE AT THIS POINT."

Luna glared. "That changes nothing, you need to leave!" She raised her hand, trying to send Bill out of the mindscape. Bill just rolled his eyes.

"MAYBE IF YOU WERE THE ACTUAL LOOPER, THAT MIGHT WORK. BUT YOU'RE JUST A PITIFUL SKIN PUPPET! HERE, DO A DANCE!"

Luna suddenly found herself doing the cha-cha. She gaped in terror.

Bill turned back to Ford. "WELL, I SUPPOSE I BETTER GET PLANNING. THE GAME IS ON SIXER, LET'S SEE WHO WINS THIS TIME! AHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!"

Ford woke up with a start, the strange images flashing across his mind again. He groaned.

It was time to Bill-proof the shack…

"So." Ford said, looking at the seven girls before him. "You've all met Bill before?"

"Twice." Twilight responded.

"Good. You need to know a bit more, probably. He's a loop-aware entity-"

"We know that." Rainbow Dash grumbled.

Ford shook his head. "He's... different. He's definitely not looping, but he is gaining skills. Back in baseline, he couldn't read minds at the drop of a hat, he had to search around the dreamscape for a while to find what he was looking for. Now? He can scan minds virtually instantly. He also seems to know things he has no way of knowing, things none of the Loopers present could possibly know..."

"If he's able to scan Looper memories, he can probably dig things up from their subconscious that even they aren't aware of." Twilight offered.

Fluttershy shuddered. "I... don't like that idea..."

"Yeah..." Rarity nodded. "And if he can handle Pinkie's mind, we aren't likely to shock him out of our minds."

Pinkie nodded. "He has a strong mind. Or maybe he's just insane."

"Both." Ford responded. "I can create a device that will keep him from possessing people, but that doesn't keep him from making deals and entering your mindscape. To my immense annoyance. And since this is baseline, you have to go on a quest to get some unicorn hair so we can make it!"

Rarity rolled her eyes, transforming herself into her unicorn form. She then cut off a large chunk of her hair, instantly growing it back with magic. "Will this do darling?"

Ford blinked. "I... I feel rather dumb now. Well there goes the mission into the forest to go find unicorns..."

Fluttershy spoke up. "Um... I'd still like to go, see what the unicorns are like here. It'd be nice to see them."

Rarity smiled. "I'd like to go at least check as well. Perhaps they can be helpful."

Ford snorted. "This dimension's unicorns are... frustrating."

"Then I'll teach them some proper class. Come along Fluttershy." Rarity said as she grabbed the book. "Probably best if we go as ponies... want to blend in after all."

The two left, with Ford holding the unicorn hair. He looked at it, mildly annoyed. "You know what?" He raised his hands, a golden light surrounding them. He clapped all twelve of his fingers together. "There, now the entire shack is Bill-proofed. No need to make that primitive unicorn barrier..."

The TV suddenly turned on. "BREAKING NEWS! THE MAYOR IS DEAD! A new election will be held at the town hall at high noon. Bring your hats."

"FORD I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR AGAIN!" Stan said, grinning.

Ford rolled his eyes. "You go do that. I presume I don't have to give the girls the mind-control tie?"

Stan groaned. "No. You don't. I'm going to win this one! Though they are welcome to help-"

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "You know what? I'm going to run as well!"

Ford sighed. "Well she meets all the requirements... though she doesn't have a hat..."

Rainbow Dash waved her hand, placing a crown version of the Element of Loyalty on her head. "Now?"

"That'll work." Ford said. "Have fun running for mayor. I'll be in my Lab if anyone needs me."

Lyra followed her "grandfather" down into the Lab.

Twilight smiled. Time to get Rainbow Dash elected...

Stan glared. "You girls are going down!"

"You sure?"

"Positive! This is my home loop, and I've long since figured out how to win these people over!" He leaned in, glaring at the four girls. "And there's nothing you can do to-"

"I'M RUNNING TOO!" Pinkie said, currently the pony performer. She danced around with her hat.

"That's it. I forfeit." Stan and Rainbow Dash said at the same time.

Twilight shrugged. "Guess we're all helping Pinkie run now..."

"So gramps, what exactly is your history with Bill? What's his story?"

"I'm not entirely sure what his story is..." Ford said, scratching his chin. "He's never told me. He's an inter-dimensional eldritch abomination. Before the Loops, he could see into all the local dimensions. He was a powerful being trapped in a decaying dimension, the nightmare realm, and all he wanted to do far as I could tell was get out and have a party. He's trillions of years old, older than many Loopers. He spent his time influencing people with dreams across all sorts of realities. He's been the inspiration for the Eye of Providence and the Illuminati in more than a few dimensions. His plan consists entirely of opening a direct gateway from his world to ours." Ford sighed. "I'm sad to say that baseline, I believed he was my friend. He designed the first Portal for me, the one with flaws specially designed to rip holes in the fabric of spacetime for him to use for his own ends. I took it upon myself to make sure he could never get into our world..."

"And?"

"...And I failed baseline. And the first few times I tried to stop it while Awake. He tears into the world beginning his Weirdmageddon and... and then the Loop ends. No-one, not even him, knows what happens after he unleashes his chaos."

"Then what happened after the Loops started?"

"Well him and I became more of... rivals than mortal enemies I guess you could say." Ford shrugged. "The loops have a way of lessening conflicts. He's actually keeping score over our little game of chess with the Rift. But I have noticed him getting smarter. This may just be him gleaning information from my own mind as it gets older, but I'm not sure. I know he's not Looping, for he would have Ascended long ago if that were the case. But he is adding to himself somehow... It is a great mystery, and as usual he tells me nothing."

Pinkie grinned. "THEY LIKE ME! THEY REALLY LIKE ME!"

"Miss Pie, you are up 99% in the polls! Do you attribute that to your performance, your parties, or the fact that you are a sentient pony in a top hat?"

"I'M A SENTIENT PONY IN A TOP HAT!" Pinkie winked, tossing her cane into the air. "Now... who wants free candy? I know I do! Candy for everyone!"

Stan blinked. "We don't even have to do anything. Usually Gideon tries something at this point but... I don't think we have to worry about him."

"Pinkie, mayor of Gravity Falls." Rainbow Dash thought about this. "You know that makes perfect sense when you think about it."

"It does, don't it?" Applejack responded.

Stan nodded. "Scary how much this town seems to be made for her..."

Meanwhile, Bud Gleeful sighed, silently admitting defeat.

The crowd held their breath.

The eagle soared through the air.

It landed on the pile of birdseed that had completely covered Pinkie. It kissed the pile.

Everyone was silent.

"Does that mean the pile of birdseed is Mayor?" Manly Dan asked. Wendy groaned.

Pinkie hopped out of the pile. "NO SILLY! It means I am... MAYOR OF GRAVITY FALLS!" She did a fancy jig and launched off all her party cannons. "AND NOW WE ALL CELEBRATE A NEW ERA IN THIS TOWN!"

"Celebrating your demise..."

Pinkie blinked. "What was that?"

Suddenly, Chandra stood up in the crowd, a strange green light enveloping her. Soon, a tall woman stood before them, perfectly black skin and piercing green eyes.

"CHRYSALIS!" The Equestrian Loopers gasped.

Suddenly, dozens of dozens of changelings began to appear in the crowd as Chrysalis laughed.

Twilight, Stan, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Wendy, and Soos all stood their ground. "You are going down changelings!"

"Oh yeah?" Chrysalis said, cackling as each changeling turned themselves into copies of the Loopers (plus Wendy and Soos) "How are you going to fight yourselves?"

Twilight sighed, raising her hand. Then she paused. "You know what? It's been a while since I've fought myself. Let's see how this goes."

The two groups charged.

Chrysalis blinked. "Where am I?"

The Shapeshifter dealt her a hand of cards. "The bunker. Get used to it, we aren't getting out of here anytime soon."

"It's actually a rather nice place." Ivan reassured her. "If you exclude Powers over there."

"Why are we gambling for rocks? What is the purpose?" The agent in question asked.

Chrysalis blinked. "What happened?"

"You probably got beaten by the girls. They decided they didn't want to kill you, but they couldn't just let you run free. So they put you here." The Shapeshifter took a drink of his coconut martini. "Personally, I like the easy life down here. They cater to almost our every need."

Chrysalis blinked. "I was going to rule this town! I was going to finally unleash my swarm on the world! WHY? WHY? WHY NOW?"

Ivan patted her on the back. "There there, all of us had moments like this from time to time... well except Powers."

"I do not understand the meaning of that look."

Ivan sighed. "But trust us, you'll get used to it down here. It'll be nice."

Chrysalis roared.

Rarity and Fluttershy returned to the shack late at night.

Rarity walked right up to Lyra, glaring. "Your ancient race of unicorns were complete and utter jerks."

"But they left behind-"

"That doesn't change the fact that they were absolutely abhorrent!"

"They were pretty mean..." Fluttershy commented. "They tried to take my wings..."

Lyra glared. "But, they were so awesome! They were an ancient civilization in existence before us! They were-"

"Jerks. So anything else matters naught." Rarity said, huffing.

Lyra rolled her eyes. "Fine. At least I can take solace in the fact that-"

"They played rave music." Rarity moaned. "RAVE MUSIC! And bad rave music at that!"

Fluttershy nodded. "It was pretty bad..."

Lyra facepalmed.

Bill cracked his knuckles. "WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO FIND A PAWN TO USE NOW. GOTTA AT LEAST TRY TO WIN AFTER ALL. WANT TO HELP ME PINKIE?"

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22.27 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] / [Doctor Who] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as part of MLP Loops: Gravity Falls.

Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 27: The Dreams of Many...

"WHO TO CHOOSE... WHO TO CHOOSE..."

The Loopers were all out, seeing as they had the rather annoying anti-possession thing going on. Bill needed to make some choices, and quick. And what better way to do that than to visit the dreams of everyone?

And just to make it more fun, he'd even visit the minds of those he couldn't possess. Wouldn't want to make them feel left out...

Twilight glared at the scene before her.

Books were falling from the sky into a pit of lava. "Really?" She asked. "Is this the best you can do?"

"NOPE!" Bill said, cackling. He vanished.

Twilight looked around, waiting for whatever horror Bill had dreamed up to appear.

She waited a minute.

Nothing happened.

She waited five minutes.

Nothing happened.

Her eye twitched. "Oh I get it, it's nothing isn't it? You're not going to do anything."

No response.

"This is just some hair-brained scheme to make me completely afraid of absolutely nothing." She sat down. "Nothing's going to happen."

She waited ten minutes.

Her entire face twitched. "You know what? I'm just going to wake up now-"

She didn't wake up. Her eyes widened.

"Oh no-"

And then. Nothing happened. And Twilight screamed.

"Everyone... hates... my... fashion..." Rarity said, lip quivering. Then she laughed out loud. "Dreeeeam! Totally a dream." She laughed, and started botching her designs just for the heck of it.

"HERE! Have a boot for a hat! The fashion should at least deserve to be hated!"

"I LOVE IT!" The dream-patron said, putting the boot on her head and galloping off.

Rarity blinked very slowly. "This. Is. The. Worst. Possible. Thing!"

Then she pulled out her drama couch, overplaying her moaning.

Bill facepalmed.

Fluttershy blinked.

Scary gigantic animals, check. Giant version of Angel, check. Animals that wouldn't listen to her, check.

No big deal, really, she'd dealt with these kinds of things before. She'd just have to-

Then she saw a version of herself slam a bucket onto the giant Angel. She gasped, flying up to herself. "You don't get to do that!"

"Oh yeah? Well BOO-HOO I'm going to do it more now." Fluttershy got a bucket on her head. When she removed it the other version of her was torturing all the animals.

The animals shot her accusatory looks, digging into her soul. She growled at her alternate self. "I'm going to stop this!" She rushed herself, ready to take her out. She only got another bucket to the face, and when she looked, everything was even worse. Animals were burning.

She took a deep breath. So anything she did would only make it worse. So don't do anything-

Mean Fluttershy apparently found this annoying and started blowing stuff up with some kind of kamehameha ability.

Fluttershy crawled behind a rock and shuddered.

Rainbow Dash screamed.

"WOW! THIS WAS TOO EASY."

"HELP. ME." Rainbow Dash said, trying to get away from the singing adorable puppets that were, for some reason, oddly creepy. Everything just seemed off. They didn't move naturally... They sung bizarre songs... And they were impervious to all attacks! It was ridiculous! She began to devolve into a sort of panic.

Bill laughed. This one was more amusing than the others.

Now to watch horror dawn on her face as she realized the puppets were using real hearts in their hearts and crafts…

Applejack stared impassively at the destruction of all the apples before her.

"Eeyah nope not workin' on me."

She turned into an apple.

"Nice try."

Then she watched as Big Mac ate her.

"Okay, I admit, this is a little disturbin' but not too much for me to handle-"

Then she realized she was still "aware" while inside his digestive system. The stomach lining had faces constantly whispering just quiet enough for her not to be able to hear the words.

"...You're a freak you three-edged dorito."

The reward for this was being turned into a dorito.

Bill didn't bother with Stan and Ford. They could detect his presence instantly and that would ruin the whole point.

So instead...

Blendin ran away screaming from the jackalope. "ANOMALY! ANOMALY! ANOMALY!"

Bill facepalmed. Too easy. Again.

"TOO BAD I WON'T BE USING YOU THIS TIME... I HAVE TO BE CLEVER. SO HAVE A CONSOLATION PRIZE: A CANDY BAR THAT MELTS YOUR EYEBALLS!"

"WHAT?"

"YOU HEARD ME."

Celestia stared at the X across the sky, pouring out hatred and destruction. The dream changed, shaping itself into a gigantic tree, a single spot on it lighting up in a flash of yellow.

Celestia wondered what on earth this dream could mean...

Bill wondered the same thing. But that didn't stop him from giving Celestia a nightmare...

"WHY AM I IN A BANANA SUIT?"

Bill laughed, imagining Celestia trying to piece together this "premonition."

"You are not welcome here."

"WOW, YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT MONITORING DREAMS FOR A PATHETIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL BEING IMPOSED FROM A TECHNICOLOR CARTOON PRINCESS."

Luna sighed. "Whatever it is you are planning, we will stand against you. This town is filled with great people who will stand up against you!"

"YEAH, AND MOST OF THEM ARE COMPLETE WIMPS COMPARED TO ME. HAVE YOU SEEN MY NIGH-OMNIPOTENT POWER LADY?"

"I see only what you can do in the dreamscape."

"WELL GET READY, BECAUSE THAT'S COMING SOON TO A REALITY NEAR YOU! CHECK YOUR TV SCHEDULE AND SET IT TO RECORD!"

Luna was not amused.

"OH, AND I'M STICKING YOU INTO OREGON TRAIL NOW."

Luna paled. "Oh please no. NOOOOOOOO!"

Bill blinked.

Well this was the first time he was being played with.

"Score is 4-4, our lead." Thief said, spiking Bill like a volleyball.

"I'M KEEPING SCORE!" Sweetroll objected.

Human, taking advantage of Thief's distracted state, hit the ball back and scored. "WOOT!" She and Seapony high-fived. Things exploded.

Pony glared at Thief. "How could you?"

"Sweetroll is annoying! Come on, surely you understand that!"

Sweetroll groaned. "I'm jumping into the Bon Bon pile."

Bill watched as Sweetroll jumped into the pile of Bon Bons, all of which appeared to be comatose.

Bill blinked. "HUH. I CAN APPRECIATE THIS PLACE."

"I'M SERVING NEXT!"

"OKAY BYE!" Bill said, vanishing, turning all the Bon Bons into ravenous monsters.

Seapony and Sweetroll were unaffected by this change.

As soon as Bill appeared, mad and crazy Gideon turned to look into his eye.

"I-I-I'M READY TO MAKE A DEAL!"

Bill nodded. "OF COURSE YOU ARE, YOU ALWAYS ARE. HOWZABOUT THIS..."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Bill groaned. Simply his presence was enough to send Old Man McGucket into panic.

He left quickly.

"Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows... Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows... Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows... Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows... Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows... Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows..."

"WHY DO I HAVE SUCH CONTRADICTING FEELINGS ABOUT THIS?" Chrysalis moaned.

Starlight G. McGucket stared at the wasteland before her. There was nothing but brown dust everywhere, dirty air blowing past her.

A young woman walked up to her.

"Who are you?" Starlight asked.

"Littlepip." The brown haired woman said, taking a sip of water from her canteen. "Welcome to the Wasteland."

Starlight looked around, closely. "...What happened?"

"You did."

Starlight turned to stare. "WHAT?"

"You messed too much with time." She took another sip. "Caused a war."

"I... I don't believe you."

"Of course you don't. You couldn't handle the burden of what you did... You're going to have to though. You can't go back." She frowned. "I feel really sorry for you. Nobody from the old days can handle this..."

Starlight stared blankly ahead, thoughts whirling around her head.

Bill cracked his knuckles. He was going to give this one an extended nightmare. Time was fungible, after all, and this one was just ripe with possibilities to horrify…

The Doctor blinked.

"Ah. Dream manipulation. By a high end Loop Aware being."

Bill sighed. "YOU PLAY DIRTY."

The Doctor grinned. "I know, isn't it fun? Now off." He produced a sonic screwdriver.

Bill blinked. "SERIOUSLY?"

"Well you have to admit it looks cool doesn't it?"

Bill groaned.

"Which reminds me I've got to talk to Stan about his fez..."

Powers blinked. "I fail to understand how my own disembowelment is supposed to be horrifying."

Bill twitched. "YOU'RE TERRIFIED OF ZOMBIES IN BASELINE! WHAT IS WITH YOU?"

"I've become immunized to dream sequences by an inhibition implant in my brain."

Bill blinked. "THAT... ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE... I'VE GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU. SO I CAN SHOW YOU THE REALLY DISTURBING STUFF THAT WILL GET EMBEDDED IN YOUR BRAIN LIKE A MEME! I CAN PULL OFF AN INCEPTION ON YOU..."

"What?"

"HOW'S ABOUT WE TRY THIS..."

Sweetie Drops was crying as the dozens of floating Lyra heads yelled at her.

"IT WAS MY JOB!"

"YOU HAD OUR TRUST!"

"I... I HAD TO!"

"AND FOR THAT WE HATE YOU FOR ETERNITY!"

Agent Sweetie Drops sobbed, an emotional wreck.

"...PERHAPS I CAN HELP YOU..."

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22.28 (GMBlackjack): [My Little Pony] / [Gravity Falls] / [Doctor Who] - also compiled in MLP Time Loops as part of MLP Loops: Gravity Falls.

Gravity Falls: Friendship is Magic 28: Adhesives

Ford produced the Rift from out of his pocket, the crack in the glass evident. "And now is the time I take one of you on a mission to seal the Rift." He pointed at Lyra, smiling. "Come along!"

"YES!" Lyra said, jumping up and down. "We're going to seal the rift!"

Ford nodded. "And we have to go somewhere in order to do it. Come along. The rest of you... do stuff with Stan. Or help Pinkie be mayor."

And with that, the two (or six, depending on how you count) left on an adventure to seal the rift.

Applejack sighed. "Ah guess we're being left out then huh? What are we gonna do?"

Twilight shrugged. "We can always go down to the bunker."

Fluttershy smiled. "I do like the games Ivan plays. I think he's almost ready to be introduced back into society."

Rainbow Dash shrugged. "Eh... I'm going to go arm wrestle with the Shapeshifter again. Much more engaging."

The Doctor whistled a tune. Those gnomes had been delightful people. But alas, he had to be off. There was the whole of space and time to explore!

He threw open the Tardis doors smiling. The smile was gone in an instant.

"My word! What have they done to you?"

The Tardis was.. ransacked. The walls were completely torn up, important components missing. The center column was shattered.

He gaped. "What? Who could have done this? HOW could they have done this?" He paused for a moment before cursing. "Blazes! I didn't lock it! The one time I decide not to lock..." Then the Doctor paused. "But wait a minute... you wouldn't let anyone in who wanted to do you harm if I wasn't here... Someone had to have done something... Probably something magical." He checked under a console, grabbing his fez. "I really hate magic right now... Whoever did this, I will find you! Nobody tears the Tardis apart!"

He dashed out of the blue box, looking for clues…

Ford stood on top of the hill, looking at the Gravity Falls cliffs. He smiled. "Lyra, what do those cliffs look like?"

Lyra blinked. "I have no-" Then another version of her took control, though it was hard to tell which. "OH MY GOSH. THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A UFO."

Ford grinned. "And guess what we're standing on top of."

Lyra looked down as Ford magically moved a boulder a few feet away. She was staring at some kind of alien metal. Her eyes lit up. "ALIENS!" She bounced around, giddy. "ALIENS!"

Ford laughed. "Everyone's always so surprised when they find aliens here. Though a few have noticed the cliff formation early on." He pried open the door. "Now, who wants to raid an alien UFO for dimensional adhesive?"

Lyra bounced up and down, saying "ME!" five times. Then she paused for a moment. "Hold it... if this is buried under a hill... how long has it been down here?"

"Millions of years. Before humans settled here." Ford said, climbing down.

"Is this craft the source of the weirdness?"

"I'm personally leaning towards it being drawn here by the weirdness of the area, but Yggdrasil can't seem to make up its mind on this. I really have no idea."

Lyra's eyes sparkled. "No... idea... A TRUE MYSTERY." She went down after Ford. "LET'S SOLVE IT!"

"I like your enthusiasm!"

The two descended into the depths of the ancient alien craft.

"You know, baseline I tore this thing apart to build the portal. It was a really unfair advantage I must say. So many technologies here beyond the comprehension of this society."

Lyra nodded. "Did you ever think about giving it to them?"

"Oh I did work for the government from time to time, but I made sure they never knew where I got my technology. They really liked that tie."

The two continued on through the craft, coming to a singular room with lots of tiles scattered around everywhere. "Look for something pink..." Ford said.

Lyra picked up a hexagonal tile with pink goo on it. "Like this?"

"Why yes, exactly like that." Ford laughed. Then he frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"Well... after this, the loop just ends. I've actually really enjoyed my time with you and the girls. It's been nice to have a granddaughter, frankly. I never got the chance to have a real family baseline..."

Lyra sighed. "We'll see each other around, you know that. The Loops aren't ending anytime soon, and your portal can connect to Equestria whenever we're running tandem."

Ford nodded. "Yes... but I have no guarantee how often that will happen. I have yet to quantify the nature of "connections" between loops that make them loop together more often..."

Lyra grinned. "Let's make a connection! Come on!"

Ford rolled his eyes. "It'll never work. I get the impression that trying to force it-"

"C'mon! Can't hurt to try!"

Ford blinked. "Oh sure why not. Lyra Heartstrings, do the five of you wish to become my first apprentices from outside my home loop?"

"YES! YES! YES! YES! SWEETROLL!"

Ford laughed. "I'm going to take that last one as a yes." The two fist-bumped. Ford shrugged. "Now watch Yggdrasil wait thirty thousand years before looping us together again."

Lyra shrugged. "Eh, it's not that long. Plus, I can now say I'm Ford's apprentice!"

"Nobody knows who I am, Lyra. I'm not famous like the girls or the Doctor-"

"WHO CARES? Bragging rights."

Ford rolled his eyes, chuckling. "Ah well, let's just get this done and do whatever we can with the time we have left..."

They heard a thunk behind them.

Ford groaned. "I made sure we didn't hit any buttons this time, the security system can't have activated-"

The two of them stared at the visitor.

It was... Agent Sweetie Drops. She took of her sunglasses, a pained look on her face.

"Lyra... can we-"

Lyra rushed to Sweetie Drops, hugging her. "Shush. I understand what you did. I've experienced it many times." She looked deep into her eyes. "It's not your fault. You have to understand that."

Sweetie Drops smiled. "So... he did..." She said, her voice soft. She smiled. "Thank you Lyra." She backed away. "I'll... I'll leave you to your conversation. Can we get together later? Say, for lunch?"

"Yeah." Lyra said, smiling.

Sweetie Drops left.

"She made a deal with Bill." Lyra said, turning to Ford. "Prepare for-"

A grappling hook shot from seemingly nowhere, hitting Ford's pack. The contents spilled onto the floor, including the Rift. Ford and Lyra dashed for it, only to have a cream-colored blur get to it before them.

Sweetie Drops - no, Billtie Cops - was holding the Rift in his/her hand, eyes sparking yellow. "YOU ALMOST HAD ME THERE, HANDS! VERY PERCEPTIVE! BUT SHE HAD TO KNOW I KEPT UP MY END OF THE DEAL."

Lyra glared. "What did you promise her?"

"I SIMPLY GUARANTEED THAT YOU WOULD FORGIVE HER FOR WHAT SHE'D DONE." He cackled. "DIDN'T BOTHER MENTIONING THAT YOU'D FORGIVE HER REGARDLESS!"

He growled, noticing that the Rift was no longer in his hand. Ford was levitating it towards himself.

Billtie Cops took out several mini-mines, throwing them directly at the Rift. Ford protected the delicate snowglobe with his cloak. "You should have broken it the moment you touched it Bill!"

"BUT WHERE'S THE FUN IN THAT? THIS IS OUR LITTLE GAME AFTER ALL!"

Ford drew his gun. "You're just in a body, you can't survive this-"

Lyra yelled. "NO!"

Ford blinked. "Why- oh. Yeah. Sorry I'm not that good with-"

Suddenly the Rift was knocked out of his hands and onto the floor. It cracked further.

Lyra roared, charging at Billtie Cops and touching her hand to his/her forehead. "Videntis omnium. Magister mentium. Magnesium ad hominem. Magnum opus. Habeas corpus. Inceptus Nolanus overratus. Magister mentium. Magister mentium. MAGISTER MENTIUM."

She launched herself into the mindscape, flying at Bill with four different forms.

"VERY INTERESTING HANDS, I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS."

Four forms of Lyra all went for Bill at the same time. "GET. OUT. OF. BON. BON!"

Bill dodged the attack by splitting up into a thousand jigsaw pieces. "PUH-LEASE, EVEN IF YOU ARE A LOOPER WELL VERSED IN THE MINDSCAPE, I HAVE COMPLETE DOMINION HERE. YOU CANNOT GET ME OUT OF HERE, AND I DOUBT THIS HARDENED SECRET AGENT CAN BE TALKED OR TICKLED TO SUBMISSION."

The Lyra's glared. They knew he was right.

"HOWEVER, I WILL BE WILLING TO VACATE THE PREMISES IF YOU MAKE A DEAL."

The Lyra's glared. "What sort of deal?"

"VERY SIMPLE: GIVE ME THE RIFT."

The Lyra's smirked. "No Deal." Thief said.

Bill glared. "WHY DID YOU DECIDE SO FAST?"

"Because while we've had you distracted in here..." Human began.

"...you forgot one crucial detail..." Sweetroll continued.

"...Seapony isn't in here." Pony finished, grinning.

Bill's eyes widened. "OH."

Bill shifted his attention back to the body of Lyra, but it was too late. The Seapony-dominant body had, in the fraction of a second Bill was distracted by the mindscape battle, armed one of her special explosives.

BOOM!

Billtie Cops was flung into a nearby wall, hitting it with a thud. "OW! THAT HUR-"

Before he/she could do anything, Lyra produced an energy net from her Pocket, trapping Billtie Cops. He/she roared. "NO! NO YOU CANNOT STOP ME LIKE THIS!"

Ford and Lyra high-fived. Ford stooped down to look Billtie Cops in the eye. "You lose Bill. Now, we better get back to the shack so I can apply the adhesive."

The two ran out of the UFO.

Billtie Cops allowed himself/herself to crack a smile two minutes later. "OH, I'll JUST WAIT HERE... WAITING FOR THE BACKUP..."

"I got... A WIZARD!" Chrysalis said, slapping her card down on the table. "THE TRICK IS MINE!"

Powers blinked. "But I calculated it out to the penny..."

Ivan sighed. "I don't like this game anymore."

The Shapeshifter simply chuckled. "She is truly better at this than you are..."

They heard the familiar sound of the Bunker door opening. The Shapeshifter sighed. "Who is it now...? Twilight do you have my hamburger?"

To their surprise, it was someone none of them had ever met. Ivan's eyes widened. "Receiver!"

"Not anymore." Starlight said, turning to Powers. Powers blinked. "I feel strangely inclined to give you the secret code to our base in this region... 1982-1342-3149." He rubbed his head. "Why did I do that?"

"Inception." Was all Starlight offered before wiping all their minds.

Back in the Lab, Ford held up the bottle of pink adhesive. "There we go! All ready to seal a crack in space-time. Now just hand me the Rift..."

Lyra reached into her back, eyes widening. "Uh... it's not here!"

Ford placed the adhesive down on the counter, searching his own bag. "Where is it? I know we had it when we got back to the Lab..."

Lyra's jaw dropped. "Ford? The adhesive's gone as well."

Ford quickly ran up to the Shack. "EVERYONE! Use whatever powers you can to find a crack in spacetime!"

Twilight quickly cast some magic. "Found it! It's heading towards the hill in a very unusual pattern-" Twilight paled. "That's... that's how Pinkie moves when she wants to go really fast."

Ford blinked. "We've got to stop her!"

Twilight readied a teleport...

Pinkie dropped the Rift in front of Bill, who was still inside Sweetie Drops. Pinkie untied him/her.

Billtie Cops smiled. "THANK YOU PINKIE!" He said before smashing his/her foot down on the Rift.

Plink!

The snowglobe was unharmed. It didn't even have a crack anymore.

Pinkie began laughing crazily. "I already sealed it! I had you didn't I?" She grinned.

Billtie Cops smiled as Ford, Stan, Lyra, and the other 5 Elements appeared behind Pinkie in a teleport spell. "YES, IT WAS A GREAT JOKE WASN'T IT, LAUGHTER? UNFORTUNATELY I NOTICED THAT YOUR SIDE OF THE DEAL ONLY INVOLVED ME GETTING THE RIFT, IT GAVE ME NO GUARANTEE WHETHER IT COULD BE BROKEN OR NOT."

Pinkie drooped. "You mean you expected this?"

"I WASN'T COMPLETELY SURE... BUT I HAD A CONTINGENCY PLAN JUST IN CASE! AHAHAHHAHAH!" Then Bill left Sweetie Drops. The agent blinked. "L-L-Lyra! I'm so sorry..."

"Don't worry about it..." Lyra said, hugging her. "You're safe now."

Ford spoke up. "Twilight. Get us back to the Lab. Now."

The group appeared in the Lab. What they saw shocked them.

Standing before the portal was Starlight Glimmer. In front of her were two devices: some gigantic device with the U. S. Government symbol on it, and another conglomeration of parts that looked like it came from a Tardis.

Twilight decided enough was enough, shooting a magical laser at Starlight. The gigantic Government device somehow absorbed it.

"Crap. It's using the energy in this room to absorb magic..." Ford groaned.

Starlight turned to them. She looked... torn. "I... I have to keep the future from happening. I am sorry. I made a deal with the Beast with Just One Eye. But..." She shuddered. "I... I couldn't let that future come true..."

Ford glared. "Bill lies! Don't believe everything you saw!"

"But.. He was right." Starlight said, her face contorting. "I had been messing with time... Trying to alter the past... The damage the Society caused... I had already created one horrid future as a result... He just showed me the end result..." She walked towards the column of Tardis bits. "But with this, I can make sure that will never come. I will lock the current timeline in place by anchoring to another dimension."

"DON'T! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE-" Ford began.

Starlight shook her head, waving her hand. Time magic began to flow around her, and Twilight recognized the Time Travel spell appear above Starlight. Starlight then pressed a button on the Tardis machinery, shooting a laser of light into the vortex.

Ford's eyes widened. "No... NO! She's accessing the deep past! She's using a time displaced version of me to override the Portal's security!"

The Portal activated. Instantly. A direct connection to the Nightmare Realm was formed, the dark, red, and distorted world easily visible through the central ring.

Bill floated out of the portal just as the Tardis bits flashed an odd blue color, cementing the timeline. This caused Bill to laugh. "IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO CEMENT THE TIMELINE WHEN TIME IS DEAD!" He clapped his hands, blowing a hole in the roof of the Lab. The sky was visible, quickly turning a deep red. A great X began to tear across the sky.

Everyone gasped. Bill just cackled.

"WELL GUESS WHAT SIXER? THE SCORE IS NOW 875 TO 623! AHAHAHAH!"

Ford sighed, reluctantly clapping. "Well, I guess I have to admit defeat. Reluctantly."

Bill nodded, turning to everyone. "WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT THE LOOP IS GOING TO END. SEE ALL YOU ALLIGATORS LATER! I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL AGAIN, ESPECIALLY YOU PINKIE! MY LONGER-TERM OFFER WILL STILL STAND!"

Everyone stared in silence.

"NOW THREE... TWO... ONE... END!"

The wind blew.

Bill blinked.

Ford blinked.

Stan blinked.

The three of them spoke at the same time.

"IT. DIDN'T. END."

Bill, for the first time in forever, looked like he wasn't entirely sure what to do next. He simply floated up into the sky, right into the center of the X-shaped crack in the sky.

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Compiler's note: And here we go. Next time, we have an arc in five parts…

The Infinite Loops: Weirdmageddon