Man, this story's been put on hold for quite awhile, hasn't it?
Just to save you guys some time, here are the new worlds ans universes/franchises that have been brought into the fray: Disney universe (Aladdin and Princess and the Frog), Skylanders, Adventure Time, Star Wars (Clone Wars era), RWBY (my AU of it; Post-vol. 5), Doctor Who (technically), and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Anyways, hope you enjoy!
The sky above Equestria was usually a calm and peaceful sight to behold. The air filled with joy, the clouds white and puffy, and the occasional pegasus flying about. Today however, several other objects could be seen above that somewhat ruined the image. A fleet comprised of both UNSC, Elite, Mobian, and Republic ships could be seen far above the atmosphere, floating up in space. The fleets had gotten together to discuss their next plan of action. The main discussion was done onboard a new flagship that had been constructed as a joint effort from each of the allies gathered together. Inside, a large command center had been created for the allies to discuss their plans of action. Currently, many different figures could be seen representing each world or dimension.
From Mobius, there was Sonic the Hedgehog, Bill Prower, Tails, Red the Hedgehog, Princess Sally Acorn of the Royal Fighters, and Knuckles.
From Equestria, there was Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Elements, and Starlight Glimmer. Among them was also another figure who was not of their world, but was still a legal resident: Doctor Hooves, or as known by his true identity, The Doctor. Beside him, tagging along mostly because she refused to leave his side, was Ditsy Doo/Derpy.
From the Halo universe, there was the Master Chief, Cortana, Admiral Terrance Hood, and the Arbiter.
From the Ninjago universe, there was Jay, Kai, Zane, Cole, Lloyd, and Nia.
From Gravity Falls, there was Dipper, Mable, Stan and Ford.
From Skylands, there was Spyro, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, and a few other Skylanders.
From the Land of Ooo, there was Finn, Jake, Marceline, and Princess Bubblegum.
From the Galactic Republic, there was Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, and the rest of the Jedi Council as holograms.
From Remnant, there was Team RWBY, Team JNPR (minus Pyrrha for obvious reasons), Ozpin/Oscar, Qrow, and Diego Kapila.
From the Bender's World*, there was Avatar Aang, Katara, Toph Befong, Prince Zuko, and Sokka.
From the Disney Universe, thanks to a time-altering effect (courtesy of TD), there was Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, the Genie, Tiana, Prince Naveen, and Louis the Crocodile.
All of these members had gathered together on the special command ship designed by the joint efforts of the allies. Even then, the ship technically wasn't complete yet according to Red, who had been the one behind the design of the ship. He had left plenty of room to improve upon the ship and with the new dimensions in tow, they could add so many more upgrades to the ship. The ship in general was enormous in comparison to any other ship from either dimension; the meeting room alone was big enough to hold quite a crowd, which was necessary due to the amount of representatives from each world. All of them were gathered around a special kind of table discussing their next moves. Due to the size of the table, a series of high-tech communications systems were installed into the table so everyone could hear each other without needing to shout.
"I'm glad you all could make it. I was afraid my invitations had gotten lost in the mail," Red spoke from his end of the table. Because he and Bill knew more about TD than others, they had been voted to lead the discussions. Although some members of this council were now starting to question if that had been a good choice.
"What he means," Bill intervened, "Is that this meeting would be incomplete without the majority of you guys present." He looked to all the representatives that had appeared more fully, now noticing the different appearances they each held outside an environment familiar to their own worlds. He noticed that outside their own worlds or dimensions, each universe's occupants took some rather interesting appearance changes thanks to TD's spell that bound their worlds together in the first place. For example, in the area they were in now, the Equestrians, and the residents of the Disney Universe, Gravity Falls, the Land of Ooo, and the Bender's World all were two-dimensional figures, but their forms had shadow or lighting details around them that gave a somewhat three-dimensional look to them. The Skylanders and Ninjago residents were three-dimensional, but they looked more like well-done CGIs. Remnant's heroes were three-dimensional, but they also looked cartoonish or computer animated in appearance. The other universes' inhabitants were the most realistic of the bunch, if not the only realistic ones. As for himself and his world's inhabitants, they seemed to be in-between the CGI and realistic sections.
I wonder what we'd look like in their worlds without TD's chaos in the way...?
His train of thoughts were interrupted by Admiral Hood speaking.
"I assume we all know what this meeting is for today, so I'll spare you the details," the aged human said, "We are all on the brink of destruction, a destruction that will encompass all of our universes. The culprit behind this is one whom some of us may have once called their friend: TD, the Terror of Dimensions."
The room was silent for a moment, as if the mere mentioning of that name might summon the entity. After a moment, it was Yoda's hologram that spoke.
"Close to our pony friends, he was," the Jedi stated, as if already sensing the bond the Equestrians had held with him. "Share their story, will they not?"
Twilight hung her head, not wishing to speak about it. Her friends were silent as well, so Princess Celestia took the initiative.
"He first arrived in our universe barely a year ago with the intentions of subjugating us under his will, even if he had to destroy Equis in the process," she explained. "We managed to thwart his first attempt. However, when we did, my former pupil saw a different side of him and decided to take upon herself the burden of reforming him." She gestured to Twilight when she said this.
"It worked, for awhile," Cadence added, "But then his darker side corrupted him and took over again. This time, he was only restored to us again when he almost ended Twilight's life on accident. He restored Equestria and vowed never to destroy it again."
Twilight's eyes seemed to sparkle with tears as they neared the most recent events, which was told by Luna.
"Sadly, it seems that he must not have kept his promise to us," she finished, bowing her head sadly as she spoke. "This betrayal... it hurts us all inside. For you must understand, we once called him friend and ally."
And a little bit more than that for at least one of us, Twilight thought sadly as the story concluded. Red seemed to notice her distress, but a warning glance from Bill kept him from saying anything.
"Let's cut to the chase," Zuko suggested. "We have total of ten different universes or dimensions to protect, and it's reasonable to assume that TD may try to attack each and every one of them. We'll need to stay focused and come up with some kind of defense system to take him down."
"I couldn't agree more," Knuckles answered. "And luckily for us, some members from each of our universes are coming out of retirement to help us."
As he spoke, a door opened from behind him and several figures entered the room. Among the figures were the Prophet of Mercy, Blake's parents, Lloyd's father Garmadon, the Order of the White Lotus, and a red wolf-like figure whom the Mobians were immediately familiar with.
"Hey, the Rookie's back!" Tails shouted with glee.
"Hey partner," Sonic greeted, giving the figure a fist bump. "Long time no see."
"Mercy," Admiral Terrance spoke, "We didn't expect you to be roped in, but it's a delightful surprise nonetheless." The admiral was sincere in his statement, as the Prophet of Mercy had been tricked by the Prophet of Truth while the war between the humans and Covenant had still raged on. This betrayal had caused him to join the UNSC along with the Arbiter and the Elites. Seeing him here was a small relief for some.
"My life is just as threatened by TD as yours is," the old Prophet explained. "For as long as he remains, you can count me as one of your allies."
Just then, Luna seemed to get an odd look in her eyes and she excused herself. Red noticed this and said aloud," I'll give this to you and the Doctor, Bill. You're honestly more suited for this next part than I am."
He then dropped down from his seat and headed in Luna's direction, though not necessarily on the same path she had taken. Bill said nothing about it, but simply brought up the maps of each world involved.
"Alright, here's what we'll need to do to keep TD on his toes..." he began.
Luna had more than one reason for leaving the meeting room. Not only did she not wish to hear how they planned to defeat TD (the memories of his friendship was still fresh in her mind), but she also wished to meet somepony she had not seen for quite some time. Somepony close to her.
Rounding a corner, Luna found the door to one of the bedrooms on the ship and walked inside. There was more room inside than was to be expected on most ships like this, for Red had suggested having more room to move about for both convenience and because he personally hated small enclosed spaces on a ship. Luna started to sit on one of the beds in the room, but stopped when a dark shadow suddenly filled the room, almost snuffing out any light in the room's interior.
The shadow converged into a cloud of darkness in front of her, and in it only a pair of crimson eyes and a unicorn's horn could be seen. However, instead of attempting to defend herself or call for help, Luna did something unusual; she smiled warmly at the eyes within the darkness before her, her eyes giving off an expression that anyone would find strange to see in this situation: love. The crimson eyes gave off a similar expression, then the darkness formed into a solid figure whom the rest of the heroes were all familiar with by now, especially since he was fighting on their side against TD.
Phantom Void, the alicorn son of the late King Sombra.
Luna trotted over to him and the two gave each other a loving nuzzle, an expression commonly seen in Equestria between couples whether married or simply between a coltfriend and marefriend.
"I missed you, Phantom," Luna said softly, pulling him close to her with one of her wings.
"Have you told Celestia about us yet?" he asked in the same soft tone. Even though his voice sounded dark like his father's, there was a note in his voice that told others that he wasn't evil.
"No," Luna replied, "When it's a quieter time, my sister will understand. But not now. Not while this war with TD continues."
Phantom nodded in understanding. "Well, either way, it's good to see you again, my love."
Luna smiled a bit wider, then the two slowly pulled each other into a kiss, their hooves and wings both wrapping around each other in a loving embrace. After a few moments, they pulled away to look each other in the eye.
"Is something wrong?" Phantom asked Luna, noticing that a troubled expression had started to form on her face.
"I'm scared of what may happen during this war," Luna admitted, hugging Phantom tightly. "I don't want to lose you. I've already-"
Phantom shushed her with a hoof to her mouth. "Don't think about it," he said, "We're gonna get through this. Just believe that we can win this war."
This seemed to silence any further worries that Luna had, and she nuzzled up against his form once more, not wanting to leave him. She simply wanted to stay with him as long as possible before he had to leave again.
Sadly for the couple, that time came all too soon when the door opened on them and Red walked in. The two didn't know what to say, but thankfully it wasn't necessary to say anything. Red took one look at them, then chuckled.
"Don't worry," he said, "I'm not telling Celestia anything. However, as much as I hate to spoil your lovely moment together..." Red looked to Phantom. "The squads are moving out in ten. Your presence is requested on the bridge." Red started to walk out of the room, but shot a final comment over his shoulder sympathetically. "Take your time saying goodbye. I'll cover for you guys."
Red turned around fully and walked out of the room, leaving the two alone once again. Once he was out of sight of the door, he sighed to himself heavily. The artificial hedgehog had experienced a form of love once before, but she was long gone, killed by the ones who had created him in an effort to gain some leverage on him. Instead, it had simply ended in their deaths. Still, Red knew the emotion all too well, and it pained him inside though he didn't say it to others Inwardly, he was jealous of the happy couples he came across, for he often felt like he was denied the happiness they enjoyed together. Not many creatures he came across were always willing to try having a relationship with him after learning about his story, or they simply didn't feel like the right ones. He and Sally had once had a crush on each other, and their relationship had gone far enough for them to become a thing. But eventually, that relationship also ended. Sally was now with someone else while Red was still all alone in the world. A heavy sigh escaped him as a rather sad thought came to mind.
"Will I ever find true love again?" he thought to himself, and then continued on to meet with the rest of his friends.
One final party before the war began...
"Chuckie!" Pinkie's voice shouted into a particular tavern as she bounced inside, "There's some friends you've just got to see!" Her disguise wasn't up as she bounded in, but thankfully what few other customers were inside didn't freak out, as the residents of Ponyville were all aware by now of her Changeling identity.
"Like a 'just got to' as in 'The fate of life itself rests on it' or in a 'If I don't, I'm sleeping on the couch' kind of way?" The cherry red stallion behind the counter asked, arching his brow.
"Does it count if we're the ones keeping your world safe?" a male's voice asked, and several figures stepped inside. Only two of them were around the same size of the Equestrians, but the rest were much taller; one of the figures was at least over seven feet tall, and would've bumped his head on the ceiling had TD not made the ceiling much higher before his "betrayal" as it was broadcasted. The majority of them stood on two feet, although one or two of them were on all fours. They looked very much like a band of misfits.
"I guess it does," Chuck shrugged. "What can I get you? The drink of the day is 'Hot Shots'... it's literally a shot glass full of hot sauce, not going to lie."
"I'll take it!" a red anthropomorphic hedgehog shouted enthusiastically, rushing up to the counter at a speed that would make Rainbow Dash jealous. "And add your strongest drink to that!"
Behind him, a red fox sighed and shook his head as if that was a common occurrence from his friend.
"Just a light beer," he said, sitting at a stool nearby, "And whatever my friends want. It's on me."
"Hey, you don't have to pay for all of us," a human kid in a blue shirt and green backpack spoke to him.
"I know, but I've got more money than I know what to do with, even when converted to Equestrian bits," the fox stated. He then looked to Chuck and a friendly gleam appeared in his eye. "Hey, I know you! You're that one pony Pinkie was saying goodbye to when this all started, aren't you?"
"I believe so, yeah," Chuck replied. "Alright, so we've got a Hot Shot, an Isspe Aterwe, code for light beer obviously, and a..." He stopped. "What else?"
Several voices chorused at once into an undecipherable jumble of voices, yet somehow the hedgehog explained what they all wanted in general.
"Seven light drinks and five strong ones. Make that six if you count my own order."
"That's not giving me much to work with, but I've always been good at giving surprises." He replied. "Like my sixteenth birthday party when I had a heart attack. Doctor said I was the youngest heart attack patient he had ever seen."
"Just surprise us then," another human answered. He was in some kind of white and blue armor, "We're all new here."
"That's putting it lightly," the fox joked. He then extended his hand to Chuck. "Name's Bill Prower, but please call me Bill. The hedgehog is my former mentor, Red the Hedgehog-"
"Not the most original name, but it's something," Red interrupted, "And yes, I'm aware that I look a lot like a Sonic recolor."
"-That kid over there is Finn the Human from Ooo and his friend, Jake the Dog," Bill continued, "Then there's Spyro the Dragon, Captain Rex, the Arbiter, Dipper and Mable, Diego Kapila and his girlfriend Yang Xiao Long, Toph Befong, Lloyd Garmedon, the Genie, and Princess Tiana."
The group all gave their greetings.
"Happy to meet you all." Chuck remarked. "Make yourselves at home I guess, and I can tell which of you is and is not a minor so don't try and pull a fast one on me."
"Well, there goes my idea for a prank," Red muttered, sounding like a disappointed child.
"Don't listen to him," Diego stated, a human that sported brown hair and blue eyes with two different colored bracelets on his arms, "He acts like that all the time from what I've heard."
"I've learned to live with similar personalities." Chuck remarked.
"Just live?" Pinkie asked.
"Did I say live? I meant love." Chuck corrected himself.
Bill chuckled. "The only reason I'm able to cope with it is because I practically live with Red."
"And by that, he means I live close enough to be a roommate," Red remarked.
"Must be quite the roller coaster he gives you," Spyro stated, a purple dragon just a foot or two above the height of the Equestrians.
"I know how that feels," Yang giggled, a golden haired female human with a yellow robotic arm and a yellow bracelet on the other arm that matched the one on Diego's right arm. "Diego is all about roller coasters metaphorically."
"Aw, thanks Goldilocks!" Diego said to her teasingly, "I'll take that as a compliment."
"Very... interesting to say the least." The barkeep remarked. "Here you go, drink up." He stated, placing an array of drinks on the counter. Most of them took a single sip to start off, but Red downed his entire glass of hot sauce in one go, then his second drink just as quickly. That apparently was a bad combination, as he suddenly had steam fly out of his ears forcefully and a train whistle was heard from him as well. The expression he gave off looked very cartoon-like.
"Yikes!" he screeched, "What kind of hot sauce was that?!"
"That there is a creation of my own design, using a mix of the different brands of hot sauce I found at the supermarket, and a little bit of a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper," Chuck snickered.
"You made that up!" Red protested.
"It's his bar, he can call all the shots," Bill stated calmly.
"Hey, what's this thing do?" Jake asked from over at one side of the tavern. He was a yellowish colored dog with big eyes and magic powers that allowed him to stretch or morph his shape any way he wanted. Turning to look, the group saw him and Finn standing over the karaoke machine, admiring it's exterior.
"It's a jukebox, put a coin in, it plays a song," Chuck said, almost patronizingly.
Finn pulled out a coin and placed it inside the slot, and a relaxing beat started to play.
"Dude, that's bananas!" Finn exclaimed excitedly.
"Whatever you do, don't break it," Red said out of the blue, "Chuck's had too many incidents where he's had to get it repaired."
Bill deadpanned. "What did I say about the mind reading?"
"It's fine, just never between 6:30 and 7:00, that's Chuck's time." The barkeep hissed.
"You seem familiar with such behavior," the Arbiter said calmly, an alien creature that stood seven feet tall, towering above all in the tavern. "Tell us, what is or was your connection with the entity we fight known as TD?"
"He broke my jukebox. A lot," Chuck stated. "And I really love that jukebox." He added.
"He also fixed it just as much," Bill remarked. He then deadpanned again. "Great. Now it's suddenly contagious."
"Got 'em!" Red shouted, pointing to Bill.
"You can fix a broken limb, but it always clicks." Chuck sighed. "For example, I have to Fonz-Punch it every morning to get it to work now."
Red suddenly got a mischievous look and pulled a wrench out of nowhere.
"No problem!"
Before anyone could stop him, he rushed over to the jukebox at sound-breaking speeds, and a cloud appeared around the jukebox. Several noises were heard, such as a chainsaw, a drill, and even a machine gun, before the cloud cleared and Red was standing next to it looking satisfied with his work.
"There!" he said, "Now it should work much more smoothly."
"Showoff," Spyro muttered, looking almost like he wanted to blast Red with some fire.
"I don't even want to know what the gun was used for." Chuck remarked.
"Mostly for comedic values," Red replied, returning to his seat. "After all, we have viewers."
"Oh great!" Toph snorted, not looking in his direction due to her blindness. She was wearing her traveling gear and seemed to be in a bad mood. "Another joker."
"At least he doesn't destroy your town while he does that," Lloyd stated, a green suited Lego human figure, "That happened to us with TD before."
"Testify, my brother," Chuck stated, donning a voice like a southern minister.
"Nice impression," Bill complimented, "You should see Red when he does an impersonation. He sounds exactly like the real thing."
"Well I wouldn't say I'm perfect at it," Red suddenly spoke with a Harley Quinn voice, "But I did win first prize at an impressions competition once!"
"That's..." Chuck stopped and thought. "Well I can't exactly describe it," He said. "Hey, do you think you could learn that voice?" He asked his wife, a slight grin on his face.
"Not if you keep it up with that face," She remarked.
"Aww! I thought you were always positive!" Red spoke to Pinkie, mimicking her voice perfectly, "But I guess I was wrong."
"You're wrong about a lot of things, Red," Diego stated bluntly.
"What? and you're not?" Yang asked him teasingly.
"Nobody's right all the time." Chuck said. "Except for The Dude. That man was a visionary."
"He's going on about that "Big Wazowski" movie again," Pinkie explained.
"It's Lebowski," Chuck corrected.
"Even visionaries can make mistakes," Rex noted, "We don't know everything, so we make due with what we've got."
Just then, Cadence walked into the tavern with Flurry Heart, who was gurgling and giggling as she approached the group.
"Bill, I know this is probably a bad time," Cadence began, "But could you watch Flurry for us please? They're requesting our insight on the bridge, and we-"
Bill smiled and walked over to the two.
"Say no more," he said as he took the little alicorn in his arms. "I'd be happy to help watch this little angel."
Flurry made a cry of joy when she saw the fox's face and gave him a small hug, causing a lot of "aww's" from the group nearby.
"Thanks Bill," Cadence said, "I'd like to stay, but I gotta rush!"
She ran out of the door as Bill chuckled to himself.
"Already I might as well be a second father to this little one," he joked, making Flurry giggle.
"I'm far too liberal when it comes to letting minors in." Chuck muttered, filling an empty bottle with milk and twisting a rubber nipple onto it. "Drink up, your royal pint-sizedness."
Flurry made a happy gurgle and took the bottle from him.
"You and the alicorn seem quite close already, Mr. Prower," the Arbiter noted. Bill shrugged.
"She was the first resident of this world I met," he explained, "I saved her from Cipher's minions, and she seemed to take that very well." He gave the alicorn a smile as she looked up to him. "She accepted me as a friend from that moment on."
"Can anyone agree with me when I say, hashtag CUTE!" Red exclaimed, his eyes suddenly turning into big puppy eyes to emphasize that he was getting an overload of cuteness off of her.
"The foal is pretty adorable," Rex agreed, a smile of his own appearing. He appeared to be human too, sporting white and blue battle armor.
"Aww!" Yang remarked, "She's so adorable! Ruby would love to see her in person."
"Hashtag?" Chuck snickered. "Just when I thought I escaped my world's millennial culture."
"What's a hashtag?" Pinkie asked.
"Don't worry about it," Lloyd told her, "You'd have to see it to understand."
"Is her cuteness contagious?" Spyro asked, a big smile on his face as he looked to Flurry, "Because I think I'm about to burst with joy just by looking at her."
"Surprises me that Changelings don't get an overdose of love from her," Finn remarked, "She is probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen!"
"I always though Kristen Schaal's voice was the cutest thing, just my opinion," Chuck stated. "Um... audibility wise, that is." He chuckled nervously looking at his wife.
"Is that her voice actor?" Red asked, still not looking away from Flurry, "Give her a raise!"
Everyone laughed a little at his remark, then Bill was the one to break the silence again.
"Well, tomorrow we fight. Tonight, we party in our own fashions," he noted, "What a life."
"Hey hey!" Red piped up, "Chuck never truly answered the Arbiter's question about TD."
"Maybe he doesn't like talking about it," Diego said bluntly. "I mean, from what we know, he used to be a friend to the Equestrians here."
"Pretty much," Chuck nodded at Diego. "But I don't really enjoy talking about it much, not since the accident." He sighed dramatically.
"What he means is he dropped his watch in the margarita blender," Pinkie said.
"It did make the drink of the day however. 'Margarita Time', the names can't all be winners," Chuck stated.
"You wouldn't call him a close friend at all, would you?" Red asked, "More like, a pest."
"Again with the mindreading?" Jake remarked, "That's creepy, dude!"
"Bill did it too!" Red defended, "He even did it to Flurry upon meeting her!"
"She GAVE the memories to me willingly," Bill pointed out, "So that's on her."
"Please stop reading my mind. I use all four of the words that are even offensive by my standards there," Chuck said bluntly.
"And he hardly finds anything offensive!" Pinkie stated.
"You know, you can just block him out, right?" Bill suggested, "Then he can't read your mind at all without forcing his way in."
"That sounds... wrong," a voice said from behind the counter. Looking up, the group noticed Tiana cleaning a few mugs. She shrugged when she noticed their stares.
"Force of habit, I guess," she said sheepishly.
"But it beats having to do hospital duty come tomorrow," Rex noted.
"My mugs are perfectly clean, thank you." Chuck said bluntly.
"Hey, cut her some slack man," Bill said, levitating Flurry in the air with his telekinesis for a moment, "She wants to help. Besides..." he looked out the door to the tavern. "...we'll need all the help we can get."
"So dark and ominous, this must be what a DC Movie feels like to be in," Chuck snickered.
"Well, it's true," Diego stated. "But for now, let's not concentrate on that. Shall we just continue with our evening and worry about it tomorrow?"
"Indeed," Bill agreed.
"Enjoy your company while you can," Red added.
"Just when I was getting used to being with you again," Chuck sighed, looking at Pinkie.
[*I have no idea what their world is called. XD If you know, please let me know and I'll edit it in.]
Well, this took way too long to get back to. But either way, I'm glad to get it done!
I haven't played Sonic Forces ,so I decided to go with the default look of the Rookie, as seen in the trailers for him.
Cya in the next chapter!
