"And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air..."

I should just start before he sings the whole thing. So please enjoy!

"...gave proof through the night that our flag was still there..."

Warning: LONG READ!


"So, why did Pinkie drag you here again?" Diego asked Chuck as they relaxed in the meeting room at Central Command with Bill and Flurry. For some reason, Chuck had been brought along for the ride, and now he was sitting in the rather comfortable seats reserved for the meetings onboard the flagship.

"Because..." He stopped and thought about it. "I don't really know."

"Can't deny that the seats are comfy," Bill noted, giving Flurry a boop on the nose while he spoke. The filly squealed with joy and teleported out of his grip so she was now flying around in the air. Bill smiled and used his telekinesis to grab her and bring her back. "Sorry Flurry, but I can't let you fly around in this room too much. You might hit one of Red's ceiling appliances."

"Does anyone want to tell me why I'm here?" Chuck asked.

"Probably some crap involving the plot," Bill said aloud.

"Sometimes, I forget that you can break the Fourth Wall," Diego stated.

"Same could be said to you," Bill answered, "Especially since your record is almost nonexistent."

"Oh, good. Very explanative answer." Chuck muttered adjusting himself in his seat.

"I don't think that's a word," Red's voice remarked, as the hedgehog in question walked inside the room, wrench in hand.

"So what?" Bill asked, "Chuck's not written by the same author."

"Point taken," Red nodded, then walked over to one of the computer monitors in the room, switching it on.

"Explanative. ex·plan·a·tive. adjective. Synonymous with explanatory." Chuck recited.

"Well apparently, it doesn't exist on our digital thesaurus," Red remarked. He then stared at the monitor harder. "Hey Bill, you didn't have Fiona use that Chaos Emerald yet, did you?"

"No. It's not scheduled for a few hours. Why?" the fox inquired. Diego sat up and his gauntlets activated.

"We've got company," he said aloud.

"Slag," Chuck sighed. "What is it?"

"It has a chaotic signature, but it's not TD thankfully," Red noted. Just then, in a flash of light, Discord appeared before them.

"Discord?!" all four voices reacted at once.

"Long time no see freak face," Chuck smirked, knowing he could say that kind of stuff to him with little to no consequence. Discord made a gesture with his paw and claw, but whenever he opened his mouth he seemed unable to speak. His lips would move as if he was talking, but no audio was heard.

"What's... wrong with him?" Diego asked. Bill seemed to suddenly get interested and momentarily let go of Flurry, allowing the alicorn to explore.

"His reading are wrong," he said, curiosity in his tone.

"You think it's an imposter?" Chuck suggested.

"No," Red spoke up, "It's the real one. His memories show no lies. But his energy is... depleted. We're only seeing a portion of his actual being."

"So, he split himself?" Diego asked. Discord nodded vigorously in response, confirming their suspicions.

"Where's the other one?" Chuck asked. Discord started to try and speak, but Red stopped him.

"Tell me with your mind," he said, "I'll be your translator."

Discord nodded, then closed his eyes. Red almost immediately started talking in Discord's voice.

"Part if me is still trapped inside TD's castle. I was forced to split my personality in two, so I could escape and warn you guys. He's planning something. Something big. And he claims it will be your end."

"Tell us something we don't know," Diego muttered.

"Something's wrong with him," Discord's voice continued from Red, "TD... isn't himself. He's acting like... someone who's simply using his body or appearance, but isn't the real thing."

"So... what's to be done?" Chuck asked.

"Wait wait," Red spoke, this time in his own voice, "He's making sense. TD, when he killed those innocent civilians... he never does that. Not since Bill and I separated from him. He made it into a code that he is not to break without dire consequences."

"You're right!" Bill caught on, just barely stopping Flurry from chewing on an electric wire with his telekinesis as he spoke, "And recently, he's been sending us all dreams that showed him in pain or in some kind of danger."

"All of us?" Diego asked, raising an eyebrow. "I'm not sure... Chuck?"

"I... suppose I can recall something of that sort." He admitted coyly.

"I think... Discord may be right," Red began, but was stopped by the opening of the doors as two other figures rushed in; Fluttershy and Twilight.

"Guys! There's something I've gotta-" Twilight started, but stopped when she saw Discord in the room. Fluttershy was the first to respond of the two.

"Discord!" she exclaimed, tackling him with a tight embrace as tears flowed down her cheeks. "I missed you so much!"

If Discord's voice was working, he would've said the same, but since that wasn't possible he simply held her tightly against him, stroking her mane a bit in a comforting way.

"Warms your heart, in a weird pony-on-dragon... snake... lion... whatever kind of way," Chuck remarked.

"Shh!" Red scolded, then turned back to admire the cute couple, "Don't spoil it for them."

"Uh, Twilight?" Bill questioned, "What were you saying?"

"Huh?" Twilight snapped out of her surprise, "Oh! I just had a dream about TD."

"We all have," Diego started.

"No! This was different!" Twilight protested, "This time, he appeared in the dream personally!"

"How do you know for sure?" Chuck asked. Twilight's face turned red for a moment.

"He... touched me," she admitted. "And it was real."

"Like in a Cath-" Chuck began, before getting interrupted by Pinkie's hoof over his lips, as she suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

"Really?" Pinkie asked.

"Where did she-? You know what, I'm gonna ask," Red stated. "Twilight, please continue."

"He told me... something's taken over him," she said, "He's not doing this willingly. And he needs our help."

Bill suddenly stood to his feet and started walking away, Flurry still in tow.

"Nope! No!" he shouted, "I separated from him so I wouldn't get mixed up with this stuff again!"

Red glared at him. "Are you really that selfish?"

"Selfish!?" Bill turned back to them. "I watched as he killed millions with no remorse. I watched him get into all kinds of trouble that I later had to get him out of. I was forced to help him complete his evil deeds. I'm NOT getting mixed in this again!"

"Bill, he's different from then!" Twilight reasoned.

"Tell that to the people he killed earlier in this fight!" Bill snapped.

"Did you not even listen to what we were saying?" Diego asked. He's not in control!"

Bill looked like he was going to protest again, but then Flurry made a strange noise and he looked to her. Her face seemed to have a pleading expression and her thoughts that he was sensing from her seemed to reflect what the others were asking of him.

"I... how do I know that he won't just prove us wrong?" Bill asked in a final attempt to stay out of it. "And what good would it do? Even Chuck doesn't like him around, so why bother saving him?"

"I never said that..." Chuck shrugged before making a serious face. "And 'Even Chuck'? I may be a bottom of the barrel addition to the roster, but I have feelings too."

Bill looked to him, then to the others, then to Flurry. At last, he seemed to break.

"Fine," he said with a sigh. "How do we stop him?"

Twilight walked over to the monitor Red was standing at and pulled up a picture of a particular mirror back in Canterlot.

"I'm going to his world," she said with confidence, "He told me that there's someone there who may be able to help."

"His world?" Chuck asked.

"Well, it's your world too Chuck," Twilight added.

"Oh frag." Chuck remarked.

"It's probably our best shot," Red admitted. "I don't have anything else I can think of other than to hold him off here as long as possible."

"Wait, but couldn't this be a trap?" Diego asked.

"If it's a trap, then it's poorly laid if it holds the key to his destruction," Bill stated. "But he's right. Twilight, do you really trust him that much?"

Twilight looked Bill in the eyes, confirming her answer before she had even spoken.

"With my life."

"Then I guess we had better get going, huh?" Chuck asked.

"Wait, you're coming too?" Twilight asked.

"No offense Chuck, but I doubt you'll be in an area that you'll be familiar with," Red pointed out.

"Dude, I've been living in an area I'm not too familiar with for a while." He replied, vaguely imitating Soos from Gravity Falls. "But hey, don't want me to come? I'll sit this one out I guess."

"No no!" Twilight replied, a little quickly, "You... can come. I might need some help in case we do end up in a place you recognize."

"Hooray! I'm useful!" He remarked.

"Since when were you not?" Diego asked. "Those drinks were pretty helpful for some of our boys, and using the tavern as a refuge for civilians was a good effort on your part."

"Yeah," Red added, "I'd hardly say you weren't useful."

"Guys," Bill interrupted, "Focus. We need to get Twilight and Chuck to Canterlot on the ASAP. Signal the teams." He looked to Flurry and sighed. "And someone find a sitter for Flurry please. As much as I like her, she's only gonna get in the way."

"Ehh don't worry about it kid. That's what my folks said about me 'til I was about 20," Chuck said, tussling Flurry's mane.

"Twenty?" Red chuckled. "Boi, who are you?"

"Alright team, let's move," Bill ordered, walking out of the room with Flurry sitting on his shoulder like a parrot. Twilight couldn't help but giggle at the sight.

"I think Cadence should invite him to be part of the family," she joked as she followed the fox out of the room.

"You don't need an invite necessarily. I had an uncle who just made himself part of our family. His name was Lenny. Nice guy. He showed up at family get-togethers from time to time, always asked me if I had smokes on me," Chuck stated.

Diego laughed. "You, my friend, had a messed up childhood."

"Let's go!" Bill called from the halls, "Before I turn you into jelly!" A gurgle came from Flurry and he said to her, "No, I wouldn't really do that. Especially to your aunt."

"Can he talk to babies?" Twilight asked Red in confusion. The hedgehog simply shrugged and followed them out the door.


The Canterlot High statue in the front of the school shimmered and glowed for a bit before depositing a human version of Twilight and Chuck out onto the pavement. Twilight thankfully had anticipated the exit and managed to stay on her feet. Chuck, however, almost ended up falling over and Twilight was forced to quickly grab his hand to keep him from hitting the cement.

"Thanks." He stated as he stood up on his legs. One might think he would not have been able to thanks to adapting to the pony lifestyle, but he spent the first twenty years of his life on two legs; he knew what he was doing. Twilight looked around and was slightly annoyed.

"He could've at least specified the time of day on Earth when we'd arrive," she remarked, noticing that it was late in the afternoon. The school would be closing soon.

"So? Let's enjoy what life has to offer for the evening. Ever visit a jazz club?" Chuck asked. "They probably aren't your speed, people let loose there." He chuckled.

"Very funny," Twilight grumbled. Right when she did, the bell rang and people started to leave the school in droves. Twilight scanned the crowd the best she could, and soon found a familiar face, who was struggling to reach her as well.

"Sunset!" she called.

"Twilight!" the pony-turned human called back, rushing into a big hug. She then pulled away to speak more clearly.

"I just got your message," Sunset said to her.

"And did you find anything?" Twilight asked.

"Sadly, no," Sunset replied, "At least nothing out of the ordinary." She then noticed Chuck beside her. "Who's your friend?"

"Oh!" Twilight exclaimed. "Sunset, this is Chuck. Chuck, Sunset Shimmer."

"Charmed. Name's Chuck, swing-ingest cat in town." Chuck grinned, donning a mock Bing Crosby tone of voice. "Before you ask, I'm taken, and the answer to whom just may surprise you."

"Pinkie Pie," Sunset said immediately. "Twilight filled me in that she found a new special somepony, but she never told me that you were once a human like TD." She smirked. "I figured that part out on my own."

"Huh, that was a lot less climactic than I thought." He remarked.

"So, what's the plan?" Sunset asked, as they started walking away from the crowd.

"I don't know," Twilight admitted. "He said someone would be here to help. Someone who looked familiar..."

Just then, someone bumped into Twilight and they both fell to the ground, the one on top of the other. Twilight managed to get a good look at the figure who had bumped into her, and she almost felt like she was having deja vu. The figure who had bumped into her looked EXACTLY like TD, but with the red skin that his pony form sported and the eyes of his Changeling form.

"Oh dear! I'm so sorry!" the boy apologized, "I wasn't paying attention!"

"No no! You're fine," Twilight finally managed, standing up. "I wasn't paying attention either..."

The two stared at each other for a moment, both acting as if they had seen a familiar face.

"Lookit that." Chuck smirked. "Hey buddy, I've heard of a Redskins fan before, but what you're sporting is ridicu-" He then noticed his own skin was also red, due to that being his pony self's fur color. "Ah frag," He sighed.

The boy looked to Chuck, then did something unexpected: he smirked.

"It's annoying when your own jokes backfire, hey Chuck?" he asked. This startled everyone naturally, for they had not revealed their names to him yet.

"It didn't backfire." Chuck stated coyly. "I just didn't account for the fact I'd have the skin of a tomato." He muttered. "And how do you know my name, cherry face?"

"Is it not obvious?" he asked in an accent.

"I'm sorry, do we know you?" Twilight asked. The boy looked thoughtful, then smiled again.

"Not me personally," he explained, "But you are well acquainted with one of my extensions of my very being. After all..." He looked Twilight in the eyes as he finished. "... You're the one who saved me from myself."

A silence fell upon them as he let his words sink in. Then...

"William?" Twilight asked.

"William?" the boy repeated, "Yes... That's my name. You know my other form, TD. But he is simply an extension of myself, as Red and Bill are rogue personalities of TD." He smiled warmly. "I am the one whom they all originate from."

"Well, that's obvious. We didn't we see that all along?" Chuck asked sarcastically. "I know that makes perfect sense to me."

"Not everypony has your intellect, genius," Sunset muttered. William just laughed.

"Come on, even I thought it was obvious," he joked. He then looked serious. "So, you need help to fight TD, don't you?"

"Yes," Twilight replied sadly, "He's gone... I don't know what's happened to him, but he needs our help. And ironically, the only way to do that is to defeat him."

"Irony is a cruel thing," William agreed. "Like the fact that all of this is happening because of something I wrote on a computer."

"Just to specify, you mean a fanfiction," Chuck raised a finger.

"Ding ding ding!" William congratulated. "Give the man a prize!"

"But... that doesn't actually work like that, does it?" Sunset asked.

"See for yourself," William said, pulling out a sheet of paper and handing it to her. Sunset peered at it for a few seconds, then looked away in surprise.

"That literally just described everything we have done since your arrival here," she said, at a loss for words.

"So, this seems like a real handy time to write, oh I don't know? 'And so our heroes solved the problem easy peasy and Chuck lost his holiday weight without having to exercise.' After all, it seems like a great and convenient way to just eliminate every issue at hand here." Chuck suggested.

"You can't rush art, Chuck," William said, "Although, I can give you what you need. TD's fled to another world, one that you can't follow him to without help. That's where I come in."

"How exactly?" Twilight asked.

"Like this..."

William pulled out a laptop and opened it up to show a screen with writing on it. The current writing showed sentences and words from all the way up to that point and he typed something into the computer.

"Portal suddenly appears that leads straight to TD," he typed. "Meanwhile, certain individuals from other worlds disappear to same location."

Right when he finished, a portal appeared next to them. Sunset looked a bit mad.

"Show off," she murmured.

"I'm the author," William countered, closing the laptop again, "I can do whatever I want. And you can't really argue about it."

"Must be nice." Chuck muttered. "C'mon, let's go." He said, motioning to the portal. Twilight nodded and started for the portal, but William stopped her for a moment.

"Be careful," he said, "I... wouldn't want to lose you so soon. Also, you will be returned to pony form on the other side."

Twilight smiled and gave him a short hug. "Thank you."

She took a breath and jumped through into the portal, Chuck following her. As soon as they were gone and the portal closed behind them, Sunset looked to William with worry as he sighed heavily and said something disheartening aloud.

"I hate writing this part..."


"So, would it count as cheating if you went for one of the split personalities?" Chuck asked Twilight when they landed. "I'm just saying, say this whole thing goes south you should keep your options open."

"In the case of Bill and Red, it probably would Chuck," Twilight said bluntly. "Since they've split, they're technically different people, yet also the same person... it's hard to wrap your head around admittedly. Plus, Bill's married, so that would be one less that's available."

"I see your point." He nodded. "But if all else fails, Redskin seems nice." Chuck shrugged.

"He has a name, Chuck," Twilight grumbled, "And we're not losing. Not for his sake."

She stared off into the distance as they continued to walk through what seemed to be an icy landscape. The air was chilly enough to make even the furriest of creatures want to stay indoors. Twilight didn't seem to notice this at all as she pressed onwards, although Chuck couldn't help but notice a sad look in her eyes as they neared the entity they would have to take down.

"Y'alright?" Chuck asked between shivers, catching up to her.

"I'm trekking through an icy wasteland in search of our biggest threat, who also happens to be my coltfriend, hoping to run into our other friends, and finally take down my coltfriend in the hopes that we fix whatever's wrong with him," Twilight replied, a somewhat hysterical look on her face. "I'm freaking out!"

"Oish." Chuck remarked. "Look, sure things don't seem so hot right now, but look at the positive side of things!" He suggested. "See, look look, a snow cone!" He said, slapping a ball of snow onto a cup shaped piece of ice. "In everyone's favorite flavor, plain!" He chuckled frantically. "And sure we can't find our friends, but that makes it like a game! Yeah, a game of hide and seek!" He added. "And... as for the rest... hopefully we can find a way to solve the problem with no harm done... to anyone." He concluded. Twilight managed a small chuckle.

"I know you're trying to help, but maybe you should stop while you're ahead," she suggested.

"Weak!" a voice called in the distance. "Your jokes are weak!"

"Red! Be nice!" another called.

Twilight's face lit up.

"That's them! Come on!" she shouted, breaking into a gallop.

"I try to help, I go out of my way to try to help, I saw no 'thanks' at all. Typical." Chuck muttered before realizing she had galloped off. "Hey!" He exclaimed before galloping after her. The two soon bumped into a group of friendlies. Scanning the crowd, they saw several faces all together: The Master Chief, The Arbiter, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bill Prower, Red the Hedgehog, Tails, Jedi Master Mace Windu, Jedi Master Yoda, Finn and Jake, Lloyd of Ninjago, Stan and Ford Pines, the Mane Seven, Phantom Void, Spyro, Avatar Aang, Team RWBY, Team JNPR, and Diego Kapila.

The first person (or rather, pony) to react was Pinkie Pie, who made a beeline towards Chuck the moment she spotted him. Her disguise had not been put up yet, but that was probably because there was no point in hiding it where they were.

"Finally! Someone who actually appreciates me!" Chuck beamed, clinging onto her as she hugged him.

"Hey, I appreciate you!" Red called.

"Red, the adults are talking right now," Spyro joked. Red looked like he was about to kill the purple dragon, but then decided against it as there was a whole lot of other people standing around him that would try to stop him. Nearby, Bill made a sigh of relief.

"I am SO glad I put Flurry to bed before that teleportation," he exclaimed.

"The last thing we needed was a baby with us," Aang stated. He then quickly added, "Not that there's anything wrong with that! Babies are cute!"

"Cute and useless," Chuck pointed out.

"Just like you," Pinkie smiled.

"What now?" Chuck asked.

"Kidding!" Pinkie giggled; about what adjective she was kidding, we'll never know.

"Well, one of those two might not be an issue anymore," the Chief stated.

Yoda chuckled. "A special suit, made for such situations, we have. With the hedgehog, it is. Need it, you will."

Red smirked and looked to Chuck.

"Finally, I get to test it out!" he remarked. "Wanna see the latest toy from the toybox, Chuck?"

"Look, Kermit's grandpa just told me about a special suit, I know where this is heading." Chuck grinned. "Frag yeah I wanna see it."

Red smiled and somehow pulled out what looked like a pony-version of an Iron Man suit (but so much fancier looking) from behind his back.

"Say hello to my latest and perhaps greatest invention!" Red announced. "A joint effort from myself, the Galactic Republic, Diego, the UNSC Marines, and the diligent Princess Twilight. I give to you, the Equestrian Civilian Battle Suit! It has it all! Lasers, miniguns, missiles, both homing and regular, jet boots and jetpack if you're not a pegasus, gravity boots, and even a melee mode!" He pointed out a few other features. "Easy to wear and surprisingly comfortable! Complete with heat vision, thermal vision, infrared, night vision, x-ray vision (please use responsibly), a stealth mode, and as a bonus I threw in an air conditioning unit and an AI who helps you out if you're occupied with too many other things!" He stood before it triumphantly. "What do you think?"

"You mean it's a robot suit that essentially grants my childhood wish of becoming a Transformer?" Chuck asked. "You just KNOW I'm down with that." He grinned.

"Well, don't just sit there man!" Finn and Jake shouted simultaneously, "Put it on!"

"Alright." He nodded, putting the suit on. The suit locked around Chuck's body, perfectly fitting around him. "Whoa..." He remarked, his voice now slightly synthesized from the mech suit.

"Like it?" Red asked, still smiling. "I actually made that from scavenged parts. All that metal they threw out made into a legendary weapon."

"That... doesn't sound as great," Aang remarked.

"It is if you look at it from a conservative viewpoint," Twilight replied.

"It makes him look like a scary robot now," Ruby noted.

"I don't know," Weiss stated, "Looks a lot better protected than we are."

"Especially considering that we don't usually wear armor on Remnant," Nora exclaimed excitedly.

"Can we just go now?!" Sonic demanded impatiently, "I know the suit's great and all, but we have an all-powerful entity to take down.

"He's not all-powerful!" the Equestrians shouted at once, except for Pinkie who apparently had been complimenting the Aribter's weapon choice.

"To infinity..." Chuck grinned, igniting the jet pack. "AND BEYOND!" He laughed, flying up into the air. "Let's go entity hunting!" He called, arming a minigun on one arm and a missile launcher on the other.

"Follow the leader," Bill muttered, as the rest followed Chuck into the distance.


Sometime later...

They now stood on a barren, dead planet that Twilight had managed to teleport them to using the spell given to her at Canterlot High. TD was before them, looking as furious as a rabid dog.

"You've. Ruined. EVERYTHING!" TD shouted at the heroes in anger. "I could've finally ended my brother's life, and you had to come around and ruin my fun!"

"Eeyup! Definitely not the TD we know," Applejack commented.

"No kidding." Chuck remarked, hovering in mid-air. If it wasn't clear before, it was now clear to everyone that TD wasn't himself

"You're never taking that off are you?" Pinkie asked her coltfriend.

"When it's pried off of my cold, dead carcass sweetheart." Chuck replied, prepping any weapon currently available in anticipation.

"That can be arranged!" TD shouted up to him, making it seem as if he was the first target.

"You wanna party?" Chuck asked. "Let's party" He laughed, flying high up into the air. "This is Chuck S. Chipper with the weather. The report calls for rain today... LEAD RAIN!" He laughed, beginning to fire off a barrage of bullets. TD pulled up a shield and blocked all of Chuck's fire.

"It's not that simple to take me on, Chuck!" he shouted, "You should know that by now!"

He fired a blast of fire up at Chuck, but the shot was deflected by Chuck's own personal shield on his suit.

"William, stop this!" Twilight shouted, causing the entity to actually turn to her. His expression suddenly turned to one of worry and they all could see that the true TD had managed to escape for a brief moment.

"Kick my butt already!" he shouted, before he shouted in anger and pain, as the monster that controlled him took over again.

"You shouldn't just say things like that." Chuck grinned. "Someone might take that literally. Good thing I've got my steel-toes on." He chuckled.

"Shut up!" TD shouted, firing another blast of fire. This time, however, it was stopped by Red, who took the brunt of the blow with his body. He grunted in pain as his body was covered in third degree burns, then the burns slowly dispersed as his healing factor worked at repairing the damage.

"All at once!" the hedgehog shouted, charging the entity.

"You heard him!" Bill added, charging as well with Sonic at his side, as the Chief and Arbiter pulled out their Assault Rifle and Plasma Rifle (respectively) and began blasting away at TD. While they did this, Aang started attacking TD with all of the elements at his command, minus fire in the fear that TD would use the flames against him. Tails, Stan, and Ford stood back prepping some kind of arm cannons they had brought, while Finn and Jake, and the Remnant teams also joined the charge.

"This seems... unfair," Starlight started, until she saw many of their allies that had charged in get knocked aside by a single energy blast from TD.

"Not anymore," Phantom Void replied, then the Son of Sombra also charged in with a burst of dark magic.

"Oh... Frag yes!" Chuck grinned, watching Phantom Void and charging with the others, humming "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor as he did so. And so, the fight began. The heroes swarmed TD from all sides, hitting him from every angle and at every opportunity that was granted to them. TD tried countering back and managed to hold out rather well, but it was clear that he was struggling against so many opponents at once, each with their own weakness he had to take into account. Needless to say, it was difficult for both sides of the fight. Eventually, TD managed to separate most of the heroes enough to get Twilight separated temporarily. He reached out for her in an attempt to kill her, then suddenly his body glowed brightly and his voice emitted from him, though his lips never moved.

"Strike now, Twilight!" he shouted, "I can't hold him much longer!"

"NOW!" Twilight yelled, "Hit him with everything you've got!"

The Elements all banded together and transformed into the forms they had used to take down Tirek, Lloyd prepared the largest blast of golden energy he'd ever created, Sonic turned into Super Sonic with the Emeralds, Red and Bill rushed a distance away from the fight and prepared to perform a double boost, Aang went into the Avatar State, the Chief and Arbiter prepared to fire a laser cannon from each of their respective nations, Diego (after a nod from his friends) transformed into his Grimm self and charged up the dark powers of Salem at his disposal, Spyro charged up all the magic at his disposal, Tails, Ford and Stan pointed the finished cannon at TD as it charged up, Yoda and Mace prepared for some kind of Force attack, and Chuck...

"I'm ready to rock." Chuck smirked, weapons emerging from every hidden compartment of the suit. "John Goodman give me strength." He growled in anticipation.

"On my signal!" Red called, as he and Bill performed the Double Boost.

"Three... two... one... NOW!"

"I... have... THE POWER!" Chuck bellowed out, as all of his weapons fired at once. "Not bad for a liquor jokey!" He laughed to himself as an army's worth of firepower came from the suit strapped to his body. All at once, everyone attacked TD in their own fashion; whether by laser, rocket, magic blast, or melee attack. The explosion that occurred was so huge, they all found it surprising that they were still alive. Not to mention the noise it made after their brains registered the sound.

"Did... did we win?" Chuck asked as the dust began to clear. But when the dust cleared, TD could still be seen standing. Granted, he looked like he had walked out of a fire and gotten burned several times. The light dimmed and energy built up in his body.

"ENOUGH!" he shouted, releasing a burst of energy that caused all of the heroes to power down or their weapons shatter. For Chuck, however, it caused an EMP effect on his suit while he was high enough to reach terminal velocity.

"Hey... what's going on?" Chuck asked, as he noticed the suit was no longer functioning. He then looked down at the ground. "Oh frag..." He remarked as he fell, mere seconds later crashing down to the ground like a meteor.

"CHUCKIE!" Pinkie screeched, rushing over to Chuck along with Red and the rest of the Elements. Red and Pinkie reached him at the same time. While Pinkie tried to wrench Chuck's helmet off, Red started talking to the suit's AI, who had only now reactivated.

"Cindy, status of occupant?" he asked.

"Status: critical," the suit remarked, "Impact absorbers managed to cushion most of the blow, but he's still hurt bad, sir. It's possible that he may not-"

"Thank you, Cindy," Red interrupted, for once knowing when it was not a good time to say such things. "That'll do."

Pinkie by then managed to rip the helmet off of Chuck as the others caught up with her.

"Surprise..." Chuck wheezed, both eyes bruised heavily, blood coming from his nostrils and a variety of teeth missing from the crash. "You think this is bad, you should..." He then stopped and cringed in pain, not able to finish his sentence. "Critical indeed..." He coughed.

"Did you have to damage my best suit?" Red joked, then more seriously, "Stay with me, man. You're gonna get out of this. Just... hang in there."

"Chuck..." Twilight managed, "Please, don't give up on us."

"We need ya around, Sugarcube," Applejack added.

"I still have to get your suit tailored," Rarity remarked, "I'll add in that extra pocket for you if you stay."

"I'm... not... gonna cry..." Rainbow Dash stammered, her voice already cracking with emotion. Fluttershy was crying too much to be able to talk.

"Chuckie..." Pinkie managed, her Changeling eyes glowing slightly in the now darkened air, "Please... don't leave me... please!"

"As much as I don't wanna, at this point I don't have a lot of say in the matter." He chuckled a little before coughing, blood dripping down from his lips and onto his body. "Don't cry for me, not now... there's a lot more at hand... I can only hope... that despite the wrongs I've done... that whoever it is that'll be judging all I did... that he is able to give me mercy..." He stammered, using what little strength he had left, he held Pinkie's hoof in his. "I was always told by many people... that I would never amount anything..." He looked around at those gathered around him. "I think it's safe to say I proved them wrong... I... I love each and every one of you... you most of all..." He took one long look at Pinkie. "Remember me... though I have to say goodbye... Remember me... don't let it... make you... cry..."

With that, his hoof gave out and slunk to the ground, the rest of his body sprawling down like a rag doll, the essence of life gone.

"No... NO!" Pinkie wailed, clutching the lifeless body to herself as she released all her anguish and sorrow. The others all expressed their grief as well in their own manners, some more subtle than others. An evil laugh broke through their moment.

"How touching," TD spoke, his voice clearly not his own, "But then last words usually are. You're next, Foxy!"

Another burst of magic appeared in his hands and he fired them at Bill, who was too in shock over Chuck's death to react in time. The others looked on as the beam got closer... then was stopped by a two-tailed figure part-way. Tails got the full brunt of the blow and was sent flying several yards away. He struck a rock and a sickening crack was heard from his body.

"TAILS!" Sonic cried, while almost right after Bill cried out, "MILES!"

The hedgehog and fox both rushed over to the side of the fallen genius, Bill lifting his head gently.

"Tails... buddy..." Sonic's voice cracked.

"Miles... stay with me!" Bill pleaded, "Don't give up on me! Don't you do it!"

Tails started whispering something, and they fell silent as they strained to hear him.

"...S-sonic..." Tails managed, blood dripping from his mouth. "...You were always... like a brother to me... Thanks... for the adventure..." He then turned his head to Bill. "...Uncle... I'm proud... to have you... as part of my... family... I-I... love you..."

Bill felt as if his heart had shattered. "I... love you too, little buddy."

He gently placed his head against Tails's, crying softly as TD laughed once again.

"So close, and yet so far," he taunted, as he charged up one final blast to annihilate them all. He fired the blast... only to have it stop a few feet away from his hand and disintegrate. TD was surprised, but even more so when he realized that the power that had accomplished this was coming from Bill. Everyone turned to see the Mobian fox staring hard at TD, an enraged look on his face. His eyes were now glowing red and his image had been engulfed in a white light, as he activated a power he had not used for over one hundred years on Mobius.

The power of the Terror of Dimensions.

"Go get him," Red encouraged softly as Bill levitated into the air.

"...Kick... his butt..." Tails added, a smile on his face.

Bill roared with rage and charged into TD at light speeds, sending the entity flying far away. TD recovered and flew at Bill himself, but when they collided, it was TD who was the loser, flying back again with a bewildered expression. Bill then flew back into him with his sword drawn, landing a flurry of blows on TD's form. Meanwhile, his friends below all cheered him on.

"Get him, Bill!" Team RWBY and JNRP called out.

"Kick his flank!" the Equestrians shouted.

"You can do it, Bill!" Lloyd cheered, "Give it your all!"

TD tried to fight back, but the fact that he was fighting for control inwardly coupled with Bill's newfound power made it impossible for him to counter the fox's attacks in time. Soon, TD became a rag doll that Bill mercilessly tossed about, beating the tar out of him with his fists, slicing into him with his sword, or smashing him into the ground with his psychic powers. With every attack, TD seemed to finally get weaker, a sign that he was regaining full control and the monster within was finally being defeated. Eventually, TD lay on the ground, looking at Bill in wonder.

"What are you?" a dark voice asked from TD's body, his lips not even moving when he spoke. Bill walked over to TD, still shining brightly, and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"I'm the Guardian of Mobius, and TD's rogue personality," he stated, before landing a final punch to the entity's face. TD fell to the ground unconscious and some kind of dark stream exited his body from the mouth, before dispersing into the wind, never to be seen again. Bill stopped glowing and he fell to one knee, rather winded. A silence fell over the group as they took in what had happened. It was over. TD was beaten, but now that it was over no one felt any joy in it, especially Twilight. She simply continued to stare at the body of her coltfriend, tears streaming down her cheek.

It didn't work... she thought sadly, He's gone... for good...

Just then, TD stirred slightly. Twilight blinked, thinking she had imagined it at first. Then TD moved again and a groan was heard from him. Everyone turned to look, some still on edge in case something bad happened. TD started to rise, but seemed to have some difficulty and fell back down. Then, they heard him speak.

"Twilight? Red? Bill? Anyone I know who won't kill me on the spot?"

Twilight didn't waste a second. Without any regards to what may happen, she rushed over to him and used her body as a form of support for him when he tried to rise again. TD managed to get to his knees and looked up to Twilight. The alicorn searched his eyes hopefully for any sign that he was back.

"William?" she asked. The human looked her in the eyes and she saw them revert into his draconic eyes from his pony form, giving off a smile only she could see in them. A hand reached out slowly and brushed her cheek gently.

"It's me, Twi," TD said to her, the monster completely gone, "Just me..."

It was the only confirmation she needed. Twilight smiled and threw both her hooves and wings around him, as his arms circled around her smaller form and returned her gesture. Tears started to fall from her eyes again, but this time they were tears of joy. As sad as events had turned out, everyone couldn't help but feel happy for the reunited couple. TD released Twilight after a minute and then with her help he rose to his feet. His strength seemed to have returned as he looked about him at the heroes and friends before him. Then he suddenly remembered.

"Chuck! Tails! Oh no! What have I done?" he exclaimed. Without hesitation, he rushed over to Tails, who was only just now beginning to fade away. TD knelt down to him, but before he could do anything, Bill walked over to him.

"Wait..." the fox said, "Before you try anything... promise me that you're really back. Because, all my life... I've only known you to be evil. So... promise me..."

TD made a small smile. "I promise. Cross my heart and hope to fly-"

"Okay, I get it," Bill interrupted. TD chuckled, then closed his eyes and placed one hand over Tails. A glow emitted from him, then Tails suddenly gasped loudly and he seemed fully restored. Blood stopped coming out of his mouth and his body no longer was broken. Bill was speechless with joy, settling for a hug with his nephew over words. TD then turned his attention to Chuck, whom Pinkie Pie was still cradling to herself fondly, Red beside her. The suit had been fully removed and the bartender's body was in full view. TD walked slowly over to Pinkie and looked down to Chuck's body.

"Of all the ones I'd take out first... why was it him?" TD asked no one in particular. He then looked to Pinkie, giving his full attention to her. "I'm... so sorry... I never... ever... would have done this... willingly."

"He's... he's gone!" She cried. "I'm never gonna see him again!"

"Pinkie," TD said almost inaudibly, which caught her attention long enough. "Pinkie," he said louder, "I can't expect you to forgive me for this, even if it wasn't done willingly... but I can bring him back to you." He knelt down to her level. "Do you trust me?"

"You..." She sniffled and wiped her eye. "You can?"

"Yes... but I need your consent," TD continued. "So I ask again... do you trust me?"

She nodded. "If you can bring him back... I completely trust you."

TD gave a small smile, then with a flash of light he brought out a flower Pinkie was familiar with. For TD had used it once before to save Twilight's life when she was almost killed by King Sombra; a Fire Flower. TD placed it close to Chuck and sang softly to the flower:

"Flower, gleam and glow
Let your power shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine

Heal what has been hurt
Change the Fates' design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine

What once was mine..."

As he sang, the flower glowed and Pinkie could see some energy from the flower enter Chuck as TD sang. Once the song was over, TD put the flower away and looked to Chuck as he waited for the effects to take place. No more than two seconds later, one of Chuck's eyes opened, and then the other, he stammered a little and felt up and down his body.

"What? I'm... I'm alive!" He exclaimed. Pinkie made a huge gasp, then crushed Chuck into a big hug.

"YOU'RE BACK!" She screamed joyfully. "You'rebackyou'rebackyou'rebackyou'rebackyou'reback!"

"Yes, I'm back." He smiled at her. "Miss me?" He asked, almost rhetorically. Just then, he received a small punch on the shoulder as Red smirked at him.

"You big idiot!" he said to Chuck playfully, "That's not how you're supposed to skydive!"

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash added just as teasingly. "You're supposed to bring a parachute, you doof!"

"You guys are pretty lucky I'm not dead. Those jokes woulda made you look like real jerks five minutes ago," Chuck remarked. "And about that..." He looked to TD. "Thanks." He smiled sincerely.

"What are you thanking me for?" TD asked, "Killing you or bringing you back?" He received a smack to the back of his head from Twilight for that, so he cleared his throat and tried again. "You're welcome Chuck. And welcome back."

"Happy to be here," He grinned.

"Well, that adds yet another thing to my list of things to fix," Red said aloud, looking to the suit. He reached down to the helmet compartment and pulled out some kind of chip. "At least I can say Cindy is undamaged."

"Save the tinkering of your suit for later, Red," Diego stated as he and his friends came forward.

"Mr. Chuck! You're alive!" Ruby squealed, rushed over to the pony and giving him a big bear hug.

"Ruby, calm down!" Weiss scolded, "Give the poor creature time to breathe."

"Ah, cut her some slack Weiss," Yang chuckled, "She's just expressing what we all feel."

"Please, Mr. Chuck is my father. Call me Chuck," The pony chuckled a little. "I'm just happy to be back. You do NOT wanna know where I've been."

TD giggled, then looked around the place.

"Well, after we get off this junkyard of a planet..." His eyes twinkled a bit and he looked to Chuck. "Does Cheese work shifts today?"

"If he wants to get paid, he's working today." Chuck nodded.

"Mind if I borrow him for a while?" TD asked, smiling wide. "Because what comes next will require more than one Super Party Pony, and then some."

"Wait a minute!" Pinkie looked to TD with wide eyes. "You mean...?"

TD chuckled. "Pull out every Party Cannon you've got, Pinkie Pie. Because after we fix things up, tonight we celebrate the biggest victory party either universe has ever seen!"

Ruby's own eyes got wide with excitement too, and for a brief moment, both she and Pinkie seemed to share the same mindset as they bounced around excitedly for joy.

"You HAD to set her off, didn't you?" Jaune asked.

"Hey, if he didn't I would've," Diego defended.

"Or me," Red added.

"Spectacular... wait, starting tonight?" Chuck asked. "How long is this party?"

"Duh!" Red stated, as if it was obvious, "A whole week!"

"I wouldn't go that far Red," TD warned, "Maybe three days. Unless you guys want the week?"

"I could use a week of partying, I guess." Chuck shrugged. "But I'll need two weeks of sleeping afterwards."

"Can't make any promises!" Pinkie hummed.

"Then its settled!" TD remarked happily, "Sleeping pills will be given to those who can't take the heat. Now, off we go then!"

TD summoned his power together and with a snap, they all disappeared.


For the next week, Equestria in particular was bubbling with festivities. People and creatures from every world, universe and the like that had been attacked gathered to join in the party. Pinkie and Cheese really outdid themselves on this occasion, although Red and Team RWBY helped out as well. With their combined efforts, it seemed like the party would never end. They had decided to hold the party inside the Canterlot Palace, and thanks to TD's magic the interior was big enough to hold all of the guests and then some. Needless to say, it was a blast, and if I tried to describe it all I'd be writing for ages, so instead we'll skip ahead to the last slow dance on the last night of the party when things started to calm down a bit...

"Yikes!" TD exclaimed, wiping sweat from his brow, "This party really went into overtime for most of the week, didn't it?"

"I'll say," Red chuckled, "If I had lungs, I'd be gasping for breath right now."

"Well I do have lungs, and they're doing three times the work they should be," Chuck said exhaustedly.

"And there's another word that's not in our dictionary," Red laughed. He then noticed the change in the atmosphere and smirked. "Sounds like someone couldn't wait for the slow dance."

"Can't they at least wait until we're refreshed?" Diego asked, coming over to where they were sitting, "After doing a dance with Ruby and her friends ten times in a row, I could use a slower pace."

"Wish granted if you like slow dances," TD noted.

"Never been one for slow dances myself, but I couldn't call myself a crooner if I didn't indulge," Chuck remarked. "May I have this dance?" He asked Pinkie as she bounced by. She flashed him a cute smile.

"I thought you'd never ask!" she replied, taking his hoof in hers and bouncing over to the dance floor.

"But he asked like five ti-!" Red protested, but then got hit over the head by TD.

"Don't spoil it for them," the entity stated.

"Speaking of which..." Diego remarked, looking across the room to see Yang staring in his direction, "I think it's about time I asked Goldilocks out onto the dance floor." He stood up and started walking over to where she stood.

"Two down, two to go," Red joked. He then noticed something out of the corner of his eye and chuckled. "Make that three down, one to go."

TD turned to see what he meant and almost dropped his jaw to the floor at what he saw. Twilight trotted on over to him wearing a gown that seemed to sparkle and shine in the interior lighting. It was a lovely shade of violet that seemed to contrast well with her lavender coat and TD could've sworn that there were stars in her eyes. She giggled a little at his expression.

"I know it's not usually customary for the mare to ask," she spoke, "But... may I have this next dance?"

TD finally managed to snap out of his trance and gave her a smile as he took her hoof in his hand.

"You most certainly may, my beautiful princess," he replied. She smiled and followed him out onto the dance floor as the music picked up the tone that was set.

Chuck looked into his lover's eyes and smiled warmly. "Did I ever tell you just how happy you make me?"

"On many occasions," Pinkie blushed.

"If you guys kiss..." Stan grumbled as he passed by them, practically having been forced to dance with Mabel, who was simply giggling.

"Why don't we all do it just to irritate him?" Bill joked, floating a bit above their heads with his wife Fiona.

"I'm game," Yang chuckled from nearby.

"Careful Goldilocks," Diego teased, "I might take that deal literally."

"Just kiss me, you joker," she replied, pulling him into said kiss immediately after. As expected, Stan grumbled in disgust while Mabel laughed at her grand-uncle's predicament. Chuck pulled Pinkie in and kissed her deeply, secret thinking, "Take a good look at this old man." Stan's problem only got worst as most if not all of the lovely couples out there followed his example, and the old man ended up excusing himself from the dance floor entirely. However, perhaps the one couple that caught the most attention was Twilight and TD, both of whom were seen high above everyone's heads on the ceiling of the ball room...

A sudden blare from a microphone nearby cut them off for a moment.

"Ladies and gentlemen, fillies and gentlecolts, all creatures great and small," Red said into the mic, "Thank you once again for coming out to this marvelous party tonight. Unfortunately, this is the last of the partying. Come tomorrow morning, the goodbyes will, sadly, begin. Until then, please enjoy as much time with your friends as you can, both old and new."

He placed down the microphone and walked off away from the crowd upon finishing.

"But I'm sure we'll all see each other again." Chuck said. "It doesn't have to be for the reason of taking down an all-powerful being."

"Agreed! So for now, let's enjoy the rest of our evening," Bill remarked, continuing his slow dance.


"Guess I'll see you around." Chuck said, addressing those who would be leaving.

"We'll miss ya, man," Jake replied, giving him a quick fist pump.

"If you ever happen to end up in Ooo, our treehouse is always open," Finn added.

"And who knows?" Dipper suggested, "Maybe you can stop by Gravity Falls sometime. I know the rest of the gang would love to meet you. Especially Soos. He'd think you're a blast."

"I'm sure he would. Later dudes." Chuck nodded. A little ways away, Pinkie, Ruby, and Mabel seemed to have a particularly sad goodbye.

"No more sleepovers!" Pinkie sobbed.

"I'll never be able to give you another bear hug!" Ruby complained.

"Don't say that!" Pinkie sobbed louder. "We... will see each other again! Pinkie Promise!"

"I'll really miss you, Pinkie," Ruby cried.

"One last selfie?" Mabel suggested, "For the scrapbooks?"

"YES!" the other two cried out, the tears disappearing instantly. They rushed together as Mabel prepped her camera and took a photo of the three of them.

"Crying shame I couldn't keep the suit though," Chuck sighed, talking to Bill.

"Oh don't worry about that," Bill replied, "Knowing Red, that's the first thing he'll get back to work on. He really liked you having it."

"A crying shame indeed that it was destroyed," Diego added, walking over to them. "I rather liked seeing you as Iron Pony."

"I liked it too," Chuck nodded.

"Well, that's the least of our worries now," Bill said, then noticed Cadence, Shining Armor and Flurry approaching them.

"Come to give an old fox a final goodbye?" he asked them.

"Well, Flurry wanted to know where you went, so we couldn't resist," Cadence replied.

"Well, who can say no to such a cutie?" Bill spoke in a baby voice, tickling Flurry a little. She giggled and booped his nose with her front hoof.

"I still think you ponies are too cute at childhood for your own good," Red stated, walking over to the group.

"Everything is cute when it's small and defenseless." Chuck stated. "In fact, responding to 'cuteness' is ACTUALLY a chemical reaction to-"

"Bor-iiiing!" Rainbow Dash cut him off.

"And right when I was getting interested," Diego chuckled nearby. Flurry held out her hooves and made some noises that begged to go to Bill and Red both. Cadence smiled and allowed her to fly over to the hedgehog first. The red hedgehog gave her a hug, some emotion cracking his voice.

"Don't forget about us, okay?" he said to her, then a telekinetic field surrounded her and brought her in front of Bill.

"We won't forget about you," Bill added. Flurry's own eyes teared up.

"I miss ooo, Bill Powuh!" she said. The fox's expression lit up with surprise along with the alicorn's parents and relatives. Those were the first words they'd ever heard her speak. Bill smiled again as he looked into the baby alicorn's eyes.

"And I'll miss you too Flurry Heart... very much."

The two gave each other a big hug as tears fell from their eyes. Red and Diego both also felt tears form in their own eyes.

"I'm not gonna cry," Red stated tearfully. Diego didn't say anything, but simply let the tears flow freely.

"Feel free to come back any time," Chuck stated to them.

"I'll keep that in mind," Red said with a smirk.

"Goodbye friends," Bill replied as he handed Flurry back to Cadence.

"Goodbye Bill," Cadence said to him, "You are always welcome in the Crystal Empire. Thanks again for all you've done for us."

Bill gave a small bow. "My pleasure, Princess."

"Yeah, next time this happens, feel free to help out too huh?" Chuck said to Cadence.

"I'll put that on my to-do list, Chuck," she giggled.

"Last call on portal closings!" TD called, his voice being heard from all over.

"Well, catch you later Chuck," Dipper farewelled, "Feel free to come by any time."

"And remember," Mabel added, "We put the 'fun' in no refund!"

"I'll... keep that in mind." He chuckled.

"Group picture!" Red called out, waving a camera. TD glared at him from where he stood next to a series of portals, then sighed.

"Alright. One group picture for old times' sake," he replied. Everyone crowded together as close as they could, tallest in the back and shortest in the front. TD set up a special camera that he claimed would capture all of them, then got into the picture himself.

"Everyone say, 'Best Day Ever!'" TD called out.

"Best day ever!" everyone shouted as the camera snapped their picture. TD then rushed over, pulled out the picture, and used his magic to make many copies.

"One for each group," he said, handing them out.

"Nice pics!" the groups all commented, looking them over. TD gave them a few more seconds, then said impatiently, "Look at them when you get home. Hurry! These portals are on a time limit, ya know!"

Yoda chuckled and looked to Twilight. "Impatient, your boyfriend is. Teach him patience, you will?"

Twilight nodded. "Of course."

"Then I guess this is goodbye," the Chief finally spoke. "It has been an honor fighting with you all."

"Later dudes," Chuck saluted.

And so the goodbyes rotated. Each group gave their farewells to the other before they were sent off again. Bill ended up delaying his goodbyes the longest with Flurry, who didn't want to see her good friend go so soon and kept crying or clutching onto him.

"Hey, don't cry Flurry," Bill said to her softly as she sobbed. "We'll see each other again someday. I promise."

This seemed to comfort the little filly a bit and she finally let go of him as he walked towards his own portal. Right before he entered the portal, he turned back to Cadence and Flurry. He then called out, "Sunshine, sunshine! Ladybugs awake!"

Cadence finished the other part with Flurry making the gestures along with her. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake!"

The three of them shared a laugh, then Bill hopped on through the portal and disappeared from Equestria completely. Eventually, Equestria was empty of all foreign creatures or people and only the Mane 7, the Princesses, Chuck, and TD remained in the field outside the Castle.


I decided to do the goodbyes in this chapter mainly from the perspectives of the Equestrians, because the rest would take WAY too long. If I ever decided to make an audio drama or animation out of this, I'd definitely add more to the goodbyes and from more perspectives.

Thanks Impressionsguy for the help with Chuck!

Don't leave yet! An epilogue or two is on the way, so stay tuned!