The End Of The Journey Part 1
A/N This is the first part of the 3 part finale of "A Human and a Portal". Actions will be made, truth will be told, events will be played and the destiny of David Brown will be complete. This is the beginning of the end. You might literally call this 'Journey's End'. A/N
Twilight and David came out of the cave with bemused smiles upon their faces. The whole thing took longer than expected to explain their situation to this alternate Princess Celestia but, in the end, they found her understanding and gratefully helpful. As David was about to head over to his friends, he heard a message go through his head.
"Your decision will be final when you return to Twilight Sparkle's homeworld. We hope you can understand the situation and have made the right choice in the end" the voice said.
"What the hell does that mean?" David questioned the voice in his head but got no reply.
'What did it mean by making the right choice when I go to Twilight Sparkle's homeworld? Does it mean I have to make a choice after I find out the truth of my world?' David thought about the voice and the messages he got in the past few days.
"Did anypony find anything?" Twilight asked, snapping David out of his thoughts.
"Well I found something funny" David replied.
"What's that then?" Twilight asked again.
"Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were making out" David replied as he was on the floor laughing.
Pinkie Pie was on the floor with him, laughing along while Rainbow Dash gave a fierce glare to the both of them.
"I told you - it was two other ponies with our names, not us!" Rainbow Dash snapped.
"You can't blame them, I mean, there's no stallions around here. Their options are kinda limited" Fluttershy pointed out.
"No stallions. Believe me, I've noticed" Rarity said after sighing.
As David and Pinkie finished laughing, Twilight was standing there with her eyes blinking, trying to process that information David just gave out.
"O...kay. Did anypony find anything relevant?" Twilight corrected her question.
"Perhaps this occurrence is relevant, Twilight. There seem to be a great number of ponies that are similar to many of us. Pinkie, David and I saw a pony that looked almost like her, and I saw what I believe to be my ancestral aunt, after whom I am named. Could it be possible we're in the past and not an alternate dimension?" Rarity asked Twilight.
"No!... Er, no, it's not possible. Regardless, you didn't talk to any of these ponies, did you?" Twilight calmed herself and asked another question.
"Why, we didn't have a chance! The cafe - Sweetberry's - was simply packed! We didn't even get through the door. That was when I saw my aunt, only she was a unicorn filly" Rarity replied.
"What?" Applejack and David said in unison.
"The pony me and Applejack saw-" David was about to start when Applejack interrupted him.
"Me an' you? You jus' ran off while ah was talkin' to Harvest Crisp" Applejack said.
"I didn't actually ran off, I just hid behind some bushes because, remember, I wasn't going to be spotted by any other pony like I said earlier. Now where was I, oh yes, the pony me and Applejack saw, whose name is Harvest Crisp by the way, said that there was no unicorns in Ponyvill-...wait a minute, the pony Rarity talked about earlier was a unicorn...and I saw her with my own eyes when I was there with Pinkie and Rarity...god I can be so retarded sometimes! Can somepony please explain this better while I punch myself for being so stupid" David explained and asked.
"My great-aunt was the forerunner for unicorn/earth pony relations. This was all before the three races integrated. She was from Unicornia before it was renamed" Rarity replied.
"Wasn't that when unicorns thought they made rainbows instead 'a pegasus ponies?" Rainbow Dash added with a smirk.
"Actually, unicorns did make rainbows before pegasi. The rainbows that they made were magical and beautiful, unlike those travesties that you-" Rarity glowered before David interrupted them both.
"Ok you two that's enough, we don't need an argument in a time like this! Me and Twilight think we know what to do now. There was a...young dragon in that cave, a benevolent one, and she told us about the object we need. That little unicorn is carrying a special wand from Unicornia. That's our key" David explained.
"That's very well and all but where is the portal?" Rarity asked Twilight with a huff.
Twilight was about to reply but then shut her mouth when she realised she forgot to ask about the portal's location. The other five and David all gave a collective sigh.
"You know Twilight, for being a genius you are, you have a fair share of dumbass attacks" David said, which made Twilight glare at him.
"What? Even I had one earlier!" David replied to Twilight's glare.
"Look, there she is!" Rarity whispered.
The Mane Six and David all hid behind a corner and peeped around to see a pink filly unicorn trying to lick a smudge of yellow icing from her muzzle. In the satchel, around her neck, she had a long and twisted wand with a large star at one end. The stick was rainbow coloured while the star was icy-blue.
"There's our ticket out of here" David whispered.
"I'll go talk to her, the rest of you, just act normal. David, wait here" Twilight instructed with a whisper as they all, except David, went around the corner and marched like normal to the filly.
"Hello there-" Twilight started before she was interrupted by a scream from the filly.
"Get away!" the filly cried.
'Well this is gonna be harder than I thought' David thought to himself.
"We just wanna talk-" Twilight tried speaking again before being interrupted by the filly once more.
"No! You just wanna take me home! I don't wanna go back to Unicornia! I don't wanna be a stupid Rainbow Princess!" She bristled, threatening to run off if they get too close.
"What? Princess? No, we're not even from Unicornia. We just need to borrow your wand for a little while. It'll help us get home" Twilight tried starting the conversation again only to be interrupted a third time.
"I'm not going home!" the filly shrieked as she ran off and zipped around another corner.
"Why I oughta-" Rainbow Dash said as she was about to chase her.
"Let's not scare her. If she's running from us, chasing her isn't gonna help" Twilight said, putting a hoof on Rainbow Dash's shoulder, stopping her.
"What are we going to do?" Rarity asked while sighing.
"Let's start back to Kimono's. It's almost noon, anyway. I don't know about you girls, but I'm starving" Twilight replied as she and Rarity, Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack began to walk back to Kimono's place.
Pinkie, however, stayed behind with David.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" David asked Pinkie who gave a nod.
"Were gonna get that wand from that filly and please our friends, DAVID PIE STYLE!" David shouted as he and Pinkie gave a brohoof.
It took a little while but eventually they managed to find Kimono's house again. They had to walk a short distance through White-Tail Woods and find the river that lead them to the same pool they came out of. When they reached the river, they found a pink pony and brown human waiting for them.
"Wha – Pinkie, David? How did you...?" Twilight sputtered as she looked around to see only four friends behind her.
Pinkie and David grinned widely as he reached behind a tree and pulled out a rainbow-coloured wand in his hand. Twilight and her friends, including Pinkie, gasped while David threw the wand to Twilight, who catched it with her magic.
"How...how...how..." Twilight continued to sputter as she looked at the wand.
"Pinkie, would you like to do the honors?" David offered the explanation to Pinkie, which she nodded in reply.
"Well, after you guys chased Rarity off - not our Rarity but the-other-Rarity-Rarity - we went back to the corner and went through the alley and met her on the other side. She already knew my name somehow; we guess it was that other me that Rarity-our-Rarity and we saw earlier's name, too. I told her that we needed the wand just for a teensy-tiny-itty-bitty minute, but she wouldn't give it up unless I gave her a balloon" Pinkie began.
"So I wandered around a while, wondering where the hay I would get a balloon when I saw this party shop, and you know I can't resist a party shop! I went in and there was this pony named Razzaroo, and she likes parties, too! She had a balloon but I didn't have any money and she said she'd trade it for a ribbon from Rainbow Dash" Pinkie continued.
Well, I knew that our Dashie doesn't wear ribbons, so I thought it might be not-our-Rainbow-Dash-but-the-Rainbow-Dash-that-made-out-with-Fluttershy-Rainbow-Dash. She was easy to find out in the middle of the park showing off her new hat. Well, I didn't think it looked too good, but you don't tell that to somepony you're asking a ribbon from. So I asked for the ribbon and not-our-Dashie-but-the-Rainbow-Dash-that-made-out-with-Fluttershy-Rainbow-Dash said she'd give me a ribbon if I gave her some whipped cream for later. I didn't understand what that meant. I mean, if you're gonna have whipped cream, you should eat it right away, and plus I didn't see any cake or cupcakes or pies, so I don't even know why she wanted it but she gave me this weird look so I thought I should get it anyway" Pinkie continued on.
"So I went back to Sweetberry's 'cause I knew that she'd have some whipped cream. She seemed to know what it was for, 'cause she said 'Ohh, for Rainbow Dash, huh?' and then she winked but I still didn't know what the hay that was about. She needed some cookies 'cause her supply was pretty low 'cause Rarity-not-our-Rarity-but-the-other-Rarity ate them all" Pinkie continued even further.
"And then I said, 'How am I gonna get cookies?' This minty green pony passed by, and her name was Minty, which kinda makes sense 'cause she was all minty-colored. She said I could use her oven in exchange for a certain something" Pinkie said before giving a pause.
"What did Minty want?" Rarity asked.
"A sock! I told you I'd need it! Pinkie Pie Sense!" Pinkie replied.
"Oh, thank Celestia, it's gone" Rarity sighed.
"Was that the sock that-" Twilight asked about the sock from the other world.
"Yes" Pinkie replied.
"So she was wearing-" Twilight asked David.
"Oh yes" David replied in his best 'David Tennant' impression.
"Thank Celestia, it's gone" Twilight replied with a sigh of relief.
"And then I made cookies and Sweetberry gave me the whipped cream. I gave the whipped cream to not-our-Rainbow-Dash-but-the-Rainbow-Dash-that-made-out-with-Fluttershy-Rainbow-Dash, and she gave it to some yellow pony for some reason and then gave me the ribbon. I gave the ribbon to Razzaroo, and she gave me the balloon, and I gave the balloon to Rarity-not-our-Rarity-but-the-other-Rarity, and she gave me the wand!" Pinkie finished.
"Wow... Wow! That's a lot of running around. Way to go above the call of duty, Pinkie!" Twilight said, impressed by Pinkie's speed.
"It was no big deal, I wanted to try out this new cookie recipe anyway" Pinkie said while giving a shrug.
"And the best part was...I was waiting outside of town in a bush and didn't have to do anything while Pinkie did all of the work, best plan ever!" David said, getting rolled eyes in return.
They all began to walk to Kimono's house to regroup for the next part of their plan.
"You know, I don't think the situation could get any worse. I mean what's the worst that's about to hap-" David stopped when he, and the girls, saw a minty green pony standing in her way...and she was not happy.
"Me and my big mouth" David muttered to himself.
"You!" She hissed as the seven approached her. She was pointing at Pinkie.
"Uh-oh" Twilight whispered.
"My thoughts exactly" David whispered to her.
Minty threw a paper sack at the seven. It flew, hitting David on the head. Luckily enough, the sack contained cookies so the impact wasn't that hard.
"A cookie?" Twilight questioned as David sniffed it.
Pinkie snatched the cookie out of David's hand and began chomping on it. David decided to give one a try and ate one himself. They tasted quite delicious so he didn't see what the problem was.
"These cookies...they're really flipping good" David commented as continued to chew it.
"You're right, these cookies are delicious" Twilight replied to David's comment.
"Lies! Sour, filthy, disgusting poison cookies!" Minty cried, stomping the ground in anger.
David paused his chewing when he hears the word 'Poison' but then continued to eat it, thinking that Pinkie would never do such a thing.
"You'll pay! You'll pay for trying to taint us with these demon cookies! I told them! I told them you'd be at that health-freak Kimono's house! They're coming for you!" Minty said as she let out a laugh that would have put 'Fluttershy's Insane Laugh' to shame.
"WHAT!" David shouted as he turned around to hear a rumbling in the distance.
Rainbow Dash flew into the air and gave a startled shout to see a mob of fat ponies galloping towards them, intent on revenge.
"Umm Pinkie...what did you put in the cookies to upset them?" David asked.
"Well, I tried applesauce instead of sugar 'cause Applejack said it'd be better for ya. Butter, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, an egg white, some dark chocolate bits, and oatmeal!" Pinkie replied, explaining her recipe.
"OATMEAL!" Minty seethed with anger.
"Oatmeal? Come on you ponies, what the hell is wrong with oatmeal!" David shouted to the ponies who were continuing to galloping towards them.
"Twilight, David, follow me! I'll get you to Butterfly Island; you should be safe there! They won't all come at once!" Kimono said to the group.
"So...basically...RUUUUN!" David shouted as they all ran past Kimono's house and continued to run deeper into the woods.
"Everypony's gone crazy!" Twilight cried.
"Yes, I'm sorry! I should've warned you! They're nice enough ponies, but never touch their sweets" Kimono warned Twilight a little too late.
"Oh thanks for the heads up Kimono, how about next time we fall off a cliff and then warn us not to run off it!" David said sarcastically as they continued to run through the woods.
The woods must have been very small in size because a few minutes later they came across a cliff with a very long drop. Twilight, David and the others all skidded to halt but Kimono urged them to jump off it.
"No, don't stop! Over the cliff! That's the way to Butterfly Island!" Kimono said.
"Are you crazy?" Twilight shouted as the angry fat ponies continued to gallop towards them.
"Nah if she was, she would have just lead us into the fat ponies instead of away from them!" David said as he was ready to jump off.
"What are you doing?" Twilight asked.
"Trust me...I'm David Brown" David replied as he leaped off the cliff and into the butterflies, sending him off to Butterfly Island.
"DAVID!" Twilight shouted as she saw David entered the portal.
David found himself, once again, flying through the air and wondered how long until he land on Butterfly Island...he didn't have long to wait as seconds later he landed face first into the sand.
"Well it beats landing in a bush...or a pool...especially if it's cold...or if you fall from a great height into the water" David continued to mutter as got off the ground and clear the sand off his clothes.
"Now...where is everypony?" David asked as he didn't have long to wait for a reply.
Seconds after he came through, another six ponies came flying into David, landing him into the sand...again.
"DAVID!" Twilight shouted as he embraced him in a hug once more.
"Is this gonna become a hobby of yours?" David asked in a joking manner, earning a giggle from Twilight.
The group got off the sand and were going to introduce themselves to the pegasi on the island, who saw the ponies and human landing on their beach, when suddenly they heard Kimono's voice.
"RUUUUUN!" Kimono screamed her lungs out as the pegasi all began to fly into random directions, chaos ensuing the situation.
"Well so much for introductions" David muttered as he and the group all began to run in one direction.
They were a good distance away when the angry mob behind them began to exit the portal. They not very good on soft ground, tumbling about all over the place. This startled the pegasi even more and then soon enough ponies were all over the place.
'I bet Discord would've had a field day with this' David thought to himself as everypony began running for their lives.
Through all the madness, Twilight and David could spot a white pegasus waving very urgently at them. She had strange, curly pink marks all over her body.
'This place must be the pony version of Hawaii' David thought as he looked at the markings of the white mare pegasus.
"Here, little ones! Hurry up!" she cried out as they got closer to her.
"Me...little?" David complained.
As the group stood next to this white pegasus, the wand flew out of Twilight's magical grasp and began to spin in a circle, drawing light towards it. Finally it turned into the same black swirl they found at the beginning of their journey.
"Thank Celestia!" Twilight cried out.
"Run!" the white pegasus said, reminiscing the voice of Celestia.
"Okay Girls...and David, were going home!" Twilight said before entering the portal, the girls follow suit.
David, however, stood in front of the portal, thinking what kind of surprise the portal was going to give him this time if he went into it.
"You must go now before it's too late" the white pegasus said.
"Ok! Portal, you'd better not screw me up now!" David said as he jumped on through before, finally, the portal closed in on itself.
To Be Continued...
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