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MACHINES!
Deadpool's blade was just grazing the fur of Celestia's neck as Applejack, Luna, and two guards stood silently staring the Merc down, bleeding, and angry. The only noise in the room was the buzzing of tiny insect wings. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Suddenly, a purple projectile struck Deadpool in the head, and some invisible force smacked Deadpool to the ground. Said force revealed itself to be Ant-Pony, who grew to normal size and stood on Deadpool. Black Panther then leapt from the shadows where the projectile originated.
"Thank you very much." Celestia said, getting up, and still in pain.
"How'd you do that?" Applejack asked Panther.
The wakandan king made a blade formed of energy with magic. "Energy Daggers. I'm glad they carried over with me." He answered.
Luna nodded. "Now, let's get into 'talking' with our friend here." She said, giving Deadpool a glare.
Beside them, Wolverine started to wake up. "Ugh, what's going on?" He said.
"We finally apprehended Deadpool." Luna answered.
"Good." Wolverine said. "But, you know what I noticed? He's not running his mouth." Ant-Pony and Black Panther looked at each other, wondering how they didn't notice that. "Logan's right, Deadpool's not himself." Hank said. Their conversation was cut off by a bright yellow light coming from the end of the tunnel. Afterwards they heard the sound of Hulk's roar, but it seemed to be mixed with another yell.
"What the hell?" Wolverine thought aloud.
Things were not going well for the ponies in the first cavern. Several ponies' armors were being crushed like cans, with them inside no less, Rarity and Fluttershy were trapped and Fluttershy was also blinded by a metal blindfold, Ms Marvel was unconscious, and the Hulk was under constant brutal assault. Fluttershy, while still scared, felt a large buildup of anger begin. This Magneto character shows up out of nowhere, traps her friends, tries to crush them, knocks one out, locks others in a cage, attempts to flatten another and blinds herself! Fluttershy was mad, extremely mad, all she wanted to do was smash Magneto, smash him into oblivion!
Then, a blinding yellow light filled the cavern. Magneto lost his concentration, and the armored ponies attached to the ceiling fell. When the light faded, in its place stood...a large human female, who was extremely muscular, had green skin, pink hair, and green eyes. She wore a purple pair of shorts and bra (thankfully) and a look that said she was righteously PISSED.
The human roared. It sounded like Hulk and Fluttershy's voices speaking at the same time. "FlutterHulk HATE MAGNET PONY!" The human bellowed so forcefully, Barrier could swear his armor rattled. FlutterHulk charged at Magneto, who tried to launch metal projectiles, but they were swatted away like flies by the rage-induced monster approaching him. Before Magneto knew it, he was being pounded by a green pink-haired beast. After a good smashing, another yellow light filled the room as FlutterHulk let out a final roar. Fluttershy and Bruce flew to opposite sides of the cavern. Several ran to Fluttershy, other sent to Bruce. Ms Marvel woke up during the middle of FlutterHulk's rage.
"Fluttershy, darling, are you ok?" Rarity asked her friend. Fluttershy got up, the Element of Kindness necklace around her neck. "Fluttershy feel funny." She said before shaking her head and saying "I mean, I'm fine, Rarity."
"Bruce, you ok?" Ms Marvel asked her friend. Bruce got up chuckling. "That was something." He said. Barrier had come to see as well, and he gasped when he saw what was around Bruce's neck: another Element of Kindness necklace, but made of bronze, not gold. Ms Marvel and War Machine just gave him confused looks.
A groaning was heard in the center of the cavern. Every pony looked to see Magneto getting up, holding his helmeted head. His eyes weren't glowing anymore. "Wha-what happened? Where am I?" He said in a British accent. He looked at his hooves and then around the cavern. "Oh no...oh no." He muttered.
The rest of the group walked over to the mutant pony. "Erik," War Machine began "do you remember anything?" He asked.
"Yes...yes I do." Magneto said. "I attacked you all after being transported here."
"Who transported you?" War Machine asked.
Magneto paused before responding "I don't know. That seemed to be wiped from my memory. I do remember HOW I got here though. I went through a portal, but it became unstable and exploded."
So THAT'S what caused the crater. Bruce thought.
"Do forgive me." Magneto requested. "I wasn't in control." He seemed to be back to his confident self already.
"We'll forgive you IF you put our armors back to normal." Flash Sentry said. Magneto shrugged and pointed his hoof at the armored ponies. Their armor expanded until it was its normal size again.
"Not to sound clueless but, how did we change him back?" Barrier asked nobody in particular.
"I dunno, magic, cognitive recalibration, those are two best guesses." Bruce said.
"Cognitive-what?" Barrier asked.
"Recalibration. Hitting him really hard in the head. It's worked before." Bruce explained.
Back down the tunnel, a large amount of tremors shook up the place. After they stopped, another roar was heard and a yellow light filled the chamber. When that faded, a muffled groaning was heard from underneath Ant-Pony's hoof. He lifted it to see Deadpool's eyes have returned to normal, but the muffled noises continued.
Deadpool seemed to be trying to speak, but all that came out were muffles. Wolverine lifted the Merc's mask to find that his mouth had been sewn shut. (The other ponies jumped back when they saw what was around his mouth) Wise choice. He thought to himself. Unfortunately, the morals of this world got the better of him, and he used one claw to slash Deadpool's mouth open.
"Whew, thanks Wolvie!" Deadpool said almost immediately after getting his mouth un-sewn. He pulled his mask back down and looked around. "You live here? What a dump." He joked.
Oh good, a smartass. Celestia thought. "No, you attacked us down here." She said to the babbling ninja.
"Oh yeah, well I didn't do that." Deadpool answered. Everyone else in the cave just stared. "Waddaya mean, you gave me these!" Applejack said, showing the slashmarks that Deadpool gave her.
"Eh, musta been whoever was controlling me." Deadpool answered.
"Well, since you weren't flapping your gums all fight, that would make sense." Wolverine commented.
"We can discuss this later, now we need to investigate what that light was." Luna said before dashing off back through the cave. Deadpool scooped up his teleporter belt via magic before following the group through the caves. They arrived and were given a brief description of what happened beforehand.
"How in the hay did that happen?" Applejack asked.
"I don't know! It just came out of nowhere!" Bruce said.
"We can investigate that later, but I think there's trouble." Celestia said. "Deadpool is a unicorn, Magneto is an earth pony, if the pattern follows..."
Back in Ponyville, Iron Colt was going over construction plans with the royal carpenters that Princess Celestia sent to help build a base for the Avengers. His plans looked slightly familiar to his teammates. He turned his head to see Twilight Sparkle trotting along past the construction site. The odd thing was that she had her eyes closed. It wasn't too odd since it was a cartoonish gesture to skip along with your eyes closed when you're happy, and Tony had come to terms that he was basically living a cartoon, but she seemed hesitant to open them, even when she almost collided with two other ponies walking along.
"You ok Twi?" He asked, walking up to her."
"Oh I'm fine." She said, still keeping her eyes shut. "Very fine...better than I've been in a while."
Tony thought her tone of voice was suspicious. "Did you get your eyes recolored?" He asked sarcastically.
"No." She promptly said. "But I did get some work done."
"Ok..." Tony said, confused. "You can show me later, I gotta get back to planning."
"See ya." Twilight finished, trotting off again. Tony watched her walk away, wondering what was going on in her head.
Wasp buzzed around the busy marketplace, whistling a merry tune. Whenever she shrank down, she kept all her strength as if she were normal size, so picking up ingredients for the cakes while the size of an insect was no hassle. Salesponies at the stands were all startled when the wasp that landed on their counters spoke to them and purchased items, but Jan didn't mind. After collecting all the stuff on the list the cakes gave her, she grabbed the saddlebag she was given and started to buzz on back to Sugarcube Corner. She placed the saddlebag filled with ingredients in the store and decided to go for a walk around town at normal size.
During her walk, Jan noticed all the ponies in town were heading towards the town hall. Curious, she followed. When she saw a large crowd gathered out front, she asked a nearby spectator what the heck was going on. He said that a town meeting had been called, but the reason was unrevealed. Twilight Sparkle trotted up to the pedestal (or whatever it's called.) and addressed the masses...well sort of. She opened her eyes for the crowd, and they jumped in fear. The eerie green glow of one who was not herself. Twilight grinned evilly before her horn glowed green with magic.
Then, behind the ground, a loud boom was heard, and the ground shook. Every pony turned around to see a dragon with glowing green eyes, not full-grown, but still big. It had purple-and-green scales which led everyone to believe one thing: "SPIKE!?"
The dragon roared and the crowd scattered in panic. Twilight continued grinning while calmly walking forward to the panicking crowd.
"Kneel." The unicorn said, still sickeningly cool. While the crowd still went nuts, Twi decided to try a different approach.
"I said..." Twilight's horn cast a bright green light that caught every pony's attention before shouting "KNEEL!" The crowd stopped running wildly and did as the corrupted unicorn said.
"Is this not so much simpler?" Twilight asked the masses. "All creatures are dictated by fear, and you follow your leaders through it. Why not accept it? In the end...you will always kneel."
A crouching mule rose from the crowd. "Not to ponies like you." He said.
Twilight looked at him. "There ARE no ponies like me." She said.
"There will always be ponies like you." The mule responded, determined.
Twilight maintained her confident demeanor. "Look to the mule, ponies. Let him be an example." She said, aiming her horn at the mule. She fired a magic blasted at the mule, but it was deflected by Captain America, who jumped in front just in time. The magic ricocheted off the adamantium disc right back its owner, knocking her back.
"Y'know, the last time I was in a foreign land, and an outsider stood above all its citizens; we ended up disagreeing." Cap said.
Twilight got up grumbling, losing her calm demeanor. "What do you want, Earthling?" She growled.
Earthling? Cap thought. "Well I heard there was an evil plot happening so I thought I'd sneak a peek." He responded.
"Well, your 'observation' will be cut short." Twilight answered. "Spike?" The purple dragon charged at Cap who took to the air just before Spike started spewing fire. After barely missing the good Captain, Spike clutched his eyes and screamed in pain, before his mouth was clamped shut by webbing. Wasp and Spider-Colt appeared beside Captain America. Twilight gritted her teeth and aimed her magic blast at the three Avengers.
She was about to blast when a lightning bolt struck her in the horn. The mauve unicorn stumbled back, stunned and befuddled. Thor hovered down to his teammates, ready to join them in battle while Twilight growled loudly. The powerful unicorn's horn glowed brightly, and a heat was felt all around her, as if the sun was shining on their faces. Unfortunately for Twilight, before she could release the energy she was storing she was hit again from the side.
"What. Is it. NOW!?" Twilight yelled through gritted teeth. A light blue unicorn mare with a white mane that curled in the front wearing a star-patterned cape and ridiculous hat stood looking proud.
"Well, it appears the Great and Powerful Trixie has arrived back in Ponyville just in time!" The mare exclaimed. Before Trixie could strike Twilight again, the black pegasus Venom landed on her, knocking her down. Venom flicked his tongue around, staring at his prey when he was kicked aside by Black Widow. Venom hissed at the spy and fired a symbiote blob at her. Widow used her Widow's bite to destroy it, but it left her open to Venom's pounce. She was tackled to the ground, but Spider-Colt came used his webbing as a slingshot to launch himself hind legs-first at the pegasus beast.
"Why did you, of all people, have to end up here? They couldn't have picked-" Spider-Colt spoke as Venom attacked. "-Shocker, Electro, or even Rhino? They'd all be better than you!" Venom ignored Spider-Colt's ramblings as he continued his onslaught. Black Widow continued shooting widow's bites at the black abomination while Thor, Iron Colt, Captain America, and Wasp battled Spike. The dragon's thick heat-resistant scales made Iron Colt's repulsors ineffective, and Wasp solved her beam problems by aiming for his eyes. Spike slammed Iron Colt down to the ground with his hand, and the technological pony got up with dusty armor. Pinkie Pie ran over to Iron Colt to check on him.
"Are you ok? Can I help?" Pinkie asked.
Tony got up groggily. "Sorry Pinks, but unless you've got a cannon, I don't think you can-" He said.
"But I DO have a cannon!" Pinkie responded, making a huge pink cannon appear out of nowhere beside her. Tony let out a small yelp in surprise.
"Where...did that come from?" He asked. "What? How else am I supposed to take parties on the go, silly?" Pinkie answered. "We'll talk about this later. Use your...cannon." Tony said before flying off. Pinkie fired the cannon and confetti and streamers mummified Spike and sent him tumbling down. Thor flew in and threw Mjolnir at Spike. The uru tool hit Spike in the hand, which pin it down to the ground.
"We are not your enemies Spike, try to think!" Thor yelled. Spike simply breathed fire at the godly Alicorn in response. In the meantime, Trixie recovered from Venom's attack and rammed into an escaping Twilight, knocking them both down.
"What are you even doing here?" Twilight asked, shoving Trixie away and getting up.
"Well, the Great and Powerful Trixie thought she would try to put on her show once again. It appears that a greater cause has Trixie using her magic for a different purpose." The magician answered, trying to sound impressive. "Besides, Trixie has been training to become even MORE great and powerful!"
Twilight scoffed. "Well, no matter how much you train, you'll never defeat me!" She yelled.
"Let's test that theory, shall we?" Trixie challenged. Twilight grinned as her horn began glowing. Trixie's horn did the same as they lowered their heads. Suddenly, separate colored beams shot out from their horns at each other. Twilight's beam was green, and Trixie's was bright blue. The unicorns' concentrations were fierce as they held their ground against each others' magic.
"...Carnage?"
"Shocker?"
"Batroc?"
"Chameleon?" Deadpool and Ant-Pony discussed who may be the pegasus in Ponyville.
"Titania?"
"Mystique?"
"Klaw?"
"Sabretooth?"
"Lady Deathstrike?"
"What would she do with hooves?"
"Touché. Omega Red?"
"Green Goblin?"
"Crimson Dynamo?"
"Electro?"
"Sandman?"
"Venom?" Their conversation was cut short by a column of flames coming from Ponyville's direction.
"Pyro?"
"Molten Man?"
"LATER! Full speed ahead!" Wolverine shouted at the pegasus guards, who picked up speed.
"Grr, you've...definitely...gotten stronger." Twilight said while battling her rival.
"I've...been practicing." Trixie responded, visibly strained. She was strong, but she knew she was nowhere near as strong as Twilight.
Up above, the royal chariots arrived and their passengers overlooked the scene.
"There's an epic battle going on." Black Panther observed.
"Gee, ya think?" Wolverine spat.
Black Panther ignored his teammate. "It appears that Spike, Twilight Sparkle, and...Venom are under mind control. Oh...it seems that Spike has grown quite large due to some spell." He continued.
"Shall we help?" Ms Marvel said, taking to the air.
"Indeed, move out!" Luna said, and Ms Marvel, War Machine, and Magneto took flight, Deadpool teleported to the scene, and Black Panther, Wolverine, Ant-Pony, and Bruce Banner jumped out. The remaining Avengers' attack began.
Venom grabbed Spider-Colt with his tongue and tossed him into Black Widow, knocking them both away. Venom stared his enemies down when something hit him in the back of the head. Venom turned his head to growl at whoever threw the object. It was a white unicorn mare with a frizzy blue-and-purple mane wearing large shades and a pair of headphones around her neck.
"Hey, ya overgrown tar pit! Why don't 'cha go suck Discord's-" The mare yelled before being pounced on by the symbiotic pegasus. Venom growled fiercely but the mare seemed confident. Venom's tongue flicked in and out, eventually staying out and tracing along the mare's face.
"Hey, keep your tongue in your mouth ya perv." The mare taunted.
Venom hissed before saying "Congratulations, you've angered me enough to KILL you!" Venom was about to bite his hostage's neck before he was dragged away by Spider-Colt's webbing.
"Vinyl!" A voice called from away. A brown earth pony mare with a black mane wearing a bow tie ran up to the white mare. "Vinyl, are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah, i'm fine Octavia." Vinyl answered.
"Thank Celestia that beast didn't do anything to you." Octavia said, helping her friend up.
"Oh, I think he almost did, of you know what I mean." Vinyl said, chuckling and nudging Octavia. Then, Spider-Colt flew over their heads, screaming, and almost comically tumbled over to an amp sitting in the middle of the street.
"Hey dude, you ok?" Vinyl asked, trotting up to the spider-powered colt.
"I've had better moments." Spidey responded before noticing the thing behind him. "Is this yours?" He asked Vinyl.
"Yeah, I was moving it before the attack, why?" Vinyl responded.
"Be ready to crank it up, I've got a plan." Spider-Colt said, grinning.
"Oh dear." Octavia said glumly as Vinyl began grinning as well.
Trixie was beginning to run out of energy. Her magic was nearly depleted, and she felt like passing out. Her knees felt like jelly and were about to buckle when when a purple projectile hit Twilight square in the horn.
Twilight fell backwards, and her eyes went back to normal for a second. "Who? What?" came out of the mauve unicorn's mouth before her eyes turned green again.
"Who did that!? Show yourself!" Twilight hollered. Black Panther leapt from what little shadow there was and glared at his possessed friend.
"Twilight Sparkle." Black Panther began. "You are clearly not in control here. Surrender peacefully and we can get you help."
Twilight stared at Panther almost hysterically. She began giggling before bursting into an insane laughter. Panther and Trixie stared confused as their friend was cracking up over nothing.
"Help!? HELP!? I DON'T NEED HELP!" Twilight bellowed at her friends. "I HAVE BEEN SHOWN THE TRUTH FROM THE SHADOW KING! I NEED NOTHING FROM YOU!"
Shadow king? Panther thought. We'll have to remember that.
(Elsewhere) You fool! (smack) Grrrr...
"No matter, we shall defeat you." Black Panther said. He got into a battle stance and unsheathed his sword. Twilight regained her composure and formed a blade out of magic. The two stared at each other for a shot while before Twilight's blade shot forward. Panther parried and slashed at Twilight, but his slash was blocked and he himself was pushed back. Panther thrusted his blade forward, and Twilight dodged but the blade nicked her cheek, causing a cut. Twilight paused as a trickle of blood ran down her face, which began twisting with anger as she launched a flurry of quick attacks which were all easily blocked by the experienced king of Wakanda. Eventually Panther shoved Twilight's blade aside and pointed his sword dangerously close to her throat. Another "shing" sound was heard and a revived Trixie had a light blue blade held across the back of Twilight's neck.
The corrupted unicorn growled while her current enemies smirked. Across the way, Hulk, War Machine, and Ant-Pony joined the fight against Spike. Hulk and Ant-Pony managed to pin him down while War Machine and Captain America held his muzzle shut. Thor, Iron Colt, and Wasp kept shoot at him if he got too close to escaping. Princess Celestia walked up to Spike amd stared into his glowing green eyes. She lowered her horn and it began glowing pure white. Soon, Spike was glowing white, and the Avengers stepped back. After about 10 more seconds of glowing the light faded and Spike lied in the beast's place, back to his cute little self.
The young dragon woke up and rubbed his head. "Oh man; what happened?" He said. His eyes flashed open, non-glowing as usual. "Oh Celestia..."
"Yes?" Celestia asked, gazing down at her subject.
Spike began panicking at the sight of her. "I-I'm sorry princess! I didn't know what I was doing! I couldn't control myself! I-" Spike was on his knees pleading when Celestia rested a hoof on his shoulder.
"It's ok Spike." Celestia explained. "You were under mind control. You are not to blame for your actions."
Spike's breathing steadied. "Thank you your majesty." He said.
"Now is not the time for talking, though. There is business at hand." Celestia finished. Meanwhile, Venom began to realize that the tide was not in his favor. His biggest gun was down and the unicorn trapped and about to be purified. After being cornered by his opponents, he made the logical tactical decision: he turned tail and flew away.
"Aw man!" Vinyl whined. "We didn't get to use my amp!"
"Hey! You're not getting away so easy!" Rainbow Dash yelled, chasing after Venom at top speed.
Jesus, this bitch is fast! Venom thought as he was being chased. He dodged one of Dash's attempts at charging him before doing a very Venom-like thing on her next attempt. Venom smacked Dash in the face with his hoof before biting her wing, hard. Rainbow Dash screamed as Venom's fangs dug into her wing. Cap began chasing after them soon after Dash left and his eyes widened, then narrowed when he saw Venom holding Rainbow Dash.
Venom grinned with the pegasus still in his teeth, blood dripping from her wing. He shook her like a dog with a ragdoll before tossing her away into the Everfree forest. Cap looked at Venom, then the falling Rainbow Dash. After a moment's hesitation, he flew to save the cyan pegasus. Venom chuckled before being smacked in the face by a powerful hoof. He came crashing down back to Ponyville, right in front of Vinyl's amp.
"Now!" Spider-Colt yelled. Vinyl flicked the switch on her amp and dubstep music started pouring out right in Venom's face. The symbiotic villain hissed and screeched while his suit itself appeared to be squirming. Venom tried to get away again, but Ms Marvel and Deadpool appeared to hold him down. Venom's squirming and wailing continued as the dubstep poured from the speakers in front of his face. Soon, his suit started climbing off him and slithering away, revealing a white stallion with a brown mane with a scorpion Cutie Mark.
"No! No! Nono!" Venom cried as his suit crawled away as a black mess. Pinkie Pie rushed in with a jelly jar and caught the black goo. "Nuh-uh!" She said as the mess squirmed around in the jar.
"Venom" continued struggling against Deadpool and Ms M when Princess Luna walked up to him.
"Give me back my SUIT!" Venom yelled as he tried to get away.
"You really think the princess will just give you your suit back?" Deadpool asked his hostage. "Geez, you're a dumbass!"
Luna simply rolled her eyes and gazed coldly at the struggling colt. "Allow me to purge you of your corruption, and I'll CONSIDER giving you your suit back." She said. Venom simply spat at her.
"Oooooh! You're in trouble!" Deadpool teased. Luna's eyes glowed white as she lifted Venom into the air. Venom glowed white as his corruption was purged, though Luna made it last a little longer than Spike. After a short while Venom dropped to the ground, groaning.
"How's it hanging, Gargan?" Spider-Colt said, trotting up to the purified villain.
"Oh, it's you." Gargan groaned, looking up.
"He's fine." Spidey called to everyone else.
"Yes, I'm fine, now can I PLEASE have my suit back!?" Gargan growled. Luna continued giving him her cold gaze, which he returned in full. Deadpool swore he felt a chill go up his spine.
Luna eventually sighed and said "Let him go." Ms M and Deadpool let their captive go who quickly rushed over to the jar holding him symbiote and smashed it. Soon enough, the black goo clung to its host and crawled all over his body, transforming him into the monster he was. Soon enough, Venom was back.
"Aaaaah." Venom almost purred. "Much better."
"Keep yourself under wraps, beast." Luna said, her horn glowing slightly.
Venom just stared at Luna, his eyes now resembling that of a snake's. Oddly enough, his tongue was flicking in and out like a snake. The two locked eyes for a while before Deadpool intervened.
"Ok, enough with the staring contests already!" He said. Venom chuckled and said. "What would I have to gain from hurting you anyway? I just met you, I'm miles from home and you seem like the only person who can help me."
Luna considered this and let her guard down slightly. "I'll still be watching you." She said.
Venom simply grinned and said "I'm sure you will be." Just then, Twilight Sparkle ran by sobbing, Spike chasing after her.
"What's with her?" Venom asked.
"She blames herself for our mysterious puppetmaster's actions." Princess Celestia explained, walking up to the group.
"Well that's stupid, she was under mind control." Spider-Colt commented.
"I know. I've been trying to tell her but she won't listen." Celestia continued. The group began to chase after their unicorn friend as she ran into her library with Spike close behind. Tony attempted to fly there but crashed into a magic forcefield put around the house.
"How many times do I have to crash this week!?" Tony asked himself, having fallen to the ground.
"Maybe the author just doesn't like you." Deadpool said. "Or is it the player, or the writer, or the director? I don't know WHAT I'm in anymore!"
Deadpool received the confused looks he knew all too well as Twilight's friends looked upon their friend's house sadly.
"Hey guys!" Called a voice from afar. The group turned to see Hawkeye, Big Macintosh, and Applebloom approaching. "What's goin-ooh." The arriving ponies looked around the town, now much more destroyed than usual.
"Big event happened while we were away?" Hawkeye asked.
"Nooooo, everything's just hunky-dory Clint!" Tony called, annoyed. The group was given a quick run-down as to what happened.
"Damn! I should've been there to help!" Hawkeye said, looking down.
"Yeah, I ain't gonna lie. You're right." Spider-Colt said.
Hawkeye looked up. "Isn't this the part where you comfort me and tell me it wasn't my fault?" He asked.
There was silence for a while before Wasp spoke up. "Nope. You're to blame." Another silence.
"Fair enough." Hawkeye replied, shrugging.
"Good, now that that's over, I think there's some pony else who needs comforting." Rarity said in a fake sing-song voice gesturing to Twilight's tree.
"How are we gonna get through this force field?" Ant-Pony asked, tapping it with his hoof.
"We can't." Celestia promptly answered. "If it were a less powerful unicorn maybe we could break through, but this is Twilight Sparkle, my most powerful student. We'll just have to wait her out."
"Wait, aren't you the most powerful magic user in all the land?" Spider-Colt asked. "Can't you just flare your horn and 'poof' force field gone?"
"I can, but it would hurt Twilight." Celestia said, glaring slightly at the red-and-blue outsider.
"Ok, ok, just curious, that's all." Spider-Colt said, backing away slightly.
Pinkie Pie put a hoof to her chin before grinning ear-to-ear. "I think I know what will cheer her up!" She eagerly said to the crowd.
Twilight Sparkle sobbed into her pillow in bed. Spike had tried to calm her down several times but to no avail. Before Twilight began sobbing she put up a force field to protect herself and others from her. Though she had to keep partial concentration on the field while sobbing to keep it up, it managed to hold off for a solid 25 minutes before her concentration faded completely. Twilight eventually cried herself to sleep after 30 minutes. Her last thought before drifting off was Why?
Twilight woke up groggily, her eyes still red. How long was I out? She thought to herself. The unicorn looked out the window and saw it was nighttime. So that's how long... She thought. A gentle knocking was heard at her door.
"Come in." She said, still waking up. The door opened slowly and Spike slowly walked in, concerned for his caretaker.
"Twilight, are you ok?" The little dragon asked.
Twilight sighed. "No. I'm not ok." She choked. "I threatened the lives of my friends, along with everyone in Ponyville, allied with that...that THING, and...and I turned you into a monster." She began sobbing again. Spike quickly ran over to her and embraced her.
"Twilight, it wasn't your fault. Something was controlling you. You couldn't do anything." Spike said.
Twilight sniffed. "I wish I could have done something Spike." She took the young dragon in her forelegs and clutched him tightly, sobbing into his shoulder. Spike hated to see Twilight so sad. He always thought of her as an older sister, one he deeply cared for. He hadn't seen her this sad since she fell for King Sombra's "nightmare door".
"By the way, that "thing" has a name." Said a voice coming from the doorway. Twilight and Spike looked to see Venom standing in the doorway. "Look, I ain't the comforting sort, but we can't stress enough that your sobbing was really undeserved." The symbiotic supervillain explained. "You had nothing to do with it, and besides, who in their right mind would trust me?"
Twilight had to smile a bit. "By the way, someone downstairs wants to see ya." Venom said. Twilight nodded, put Spike down and proceeded downstairs. When she got there she felt a serious twinge of Deja Vu.
Nearly the whole town was gathered in her living room, there were streamers, balloons, sweets, and a huge banner set out across the room. A DJ booth was set up across from the front door, and a lamp's shade was missing. All of this could only mean one thing: A Pinkie Pie party.
"Twiiiiiilight!" screeched a voice from the crowd. Twilight looked in the direction of the voice and saw her friend Pinkie waving at her from the mass of ponies in her library. The unicorn smiled and ran down to Pinkie who embraced her as soon as she was in reach.
"Oh Twilight, we were all so worried!" Pinkie gushed. "You were all mopey and we were thinking up ways to cheer you up and I came up with the party idea! I knew it would help!"
"Thanks Pinkie, you always know how to make me smile!" Twilight responded. Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy came up to Twilight next.
"Twahlight! You ok?"
"Twilight darling, please don't do that again!"
"Oh Twilight, we were so worried!"
"Girls, girls. I'm fine." Twilight silenced her friends. "Thank you all so much for going through all this trouble for me!" Pinkie was about to say that it was just another day for her, but suppressed her desire to say it as the group embraced. When they broke, Twilight noticed something. "Where's Rainbow Dash?"
"Last I saw her, she fell into Everfree." Tony came up behind the group. "Cap went in after her."
The group became more worried. "Do you think she'll need ok?" Pinkie asked.
"Didn't you hear me? Cap went in after her. She'll be fine." Tony finished.
Earlier Rainbow Dash fell through the air, screaming and in pain. Her wing was nearly bit off by a black symbiotic monster. Her wing was in pain, and it hurt to move it, so she couldn't fly. She clenched her eyes shut and prepared for impact, but instead of the hard ground, she felt two forelegs underneath her. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes to see Captain America holding her right above the ground. She giggled a bit before going limp in Cap's forelegs.
The good captain shook his head as he put his friend down. Rainbow Dash didn't exactly fall asleep, but the whole experience was quite shocking for her. After Dash came to, she almost immediately started groaning in pain.
"Ow, ow, ow ow ow!" She said as she sat up.
"Ok, take it easy." Cap instructed as he went to see her.
"Ah, my wing..." Dash groaned as she tried to move her appendage, which was still bleeding slightly, and scrapes from Venom's teeth were quite visible.
"Yeesh." Cap said, seeing her wing. "Ok, let's find a safe place to heal these up. I think I saw a hut nearby..."
"A hut? T-that must be Zecora's place!" Dash said loudly. "She'll probably know how to help! Let's go there!"
"Alright. Your word." Cap said, hesitation in his voice. The two ponies walked (Rainbow wincing every 10 seconds. When they arrived at the hut, Dash knocked at the door without hesitation and a zebra mare with a mohawk wearing various bracelets on her legs and some earrings.
"Rainbow Dash, what's happened to you? And who is this colt in blue?" The zebra, assumed to be Zecora asked.
"I was attacked, and this is Captain America, he's helping me." Dash answered.
"It'll take a while to explain." Cap said.
"Come inside, my good friends." Zecora said. "To your wing, we shall make amends." The pegasi joined the zebra inside her hut, where she examined Rainbow Dash's wing.
"Your attacker must know what he has done." Zecora said. "If not, your wing would not be broken."
Rainbow Dash's eyes widened. "M-m-my wing...b-b-BROKEN!?" Dash started freaking out and both Cap and Zecora attempted to calm her down. Once Rainbow Dash's breathing slowed, she lay flat on her back on Zecora's floor, her broken wing sideways. Zecora got some bandages and some other medical supplies and tended to Dash's wing.
"I hope I am not imposing," Zecora said. "but who did this to your wing?" Cap and Dash looked at each other.
"No use hiding I guess." Dash said.
Cap nodded. "An...I suppose an alien known as Venom broke it. He bit it with his razor-sharp teeth, tossed her around like a ragdoll, and threw into Everfree where I caught her." Zecora looked at him funny, unconvinced. Cap sighed. "I'll explain the whole thing." While Zecora tended to Rainbow Dash's injury the patriotic Avenger explained the situation. Zecora seemed skeptical, and Rainbow Dash explained that she too didn't believe them until they expressed ignorance of the weather management and Cutie Marks.
"It sounds quite bizarre. To be away from home so far." Zecora commented. "I too left my homeland, though the journey was not so grand."
"It was definitely confusing at first...and it's still confusing now" Cap answered.
"I can help discover this evil, but now we must return to Ponyville." Zecora said. "The journey shall be long indeed. Come, I shall take the lead."
Back at the party, Spider-Colt made a small web trampoline for the foals out of a "loopdy hoop", some book stacks, glue (non-permanent), and his webs. We watched Tootsie Flute take her turn, with Dinky Doo, Featherweight, and Button Mash waiting in line. The arachnid avenger smiled at the foals. He noticed that Tootsie had been on his web-o-line for a while so he told her to give Dinky a turn. Tootsie grumbled a bit but got off the web-o-line and Dinky got on. Spidey smiled at the bouncing foal and looked to a door upstairs. Pinkie Pie was walking through. Spider-Colt raised an eyebrow, told the foals to keep their turns fair, and followed Pinkie out.
Pinkie Pie rested her forelegs on the railing and looked up at the moon, her coat drab and her mane straight. Oh Luna, let our friends be safe. she thought. The door opened behind her and Spider-Colt trotted out. He was confused and slightly disheartened to see Pinkie as she was.
"Yo Pinkie, you feeling alright?" Spidey asked. "Looking kinda dreary."
Pinkie sighed. "I'm worried about Dashie." She said.
"Sure, we all are." Spider-Colt answered.
"No, I'm really REALLY worried." Pinkie continued. "I mean, she's stuck in the big scary Everfree forest, probably hurt by that meanie Venom, and I don't know if she'll be safe." Pinkie choked up a bit.
"You forgot one thing." Spider-Colt said.
"What?"
"Cap. He's with her." Spider-Colt explained. "She'll be fine, Cap's an A-list superhero. If there's a civilian in danger and he has anything to say about it, he...or she is coming out breathing."
Pinkie sniffed. "You think so?" She asked.
"I know so." Spidey said, taking off his mask.
Pinkie sniffed again and smiled. "Thanks Petey." Pinkie said, Spidey having told her his real name earlier. "It's just hard to imagine life without Dashie. She's cool, she's nice, she's pretty..." Pinkie trailed off.
Peter raised an eyebrow for a second before raising both. "Mon amis, do you have a crush on our rainbow friend?" He asked.
Pinkie sighed. "Just my luck I fell for a straight mare huh?" She said.
"Don't worry. Like I said, Cap's there, and I don't know Dash very well, but if she's your true friend, she'll accept you for who you are." Pete comforted his new friend.
Pinkie smiled. "Thanks. I needed that."
"Now, waddaya say we go back in and...huh?" Peter said.
"What's up?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"There's someone coming up to the library, no three." Peter explained. "Looks like Cap, Rainbow Dash, and...someone I don't know." The pink mare's spirits lifted and her mane poofed up again and her coat brightened. She rushed through the door back inside and told her friends about Rainbow Dash. The group almost immediately ran out the door to meet their friend, and some other ponies and Avengers joined them too.
Soon enough, Dash, Cap, and and Zecora were halfway to the library. The blaring music and colorful lights could only mean one thing: "Pinkie's throwing a party." Rainbow Dash acknowledged. "Good thing to come back to." Zecora and Cap smiled.
Soon enough, Rainbow Dash's friends and Cap's teammates came rushing towards them.
"Rainbow Dash, what happened?"
"Rainbow Dash! What's goin' on?"
"Rainbow Dash, darling!"
"Oh Rainbow Dash, are you ok?"
"What happened, Dashie?"
"Girls, girls, I'm fine!" Rainbow Dash silenced her friends. "Just a flesh wound, that's all."
"What do you mean 'flesh wound'?" Twilight Sparkle asked.
Rainbow Dash sighed. "Venom broke my wing. Cap got me to Zecora's, and she patched me up." Many pairs of eyes drifted to Dash's bandaged wing, and then to Venom, standing at the back of the crowd.
"What? It wasn't my fault." Venom addressed the crowd.
Twilight sighed. "Unfortunately, he's correct." She said.
"Thank y-hey!" Venom shouted. Twilight ignored him and turned back to her newly crippled friend. "Sorry this happened, Rainbow Dash." Twilight turned to Zecora and Cap next. "Thanks for healing our friend, and getting her back home safely."
"No problem." Cap responded. "Just doing m'duty."
"It was no trouble at all, my friend." Zecora explained. "I always have a hand to lend."
Twilight nodded in appreciation. "Say, where did the princesses go?" Dash asked.
"They had to return to Canterlot." Tony said, having approached the front of the crowd. "'Royal duties' according to them."
Meanwhile, at the Canterlot Royal palace, Princess Luna hastily flipped through many books in the royal library. She tossed another book to the side in frustration before rubbing her temples.
There has to be SOMETHING. She thought. SOME PONY must have crossed dimensions at SOME point in time! Luna sighed and started contemplating other ways to learn dimensional travel. Should I...no not yet. If I can't maybe.
Luna took a deep breath and calmed down. She then heard some pony enter the library. She turned her head to see a familiar figure walking up to her. "Hello again, Barrier."
"Good evening M'lady." Barrier answered. "What are you doing? You look distressed."
Luna sighed. "I'm trying to find a book on dimensional magic, to see if I can send the Avengers home."
Barrier nodded. "I'm sure this matter is important, but you should probably get some sleep." He suggested. "You seem tired, and finding a book on obscure magic can be tough. My pal Neon Lights spent two nights straight up trying to find a magic book about creating new forms of music."
Luna smiled at this. She was tired, she had bags under her eyes, and her mane was slightly messed up. "I suppose you're right, Barrier." She said, getting up from her chair.
"Aren't I always?" Barrier asked. Luna chuckled and started for her room. "I'll continue my search in the morning."
"Of course M'lady." Barrier said. "If I find out anything, a tidbit, a detail, even a rumor, you'll be the first to know."
"My sister will be the first to know, Barrier." Luna said, turning to the armored guard. "I know you favor me, but my sister has greater authority. Unless I'm unavailable, you tell her first."
"Of course your majesty." Barrier said. Luna smiled once again and headed for her room. Barrier sighed and wandered down the opposite hallway to his workshop. He was a humble blacksmith before being promoted to protecting the princesses. He still had great skills, and used them to upgrade the Canterlot Royal Guard's arsenal often.
It also gave him a place to think. Ever since the Elements of Harmony were recovered, he'd started contemplating Celestia's competence as ruler. She seemed to stand idly by as the Elements did the world, and when she did step into the line of fire, she was shot down. He favored Luna for this very reason, and wondered if she'd rise above her sister and take Equestria for herself one day. He had been preparing for that day if it ever were to come, but, sadly, that doesn't seem to be the future.
Nevertheless, Barrier continued fixing up some flaws in the design of his shoulder-spear attachment to his armor, when he heard something outside. The guard poked his head out the door with his spear still on his shoulder, ready for the stab if necessary. He cautiously walked down the long, wide hall of the palace when he heard an unmistakable sound, one that he despised more than most other sounds: snoring.
Barrier turned a corner and found something he was half-expecting to see...Flash Sentry was leaning on a pedestal, sleeping during his shift.
Barrier shook his head and walked over to his trainee. He could just wake him up, but that wouldn't be as fun. Barrier pointed his spear at Flash, and knocked over the pedestal he was leaning on.
Flash Sentry had a rude awakening as he fell. "Wha? Who? Where? When? Where?" Spouted from his mouth as he looked around frantically. His eyes fell upon the sharp piece of brass pointed at his face, and he looked up to see an armored pony staring down at him. He screamed as the pony began laughing.
"Sir?" Flash asked, befuddled.
"Yes, Sentry, it's me." Barrier said, recovering from hysteria. "Caught you sleeping on the job, private."
Flash stammered. "S-sorry sir! Won't happen again!" He said, saluting.
"That's what you said last time, Sentry." Barrier told his trainee. "And the time before that, and the time before that. You're lucky the princesses are so forgiving, pal."
Flash Sentry looked down in dismay. "I know I already said I'm sorry a hundred times sir, but I really mean it." The guard said. "I try to do this right, but I just can't help myself sometimes."
Barrier sighed. "Look kid, I know you need the job, and I'd like to keep you here, but unless you smartening up, you'll be demoted to the book organizer for the royal library."
Flash Sentry looked up. "Don't worry sir. I'll be on my sharpest watch tonight, and every other night!" He said.
Barrier chuckled at his protégé. "Keep up this time, kid." He said before trotting off. I guess it's back to the workshop for me. He thought before heading off.
Princess Celestia was not in bed. On most nights, she would have been at this time, but this was not one of those nights. The elegant princess walked down the stairs to her dark, dirty dungeon. The guards posted at the door straightened in her presence and let her in.
Upon entry, you'd think you walked out of the Canterlot Royal palace and into a completely different place. It was grimy, dank, smelly, dull, and dimly lit. The dungeons are where the criminals of Canterlot are kept, rotting in their cells until execution time, or until their debt to society is paid.
Celestia walked through the dark dungeons to a specific location she checked every week.
"Well, well, well. Look who's here again?" A deep voice said from within a cell. Celestia glared at the cell from which the voice originated. "Have you come to grace us with your presence, dear aunt?"
"Quiet, Dark Flame." Celestia told the one inside the cell. "You know the only reason you haven't been executed yet is on Luna's behalf."
"Of course, of course." Dark Flame said slowly. He was still shrouded in the murky darkness of his cell. "Anyways, what are you doing down here?"
"That is none of your business, criminal." Celestia said, now glaring at Dark Flame. "I suggest you keep your nose out of the royal agenda."
"Well I AM a member of the royal family aren't I?" Dark Flame asked.
"Treason lowered your status greatly, nephew." Celestia said darkly. "Now stop bothering me, or I might fill out that death row form." The elegant princess continued walking through the dungeon hallways, though not without feeling her nephew's eyes following her until she was out of view.
Celestia reached a part of the dungeon filled with death row inmates. Murderers, foal molesters, and those guilty of treason all were held here until their day of execution came...the perfect place for the entrance of a "special" prisoner's cell. Celestia cast a spell on the far wall, and a door appeared covered in locks. Celestia magically unlocked the door and went through, closing and relocking it behind her. The princess walked down an extremely long flight of stairs, deactivating and reactivating traps as she went. When she reached the bottom, a large ball of magic energy sat in the middle of a circular stone room. Celestia walked up to the sphere and uttered the password.
"Order." The ball vanished and revealed its contents: the statue of a creature that looked like a mishmash of animals in a frightened position. The creature that attempted to drive Equestria into eternal chaos.
"Ah! Good evening, Celly!" Discord chimed. Though he was a statue, he could communicate via telepathy. "Come for another check-up have you?"
"Save it." Celestia told the statue. "As well as my weekly check, I've come to ask a question."
"Ask away, my dear!" Discord calmly said.
"What do you know about a group called the Avengers?" The princess asked.
"Hmm, are they off-worlders?" Discord asked.
Celestia's eyes widened. "Did you send them here?" She asked.
"No, but oh how I wish I did!" Discord said.
"How do you know all this?" Celestia asked, legitimately curious.
"I know a great many things." Discord answered. "I also know that I have Dark Flame to thank for your particularly foul mood tonight." Celestia raised an eyebrow. "How..."
"I am a god, right? I am subconsciously everywhere." Discord explained. "I know not who sent them...but one of them feels familiar..."
"Who is it!?" Celestia asked frantically.
"Oh, I've said too much already...don't want to spoil anything for you!" Discord teased.
Celestia swore loudly at the chaos god in front of her before turning away back up the stairs. Discord's laughter echoed all the way up until Celestia got back to the dungeon and re-hid the door. Several prisoners looked at her funny as the princess hastily made her way upstairs and to bed. It would be difficult getting to sleep tonight.
Whew! Thank Zeus this is done! I had some writer's block partway through, and do you know how hard it is to write dialog for Zecora? It's not easy, but I'll try.
Koryanders: What do you have against Venom and Carnage? Are you an anti symbiote-ite? Huh? HUH?! In all seriousness, thanks for sticking by me.
Christ's Disciple: How long did it take to figure THAT one out? (The mind control part.) Just kidding, thanks for the review. PS: I really needed an excuse for Deadpool's inclusion in the story!
Guest whose jaw is in the next universe:...is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Dark Flame created by Aceon.