Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Cloudsdale airforce base

Time: Three days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

Commander Hurricane raised an eyebrow as Rainbow Dash came zooming in to land next to her.

"Heya Commander! It is an HONOR to meet you!" said Rainbow enthusiastically.

Hurricane blinked her eyes slowly. She nodded her head. "It is almost good to see you as well."

Rainbow looked at her in confusion. "Almost?"

Hurricane turned around and began to trot off to a large Cloudsdale building. "Almost. You were thirty seconds late."

"Thirty seconds? Why, is that bad?"

"Why is it bad? Well, let's see, in thirty seconds I could have killed a minimum of two ponies. Also, in thirty seconds I could have destroyed the Tree of Harmony. Thirty seconds is a long time, Miss Dash, and since you are Equestria's self-proclaimed champion of the air, I expect to see more."

Rainbow gaped. Quickly she regained her composure and she saluted stoutly. "Yes sir! I mean ma'am! I mean yes ma'am!"

Hurricane sighed. "Follow me. In here are the maps of Equestria and the surrounding lands. With the Freezelock pass down, we're going to be needed for a lot more than just air reconnaissance now."

Rainbow saluted again and quickly galloped into the building behind Commander Hurricane.

"So, what experience have you had in combat?" said Hurricane briskly as she spread out a map of Equestria on a large cloud table.

"Um... none really. I helped defend Equestria against ten demons once, but that was just terrible."

Hurricane glanced at Rainbow and said, "Demons huh? I've heard rumors and seen the tapes. They seem like a powerful lot. How many did you kill?"

Rainbow shook her head vigorously. "I didn't kill any! I knocked one out while he was fighting Princess Celestia though."

Hurricane rolled her eyes. "No kill count no honor kid. Anyways, we need to begin to finish up the air grids of Equestria. According to Commander Flaming Star, the area her derailed the Equus-Irrum alliance train was about two kilometers south of the Freezelock pass. Given standard idleness relocation spread calculations, that would put the alliance army to about here."

Hurricane placed a large red pin on an area just north of the Galloping Gorge. Rainbow nodded, trying to look wise.

"We will send scouts out in a large perimeter to watch for their movements," continued Hurricane, "We will repeat this process once every two hours to ensure we get a good trajectory of where they're initially heading. Quiz time rookie, where might they go for?"

Rainbow looked at the map. "Vanhoover or Canterlot. Vanhoover because it's closest, or Canterlot because that is the capitol."

Hurricane nodded. "Nice kid. I think it will be Vanhoover. If they take it, they will have a sea port where they will be able to sail in extra supplies from Equus."

Rainbow looked at Hurricane, "Soooo... when will we be starting these scouting runs?"

Hurricane glanced at a large clock on the nearby wall. "In a minute."

"A minute?! I better get going then!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash. She was about to bolt out the door when Commander Hurricane said, "Slow down there kid. Where do you think you're going?"

"Well... to fly with the rest! That's what we do right? We're leaders!" explained Rainbow as she continued to inch towards the door.

Hurricane shook her head. "No can do, kid. You're right, we're leaders. But if we die like idiot heroes, do you know that what makes us? Idiotic and DEAD heroes. Sure the history books will remember us, but it will also note that we died because we were stupid. So stupid in fact that we lost the war and caused the entire land of Equestria to go down in flames. All because we thought we were the action-movie kind of leaders."

Rainbow blinked. "Waitwaitwaitwait... So you're saying we're not to be heroes? Sunset said..."

"I know what Sunset said, he said the same to me," interrupted Hurricane with a roll of her eyes, "But I don't give a half-a-bit about what he says. Sure he's the 'Star-swirled the Bearded' of our time, but he doesn't truly know what it means to command."

Rainbow's eyes hardened. "He knows more about it than you do!" she exclaimed indignantly, "He understands the costs, but knows that we must do it because otherwise evil will triumph."

Hurricane laughed. "Oh no, not another good-versus-evil spiel. You don't know how many of those I've encountered over the years. There is no good and there is no evil. There are only winners and losers. You win, you're the good guy. If you lose, you're the bad guy. It's as simple as that! So, in order to win, we must choose not to be morons and play-act the hero. Got it?"

Rainbow could hardly believe that self-righteous, moronic pony she was talking to was the descendent of the great Commander Hurricane. She shook her head, trying to clear it of all the things Hurricane had said. She sighed.

"I don't know... I just don't know," she muttered.

Hurricane sighed as well. "Well, you'll know soon enough. When the time comes, you'll see that I'm right."

With that, the two pretty much stood on opposite sides of the room, pretending to do something important and yet not doing anything particularly useful at al. This went on for about two hours. Then, finally, a Pegasus scout cantered into the building and went straight Commander Hurricane. He handed her a package containing photographs and specs from the scouts spotting the movements of the alliance troopers. Commander Hurricane opened up the package and checked the initial report page. After a moment, she nodded to herself and trotted over to the cloud table where Rainbow Dash was, looking at her expectantly. Hurricane tossed the package and the pictures out onto the table over the map of Equestria.

"You see these?" she said, pointing to each of the pictures, "Do you recognize the areas?"

"That looks like the Unicorn Range…" muttered Rainbow Dash. She snatched up the initial report page and read it quickly. The first thing that caught her eye was the title: "Short encounter between Smoke Mountain. Alliance troops relocating around the range."

Rainbow Dash looked up at Hurricane, her eyes wide. "They're going to attack Ponyville!" she exclaimed.

Hurricane rolled her eyes as she took back the report page. "No, no, no, no. They only want the possibility of a Ponyville attack to be a front. Ponyville is not nearly important enough to pose any sort of foothold for a cut-off invading army."

"Not important enough?! Us Harmony bearers live there!"

"DID live there. Last time I checked, Princess Twilight Sparkle was in the custody of the enemy. They know that, and they know that we need all of you together to harness the power of the elements of Harmony. Thus, you, your friends, and the town is useless. This is a front."

"What?! My friends and I aren't useless!"

"Okay. You and your friends are not seen as a threat to them. They will not risk a chance of an ambush, getting boxed in, or losing valuable time over attacking a small town. No, they are obviously using it as a distraction so we will relocate valuable soldiers to protect the town while they really launch an attack against Las Pegasus."

"Huh? Las Pegasus? Why?"

"Isn't it obvious? Like Vanhoover, it is a port town. The alliance army really needs a port town so Equus can ship in supplies. Since they're obviously not going to Vanhoover, and they are not stupid enough to attack Canterlot, they're using a clever distract-and-disrupt tactic so they can seize Las Pegasus."

"Um… okay… What are we going to do?"

"I was going to ask the same thing of you, kid."

"Oh. Wellllllllll… I suppose what I would do is send a couple of squadrons of troops to Ponyville to make it look like we are falling for their distraction. While we do that, we will really post the rest of the entire army at and around Las Pegasus. They will think their distraction is working and will continue to Las Pegasus to invade it. While they're doing that, we will ambush them."

"Nice, I like it. I'll admit it, kid, you have the brains. This is what I'm going to do: I'll order the Pegasus airforce to send raids against the alliance to slow them down. While they're doing that, I'll send a squadron to Ponyville. They will make it look like the place is fully prepared for an invasion. I will then send whatever tanks we have left and the rest of the army to the hills before Las Pegasus and tell them to lay low. The alliance army will march straight through to Las Pegasus, thinking their distraction worked. Then… we'll pounce on them and wipe them out. The invasion will have been stopped cold in its tracks."

"Awesome…"

"I know… Awesome. Anyway, what are we waiting around for? Let's get moving!"

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: The outskirts of Don Keyxote

Time: Three days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

A large group of alliance troopers and Bray police donkeys gathered around the edge of the precipice, looking down at the flaming wreak that was the stolen S.W.A.T. prisoner-transfer van.

"No pony is coming out of there," said one soldier.

"I agree. It's totaled. Let's get a move-on and report back to headquarters to tell them that the threat has been elimanted, but we've lost the hostages Pontius and Rarity," said another.

"They are not important to the plan in the long run," said a captain next to the two soldiers, "Let us go."

The soldiers and the police donkeys got into their vehicles and drove away. There was a long moment of silence in the gorge. Suddenly, the flaming vehicle at the bottom flew into the air and landed a distance away from it original position. Discord, with him and his friends surrounded by a protective energy shield, had tossed it aside as if it had been a plastic toy. He straightened up and dusted himself off.

"Well," he said, "That was a minor inconvenience."

Rarity exclaimed, "A MINOR inconvenience?! You have no idea how traumatized I've been. I've fainted more times in the last couple of hours than I have in my entire life!"

Discord conjured up a long list with a red pen. He put on glasses and checked it.

"This is your 'fainting' record. Let's see, Miss Rarity… Hmmmm… nope. No, you have certainly fainted more times in your life than in the past couple of hours. I apologize."

Discord grinned at her as he vaporized the pen, paper, and glasses. Rarity just rolled her eyes. "Well, fine," she said, "It doesn't matter. What matters now is how we're going to get out of Bray!"

"I would be more worried about getting out of the gorge first," sighed Pontius, sizing up the extensive stone walls of the gorge.

"Discord! You could make us balloons! We could float up!" exclaimed Pinkie with an excited bounce.

Rarity nodded. "Yes, Discord, you have the power. Get us up there!"

Discord nodded. "Righto. One totally inconspicuous hot air balloon coming right up!"

He snapped his fingers and conjured up a bright red dirigible. He then quickly put on a sea captain's hat and conjured up a swagger stick.

"Welcome aboard!" he said dramatically, "Every pony onto the 'Discord Airship!'"

Rarity sighed and muttered something unintelligible.

Discord continued to grin. "Don't pout, my dear. I made sure there was an overabundance of sequins in your seat on the ship. No Breezies for them to blind today."

With that, everyone boarded the airship. It lifted into the air and floated out of the gorge. It began to drift over the road where they were shot up by RPGs. Coincidentally; they were immediately shot by an RPG once again. The airship exploded into flames and spiraled to the ground. It skipped and bounced, but did not fall into the gorge. It just lay in the middle of the road in a flaming heap.

The captain who had been looking over the gorge at the decimated S.W.A.T. prisoner-transport truck earlier stepped around large boulder with a RPG balanced on his shoulder. He grinned.

The airship suddenly disappeared with a flash. Discord got up and brushed himself off. He then quickly threw up a large energy shield as he helped up Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Pontius. He turned to the captain and said, "I say, my dear fellow, you must really look where you point those things. Some pony could have gotten hurt."

The captain dropped the RPG with a grin. "That was the intent."

Discord sighed dramatically. "It always is. So, here is how things are going down, I'm Discord, god of chaos. I am also one of the most powerful dimensional travelers that was, is, and probably will always be. You are an alliance pony with an RPG. I win. You will now step away from that RPGS and run home squealing for your mother like a good pony, and we will proceed with flying in the sky with diamonds like normal. ¿Entiendes?"

The captain shook his head. "Oh, so you're Discord. Let me point out why I think I would win."

Suddenly he shimmered and transformed into one of those hideous power-adapting, shape-shifting creatures. Discord blinked, he had not seen such creature before.

"Oooooh, creepy!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie.

Discord sighed and dropped the shield. He then put up his fists. "Get behind me, you three," he said slowly, "This isn't going to be fun."

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: The outskirts of Don Keyxote, elevation 2150 meters

Time: Three days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

"Soooooooo… Are we there yet?" said Franklin.

"You say that one more time and I'm going to perform and Inversion and send you two spiraling to your deaths," replied Daniel.

"You know what's interesting?' said Franklin, ignoring Daniel's threat, "Whenever I get you annoyed, you threaten me by saying you'll send me spiraling to my death. The interesting part, though, is that you change the trick that you will use as the way to kill me each time. How many have we cycled through now? Barrel roll, Loop-the-loop, Torque loop, Stall turn, Inversion…"

"What interests me is how he always says 'you two,'" interjected Night Shade, "Last time I checked, Franklin were the one being an idiot and a nuisance, not me."

"Quiet you two," said Daniel sharply as eyes began to scour the ground below, "I sense something."

Franklin flipped out his sniper rifle and began to scope the ground below. "I don't know, we flew over Don Keyxote and didn't notice anything different other than the alliance strolling around. I don't see why this would be any different… Wait… There!"

Franklin pointed to their left and said, "I see explosions. However, the shockwave effect is slightly different… they're from dimensional travelers!"

Daniel preformed a sharp curve and headed directly for the area that Franklin was pointing at. In a moment they were circling a scene of chaos. Discord was battling one of those strange creatures from another multiverse one-on-one. Discord was powerful, but he was so out of practice with lethal combat that he was obviously on the losing side of the scuffle.

"Do we know any of these?" said Daniel as he continued to circle the battle high in the air.

Franklin shrugged. "I am not sure. However, the one weird one fighting that other-multiverse freak has a file in the traveler database. He's a dimensional traveler. His name is Discordius. Power tier 1."

Night Shade nodded as he squinted at the being hiding behind Discord. "The white pony is Rarity, I think," he said, "I think we have every right to go in there and beat the tobacco juice out of the assumed bad guy now, Daniel."

Daniel nodded slowly. "I agree… Okay. Here we go, this is the plan: Night Shade, get down there using your superspeed and immediately engage the hostile. I will keep Franklin airborne for a moment while he tries to disable the enemy. We're shooting for him to be wounded and disabled, but not dead. Got it?"

Night Shade nodded. He then leapt off Daniel's back. He rocketed towards the ground and smashed into the enemy's back at freefall velocity. The creature flew straight over Discord's head and tumbled into the gorge. Discord blinked and looked at Night Shade.

"Raining ponies… a page out of my own book I would have to say," said Discord with a crooked grin. Night Shade nodded.

"Greetings Discordius, I am Night Shade. A 79th generation dimensional traveler."

Discord nodded at Night Shade. "Charmed," he said, "I suppose you know the other dimensional travelers are here? You are in cahoots with them, I hope?"

Night Shade winked and then nodded his head at the sky. "We sure are. The dragon and human up there are my other dimensional traveler teammates, Daniel and Franklin. Do you think we'll be able to take this guy alive?"

Discord frowned. "Hmmm," he mused, "I THINK so…"

Suddenly the creature exploded from the gorge with a howl. He hovered above the ground and released a hail of fire bolts at Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Pontius. Quickly Discord drew up a massive block of stone from the ground that blocked the attack. Immediately afterward, he threw the block. The creature dodged it and flipped in the air. He then hurled a hail of ice-sharp icicles. They were blasted into fine dust by Night Shade who quickly followed up by rocketing towards the creature. Unfortunately the creature simply punched Night Shade in the face as he attempted to swerve out of the way. Night Shade spiraled away, but was caught by Discord. The creature raised a fist to call down a lightning strike but, instead, he just let out a shriek as a bullet from Franklin's sniper rifle clipped off his hand. Clutching the ruined hand with his other, the creature unleashed twin beams of heat energy from his eyes. Discord threw up an energy shield but grimaced as the energy beams ate away at the protection. Night Shade flew up around the shield and yelled, "Hey! Over here!"

The creature began to focus his heat vision on Night Shade, who began to perform tricks in the sky. Discord sidled around until he was facing the creature's back and hurled a blast of kinetic energy. It smashed into his back and set him flying into stone wall. As the creature did so, a sniper bullet took out his other hand. Gurgling, the creature slid to the ground. Discord strolled up to him and snapped his fingers. A flowery straitjacket appeared around him. The creature snarled and got up. He flicked his head. Then large boulders erupted from the ground around him and blasted towards Discord and Night Shade. Suddenly, though, a massive swathe of flames from Daniel vaporized the boulders as the dragon swooped in. Franklin flipped off Daniel's back and smashed the butt of his sniper rifle on the creatures head, knocking him cold.

Daniel landed and looked around, no pony other than the present group had witnessed the battle. Discord snorted. "Well, those things don't give up too easily. I suppose it's all over with now though."

He turned to Rairty, who was staring wide-eyed at Daniel. "Looks like we get to ride a dragon now though… romantic, don't you think?"

Daniel snorted out a blast of flame and heat. "Nope, you guys are going to have to conjure something else up, I'm not letting you guys touch my back."

Discord threw up his upper appendages in mock indignation. "My, my, what a touchy dragon. Do all dragons have naturally soured dispositions?"

"That's what I said too!" laughed Franklin, "Grumpy right?"

"I'll say!" continued Discord, "What a face. I'm sure you could curdle milk with it. Or make it spontaneously combust."

Daniel sighed. "Okay, I get it; I'm not overly fond of this situation. But nevertheless we have it pretty good now. I see you have captured the traitor Pontius, that is good."

Pontius gawked. "W-what?! Me?! I'm not a traitor!"

Night Shade stared suspiciously at him, "We have one mule, with the name of Martique, who says otherwise, mister."

Discord frowned. "Oh dear, it seems that we have reached an impasse then. Pontius insists he's not a traitor, and Martique insists he is. How should we solve this situation?"

Daniel cocked his head on one side as he thought for a moment. Finally he said, "We will bring them both before Celestia and Flaming Star with this issue. Celestia is wise, she will be able to parse out the truth. As for Flaming Star, he has the stare-of-the-souls ability, that should help us bring out the truth as well."

Pontius nodded, looking relieved. "I agree, we should do just that. Let's go now."

Daniel blinked, Pontius looked happy with their decision which implicated that he was telling the truth. But if he was… well, then Princess Celestia had been housing a traitor and a spy within the courts of Canterlot. He shook his head; he had no time to worry about that just yet.

"Discordius," he said, "Make an aireborn vehicle, preferably something fast. When you've finished that, we'll take to the sky as a group and head back Canterlot. Unfortunately the alliance was setting up anti-air weapons when we passed over Don Keyxote earlier, so we will have to take a longer, more indirect route. Nevertheless, as long as Rainbow Dash and Commander Hurricane can slow the alliance's army, we should be good for now with respects to the amount of time we have. Let's move it!"

Discord bowed elegantly to Daniel. "Your wish is my command, young sir," he drawled. He quickly conjured up a large airplane that looked like a cross between a four-seated Piper Cherokee airplane and a large metal Pegasus.

"You seat still has sequins on it, Rairty," said Discord pompously as he helped her into the plane.

"Sequins? You mean those ridiculous thingies designed to make a person go blind?" said Franklin as he got onto Daniel's back.

"They are NOT ridiculous!" said Rarity irately, "They are ALL the rage right now!"

"Sure they are, my dear Rarity," chuckled Discord, "Whatever you say. Now, please keep your head and hooves inside the vehicle at all times and try not to pass out when I try a couple of barrel rolls for fun. Thank you and have a nice day!"

There was a pause... Finally Franklin broke the silence. "Who gets to carry the weird monster thingy? he said.

Note: OC dimensional traveler ideas are still open! Anyway, I had a serious question: do you guys want to see more of the original MLP characters, or more dimensional travelers? I have thought over the ideas you guys have given me for dimensional travelers and I have realized that there is sooooo much potential in them all. The travelers and their history are incredibly intriguing, and I wanted to know if you guys thought if it is worth it to create more "Recollections" chapters talking about them all. If so, how deep did you want me to go? Should I just start a new story specifically for them? I would appreciate some feedback on this, thanks!