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Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Somewhere above the Unicorn Range

Time: 4 days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

"Sooooo… what next?" said Franklin.

"Franklin… if you say that one more time, I'll… uh… I'll…" growled Daniel.

Franklin then began to laugh and clap. "I've done it! I've successfully made you run out of different types of tricks to kill me!"

"I could just start over again. If you say that one more time, I'll do a loop-the-loop and send you two falling to your deaths," continued Daniel.

"Nice job, Daniel, you've just become repetitive," chuckled Franklin, "And there are three of us now, since we had to carry this hideous creature thingy with us."

"Okay, great, whatever," snorted Daniel, "What we need to do now is head for Canterlot. Princess Celestia should be there. We can take this godforsaken piece of meat to her and have her wring a confession from it."

"Oh, that would be a brilliant idea," called Discord, "I was hoping we would be able to drop by the castle. I can show Celestia and Lulu how I took care of Rarity and Pinkie Pie!"

"You say that like you did a good job!" exclaimed Rarity indignantly.

Franklin grinned. "Discordius, I think you and I will get along just great. Maybe we could go on a prank spree sometime!" Suddenly Franklin dropped his grin as his sharp eyes picked out something below. He pulled out his sniper rifle and scoped it out. He put it down and said, as if he could hardly believe it, "Um… Night Shade, your little friends, the Cutie Mark Crusaders… they're here."

Night Shade grabbed the sniper rifle and looked through the scope. He then handed it back to Franklin and said to Daniel, "Daniel! Swoop down! What are they doing here?"

"We're about to find out!" yelled Daniel as he swooped down.

Discord blinked at Daniel, looking confused. Then he looked at where they were diving to.

"Oh! I say Rarity! Your sister is down there! A weird place to have a vacation don't you think?"

Rarity's eyes widened as she peeked through a window of the plane and noticed a small pony down on the range below that looked remarkably like her little sister. She opened her window slightly then took a deep breath and yelled, "SWEETIE BELL! WHEN I GET DOWN THERE YOU'LL BE IN TROUBLE!"

Discord chortled as he began to lower his airplane.

"Night Shade!" gasped Scootaloo, who collapsed on the ground from exhaustion, "We… have a letter… from Sunset!"

Night Shade leapt down and gave the Cutie Mark Crusaders hugs.

"Woah… a DRAGON!" exclaimed Button Mash, "Can I ride him? Huh? Huh?"

Daniel rolled his eyes, "Maybe kid. Maybe. I'll check my schedule."

Franklin, on the other hand, was really worried.

"Guys?" he said, "I think you might want to take a look at this."

As the Brothers in Arms corps gathered around the letter, Rarity stormed up to Sweetie Bell from Discord's landed plane.

"Sweetie Bell! What in the world were you thinking, coming all the way out here?!" she exclaimed crossly.

"Sorry Rarity!" said Sweetie Bell, "But there was this warning about the alliance coming… then there was Lightning Dasher disappearing with a flash leaving this letter… then there was us deciding to bring this letter here… then here we are!"

Rarity just looked at Sweetie Bell. "Er… beg pardon?"

"Ooooohhh! I just love it when I disappear with a flash!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie with a bounce.

"I do too," said Discord with a wink. He then disappeared and then reappeared with a flash.

Pontius just rolled his eyes and chuckled at how remarkable the situation was as a whole.

As this was going on, the Brothers in Arms corps were reading over the letter.

Franklin bit his lip as he looked at Scootaloo. "How long did it take you to deliver this letter?"

Scootaloo, who was lying on her back, waved her hoof in the air. "Oh, I don't know, several hours. It was a workout I can tell you!"

Franklin bit his lip even harder as he looked back at his teammates. "This is really not good," he said, "anything could have happened by now."

Daniel nodded but sighed. "We cannot do anything though, even at supersonic speed it might take an hour at least to make it to Ponyville. We have just ran out of time. If we only had our portals…"

Franklin sighed and put his head in his hands. "My sister… alone…" he said. His voice trembled a little.

Night Shade trotted over and sat next to him and put a hoof on his shoulder. "She will be fine," he said calmly.

Franklin shook his head and shrugged off Night Shade's hoof. "No," he said, "She won't be fine. She is fighting a whole army armed with advanced technology. I am her brother! I am supposed to be there for her! If only… if only I could teleport! Damn! Damn it all! We've been played from the beginning!"

Daniel sighed as well, blasting out a burst of hot air. "You're right, our enemy is a whole lot smarter than we think, and obviously smarter than us. But there is nothing we can do about it now."

"We need backup," said Night Shade.

"We don't have backup," replied Daniel.

"You totally have backup," came a voice from behind them.

The whole group turned to see Flaming Star, Ditzy Doo, and Spike trotting through a portal.

"Guess who found and destroyed the portal-blocking device?" said Flaming Star with a wink.

"You may be a pain in the ass, firstborn," said Daniel with a rare smile, "but you are absolutely amazing."

Flaming Star bowed. He then noticed the unconscious for of the Phasetrooper that they had captured.

"Is this one of those creatures?" he asked, pointing with a hoof.

Daniel nodded. Flaming Star eyed it and nodded. "Yep," he said, "It most certainly looks like one. From what I understand, if there is one here, there is a major chance that there will be more. In fact, who knows, there could be hundreds here, posing as ponies in high power. They could be literally running both sides of the war in fact!"

Night Shade nodded, "I can see that happening, but we cannot be certain for sure. Is… is there a way we can find out?"

Daniel grimaced. "I really have no idea," he said, "If they are operating under someone, they will obviously not give information up easily. From what I understand, they might not give up information at all. Unless… unless… Flaming Star, can you use your stare-of-the-souls to figure out what is going on?"

Flaming Star stroked his chin with a hoof as he thought about it. Then he nodded slowly. "Maybe," he mused, "I've only used it to detect deceptions and understand truths… but I think I can also use it to glean truths. I suppose I could try."

Flaming Star strolled up and grabbed the creature by the throat. He then slapped it into wakefulness.

"Look me in the eyes, creature," he said. The Phasetrooper growled but complied. Flaming Star trapped it in his stare-of-the-souls. Sweat began to bead on his forehead as he began to drag information from the mind of the Phasetrooper. Little by little, the plan the Paradox had for this dimension came to light. The horror of what was even now transpiring caused his head to spin. He stumbled and fell down. He got up, breathing heavily.

"What is it?" said Daniel, his eyes full of worry. The firstborn was NEVER truly worried.

"The Paradox…" breathed Flaming Star, "The Paradox… The Paradox… He has been lying to us."

Franklin chuckled nervously. "Yeah right. Flaming Star, you're such a kidder! I got a better one though. What do you call a polar bear with earmuffs on?"

"No, no, no…" said Flaming Star, "It's all been part of the plan. WE'VE been all part of the plan. It's all about the harmony units. They're… they're weapons of mass destruction. All we've ever been created to do is protect them until the Paradox deemed it time to activate them. He's going to kill us all... just so that the multiverse can be cleansed of what he deems to be impure…"

"The Paradox? Dad? No… NO NO NO NO NO!" yelled Night Shade, "My dad would NEVER DO THAT!"

Flaming Star shook his head. "We… we have to find out," he said slowly, "Perhaps… perhaps this creature has been misinformed somehow."

The Phasetrooper chuckled. "You will wish that when it is over, Flaming Star… you will all-"

Franklin smashed the Phasetroopers head in with his rifle butt.

"Franklin!" shouted Daniel, "Control yourself!"

Flaming Star continued to shake his head. "Paradox… THE Paradox. I cannot… He's never given me any reason to be suspicious of him! Eight thousand years down the drain… Eight thousand years he's trusted and mentored me. Was this his plan all along? Has this been what he's always been planning? But… but…"

Daniel blinked calmly. Despite the horror of the news, he took every piece of information a baby step at a time. He looked at Flaming Star and said, "Calm down Flaming Star, I understand that this is terrible, but we're used to people betraying us. Or, at least, we should be used to it by now."

Flaming Star looked at Daniel irately. "This is the Paradox we're talking about," he snapped, "The one who gave you your powers, the one who raised Night Shade from a baby."

Daniel sighed and went to sit next to Night Shade, who had buried his head in his hoofs and was trembling. The black Pegasus wasn't taking the news very well.

"Night Shade," Daniel said, trying to sound calm and soothing, "You can't let your emotions get the better of you. As Flaming Star said, this creature might have been misinformed, or found a way to somehow forge truths. Nothing is certain at this point."

"My… Dad…" said Night Shade, still shaking. After a moment, he took a deep breath and got up. He nodded his head and said, "Okay. Okay, I'm calm now. Let's get moving. The sooner we act the sooner we can prove the Paradox's innocence."

"So," said Rarity, who was staring wide-eyed at the dead body of the Phasetrooper, "Where to?"

"The Harmony tree," replied Flaming Star, who too had gotten himself under control. With that he opened a portal straight to the tree of Harmony in the Everfree forest.

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Ponyville

Time: 4 days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

Miranda and Sunset sat side-by-side, surrounded by a powerful electromagnetic prison shield. Soldiers pointed weapons at the from all directions, and the radio-operator stood by, next to his radio.

"Okay, at least they didn't think we had a telepathic link up," said Sunset to Miranda over the intercom.

"Yes," replied Miranda, "That was fortunate. Now what we need to do is figure out a way to shut down this shield, take out all these soldiers, and disable the radio before that operator can send out any warning or message. This should be a piece of cake… Except for the shutting down the shield part, and the taking out all the soldiers part, and the disabling the radio part."

"That's right Miranda," chuckled Sunset over the link, "Keep our spirits high. That is something you are very good at."

"It's a gift."

"So, do you have an actually plan, then?"

"Nope. But even if I did, I would be loath to really put it into action, with Princess Twilight in danger and all. She dies and Flaming Star will be heartbroken… Something I could never stand for."

"And there you have it folks, the number one reason why Miranda is probably the kindest dimensional traveler that ever existed."

"Aw, you make me blush, you flatterer. However, I suggest you save up those and give them to your wife, she deserves them more."

Sunset's ears pricked up. "That's right!" he exclaimed over the intercom, "Fluttershy! She's still in Sugar Cube Corner, and, from the looks of it, she hasn't been detected yet!"

The second he had finished broadcasting that message to Miranda, Fluttershy poked her head out of the window and looked at the radio-operating pony. She then glanced at Sunset and popped her head back inside.

"Is… is Fluttershy actually going to do something?" said Miranda, almost incredulously.

Sunset chuckled audibly, "She is. We need to get ready. If I know my sweetheart, she'll successfully disable the radio-operator. Miranda, as soon as that happens, release a EMP pulse set to destructive interference. The feedback from the blast should cause their shield generators to overload and explode. I'll then unleash a tidal wave that will knock these guys backwards. When we've done that, we will destroy the radio, grab Fluttershy and make a break for the Everfree forest. Once we're clear of Ponyville, we can easily disable the entire army and go off to stop… well, to reason with the Paradox."

Miranda gave Sunset a side-long glance as she said, over the link, "You think the Paradox will listen to us?"

Sunset blinked. "I don't know," he admitted, "But I will not fight him. We owe him too much. And besides, I refuse to kill anyone."

Miranda nodded slightly and then looked at Sugar Cube Corner. Fluttershy poked her head out of the second-story window once more. In her front hoofs she was carrying a large platter with a massive creamy ice-cream cake. She hoisted the thing above her head and then said, "I'm sorry!" She then let the cake drop.

The operator glanced up and took the pastry full in the face. Remarkably, it knocked him out cold. The second that happened, Miranda unleashed the EMP blast, and all the shield generators simultaneously exploded. The shield dropped and Sunset leaped up.

"Hang on!" he yelled as he called upon his control of H2O and unleashed a massive tidal wave. The thing swept every soldier off their hoofs and carried them away. The tank stood, though, and they immediately turned their turrets to fire. Miranda quickly threw up an energy field and the large shells exploded harmlessly off them.

"You destroy the radio and get Fluttershy," said Miranda, "I'll deal with the tanks."

Sunset nodded and ran towards Sugar Cube Corner. It was only a dozen meters, but it felt like a kilometer. Time seemed to slow down as massive tank shells buzzed by him as he ran. Nevertheless, he got by unscathed. Blasting the radio into nothing with a discharge of dark matter, Sunset dashed into Sugar Cube Corner, where he was met by Fluttershy, who had Starlight Amber on her back.

Fluttershy hugged Sunset tightly as she said, "Oh! I was so WORRIED! What are we going to do now?"

Sunset hugged her tightly back as he said, "We're going to get out of here. Don't worry, Miranda has got our backs."

The three burst through the door. Miranda was sitting next to the flaming hull of a tank, cooking a marshmallow. She turned her bright eyes towards them and waved. The entire area was clear. All that was there was a dozen burning tank hulls. Sunset was about to remark upon the sight when his sharp hearing picked up the rumbling of more tanks in the distance. Sighing he galloped towards Miranda.

"You're going to have to wait to eat those, Miranda," he said, "We need to the hell away. More tanks are coming, and I have no intention of risking my wife or this town with a confrontation just yet."

Miranda nodded and she got up. The four galloped off in the direction of the Everfree forest.

"Well, our plan worked perfectly. So much so that I don't think we're going to be followed," said Miranda as they continued to gallop, "Now here is the most important question: what are we going to do when we confront the Paradox?"

Sunset bit his lip and said, "I have no idea. I just have no idea. I will not fight him… but we still have to stop him. Perhaps we can still reason with him!"

Miranda just sighed a sad sigh and continued galloping. Soon they had passed Ponyville borders and were entering the Everfree forest.

"Fluttershy, you know the quickest way to the tree of Harmony," exclaimed Sunset, "lead the way!"

Fluttershy blanched at the thought, but after a moment of contemplation, her eyes hardened. "This way everypony!" she exclaimed as she spread open her wings and took off.

In a few minutes they were standing outside the gorge that lead to the tree. Sunset groaned as he saw the beings guarding the door. They were the Elite Phasetroopers who had replaced almost every important pony in the entire continent: Mayor Mare, Martique, Commander Hurricane, Cadence, Ahmed Ponhammed, Shadow Scepter, and Corona Oscura.

"There is NO way we can take them all out," sighed Sunset, almost giving up hope.

"Don't give up!" said Miranda, "We will find a way!"

No sooner had those words left her lips than a large portal opened up behind them. The Cutie Mark Crusaders, Button Mash, Pontius, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Discord, the Brothers in Arms corps, Ditzy Doo, Spike, and Flaming Star all stepped out. And no sooner had the portal closed than Rainbow Dash came blasting out of the sky to land with them, and Applejack poked her head from around a tree.

"Well I'll be darned!" exclaimed Applejack, "And here was I thinkin' I would have to talk all those nasties down there alone!"

"Same here!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

"Likewise," chucked Miranda, "See Sunset? There is always a way."

"Where's my dad?" exclaimed Night Shade in a strained voice, "I need to talk to him!"

"Slow down there," said Daniel. He then turned to Sunset and said, "I take it you've encountered some life-altering news?"

Sunset nodded. "The Paradox… is evil. He is going to use the tree of Harmony to wipe out the multiverse. And what's worse, if that was even possible, he has Twilight hostage. She's being tortured even as we speak. If we try anything, Twilight will die in the most agonizing way possible."

Flaming Star began to breathe hard as anger began to fill his vision. "The Paradox has done this?" he snarled.

Sunset nodded, but moved to block Flaming Star from rocketing off for the kill. "He has, which is why we need to be careful of what we do. We need to approach this with tact."

"We need to do that, and we need to do that fast," added Miranda, "We have no idea how long, or how short, it will take for the Harmony tree to be activated."

"Harmony... the hell it is," chuckled Franklin as he pulled out his sniper rifle and began to clean it.

"Well, what's the plan then?" exclaimed Discord, "I do hope it involves explosions!"

"I hope it involves very little few explosions!" interjected Rarity.

"Explosions!" exclaimed Ditzy Doo.

Sunset shook his head. He beckoned Flaming Star and Daniel over to a corner. The three whispered harshly to one another for about a minute before they went back to join the rest.

"We have a plan," said Flaming Star, "And it might work if done right."

Everyone but Night Shade leaned in eagerly.

"You sound like this is going to be an attack!" he snapped, "I just want to go down there and talk."

"You have no idea what he'll do to you!" warned Daniel.

"I'm his SON, Daniel," said Night Shade irately, "He'll listen to me."

Sunset sighed and nodded. "Then be happy that I incorporated you into my plan. Your job is to go down there and see if you can talk your way past the guards. However, you'll have the telepathic link open at all times. Talk to him, cuddle with him, whatever, but stall him. If you can talk some sense into him, then let us know immediately and we'll call off the attack. If not… well, then we're going in with hellfire."

Night Shade nodded. "Whatever, great. I'm going now."

He opened up a link with the rest of the dimensional travelers, sped up his molecules, and blasted off to the mouth of the harmony cave.

"Stop!" snarled Commander Hurricane, "How dare you… Oh…"

Despite the fact Night Shade had only seen creatures like this thrice times now, these beings seemed very familiar with him. They turned and whispered to one another, and then they stepped aside and let him pass.

Night Shade trotted into the cave slowly. There was the Paradox, his adopted father, standing in front of the tree, talking to someone over a holographic interface.

"You cannot kill her yet, Pictor, you need to wait. It doesn't matter anyway," said the Paradox calmly.

"Dad?" said Night Shade in a small voice.

The Paradox whirled. He stood there, staring at Night Shade for a full minute, quietly.

"Night Shade," was all he said.

"What's going on?" continued Night Shade, "Why do you have Twilight captive? What's with all this deception?"

"Night Shade, my son, you need to understand that I am acting in our best interests."

"What do you mean?"

"You and your friends have fought too hard and too long to clean the multiverse of an evil that is too strong and too prevalent to ever go away. I have mourned this predicament for a long time, but now I have the solution: I will start the multiverse anew."

"What do you mean 'anew?' What will happen to everyone?"

"Well… Night Shade, my son, mostly everyone will die."

"But… but that's genocide! Genocide on an enormous scale! That's pure evil!"

"You don't understand, Night Shade. It's all relative. Evil is really just what people in power determine to be unlawful. Before our time, the angels of the celestial heaven determined what was evil, but my brothers and I have grown in power. We are the gods now and we have determined what is right and what is wrong. What we are doing is simply right and orderly."

"You're no god. I know you too well."

"Do you, Night Shade?"

"Well… you're my dad. I think I would know my own dad pretty well."

"Night Shade… I have lived a trillion years. Rearing you over the course of ten years was NOTHING."

"But… but…"

"You're not really my son, little pony."

Just outside the gorge, Franklin, who had been toying with a fist-sized rock, smashed the stone with his bare hands as he snarled in a rage, "That's it. That's over with. We're moving in. I get the traitor's head."

Sunset's eyes hardened. He turned to Rarity. "Rarity," he said, "Stay here with Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Starlight Amber. We're going in."

"Hey!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash indignantly, "I want to help!"

Sunset nodded. "I sent off a message to Luna and Celestia earlier, go find them. Head off in the direction of Fillydelphia and bring them here at top speed. If our plan is already in motion, go to Ponyville and engage the alliance army there."

Rainbow nodded and blasted off. Sunset then turned to face the others.

"Anyone else want to help in anyway?"

"Ooooh! Me! Me! Me! Me!" exclaimed Button Mash waving a hoof in the air excitedly.

Sunset conjured up a Game Foal and tossed it to him. "Your mission is to be level 41 of The Legend of Zebrda: Ocarina of Time."

He then turned to the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Your job is to keep Rarity from fainting."

"I beg your pardon?!" exclaimed Rarity, but Sunset just turned to Discord.

"Discord come with us. I need you to be able to cause a distraction. But we have to be careful: anything drastic will probably cost Twilight her life."

"This is already drastic," muttered Flaming Star, his heart gripped in the icy claws of fear. Suddenly, he turned and said, "No. We can't do it."

Franklin blinked at him. "What do you mean we can't do it?" he exclaimed.

Flaming Star shook his head, "I mean we can't do it. At all. I will not let any of you jeopardize my love by acting recklessly like you all are doing now."

"And if we don't do anything? What will happen to all of us in the end?" asked Daniel skeptically.

"He has a point, Flaming Star," sighed Sunset, "If we don't do anything, we'll all die. I am sure as heck not going to let my lovely wife die because a lunatic had convinced himself that he's God and wants to cleanse the multiverse of life."

"There has to be another way," said Flaming Star in a strained voice.

"There is no other way," snapped Franklin, "Get out of the way, firstborn."

"Make me," snarled Flaming Star.

Note: Okay. I am going to be posting a guide/bio of the dimensional travelers soon. Just wanted to let you guys know. Also, I think I will begin to post chapters only on weekdays, at 4:00 PDT. Okay? Anyway, let me know how you think this part will turn out! And don't worry, this story is far from over. Now give me some R&R stuff! I love reviews! I think I should make that my motto... If I had a motto...