My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles Season 2
Chapter 7: 7. A World Without Girls-Boys
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Episode 21: A World Without Girls/Boys
It was a cloudy day in Equestria, mainly due to the Pegasi Ponies making sure all the clouds drifted where they were suppose to go. And in that cloudy weather, two unicorns wearing dark cloaks were making their way through a pathway in a barren part of the forest till they reached a clearing that seemed to be a crossroads of some kind.
They both soon removed the hoods and revealed themselves to be Flim and Flam, the con ponies.
"How about…. here, brother?" Flim asked, once they stopped walking
"Seems like a good enough spot to me." Flam stated.
"Well finally!" Flim exclaimed as he magically levitated a yellow gem from the pocket of his coat. Then he places it in the center of the crossroads.
"We'd better get our money's worth." Flam said.
"Now, now don't be so impatient brother, we should be grateful our friend managed to get us out even in his weakened condition, now help me cast the spell." Flim told his twin brother.
Flam nodded. "Yes, time to get to work."
Flam then positioned himself next to his brother before closing his eyes. As the two began to concentrate their magical aura's both began to glow brightly. The wind even began to pick up around them for some reason.
They both opened their eyes, which glowed brightly. "Ambre garçon fille perdue! Ambre garçon fille perdue! Ambre garçon fille perdue!" They chanted.
Once they finished a magical pentagram appeared around the gem they placed on the ground. The brothers both smiled at their work.
"Well, everything seems to be in place." Flim said.
"Indeed, just like our mutual friend, said." Flam added, with a smile. They both smiled evilly at that moment.
"Now…" Flim began.
"Let's put on a show!" Flim and Flam both finished in unison before they began chanting something else once more. "Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln! Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln! Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln!"
Meanwhile, at the same time in Ponyville. The two boys known as Toby and Spike were both making their way through the town carrying two very large boxes. They both looked extremely tried and also looked close to dropping said boxes at any given moment.
As they walked, they past several townspeople walking by or setting up glittery decorations all around them, including what appeared to be some kind of stage.
"Boy… this seems rather familiar…" Toby remarked.
"Yeah… I mean weren't you just carrying stuff for Rarity a couple of days ago?" Spike questioned.
"I was and now I am again… I'm starting to wonder why…" Toby admitted.
"She said she needed these supplies, in order to make her new outfits more… you know… fabulous." Spike reminded him.
"Well if fabulous means 'severe lower back pain'… then this sure is fabulous!" Toby exclaimed. "Why is she even making more outfits anyway?"
"Hoity Toity, remember?" Spike told him.
"You mean that stuck up fancy guy who judged Rarity's fashion show a while back?" Toby inquired.
"That's the guy." Spike confirmed. "Apparently he's holding another fashion show here tomorrow and he wants Rarity and the girls to be in it."
"Meanwhile we have to do all their work, while they get to decide what they're going to wear for the show as well as get ready for it." Toby grumbled.
"Huh, bitter much?" Spike remarked.
"Hey, like you haven't thought it too?" Toby questioned. "Man… those girls can just get on my nerves sometimes…"
"I know how you feel… but really, what would we do without them, right?" Spike pointed out.
"Come on, like that would ever happen." Toby said, confidently.
The before long the two boys were inside the Carousel Boutique where they set down the boxes in the middle of the establishment and looked around for Rarity or any of the other girls.
"Rare? Girls Anypony?" Toby called.
"Where'd they go?" Spike wondered.
"They said they'd be right here and they should be right here… but they ain't." Toby stated. "Girls?"
"In here!" A voice called out. It was coming from the part of the boutique where they girls had previously got ready for the Grand Galloping Gala a few years back.
Toby knocked on the door. "Guys? Can we come in? We got the boxes full of… stuff to give you," he informed them.
"Still getting dressed!" Rarity said in a sing-song voice.
"You do know you girls don't normally wear clothes right?" Spike questioned.
"And we guys thank you for that." Toby added with a bow. Spike nudged him for this before the door opened.
"Apologies boys, some of us do have standards." Rarity stated, as they walked in where most of the girls had towels wrapped around their manes and were busy getting cleaned up for the upcoming fashion show.
"Uh-huh… well, like I said we got you your things." Toby said, as he levitated the box inside.
"Excellent! Now with these are dresses will be fully complete for the fashion show!" Rarity exclaimed. The girls all cheer with joy and grabbed what they can from the box full of items while the two boys just stood there, looking annoyed.
"Your welcome!" Toby said, sarcastically.
"Oh hold on…" Rarity said before approaching the two. "Did you the glitter?
"Yes." Toby nodded.
"Got two ribbons and not one?" Rarity asked.
"Of course." Spike replied.
"No clashing colors?" Rarity inquired.
"Nope." Toby shook his head in response.
"The special threads I asked for?" Rarity questioned once.
"Eeyup." Toby stated.
"Excellent!" Rarity declared before she then levitated a dress in front of her of them to see. "What do you think? Too much?"
"It's good to me." Toby shrugged.
Spike just drooled at the sight of her and the dress. He then shook his head and wiped the drool off his face. "It looks really beautiful on you… Miss… Rarity… Miss… Rarity… Miss…" Spike stuttered as he continued to stare at her.
"Why thank you Spikey-poo, you always know just what to say!" Rarity said, flattered as she walked off.
Toby noticed Spike still staring at Rarity in a lovey-dovey trance and rolled his eyes. "Hey, uh, Spike? You got a little something on your nose," he said. Spike scowled at Toby a bit. "So, y'all really gonna do this whole fashion show thing?"
"Of course! It's a real honor for Hoity Toity to let us do it again, after what happened last time." Twilight said.
"Yeah, heaven forbid that should happen." Applejack agreed.
"I'll say, you should have seen what the dresses we made Rarity design look like!" Rainbow exclaimed.
"Oh, come on! They couldn't have been that bad." Toby said.
"Oh really? Look at this picture." Rarity told him as she levitated a picture of them in the dresses she was forced to make. Toby cried out in fright.
"Ok… I may not be as good a fashion expert as you but even I can tell those dresses are horrible." Toby remarked.
"Well… at least they aren't as bad as the state are dresses were in after the Gala…" Fluttershy said.
"That I can't believe," The human said, shaking his head before a another picture is handed to him. "And… I believe it."
"Aw, come on, they weren't that bad!" Rainbow Dash stated.
"Are you kidding? It looks like you guys were hit by a wagon or something…" Toby remarked, looking at the picture of them after the Gala. Spike nudged him harder and gestured to the stern looks the girls were giving him. "Uh… no offence!"
"None taken. Now if you boys don't mind, we have a fashion show and a runway to prepare for." Rarity said, dismissively.
"You guys can just hang outside." Applejack told them.
"Oh and uh… hold these for me." Twilight Sparkle added as she levitated several spell books into their arms. "I've been doing a lot of research into why my magic isn't working properly and I want to finish up after."
"Ever get the feeling you're not wanted?" Spike questioned Toby.
"I'm starting to." Toby stated. He let out a long sigh. "Come on, let's go."
Toby and Spike then began to head for the door. As they headed for the door Toby decided to ask Spike something while the girls chatted in the background.
"So Spike, how have things been with you and Rarity?" he asked.
Spike sighed. "I don't know… ever since that dance at your joint birthday party it's like she's paying less attention to me than ever," he admitted.
"Maybe she's really busy?" Toby suggested.
"Or she thinks I'm just a kid." Spike said, sadly. "I just wish I had a chance to prove to her what a man I can be!"
Suddenly, after he said this the girls all glowed with a white aura then vanish without rhyme or reason. The items and dresses they were all holding then drop to the ground catching the attention of the boys who suddenly drop the books in shock.
"Rarity?" Spike asked, shocked.
"Girls…?" Toby added, just as shocked.
As they stood there completely dumb stuck, the Flim and Flam continued to chant their little spell.
"Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln! Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln! Wir sind die Rattenfänger von Hameln!"
Meanwhile, all across the town the strange phenomenon that Spike and Toby just witnessed had just happened all over in just a nano second leaving many males confused and worried. It was pretty much chaos outside.
Then in a wagon that was being carried by a large stallion somepony suddenly yelled out to the driver.
"Stop! Stop the wagon!"
The stallion screeched to a halt and so did the wagon.
"Jeez, buddy! What's wrong?"
"My wife! My wife's gone!" The stallion inside the wagon cried. The stallion driving it looked back and saw that the spot next to the stallion inside was completely empty which baffled him.
"But… but she was just here…" he said slowly.
Elsewhere, a little colt cried in the fore arms of his father.
"It's ok buddy, it's ok!" he cried to assure his son.
"But daddy, where's Mommy?" he asked, while sobbing.
But the Stallion father had no answer. All he could think of was that his wife was gone and he had no idea where she went or where to find her, which made him quite distressed.
"I don't know…" he said quietly. "I don't know… she's just… gone."
Back in the boutique both of the boys were still standing in the middle of the room, completely shocked and baffled. One minute the girls were talking about the fashion show. And the next minute they were gone.
There.
Gone.
No 'poof'. Just a flash of brief light and no explanation.
For a moment Toby thought he had imagined it, the girls disappearing. For a moment he thought he'd slipped into a daydream. But he was dead wrong.
Toby turned to Spike. "You saw that, right?" he asked. "Tell me you saw that."
Spike was staring hard at the place where Rarity and the others had been but managed to nod.
"They're… gone… all of them." Spike breathed.
"Yeah, but where?" Toby wondered.
They then heard noises outside and rushed to the windows where they saw Stallions running around calling out several mares names as they searched high and low for them. Including Big Mac, Doctor Whooves and Mr. Cake.
"What's going on with them?" Spike asked.
Toby listened in closely. "Whoa… it seems that the pony gang aren't the only girls who have gone missing."
"Really?" Spike asked, surprised.
Toby zipped out of the boutique and then back in again where he had previously stood a few minutes later. "I asked around as quick as I could. All the girls are gone," he said.
"What? But… but that can't be! There have to be some girls around, right?" Spike questioned, looking greatly concerned.
"Let me try a spell." Toby said, as he held his hands out. Then both his eyes and hands glowed with a light blue magical aura. They faded once he was done. "Strange… there appear to be no girls anywhere within my magical radar…" he said. "They're gone… the whole town! Possibly all of Equestria!"
"Then that means the Princess' are gone too…" Spike realized.
"It's a high possibility." Toby stated. "Now as I've said before while I'm not an expert like them or Twilight but I know this; the kind of magic to pull this off; scary big."
"And what's worse, the ponies we usually go to help in these kind of problems are nowhere to be found!" Spike proclaimed. "Oh man… I've lost the love of my life, my best friend and my other best friends! Do you have any idea what this is gonna do to my social life?"
Spike then made a raspberry noise. "Flat line!"
Toby moaned and looked upward. "Oh… all those times I said I wanted them to disappear I didn't really mean it!" he exclaimed, upset. "And by the way if your granting wishes why couldn't you help a brother out with the singleness issue like you did with the height issue?"
He then noticed Spike looking up and nodding in agreement to what he had just said and scowled at him. The Spike began to become very upset.
"Oh man, this is bad! This is very bad!" Spike said.
"Tell me about it." Toby dryly as he and Spike began to pace around the room.
"Well… ok." Spike shrugged before gradually beginning to panic. "The girls are now who the hay hey knows while the guys of the town are going crazy looking for them and we have no idea what to do and-"
Spike soon stopped his flow of words once Toby put a hand on his spiked head, making him stop. He then bent down to his level.
"Spike! Calm. Down." Toby told his scaly friend. "Panicking isn't gonna help anypony."
"But what if we can't? What if our friends are domed? What if we're all stuck together forever?" Spike questioned in distress.
Toby's face fell but he still maintains his composure. "We'll fix it. I don't know how, but we will find the girls and Get. Them. Back." he assured him before pausing. "What's wrong with being stuck with me forever?"
"Uh… nothing!" Spike said, hastily. "So… how do we get them back?"
"We'll… it seems to be we're gonna have to do some research on this." Toby mused.
"Research?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, I'm thinking we'll need our own high level magic spell to bring them back." Toby stated. He then remembered the pile of books lying on the ground nearby. "And lucky for us Twilight left a big stuck of books to look through!"
The two boys then rushed over to the books and began flipping through the pages.
"Ha-ha! Thank you, Twilight!" Spike said, gratefully.
"Yes, indeedily!" Toby agreed, before looking up. "Thank you! You won't regret this!"
"Uh… Toby? Who are you talking to?" Spike inquired, confused.
"No one…" The boy said, slowly. "Ok, let's keep reading."
While the two of them continue to flip through all the different kinds of spell books the brothers, Flim and Flam were watching the two of them through a glowing, golden orb which acted like some kind of TV.
"That boy is annoying persistent." Flim remarked.
"This it is rather annoying, indeed." Flam agreed.
"Brother, what if the boy happens to find the spell that will reverse our own?" Flim asked.
"Oh don't worry brother, our mutual friend has already sent something to take care of those two and their ponies friends and put them all out of business." Flam stated.
"Excellent." Flim nodded. "Oh if those fools only knew just how close they truly were to their friends and they never will."
At the same time, back in the boutique while Toby was sitting cross-legged on the floor books floated around him in a circle, thanks to his magic.
"This is magic. There has to be a way to fix it! I know there is!" Toby muttered as he flipped the pages with his powers. "I just need a little help finding it."
A hand gesture shifted all the books to bring another one in front; more pages turned. Nearby Spike was sitting in the corner reading a book himself.
"Uh… any luck finding a spell that will help us?" he asked.
"No. Nothing. You?" Toby questioned.
"Not a thing." Spike said, sadly.
"Man… another dead end… I'm starting to wonder if I'm wrong about this." Toby admitted, before he heard a low growl. "Did you hear that?"
"Uh… no. Wait… are you using your super earring?" Spike inquired.
"Yeah, and it sounds like…" Toby began before something crashed down from the roof and landed behind him. Spike bugged out almost immediately. "There's something really bad behind isn't there?"
Spike nodded, looking very scared. Toby turned around to see a giant dog like creature standing behind him, it growled angrily.
"What… is that?" Toby asked, slowly.
"That looks like… Cerberus… but with one head." Spike said, backing away slowly.
"Man even with one head he still looks mad…" Toby remarked, as the creature continued to walk toward them while bearing it's pearl white and sharp jaws. "And hungry…"
"W-What are we gonna do?" Spike asked, afraid.
"Follow my lead." Toby told him before running in the opposite direction. "RUN!"
They both screamed as they leapt out the window of the boutique, with Toby using his magic to float them down safely. The one headed Cerberus then leapt out as well, creating a large hole in Rarity's home and shattering most of the glass. It landed on the ground with a thud.
"Ok, I guess we have to turn to Plan B then." Toby admitted.
"What's Plan B?" Spike asked.
"We fight!" Toby stated, magically enlarging his hands.
"Why wasn't that Plan A?" Spike questioned, incredulously.
Toby just rolled his eyes then noticed Cerberus roaring at him before charging at him viciously. Toby let out a battle cry as he prepared to fight the beast head on and while he fought it the Flimflam brothers watched through their orb.
"Now, that should keep him occupied for a long period of time." Flim remarked.
"Indeed, now let's see how his annoying, yet still somehow alluring friends are doing." Flam said, before the screen on the orb changed to show the girls.
They were all in the Boutique, and strangely so were the boys. Looking at the clock it appeared to be around the time the girls all disappeared in the first place.
"None taken. Now if you boys don't mind, we have a fashion show and a runway to prepare for." Rarity said, dismissively.
"You guys can just hang outside." Applejack told them.
"Oh and uh… hold these for me." Twilight Sparkle added as she levitated several spell books into both of their arms. "I've been doing a lot of research into why my magic isn't working properly and I want to finish up after."
"Ever get the feeling you're not wanted?" Spike questioned Toby.
"I'm starting to." Toby stated. He let out a long sigh. "Come on, let's go."
While the boy headed for the door and talked to each other discreetly the girls began to talk amongst themselves.
"My word! That boy can really get on my nerves at times…" Rarity huffed.
"Tell me about it." Applejack stated.
"Aw, come you guys he's just joking around, he doesn't mean it." Twilight assured them.
"I suppose…" Fluttershy admitted.
"And besides… don't you all think we ask a little too much from them?" Twilight Sparkle questioned. None of them seemed to have an answer. "And what's worse, Spike seems to becoming more and more able to take care of himself."
"Aw, come on Twilight, no need to worry!" Rainbow Dash assured her.
"Yeah, he loves being with you!" Pinkie added.
"Maybe but… I just wish I could get used to the fact that… he's growing up." Twilight mused, sadly.
Suddenly, after he said this both the boys glowed with a white aura then vanish without rhyme or reason. The boxes they were both all holding then drop to the ground catching the attention of the girls who suddenly drop their items and dresses.
"Toby? Spike?" Twilight out loud, looking shocked.
"Spikey-wikey!" Rarity cried.
"Boys…?" Fluttershy asked, looking shocked, scared and confused at the same time.
Rainbow then zoomed over to the spot where they disappeared, looking very distraught and confused. "But… they were just here! Where'd they go!?" she exclaimed.
"I don't know… they're just… gone!" Applejack exclaimed, in distress.
"Ooh! And it looks like they're not the only ones!" Pinkie Pie called out in a sing song voice. They all turned and saw Pinkie looking out the window. The five of them then looked out the window also and saw Mares looking around calling out the names of various male ponies. Including Derpy, Mrs. Cake and Granny Smith. It was just as chaotic outside as it was for the boys.
"No way…" Twilight breathed.
"What is it, Twi?" Applejack asked.
"From the looks of this… every boy in Ponyville is gone!" Twilight Sparkle said.
"All of them?" Fluttershy questioned, afraid.
"Don't tell me in all of Equestria too!" Rarity proclaimed.
"I'm a little afraid to find out but I know something like this requires a great amount of magic, we just need to find out who casted it." Twilight stated.
"How?" Rainbow Dash questioned.
Twilight looked towards the books Toby dropped moments ago. "We do some research!" she declared, to which everyone groaned in exasperation.
"Oh come on girls, it's not gonna be that bad." Twilight told them.
"Easier for you to say, you like reading that stuff!" Rainbow pointed out.
"Yeah and I tried to read one of those books myself… but I kinda fell asleep on page three…" Applejack admitted.
"Guys, come on, we have to find a spell to locate the source and reverse this spell, otherwise we'll never see the guys again!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed as she began to magically flip through the book as fast as she could.
"We know Twilight but…" Rarity began.
"Maybe the rest of us should go out there and the rest of the girls calm and happy." Applejack finished.
"Yes. We don't want to cause a panic." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah, that's no fun. That's no fun at all!" Pinkie added.
Twilight sighed. "Fine. Go."
Everypony nodded and quickly trotted out of the room, leaving Twilight alone. Meanwhile, unknown to them Flim and Flam continued to watch them all.
"So… are beasts going to come after them as well?" Flim asked.
"Ah, don't you worry my dear brother, I do believe that they have already arrived." Flam stated. "Right on schedule too."
Flim laughed a bit. "Oh how I love being in the evil business, much more entertaining."
"Indeed it is." Flam agreed, as he levitated a glass of cider. "Toast?"
"Toast." Flim agreed, as he also lifted up a glass of cider with his magic and clanged it with his brothers before taking a sip.
And like his brother said, beasts were beginning to follow and approach the girls as they spoke. While the majority of the six attempted to calm the town's folk down along with the Mayor of Ponyville, a giant and hairy beast was approaching the boutique where Twilight was still doing research. At that moment, the unicorn's eyes widened.
"Aha! I got it! A spell to locate the source of all this weird magic!" she exclaimed. "Now I just have to tell the others and…"
Before she could finish that sentence a giant dog create that also resembled the beast known as Cerberus burst through the window of the boutique and landed behind her. She quickly spun around and screamed as it roared in her face.
All the way across the town, the others could hear Twilight's desperate cry for help.
"Twilight!" Applejack cried.
"Oh no! She's in trouble!" Fluttershy said, distressed.
"Well what are we standing around for? Let's move!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed before she started to fly off, only to be blocked by an extremely large snake, which hissed at her. All five of them screamed.
As they all continued to scream, run and fight for their lives the Flimflam brothers laughed joyfully at the sight as they continued to watch them through the magic orb.
"I have to admit, this is even more entertaining than those dinner shows!" Flim remarked.
"Unreservedly." Flam agreed. He then levitated over some popcorn to his brother. "Popcorn?"
"Don't mind if I do!" Flim said, as he took some popcorn and ate some as he continued to watch the 'show'.
At the same time, Toby was currently and literally wrestling with giant dog like monstrosity all over the Carousel Boutique while Spike watched and cheered Toby.
"Come on Toby! Don't give up!" he yelled.
"Hey! Why aren't you helping!?" Toby demanded as he and the dog rolled right past.
"Oh you know me, I'm a sidelines kid, not a frontlines." Spike reasoned. "Besides, what can I do?"
"You can transform into a giant dragon, can't you?" Toby questioned as he pounded the dog's muzzle with his giant fist.
"Yeah but… not since Discord." Spike admitted.
"So do it!" Toby told him before the dog swatted him away with its paw.
"Me? Uh… ok, here goes." Spike said, before he closed his eyes and concentrated. His eyes then became silted like a reptiles before he began to grow to his full size. The dog then noticed him before Spike began roaring in his face, then a wave of pain rushed through Spike as his body glowed with a red aura before shrinking back to his baby dragon size.
The giant dog looks close to eating him before Toby kicked it away. He rushed over to his friends.
"What just happened?" Toby questioned, alarmed.
"I don't know… I transformed then felt the same energy Discord hit me with last time and shrunk back!" Spike said.
"Guess he must of messed up your transformation… sick dirtbag." Toby grumbled. "Oh well, don't worry, I got this!"
Toby then began to rush over to the giant dog, it prepared to leap toward him before it noticed Toby's body glowing with a bright blue aura which expanded and became a gigantic astral projection that immediately kicked the dog and sent it flying. As his giant astral form vanished Toby and Spike watched as the dog flew through the air, only to hit something in mid air. This caught that by surprise.
"What the…?" Spike said, as he watched the dog slide down what appeared to be nothing. "What gives? There's like… nothing there! It's like there was…"
"An invisible wall…" Toby finished. "Come on, let's check it out!"
Toby grabbed Spike and zoomed over to where the giant dog fell.
At the same time in the girls world, most of the girls were facing down the giant snake that was attacking them. It opened its mouth and hissed at them before a rope flew up and snapped it shut. It was Applejack who threw the rope and then pulled it to the ground using her teeth.
"Now Rainbow!" she yelled. The Pegasus then grabbed the other end of the snake, spun it around and around until it was tied up like a giant bow.
"Got it! Ok everypony, the snake is down!" she declared. The rest of the girls cheered. "And you can come out now Fluttershy."
The aforementioned yellow Pegasus then popped out of the place she was hiding and breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, to sum we kicked the butt of this snake and saved all the girls in Ponyville at the same time." Rainbow stated.
"And in just three minutes too." Rarity added.
"Yeah, we don't need the boys all the time!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Yep, because we're just that good!" Rainbow Dash stated with a wink.
"Now… time to check on Twilight, from the sound of things earlier, it seemed like she was in trouble!" Applejack told her.
"Ooh! There she is!" Pinkie called out, gesturing to the approaching unicorn. "Hi, Twilight!"
"WAH!" Twilight screamed as she ran right past them.
"Hey, does anypony know what 'WAH!' means?" The pink pony asked the others before a giant dog landed in front of her and growled. She turned to it. "Ooh, I think I just figured it out. WAH!"
They then all start screaming and unknowingly head in the direction that Toby and Spike were headed in whatever world they were in.
The boys were the first to arrive at the spot where the dog fell, they noticed that it was totally out cold then looked up toward the starry sky.
"Weird… why did it…" Toby began to say as he began to walk further ahead only to bump into something that he couldn't see. "Ow! Hey… there's a wall here!"
"A wall?" Spike asked, not getting it as he still proceeded ahead. "Why do you…"
Spike then bonked into the unseen wall as well. "Your right! There is a wall here!"
Toby puts a hand on the seemingly solid surface then runs straight down the left till he was completely out of sight. "It never ends!" he yelled. He then ran down the right this time and then zipped back to Spike. "It never ends that way either."
"So… we're trapped?" Spike inquired.
"Maybe, but look, in the distance." Tony told him. "See anything?"
Spike looked closely toward the distance and saw something that made his eyes widen. "Hey! It's Ponyville! But… how could it be here and over there?" he questioned.
"No idea…" Toby shrugged.
"Say… isn't that the girls?" Spike asked out loud. Toby looked and saw the girls approaching rapidly.
"Yeah, it is the girls!" Toby realized. "They're alive!"
Then the two boys noticed the giant dog chasing after them. "But… not for much longer," The human added.
"Oh no!" Spike exclaimed.
The two boys watched as the girls all stood around the beast. They gave each other a nod then Rarity moved it and kicked one of its legs with her own hind legs.
"Ha! Take that your ruffian!" she declared.
Then Rainbow and Pinkie began to zoom all around it. The dog's eyes tried to follow them but then began to get dizzy.
"What's the matter, big guy? You look like you're about to hurl!" Rainbow Dash commented.
This continued until the creature's center of balance was completely out of wack and it looked like it really as about to hurl till Applejack closed its mouth shut with her lasso.
"Whoa there, big guy! No need to throw any cookies on us!" she said. Then Twilight gave the beast a small magical push, tipping it over and onto it's back. Fluttershy quickly began to give the big dog a belly rub.
"Who's the cute widdle dog? You are, yes you are!" she said, affectionately.
"Wow, I knew Fluttershy was good with animals, but this is unbelievable!" Toby remarked.
"You should seen her with Cerberus!" Spike told her.
"Aww, he's just a big furry guy who got out of his yard, that's all. Right, boy? Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?" Fluttershy said, as she continued to rub its belly till it fell asleep. Everypony cheered.
"That was awesome!" Spike yelled.
"Yeah! That's my girls!" Toby smiled. Then he remembered something. "Oh but wait… with this thing in our way we can't get to them!"
"Oh right…" Spike remembered, depressed. "They probably don't even know were here…"
"Hey! There's Spike and Toby!" Pinkie called out, gesturing to the boys standing nearby.
"Toby?" Rainbow Dash and Applejack both questioned.
"Spike!?" Twilight and Rarity both exclaimed.
"They're ok!" Fluttershy squealed.
The girls all began to rush towards the boys, happy to see them both again. The boys were happy at first, then realize them.
"Uh-oh! They're gonna run straight into the wall!" Spike said.
"We have to stop them!" Toby added.
They both held out their hands/claws. "Stop!"
The girls quickly understood the gesture and skid to a halt, but they are unable to hear the two of them as they continued to yell and bang against the invisible wall.
"Oh boys, thank heavens!" Rarity said, relieved.
"We're so glad your both safe!" Fluttershy told them.
"But why did ya both tell us to stop?" Applejack inquired.
"And why are both just standing there?" Twilight added.
"More importantly, where have you both been!?" Rainbow demanded. Toby and Spike continued to yell and shout but none of them could hear it.
"What's that?" Applejack asked, putting a hoof to your ear. "We can't hear ya!"
"Come on you guys, speak up!" Rainbow Dash stated.
"Ooh! They're playing charades!" Pinkie Pie realized. "I love charades, it's my favorite silent game!"
"Odd time for fancy parlor games but… what they hay?" Applejack shrugged, along with everypony else.
"Let's see…" Twilight began, as she tried to figure out what they are trying to gesture and or say. "I think that's…"
"Fabric softener?" Rarity guessed.
"An igloo?" Fluttershy asked.
"Tooth decay?" Rainbow wondered.
"Ooh! Ice cream! Creamy… creamy… ice cream!" Pinkie said as he mouth began to drool.
Toby then began jump up and down while yelling. "Nope, that's a monkey if I've ever seen one." Applejack stated.
"Maybe it's a lemur?" Twilight pointed out.
Toby growled in annoyance. "What gives? They can't hear us?" he asked Spike.
"Looks like it, I'm thinking this wall is sound proof on our side." Spike deduced. "And… it looks like they think we're playing… charades or something."
"Fine! I got a charade for them!" Toby said as he stepped forward and rolled his sleeve. He then looked the girls in the eye and pointed to himself.
"You…" Applejack began.
"Toby! Good start!" Pinkie Pie cheered. Toby then pointed to his behind. "Uh… hiney! Tushy! Gluts!"
"Rump?" Rainbow guessed.
"Right!" Pinkie said. Then Toby kicked then air. "Kick!"
"Kick…" Applejack said, then finally he pointed to all of them
"Us!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
"Us." Applejack finished. "So Toby's gonna kick our… HEY!"
"Well that's not very nice…" Fluttershy commented.
"I'll say!" Twilight Sparkle agreed.
"How rude!" Rarity declared, insulted.
"Ooh! Five yards for unnecessary roughness!" Pinkie Pie stated, looking mad.
Applejack then looked at Toby angrily. "Oh mister, you've gone mad me mad…"
"Why I oughta…" Rainbow Dash began to say before she ended up hitting the wall. "Hey! W-What?"
Toby then leaned against the wall as the girls all felt the solid surface of the invisible wall for themselves.
"It's. Some. Sort. Of. In. Visi. Ble. Wall." Toby said, slowly before turning to Spike. "Hey, took them long enough!"
"So now we've got their attention, now what do we do?" Spike questioned.
"Hmm, hey Spike, do you think you can send a message to Twilight like you do for Twilight?" Toby inquired.
"Uh… I guess so. I've never tried anything like that." Spike said.
"Go for it!" Toby told him.
Spike then took out a piece of paper and a quill, breathed some green flame on it and it transformed into a ball of magical energy that managed to pass through the barrier that separated them from their friend then turned back into a scroll before dropping near Twilight's hooves.
"It worked!" Toby exclaimed.
Twilight levitated the scroll up and read it. "Trapped in a world without girls, what's going on?" she read.
"A world without girls?" Rainbow echoed, sounding surprised and confused.
Just then both Twilight and Toby came to the same conclusion. "Oh my gosh! They are two worlds!" They both exclaimed.
"Two worlds?" Everypony else asked, in confusion.
"That's right, there are two dimensions right now; one for guys…" Twilight began.
"…And one for girls!" Toby finished on his end.
"And my letters can travel between them!" Spike realized.
"That's right! Finally we have a chance of fixing this!" Toby said, happily.
"And I think I can locate the magical source!" Twilight Sparkle added on her side.
"Great! Finally something goes right!" Applejack smiled.
"Spike, take a letter." Toby said to his scaly best friend.
"With pleasure!" Spike said, as he took out a piece of paper and began writing down what Toby wanted to say to Twilight.
"Ok, Twi listen, in order to stop whatever or whoever is causing the dimensions to split and we have to smart and we have to be quick about it." Toby said.
After receiving the letter Twilight began to writing her own. "There are probably gonna be something or multiple something's trying to stop us and we may now know what they are yet," she said.
"But the key to this working by attacking at the exact same time and place." Toby stated.
"Agreed, we hit 'em fast, break the spell…" Twilight began.
"And hopefully both dimensions will merge naturally back into one." Toby finished.
"So what are we waiting for?" Twilight questioned, eagerly.
"Absolutely nothing." Toby smiled. "Let's get to work."
Meanwhile, at the pentagram where Flim and Flam were both standing around, though Flim was doing a lot more pacing then thinking.
"Oh what are we gonna do brother? They're on their way right now!" he proclaimed.
"Relax brother, our mutual friend as given us a plan, we just need to stick to it and then let the money flow!" Flam told him. "Besides… they cannot stop anyways…"
"Yo!"
They turn and see a large boulder coming their way which they immediately shoot down with a magic bolt. Pieces of the rocks down onto the ground below.
"Come now dear boy, is that the best you can do?" Flam asked.
"Come on, we know your there." Flim stated.
Toby and Spike came out of their hiding spots and faced the two brothers.
"Flim and Flam… why am I not surprised?" Toby remarked.
"Why are you guys doing this anyway?" Spike questioned.
"Yeah, is this little reunion about revenge?" The red head inquired. "Is that why we both broke out of Tartarus Prison?
"Not really. Offing you is just a bonus part of the job." Flim stated.
"Job? Who hired you?" Toby asked. "I mean no offence… but neither of you clowns are smart enough to pull this off, after you all you are motivated by greed so you kinda lack the focus and commitment to kill me."
"Well… we can't exactly tell you… you know, professional reasons." Flam stated.
"But doing this is gonna make a friend of our very happy and that's gonna make us very rich." Flim explained. "So step back we'll only partially un-alive you."
"Wait… 'un-alive' us?" Toby echoed.
"Well it is a kids show." Spike pointed out.
"What did I say about breaking the forth wall, bro?" Toby scolded.
"That hardly matters, the point is… we are going to destroy you, make you disappear AND sleep with the fishes, you see our point?" Flim asked.
"Yeah? And what are gonna do about them?" Toby said, as he pointed to behind them, where the girls were charging straight for them, yelling out battle cries and everything.
"Come on, let's take them apart!" Toby declared.
"Yeah, literally!" Spike added, as he and Toby both charged at them as well. Both groups attempted to grab the brother but a long wall appeared in front of both of the groups, creating a long rectangular barrier around the brothers.
"So… you've teamed up with the ladies, eh?" Flam remarked. "To bad they won't save you now."
A third giant dog suddenly dropped down from out of nowhere and landed in front of the boys. It growled at them hungrily.
"Guys!" Twilight exclaimed in distress. "Rainbow, rain some lightning down on them!"
"On it!" The Pegasus saluted before flying up and kicking a tree which fired a bolt of lightning at the brothers which was quickly sucked up by the gem, which Twilight noticed.
"Sorry ladies, but this is one mess you can't help them out of." Flam told the girls.
"Though I wonder what are all gonna do now? Since the boys do so much for you and all and you didn't even thank them." Flim added. The girls all then lowered their heads in a guilty manner.
"Don't count your chickens yet, dummies!" Toby declared. "Ready, Spike?"
"Put me in coach!" Spike said.
Spike then positioned himself like a weapon as Toby charged towards the Dog. Before the third body of Cerberus could react Toby wacked the beast in the muzzle hard and fast using Spike like a mace. The girls cheered.
"Yay! Go get 'em!" Pinkie Pie cheered.
"Go get guys!" Applejack called out.
"Those are our boys!" Rainbow yelled, happily.
With one last hit Toby slammed the giant dog into the wall that protected Flim and Flam, making it and it the gem at the center of the pentagram shake a bit.
"Guys! It's gem! At the center of the pentagram! Destroy it and we win!" Twilight called out them.
"That's all I needed to know." Toby said as he put Spike down and got ready.
"NO!" Flim and Flam yelled as they attempted to blast Toby with a magical bolt of energy which he manages to block with a magical shield, though it does cause him a bit of pain. Toby then enlarged one of his hands while the other held up the shield.
"Darn it, you two are really annoying with those things!" Toby muttered as he slammed his fist into the ground, which knocked the brothers off their feet. He then began to stretch his arm underground and then it pops out of the ground and manages to grab the gem at the center. His hand then tossed it to him.
"The gem!" Flim cried as the gem flew into Toby's other hand, which he enlarged and crushed until it was dust.
"Is toast." Toby finished, triumphantly.
There was then a bright flash of light and when it faded, the barrier keeping their two worlds apart faded away, freeing everypony. The brothers then attempt to crawl away before Toby walked over, his hands now back to normal. He then grabbed their heads and slammed them into the ground, unconscious.
"Boy, they sure don't make con artists like they used to." Toby remarked.
"I'll say!" Spike agreed.
"BOYS!"
The two guys both turned and saw the girls running towards them laughing with glee. They both smiled and rushed towards them as well.
"GIRLS!" They both exclaimed, gleefully.
It didn't take long before they all embraced in a tight group hug, where none of them wanted to each other go and across Ponyville all the boys and girls in the town were happily reunited with their loved ones. Order was now restored.
The next day, both Toby and Spike were relaxing outside a restaurant, eating hay fries and basking in the sun.
"Ah… feels good to have everything back to normal." Toby said, satisfied.
"Sure is." Spike nodded. "Though… not everything is back to normal…"
The girls then came over with a plate full of food with them.
"Hey guys!" Twilight Sparkle smiled.
"We got you something really yummy to eat!" Pinkie Pie added.
"That's right, it's a Factory Burrito Grande with no cheese or sour cream or meat of any kind." Rarity said, as she then lowered it onto the table in front of them. "We do hope you both enjoy it, it took us quite a while to prepare it."
"But we did it anyway since… we owned you one." Rainbow Dash added.
"Wow! Thanks!" Toby said.
"I already like it!" Spike exclaimed, licking his lips hungrily.
"Oh, were so glad you like it." Fluttershy said, relieved.
"Wait…" Toby said, which made the girls all look at him expectantly. "Black beans, not pinto beans?
"Yes." Rarity nodded.
"Double guacamole?" Toby asked.
"Of course." Fluttershy replied.
"No cilantro?" Toby inquired.
"Nope." Pinkie Pie shook her head.
"Lettuce shredded, not chopped?" Toby questioned.
"Eeyup." Applejack stated.
"You understand why I'm doing this to you guys?" Toby asked them.
"We do." Twilight confirmed.
"That'll be all." Toby told them, as they sat down. He leaned toward Spike and whispered. "That was fun!"
They both chuckled to themselves.
"And look I'm sorry for anything I said before this whole crazy thing went down, you girls may be a hoofful but… I would really suck not having you here." Toby stated.
"Likewise… and we're sorry for taking advantage of you both like that." Twilight Sparkle "It's pretty obvious that you've both grown up, especially you Spike."
"Yes, you indeed very brave back there." Rarity added as she nuzzled him affectionately, which made him blush.
"Oooh! Oooh! Toby! Spike! What did you think of our dresses Rarity made for us? Huh? HUH?" Pinkie Pie asked excited.
"And don't worry, we brought pictures!" Rainbow said as she tossed one to Toby. Both he and Spike looked at it and were amazed by what they saw. The dresses the six of them wore were similar to their gala dresses only with a few changes and additions which made them even more stunning.
"Wow… you guys look… amazing!" Spike said in awe.
"Amazing? They look awesome! Not to mention… beautiful." Toby remarked with a smile.
This made the mares blush lightly, Fluttershy even hid her face behind her mane.
"Aw ain't that sweet, y'all shy now" Applejack smirked affectionately. "You have really missed us, didn't ya?"
Toby rubbed the back of his head and blushed while chuckling nervously.
"Smooth moves Toby... real smooth" Spike whispered teasingly, which made Toby scowl at him.
"So what do you think?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, are we gonna WOW Hoity Toity at the fashion show?" Pinkie inquired, eagerly.
"You kidding? Your gonna knock 'em dead!" Toby remarked, then he noticed Fluttershy twitch. "But not literally, you're not gonna kill anyone, I promise."
This made Fluttershy sighed relieved.
"Still I wonder, creating that whole chaotic scene to distract us? I'm telling you that was way too smart for Flim and Flam." Toby stated.
"I was thinking the same thing." Twilight agreed.
"Somepony must have been pulling the strings. But who?" Toby wondered.
"Well, whoever they are, their no match for the eight of us!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed as she and Toby high fived/high hoofed.
"I hear that!" Toby smiled.
Unbeknownst to them, deep underground and inside a giant golden bird cage a pair of yellow eyes opened up.
"Yes… well I'd say that little fiasco went according to plan. Those traveling show pony morons did exactly as I told them. Yeah, imagine that." The being inside said. "Though admittedly it was a tad extreme but thanks to it, I feel so much better! All that chaos, it was like drinking my own cup of espresso! And with my powers nearly at their peak, I'll be able to initiate my real plan. Sure Morrison is going to try and stop me, duh! But it's fortunate that I Discord… have an operative… on the inside."
The spirit of chaos then began to laugh manically while thunder and lightning flashed, from inside the underground cavern, meaning Discord is indeed getting stronger and the Pony Gang are the only ones who can stop him.
Author's Note: This episode uses elements from the Young Justice episode "Misplaced"