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DISCLAIMER:

Loki: I have an army.

Tony: We have a Hulk, and own rights to any movies, merchandise, TV shows, etc.

Me: Yeah, I got NONE of that.

Tony: Huh. Sucks.

Enjoy!

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Chapter 2

The Meeting of Harmony and Marvel

To the entire world, Nick Fury, the figurehead of the international crime fighting government agency known as S.H.E.I.L.D., was one of ten most dangerous human beings you could ever hope to never cross paths with in a bad way. The ruthless and emotionless leader than took no nonsense and expected nothing else but pure perfection at any cost. And in most aspects, they were right. But despite all that, he had a conscience. Imagine that; a government affiliate that actually had a sense of right and wrong. What were the odds? Though often times, the figureheads above the figurehead made it seem like he was just as cold and careless as they were.

While Fury was technically in charge of the majority that chose to serve their country through S.H.E.I.L.D, even he had a boss. The Council was a select group of 12 individuals that even he wasn't allowed to see the faces of. (Yet I was able to see them perfectly fine in Avengers. Trouble with lighting, maybe?) They in turn reported to the UN. Yet despite the fact that they helped lead an organization dedicated to serving and protecting the interests of mankind, they seemed like your typical US senator: greedy, two-faced and willing to sacrifice millions to save their own cowardly hides. Even when Fury outright refused to drop a nuclear strike upon New York to end the threat of the Chitauri invasion, as if that would have done any good to begin with, they simply went over his head and had the order carried out anyways. If it wasn't for the giant, walking man-sized metal tumor he called Tony Stark, New York would most likely be nothing more than a smoking crater right now. So much for looking out for humanity.

Even if they could claim they had to stop them from advancing on the rest of the planet, they had proved that they were willing kill, that's right, KILL, innocent men, woman and children to do so. He then thought back to what Loki said a day earlier when Agent Romanoff was "interrogating" him for information.

"You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have a set of codes, something that makes up for all the horrors. But they are apart of you, and they will NEVER go away."The man may have started a planetary war all for the sake of revenge, but he'd be lying if he said that his words didn't hold some merit. And then his mind flickered back to Agent Phil Coulson whom Loki personally stabbed through the chest with his scepter. Christ, was that going to need some time to get straightened out. (Insert reference to Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D here.)

"Director." Fury was soon brought back out of his thoughts by another one of his best agents and Coulson's acting replacement, Agent Maria Hill.

"Status update, Agent Hill?" He asked of her.

"Yes, sir. We've just received word that all of Loki's ground forces have been detained and or terminated and that Captain Rogers and his team have just brought in Loki themselves."

Fury, for the first time in a while, let lose a sigh of relief at hearing this. The threat to the Earth was over... at least for the time being.

"Good to hear, Maria. Any word on the casualty rates or survivors?"

"We're still attempting to get a fixed amount sir, but we have gotten reports of survivors already being evacuated to a S.H.E.I.L.D sanctioned safe zone for treatment and protection."

"Very good."

"And sir... there's something else."

This caught the Director's utmost attention. "Define something else, Agent Hill."

"As soon as the portal created by the Tesseract was sealed off, another portal opened up above New York. But unlike the previous one, this portal, as far as Dr. Selvig can determine, was not powered by the same energy source."

"And I'm assuming something came out?"

"Yes, sir. According to what Captain Rogers and the rest of the Avengers can confirmed, they appeared to be six... very strange young girls."

Now this certainly tipped the already strewn scale in weird and bizarre stuff happening of late.

"Asgardian?"

"We're not sure, sir. Though they do fit the part of looking alien... or at least using WAY to much hair dye."

"And their current status?"

"Rogers and his team are keeping a watch over them in the med-bay now, sir."

"Tell them I'll be there shortly."

"Right away, sir."

As soon as Agent Hill had departed to do so, Fury promptly buried his face deep in his right hand's palm while giving out a stressful groan.

"Why couldn't this crazy s**t just have ended today with Loki?"

---

Dropping out of consciousness can have the effect of feeling like wandering through a hazy, foggy field where everything looks as if it's swirling and spinning around constantly.

And then, voices could be heard saying something along the lines of "What brought them here?" And "What are they?" And for some reason "Why a cowboy hat? Seriously, that's about the most random part of this entire encounter."

"Stark! She's coming to."

Slowly, her eyes brought themselves to open up as the filly's mind struggled to fix itself of the perpetual dizziness from being flung through a literal black-hole.

"Agghh.. what the hay..." She spoke with a clear Southern dialect.

"Huh. Guess that explains the hat."

"Who said that?!"

Finally, the haze inside Applejack's head soon cleared as she took a quick look at her surroundings: a plain white colored room that bore the resemblance of an infirmary inside a hospital with six odd creatures starring directly at her with curiosity and confusion. Though they all dressed from semi-normal to just plain weird, they all seemed to have flat looking faces bearing hairless looking skin, hair similar to mane on top of their heads and stood on two legs.

Naturally, being in a strange room with even stranger looking creatures elicited the following reaction: "AHHHH! WHAT THE HAY IS THIS?! WHAT'S GOING ON!"

Steve was the first to try and resolve this situation. "Miss! Please calm down! No one here is going to hurt you. Everything is alright."

Despite the bizarre and crazy situation she found herself in, Applejack felt that something about the voice of the "being" dressed in an outfit even Rarity in her wildest, sleep-deprived insanity wouldn't design that gave her the feeling that she could trust... him? It sounded a lot like a colt's voice, so that's what she was going with.

"Wh.. who are you?"

"My name is Captain Steve Rogers. Do you mind telling us yours?"

"My name is..."

"Applejack..."

The filly's head turned to her right where she had heard the familiar voice of her friend come from. But the source, being the stirring form in the white-sheeted bed next to hers definitely was off in a few areas.

While she definitely had what looked like her trademark bright violet and dark blue mane on her head, everything below it was the same as the creatures who she woke up to.

"Tw- Twilight?" The "filly," if that indeed what it was, she still wasn't sure, slowly rose up into a sitting position, but all the while causing the sheet covering her to slip down and expose her... bare upper form. Pretty much everyone in the room turns their heads away in embarrassment, especially Steve, who was about less than 10 feet away, as "Twilight" simply asks "What?"

It only then hit her as to who, or rather, what she was talking to as she looked to down to see two hands in the place of hooves as well as two "other" things. She then gives out a loud yelp while attempting to cover herself back up while muttering "Not this again!"

"Err... Twi? Ahm guessin' that's really you in there, but what in the name of Equestria is goin' on here?"

"Wait, you just said "Equestria," right?"

"Yeah..?"

"Ok, good. So it's the you from there and not... here."

"Here? There? Twilight, just tell me what the hay is going on!"

"I'm sorry, but her name is Twilight?" Tony says interrupting the "filly's" outburst. "You serious? Were her parent's huge Stephanie Myer fans or something?"

Applejack didn't have a clue as to what the red and yellow armor wearing creature meant, but apparently her friend did as she now bore an unamused frown on her face.

"No. My name is not in a reference to THAT, thank you very much. That isn't literature; that is pornography."

"Huh. I like her already." Agent Romanoff voices off to the far right of the room.

"Ok... still, out of curiosity, what would your full name happen to be?" Tony then asks the teen.

"Umm.. Twilight Sparkle?"

This results in the billionaire super-hero literally falling over on the floor sprawled out in hysterical laughter.

"IT'S NOT FUNNY!"

"Oh, c'mon, it IS! Twilight AND Sparkle? That's even BETTER!"

"Umm, not to interrupt what Ahm sure is a funny joke that Ah don't get in the least, but Ah still wanna know what's going on here." Applejack says while facing her friend.

"Well, remember when I traveled to Earth and wound up changing from a pony to a human?"

"Yeah, but... wait..." Applejack then takes a look towards the end of her front legs, if she could still call them legs, and like Twilight, notices 5 weird looking appendages sticking out of what should have been her hooves. "Well... this is weird."

"Ok, back it up. I heard "traveled to Earth," but "changing from a pony to a human?" Tony says soon picking himself off the floor. "PLEASE tell me you all heard that and that I'm not hearing things from falling through space a while back."

"I heard."

All heads turn to the back of the group where Thor then made his presence known after listening for quite some time.

"You did just say "Equestria" a few moments ago, did you not?" He says facing Applejack.

She soon replies with a quick nod.

The Norse God of Thunder turns to meet his fellow Avengers before saying. "I know where these six now come from."

"You do?" Practically everyone in the room said, save for the 4 others who remained unconscious.

With a nod, Thor continues. "Back on Asgard, the Bifrost allowed us safe passage to countless worlds beyond our own. One of them happened to be a peaceful and carefree land infused with magic and inhabited by... for lack of a better word, ponies. This world was known to its citizens as Equestria. Three types of pony are the norm: The common Earth Pony who's skilled specialized in tending to the land and nature around them, the Pegasus or Pegasai, if used in plural, who were winged masters of the sky who controlled the weather, and lastly, the Unicorn, who's magical horn allowed them great mastery over spells and incantations used for both great good and evil. And then there's one other select group: The Alicorn Pony. A combined amalgam of all three breeds who usually serve as the lands ruling class, and in most cases prove to be the most powerful of all their kind."

"And you know all this because...?" Dr. Banner soon inquires.

"Because I've been there."

"You have?" Twilight says not really in the form of a question, but more due to shock that Equestria had extraterrestrial visitors once in its history.

"Not for a thousand years or so, but yes. The last I left it, an Alicorn Princess named Celestia had just dealt with the betrayal of her younger sister Princess Luna. She was forced to seal her inside Equestria's moon after her transformation into the being called Nightmare Moon, which declared to bring an eternal night upon the planet. Sadly, I now know all too well the pain of having to combat against one's own family."

"I'm... sorry to hear."

The Thunder God nods in compliance while trying not to dwell on the thought of his brother's attack. "But enough of my plights. Tell me, what brings you six here to Midgard? Or Earth, more specifically?"

Applejack soon replied "A dirty, no good changeling Queen and a royal traitor, that's who."

"It's kind of a long story." Twilight adds.

The sliding doors at the back of the room soon open to reveal a new face: one with dark colored skin, an eye-patch across the left eye and a look that would even make Fluttershy's infamous "Stare" seem minuscule in compassion.

"We've got time." The new darkly dressed human said.

Applejack suddenly realized something felt amiss about her. Using her new hands to feel the top her head, she quickly discovered what.

"WHERE'S MAH HAT?! IT WAS RIGHT HERE BEFORE WE GOT- OH NO! WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?!"

"Calm down!" Steve soon said pulling something brown and leathery out from under his chair. "It's right here. Sorry for the scare, I just wanted to make sure nothing happened to it."

The super-soldier then hands it back to its rightful owner who quickly places it back on top of her head where it belonged.

"Whew. That was a close one. Thanks... err... Steve, right?"

"Yep. No problem at all, Miss Applejack."

"Really worried it might have been destroyed on the trip here. This here hat's the only keepsake ah have left of my daddy. He... passed away when I was only 3."

"Oh... I'm really sorry."

"Ah, shucks, no need to apologize, partner. Nothing anyone could have done. Still, I'm glad I have something to remember em by."

"Yeah, I know the feeling. I didn't know my parents that well before they died."

Just before the now human Element of Honesty could try and console him, a loud groan could be heard on the bed placed to the far left.

"What's with all the racket? I've got a headache the size of an Ursa Major and the last thing I need is..."

Rainbow Dash soon stopped her small temper tantrum to observe her current surroundings? "What the..."

Soon, three collective groans are heard from the other three ponies-turned-humans as they all soon wake up, the first of which is one with light-pink and neatly combed hair starring back at the rainbow colored one with nervous teal-blue eyes.

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Fluttershy?"

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Pinkie Pie?"

"Pinkie Pie?"

"Rarity?"

"Rarity?"

"Fluttershy?"

"Rarity?"

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Rarity?"

"Twilight?"

"Twilight?"

"Rainbow Dash?"

"Ok, PLEASE STOP!" Agent Barton soon yells amongst the random shouting of each other's names.

The rainbow-haired teen soon remembers where she was and, to all of the Avengers, Applejack and Twilight's shock and embarrassment, jumps straight out of her bed in a defensive position.

"Who are you creatures and what did you do to us?! Do you work for Chrysalis?! What is she planning to do to the Princess?!"

Tony, all while trying to face her with his eyes averted, heads towards her while saying "Easy does it, Skittles. We haven't done anything."

"Wait, Skittles? What the hay are you- never mind! You better quit lying and start talking or this is one Rainbow you're not gonna wanna taste!"

"Ok, so you made a "Taste the Rainbow" joke yet you don't know what Skittles are? Ok, I take back what I said about Taylor Swifthoof over there, THIS is the weirdest part about this whole experience!"

"Uh... that doesn't look anything LIKE Taylor Swifthoof, pal. Well, ok, you DO have the same blonde hair, AJ, but her coat's a lemon yellow and yours is CLEARLY orange-"

"AH GET IT, Rainbow! Now stop trying to attack the guy and listen to em! He and the rest of these here fellers had NOTHING to do with what Chrysalis did to us!"

"You POSITIVE about that?"

"Yes we are!" Twilight adds. "And also Rainbow Dash... you may wanna get back in your bed."

"Uhhhh... why?"

"I can think of two or three reasons why."

"STARK!" Natasha screams at the GREATLY insensitive joke her teammate just made.

"What?! She CLEARLY doesn't know what I'm talking about!"

"What don't I know that you're talking about?"

"Rainbow... remember when I told you how I learned that humans wear clothes for reasons different from why we do?"

The rainbow-haired girl appears to think it over for 2 seconds right before making a face of total shock and horror and staring down at her changed form to confirm what she had already feared.

---

On another part of the Helicarrier...

Two agents work on an incomplete house of playing cards on a spare glass table during their scheduled break.

(Yes, this is REALLY happening.)

"You ever wonder when Fury's gonna make good on that 3% raise he promised us?" One asks his co-worker.

"3%? Joss, after what just happened today with New York nearly getting nuked to ground zero, we deserve a 25% raise... and a month's worth vacation!"

"That reminds me, whatever happened to the guy who fired the missile that Stark used to stop the aliens?"

"Well, and this is info I snagged after listening in on Hill, since he was acting under orders from the Council, he couldn't register his actions as "out of line" since it was given by his own superiors."

"Oh."

"But he DID turn him over to the custody state of New York for due processing since not only did he almost nuke it, he was caught in possession of marijuana right after he landed."

"Huh... no wonder he always seemed to be giggling for no reason. Well, you got the last card?"

"Eyup! Took us 3 and a half hours to build, but our first House of Cards is finally-"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

This high-pitched female scream causes the agent to swing his arm out of reflex, not only sending their house of cards flying everywhere, but causing him to topple over to the metal floor with a loud resounding thud.

"I REALLY hate our job, Joss." He says in pain.

"Yeah, me too, Mac. Me too."

---

Once the situation in the med-lab was resolved and everyone was properly clothed, Tony decided it would clear any awkward-ness if they gave their six guests a tour of the Helicarrier while explaining to them who they were and what exactly it was that they did. And when he went over the detail of being a well known genius billionaire super-hero in a kick ass robotic suit, Rainbow Dash, still given the nickname of "Skittles," dropped any per-existing suspicions about him and simply kept asking question after question about what it was like being a super-hero. While Twilight gave the occasional inquiry to him about how his suit functioned, Applejack and Steve found it irritating and aggravating as all Hell/Tartarus.

"Usually, it's Pinkie Pie that gets me to this level of ticked. But hearing Rainbow go on and on and on about how awesome and cool Tony's fancy metal suit just makes me wanna' yank my mane out."

"Heh, believe me, I get what you mean. Does Rainbow ever go on a long winded speech about how cool and talented she is?"

"...How did ya'll know that?"

"Because that's pretty much allwe've ever heard out of Stark since the moment we've all met him." Agent Romanoff adds. "Textbook Narcissism" doesn't even begin to describe his ego."

"Well, if you ask me, I think Mr. Stark needs to take a step back from all of his "luxurious assets" and learn what it means to live with less." Rarity voices among the three of them.

"REALLY? This coming from the pony who went on an outdoor camping trip and felt like she needed to bring pretty much EVERY luxury to make herself feel like she was at home? You wanna be the pot or the kettle here, Rare?"

"ANYWAYS..." Twilight immediately says trying to change the subject before a large fight escalated whilst turning towards Director Fury. "So S.H.E.I.L.D's basic function is to monitor the whole of Earth for potential threats to its security. I imagine it must be difficult maintaining a presence in so many countries all at once."

This earns a somewhat sarcastic scoff from Fury's mouth. "Some job of protecting our planet WE'VE managed to pull off lately."

"Wait, what do you mean?"

"You'll see when we reach the bridge."

The large group make their way down the long hallway towards two black double doors which soon automatically open in response to their close proximity. The sight beyond them was unlike ANY the six ponies-turned-humans could ever imagine. Hundreds of uniformed agents all wandering about the truly astounding and amazing technological marvel that was the bridge of S.H.E.I.L.D's main and mobile headquarters. All the pieces of high-tech machinery and tools scattered across the area had Twilight, and to her surprise, even Rainbow Dash wide eyed and amazed.

"Wow..." was all the Element of Magic could manage.

Then it was Rainbow's turn to utter something in disbelief. "This... is so..."

"AWESOME!" The piercing sound of Pinkie's hyper and excitement induced squeal had just about everybody covering their ears for risk of permanent damage, especially Agent Barton.

The next 25 seconds simply consisted of Pinkie zipping from one piece of machinery to the next shouting "OOH, look at that thing! NO WAIT, look at that thing! OH WAIT, look at this thing! SO MANY THINGS!"

Her eyes soon widened with the usual 5 second gasp of hers as the caught the sight of a big red button lying right in the middle of the main console.

"Oooh, what's this do?"

But before her new hands could reach it, she felt a larger and stronger one latch on to it just a inch before it touched down. Turning her head quickly, she saw Agent Barton on the other end of said hand looking as if he was about to burst a vein through sheer irritation.

"Don't. Touch. Anything. Got it?" He said in a completely serious tone right before letting go of her hand.

"Pshhh. Fine, fine. But can you blame me? This is all so unbelievably super awesomely FUN!"

"And here I thought Stark got on my nerves. This is like the Nirvana of annoying."

"Oh, that's so nice of you, Barton." Said billionaire replied making his way towards the front of the bridge along with the others. "But yeah, he's kind of got a point, Jigglypuff. You might wanna keep your... newly existent hands to yourself when around here. Just half of what this flying tank's carrying can turn even the largest city into, well..."

Turning to where he pointed, the six girls look towards the large glass window that occupied the dead end of the room and all gasped at the sight before them: a city not unlike Manehattan with a good majority of its structures and roads torn apart with rubble, wreckage and countless other signs of destruction as far as they could see.

"Wh... what happened?" Twilight asks being the first to manage to speak.

"My brother happened." They all turn towards Thor who bears what had to have been one of the most grief and sorrow ridden expressions Twilight had ever seen.

"Do you mean Loki?" Pinkie Pie asks, with everybody soon turning their heads in shock towards her knowing his name before anyone had even mentioned him.

"How do you know of him?" The Asgardian Prince quickly asks the pink-haired girl.

"Yeah, Pinkie. I haven't even heard of this "Loki" until now."

"Of course you haven't, Twilight. That's because Loki, Thor and most of the tales of Asgard are told as ancient myths and fables. My Granny Pie used to tell me and my siblings stories about them all the time. There was Thor, a powerful pegasus pony with the ability to summon thunder and lighting without even needing to touch a cloud, Loki, a sneaky but fun Unicorn capable of creating all sorts of magical pranks and surprises, and then there was their father Odin, who was supposedly a male Alicorn. Though I gotta say my favorite out of all is Loki. He's like the ultimate MASTER of fun and mischief. Where do you think the Loki in my "Okie Dokie Loki" comes from?"

"Ok... but that still doesn't explain why Celestia has never even mentioned inter-stellar beings like Thor and his brother to me. I mean, I'm her most trusted student. Why wouldn't she let eve me know?"

"Dunno. But maybe it's to protect Equestria from other worlds besides Asgard from doing to it whatever did THIS to that city over there."

"Hm, you might be on to something Pinkie. But Thor, getting back to that, why did Loki do all of this? This goes well beyond simple mischief and pranks."

Thor is silent for a good 9 or 10 seconds before finally answering.

"I suppose this all started a year or so ago, when it came time for me to be crowned the new King of Asgard. Back then, I was still arrogant and vain with my powers and fame. I acted recklessly and put my friends, family and possibly all of the Nine Realms in danger simply because I refused to stop and think. Our people were in a stalemate with the Frost Giants of the world of Jotunheim."

A loud snicker is then heard amongst the group listen with Thor soon learning its source being a grinning and giggling Rainbow.

"Dost that amuse you, Dash of Rainbow?"

"I'm sorry, it's just... Jotunheim? That's not a planet, that's the sound a mountain climber makes when they make it to the top. Why would they make up a name that sounds so "silly?"

"This "silly" world is home to one of the most dangerous races in all of existence whom nearly decimated the Earth a little short of 2000 years ago had it not been for my father. It's a barren and ice covered tundra that even the bravest of warriors know better than to mock."

This soon causes the Rainbow-haired teen to quickly change her composure in just a few short seconds. "I'm sorry."

Thor soon nods to show no harm had been done as he continues.

"My father, Odin Allfather, had managed to defeat the Frost Giants and claim the source of their great power, the Casket of Winters. He sparred them on the grounds that they never attempt to start war upon any of the Realms again, and we in turn swore no Asgardian would set foot on Jotunheim since that day. And then, when I was about to crowned King, two lone Frost Giants managed to sneak into a heavily guarded vault of my Father's strongest weapons in an attempt to take back the Casket. While they were defeated, I was positive that Laufey, their ruler had sent them in hopes of restarting the war, and was convinced to seek him out on Jotunheim for answers, despite my Father's order not to break the truce."

"So you went there anyways?" Twilight asks.

"I did. And not only did I receive no concrete answer, my friends and brother would have surely been killed if my Father hadn't come there after us. And even though he tried to reason with Laufey that these were only the actions of a reckless boy, he declared that his people and mine would go to war once again. Once we returned home, my father stripped me of my title and power and banished me to Earth to live in exile. And, for a reason I still haven't been able to comprehend to this day, he sealed the power within my weapon Mjolnir with an enchantment to only allow one worthy and without selfish intentions to wield it and sent it to Earth along with me."

"Wait, is Mjolnir that awesome looking hammer you're holding?" Rainbow asks pointing towards the flat stone held together by a sturdy wooden handle the Thunder God held in his hand.

"Yes it is. It was supposedly forged within the heart of a dying star."

"Whoa... "

"Indeed. Without it, I felt as if I had lost a part of myself. Part of my own identity."

"W...what happened after you arrived on Earth?" Fluttershy soon speaks up.

"I met a girl by the name of Jane Foster. A researcher studying the cosmos and also the disturbances made it the stars when my people use the Bifrost to travel between Realms. At first, I treated her, like most people of Midgard, as second-class, unevolved and unversed peasants who couldn't even travel beyond their own moon, much less to other worlds. But something about Jane made me realize how arrogant and selfish I acted almost all my life. She wasn't simply another absent minded human. She was intelligent, kind, attentive, and... very beautiful. She almost reminded me of... of.."

"Reminded you of who?" Twilight asked him.

"Of Celestia."

"You knew Celestia? I mean I knew you knew of her, but you got to know her on a personal level?"

"Of course. I often made frequent visits to Equestria with my brother to spend time with her and her sister, though with Loki, he was always the one spending the most time with Luna. I think I remember a time when she showed him how she brought out the moon and stars to begin the nights of the land, how his praises and compliments of her work seem to make her happier than even her own sister had ever seen. And of course, she shared in a good number of mischievous fun along with him, like dipping Celestia's horn in blue colored ink, freezing the floor I walked on with ice to cause me to slide around... the list goes on a bit, but you get the idea."

"Huh... they sounded pretty close." Twilight says. "It actually makes me wonder how she still felt enough resent to turn into Nightmare Moon."

"Or how Loki went from such a fun loving guy to somehow who could... do something like this." Rainbow adds pointing towards the window.

"Yes. Though I didn't even have the sense to notice at the time, Loki always felt as if he was second best compared to me. I was the popular, good-looking brother who had all the women swooning before me, while he always stuck to his books and seem to look on in my shadow. It was only after learning that he was responsible for letting the Frost Giants into Asgard that he held onto more contempt and jealously than I had imagined."

"What was the point of doing that in the first place?" Rainbow soon asks.

"From what I could gather, he wanted to draw them into a false sense of security that they had an ally behind enemy lines. Also, by that time, my father had fallen into a deep and perpetual slumber from which he could not wake. Loki took up the thrown in his absence and proposed to Laufey that he'd let him and his soldiers into Asgard so that they could take the Casket back... and slay my Father while he slept."

Naturally, this results in six individual gasps of shock before Thor could continue.

"BUT... it turned out, as it were, a ruse as Loki soon slew Laufey before he had the chance to do so. He then attempted to use the Bifrost to destroy Jotunheim itself in retaliation of their attempt on his life."

"Which he set up." Rainbow Dash snakingly adds. "He planned all of that so that he'd have a reason to wipe the Frost Giants off the map so that he'd impress his dad with what a "good job" he did."

"Impressive, Dash of Rainbow. You are much more mindful and quick-witted than I had thought."

"Thanks. And it's Rainbow Dash, Thor. Not "Dash of Rainbow" or anything too royal-like."

"Very well. As I had said, before Loki attempted to destroy them, I had managed to return home thanks to my friends AND with the power of Mjolnir returned to me. I'll go over how that happened later. I had managed to push my brother back, as he truly never could best me in combat, but by the time I could, the bridge was dangerously close to its intended goal. I knew that there was only one option left: I had to destroy the Bifrost itself."

"Destroy it?" Twilight uttered in shock.

"Yes. And I managed to do so, with the blast from said destruction creating sort of a black-hole like abyss with Loki and I nearly being sucked in had my father not awoken in time to catch us. But once he had shown his displeasure towards Loki's whole scheme, he willing let go and fell into the void. And afterwards, the majority of Asgard have been stranded there for over a years time now."

"But wait," Twilight interjects. "If that's true, than how are you here on Earth right now?"

"I suppose I owe that to the same way my father banished me to Earth. As Loki had proved, the Bifrost was not the only way in or out of Asgard. There were secret passage-ways and routes that not even our all-seeing gatekeeper Heimdall is aware of. And I suspect that's how Loki found his way here as well."

"I still don't understand what would drive Loki to go so far as to betray his own family." Fluttershy once again comments from the back of the group. "I understand that he felt sort of left out and not as appreciated, but nobody could use that as a justification for what he did to his own flesh and blood."

"Actually, that isn't quite accurate." Tony says to her.

"What do you mean?"

"You wanna fill them in yourself, Thor? You pretty much told your whole life story up until this point, you might as well tell them everything."

After a while contemplating, he figured Stark had a decent point.

"Very well. I did over look a small detail that took place after the battle of Jotunheim. My father had ventured deep into Laufey's territory and found something he had not expected: a lone baby Frostling, stranded and left alone with no one to care for it. From what I had heard, Frost Giants have a sort of practice of leaving the smallest of their young out in the wilderness as they only desire the largest and therefore strongest as their warriors."

"That's awful!"

"Indeed, yes. And it was a mere coincidence that the infant my Father found there that day was of Laufey's own blood. He then decided to raise the child among his own so that not only would he have a loving family, but perhaps one day he could serve as a resolution to both our people's feud."

Twilight finally puts two and two together. "Loki. That child was Loki, wasn't it?"

Thor simply nods in response. "However, when Loki found out, he was furious towards Father for keeping his heritage a secret for so long, feeling he was nothing more than another stolen relic to be kept away or worse, a monster that all would grow to fear. This remark was what caused him to fall into his "Odinsleep" to begin with, along with everything else that had occurred not too long ago."

"Which means... Loki essentially murdered his own biological father in cold blood. It's not that I feel bad for Laufey based on the terrible things he's done, but... to strike down one's own kin willingly..."

"I feel just as sickened as you do, Twilight Sparkle."

"So why did Loki decide to attack Earth?" Rainbow Dash asks turning slightly towards the war-torn city outside.

"I think it's pretty obvious by now, Rainbow." Twilight responds.

"How? What could this planet, no offense to you guys though, possibly have that Loki could remotely care about?"

"Maybe it wasn't what he cared about, Rainbow Dash." Rarity chimes in. "It was more what Thor cared about."

It then clicked inside as to what they all meant.

"Jane." She says in realization while turning to face the Asgardian Prince. "This is her home; the place where you were taught humility and compassion... and Loki wanted to spite you for what you did to him by taking it away."

"Correct. And he nearly succeeded if not for the heroic efforts of my friends here."

"Some did a bit more than others though." Tony boasts while earning several head shakes from Steve and Nick and eye rolls from Natasha and Clint. "What? I never called anyone out by name. For all you know, I could have just given one of you a compliment and you still would have thought I was being a narcissistic jerk."

"Stark, don't try and play the innocent card here, we all know you were just bragging about the stunt with the missile." Steve quickly counters to his egotistic partner.

"I risked my own life to save about the whole planet, didn't I?"

"That doesn't mean you get to shove it in everyone's faces!"

"AS I WAS SAYING..." Thor speaks with a voice that made Luna's Royal Canterlot voice sound like a whisper in compassion. "Loki was beaten and apprehended. He currently rests within S.H.E.I.L.D's custody until I can safely return him home with me. Once back on Asgard, it is my father who will ultimately pass judgment for his actions here, as he used something born of Asgard to nearly ensure his victory."

"And what would that be, if you wouldn't mind me asking?" Rarity says to the tall muscular prince.

"It goes by many names; The Cosmic Cube being one of them. Though I've always heard it be referred to as the Tesseract. Imagine a device in the shape of a cube small enough to fit into the palm of your hand... or hoof, and containing enough raw energy and power to bring about an era of peace or one of complete destruction."

"But you got it back from him, right?" Twilight asks soundly a little bit unsure.

"Yes, we did. But I only wish it had been sooner. While drifting in space, Loki stumbled upon a vast an extremely dangerous army of creatures called the Chitauri. From tales exchanged throughout generations of Asgardians, these beings were second only to the Frost Giants in terms of brute force and cruelty, conquering too many worlds to keep count of. Earth was to be their next target, but only because it held something of value to them, something Loki apparently knew the location of long before he had met them. From what I can piece together, he proposed an alliance for the sole purpose of conquering Earth simply to spite me in exchange for the Tesseract."

"So he was just willing to give a weapon as dangerous as that to a race just as bad all for the sake of revenge?" Rainbow shouts in anger. "What was he thinking?! If monsters like those got their hooves.. or is it claws? Whatever. If they had gotten ahold of it, what would have stopped them from taking over any other world they came across? They could have very well found OURS with enough time! Did THAT ever occur to him?"

"Yeah, I don't think he even gave half a damn about that." Tony says butting in. "Though personally, I think he was completely stupid if he actually thought they wouldn't just give him the ax after they got the Cube. Would you trust creatures that just fell from outer spac... wait, disregard that last bit, I mean creatures that fell from outer-space that look like rejects from Star Trek."

"What the hay is that?"

"Uh... never mind, that's a pop cultural lesson for another day."

"Is it in the same boat as Skittles?"

"Not quite."

At that moment, Director Fury cleared his throat loud enough for everyone present to turn their heads in his direction. "Now that we've brought you up to speed with what's happening here, maybe we should figure out how to get you six back to your home."

"Wait, didn't you say you've traveled to Earth before?" Natasha says to Twilight. "What's stopping you from repeating the same process from your last visit?"

"Well, the last time I arrived here, it was through the use of a magic mirror that acted as a portal to the reverse of our world's version of Canterlot. The only problem is that it can only be used once in every thirty moons, which roughly adds up to well over a year's worth in days. Plus, I'm beginning to wonder if this really is the same planet I landed on from before. You have the "Internet" as well as many other familiar things, but I've never heard of a global peace keeping force quite like S.H.E.I.L.D until now."

"Yeah, you're probably dealing with an Earth that's actually part of the greater multiverse, Bella." Tony says walking up to her. "It states that every possibility imaginable exists along with worlds to accompany them. Some are only slightly different, and some are LARGLY different. The Earth that you landed on first is probably the one closest to your home in appearance and distance, while ours is probably further away in both aspects."

"That's... incredible! There are literally endless amounts of worlds out there to visit and explore? If we ever had the ability to travel to any of them. That would be just... wow. Oh, and by the way, stop making jokes about my name."

"Hey, I can't help it that it's the world's biggest opening for a Stephanie Myer joke."

"Ya know, even though I like you Tony, I would have to kindly recommend you listen to her." Rainbow says to him. "You wouldn't still be making jokes about her if she had her Element with her."

The Rainbow-haired girl's choice of words prompts Thor to do a complete 180 as he faces her with shock evident in his eyes. "Did you just say her Element?"

"Yeah, she's the bearer of the Element of Magic."

"How can that be? When last I left, Celestia was in possession of all six of the Elements of Harmony shortly after banishing Nightmare Moon."

"Well, there's a story behind that which kind of involves all of us." Twilight soon answers. "I guess I should start at the beginning."

"They do say it's a great place to start." Tony adds with a smirk.

"Shut up."

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One skipped explanation later...*

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"And after Luna had been freed from the Nightmare's influence, the Elements of Harmony were passed down to the six of us. Rainbow Dash obtained Loyalty, Rarity gained Generosity, Pinkie Pie had gotten Laughter, Fluttershy took on Kindness, Applejack's was Honesty and like Rainbow had said before, I gained the Element of Magic. Since then, we've had to battle against a large number of crisis' including taking back the Crystal Empire from King Sombra, foiling an attempt made by Queen Chrysalis to overthrow Canterlot and even battled against a re-awakened Discord."

Thor's eyes suddenly widened with absolute fear upon hearing that one name be uttered. "D-Discord was awoken?"

"I take it you've met him before?" Rainbow asks him.

"Unfortunately. Both my brother and I frequently ran into him during our visits for quite some time. He often attempted to coerce Loki into joining him with his chaotic insanity. But even he knew back then that Discord's idea of fun could end with great disaster. I also speculated that he didn't dare risk the safety of the world his friend Luna called home. Our last encounter with him ended with Celestia and Luna sealing the Draconious with the Elements and turning him to stone. We had managed to pose as a distraction while they prepared to do so, but I'd imagine you won't find that part mentioned in any public records. It must have taken a great amount of focus and will to best a creature as slippery and sneaky as he."

"You're pretty much right on that one. He nearly tore our friendship apart by tricking us into behaving the exact opposite of our Elements. It was only thanks of Twilight here that we ever came out on top."

"Thanks, Rainbow, but if Princess Celestia hadn't re-sent me all of my letters about friendship to remind me of all the lessons I had learned, I don't think we'd even be here today."

"And you know the really weird part about all this?" Rainbow says speaking again. "Even after we put a stop to Discord, Princess Celestia eventually decided to try and have us reform him and make him see the benefits of friendship."

"WHAT? Surely you jest!" Thor says in protest. "Discord is a two-faced, backstabbing serpent that would sooner cause panic and mayhem of which to simply observe in leisurely glee than attempt to seek true friendship!"

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

The thunder wielding Asgardian finds himself turning to face the source of the high-pitched and very angry yell directed towards him, only to find the last possible he'd ever assume it would have come from.

With Fluttershy gazing towards him with a stare that could unnerve even his father, Thor soon found his inner composure giving way to unconditional fear and nervousness.

"Discord may have been a troublemaker before we met him, and maybe in a sense, he still is, but don't you DARE imply that he cares nothing for true friendship! Maybe if ponies a thousand years ago had simply just given him a chance, he might have thought twice about causing random chaos at others expense."

"F- Forgive me, Fluttershy," Thor says to her while trying to regain his composure. "But why is this so important to you?"

"Because I was the first real friend Discord ever made. The first pony that ever looked past his pranks and antics to actually try and be his friend. And eventually, it worked."

"It did?"

"Yes." Twilight says to the Asgardian. "After Fluttershy's compassion reached him, Discord was set free to his own devices and since then hasn't once caused any chaos near the amounts he used to, or in the ways he used to that could inadvertently bring harm to Equestria. He had truly been reformed."

"I... I would truly liked to believe that. Perhaps it's my past experience with him that triggers my doubts about it, but... with the sheer unconditional kindness that Fluttershy seems to give to just about anyone, I admit that if anyone could bring Discord to understand friendship, it would be her."

Turning to face the light-pink haired girl, Thor's face gives a genuinely sorrowed and guilty expression. "I... apologize for my remark before, Fluttershy. If what you say is indeed true, then perhaps I should at least give Discord the benefit of the doubt and judge him by what he is today rather than what he used to be."

"It's alright. I can understand why you'd be angry. I have to admit, even I got a little frustrated with his behavior when we first started out."

"That does make me curious to see how he is today."

"Assuming we ever find a way back, that is." Thor turns his blonde haired head towards the pony-turned-human who uttered such words now facing towards the view of the gigantic window up front.

"What makes you speak in such a way?" He asks her.

"The fact that Chrysalis, a mortal enemy to the safety of our nation, our world, had managed to discover magic powerful enough to transcend the boundaries of time and space that I, Princess Celestia's most prized student and successor, only learned of when it was two seconds too late."

"And you are just resigning yourself to defeat already?"

"I never said that. I'm concerned that like the last time I visited a new world I knew nothing about, I can't use any of my magic. And unlike last time, I don't have my Element with me to fix that."

Giving this predicament some lengthy thought, a solution struck the Asgardian's mind as if it were one of his own thunderbolts. "Pathways."

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Hidden pathways! That's how my brother managed to find his way here to Earth when the Bifrost was destroyed. What if Chrysalis was simply was alerted to such a pathway when she took possession of the Alicorn Amulet, and used a spell that allowed instant travel through it?"

"I suppose that would make sense. But how are we going to attempt to..." It suddenly dawned on the pony-turned-human where the Demi-God was headed with this. "Asgard. If a pathway was opened on Equestria that sent us here..."

"Then perhaps with some luck, my Father will be able to reopen it."

"Thor, that's brilliant!"

"I appreciate your praise, Twilight. But when we travel home, there must be one other that takes immediate precedence."

Twilight catches on quickly to what, or rather who Thor referred to. "Right. I forgot about the fact that Loki needs to answer for his crimes against this world."

"Then if we are to leave soon, we must fetch him. If... you wish not to accompany me towards his cell-"

"No, no. It's fine. Maybe seeing someone from Equestria will remind him of what he once was and how far he's fallen."

"I can only hope."

"Lead the way then."

Thor proceeds towards the exit of the main bridge with Twilight following close behind.

"Humph. There's nothing redeemable in that snake's heart." Agent Barton said to himself with very evident anger in his throat.

Turning his head just slightly to his right, he jerks back a bit to find Pinkie Pie staring intently at him. "Can I help you?"

"I think I know what you're problem is."

"I'm sorry, my problem?"

"Yeah. You're too serious all the time. I've only known you for just a few hours, but you seem like one of the most stoic, uptight and UN-fun pon- I mean people I've ever met."

"Being employed as a spy/assassin doesn't exactly require optimism and fun. I'll get the occasional thrill of battle, especially alongside a comrade, but the kind of fun you speak of stopped for me at age seven."

"Well then, I'll just have to fix that, won't I?"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, Hawky. I'm making it my personal mission as long as I'm here to make sure you end up having at least one happy and fun moment that I'm able to witness."

"Oh, and I suppose to this end, you're going to just stalk me everywhere I go, right?"

"How did you already know that? You really are a world class secret agent!"

With a groan, the S.H.E.I.L.D agent looks to face Dr. Banner and says "Hey Bruce, is it too much to ask "the other guy" to put my in a coma right now?"

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At first, Jane Foster didn't ask too many questions as to why government officials arrived at her door step with an offer to help consult at an observatory all the way up in Tromso, Norway. The pay was considerable, the plane-ride beyond first class with enough in-flight movies and meals to shut Darcy up for 5 and a half hours, (Seriously, that character gets on every single one of my nerves. It's like if Daria finally grew a personality beyond boring and pessimistic, but turned out to be EVEN WORSE than she was before.) and just about as peaceful and uneventful a trip could get. And then, about a day later, she turned on a TV in her private hotel room to find images of giant aline warships attacking New York city with several individuals shown fending them off, one in particular that caught her eye.

"Figures S.H.E.I.L.D went behind my back and kept this a secret." She thought angerly to herself. "I get that saving the world is a big deal, but at least let me know what's happening rather than have me find out this way. I'm the one who initially discovered the existence of beings from another realm with my years of hard work and research, and I haven't once been brought up to speed on what's been happening with him."

And as if she wasn't frustrated and annoyed enough, Darcy came in through the main door with dozens of boxes and bags from her endless twenty four hour shopping spree.

"Can you believe they have an Apple store all the way out here? I mean, yeah, all the music's in Norwegian, but still, that's prett-"

The five seconds of blissful silence must have occurred from her glancing towards the TV that Jane's face still stared at like a vigilant hawk.

"Woah..." And there it went.

"This is like Battlefield Earth, only in real life and not suckish."

Before Jane could turn to face her "friend" and completely lose whatever ounce of sanity and self-control she had left, a faint explosion from outside drew her attention toward the window. Looking outside, a large cloud of dust could be seen looming over a giant crater just a few feet from the hotel parking lot. Jane wasted no time dashing right out of the room with Darcy quickly following on her tail.

Once outside, she ran with every step her feet could muster towards the smoking hole embedded into the ground. Once near enough, she could make out the sound of a faint moan coming from inside. As the smoke began to clear, the image of a curly blonde haired man came into view, more view than Jane personally wanted to see as she quickly took off her bulky winter coat to cover his body with.

"Hey, you ok?" She asked him.

"Uggh... that two faced Chrysalis... when I get my hooves on her..."

This certainly felt familiar to her.

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End of Ch 2.

Joss and Mac are references to Joss Whedon and Big Macintosh. I'm tired right now, so I don't feel like typing out any more details right now. So, yeah. Later

X_X JAC