The Quest For The Past
Chapter 64: Cloudy Skies
Previous Chapter Next ChapterEverything had been sorted out: God-Dong I and II were back, the civilians were all free, the portal was closed, Mr. Bad Guy and his lackeys were locked away, my magic was restored and Sky was Cloudy. The only thing left to do was to go home. The God-Dongs, Sky, Twidong and I stood by the statue of Teatcord, saying our goodbyes.
"You'd better come back to pay the child support," demanded Sky, "or I'll hunt you down and take it out of your flank!" Sounds kinky.
"Don't worry," I assured her, "I will. I have nineteen thousand bits back in my universe." Even the God-Dongs looked shocked at that one.
"H-How much?!" Exclaimed Twidong.
"Nineteen thousand. It was twenty thousand, but I spent five hundred on bread and I'm saving the other five hundred for myself."
"How did you get that much?!" Asked Sky.
"I beat the Colosseum. It's in the form of drachmas, but God-Dong can exchange it for you." I looked at God-Dong. "Right?"
"I- Er- Yeah," he managed to blurt out.
"Good." I looked back to Sky. "I'll visit when I can, but I'm not sure if there are any repercussions from traveling across the multiverse."
"Well, you'll find out if there are."
"Yeah."
"Wait," started Twidong, "if you're from a parallel universe, won't all of the things with the government be happening over there too?" Oh crap...
"Shit, I didn't think of that!"
"And back there doesn't have you or Sky right now."
"Oh crap, I've gotta-" A thought struck me. "Actually, no. It's fine."
"What do you mean?" Asked God-Dong II.
"Somepony else is dealing with it. In fact, I feel a little sorry for the bag guys. Well, bad girls over there."
"Why? What are talking about?" Asked Twidong.
"The version happening over there has to deal with Vesper. Oh," I turned to Sky, "that's her name by the way; Overcast Vesper."
"Overcast?" Repeated Sky. "I like it."
"Anyway, I should be getting back. I didn't actually tell anypony where I was going other than God-Horse, Discord and a doctor so my friends are probably worried." And knowing them they probably didn't ask God-Horse about it.
"Of course," said God-Dong.
"Goodbye, everypony." They each said their various goodbyes and God-Dong lit up his horn to release Teatcord.
I'd woken up in the same place I was when Teatcord warped me, but this time back in Teatverse. After stretching out, I headed inside the castle to talk to Celestia. I found her in one of her studies aiming a cannon at Watcher, who was tied to a levitating shark.
"What the buck are you doing?" I asked, gaining there attention. Celestia grinned.
"Ah, Cloud," she said happily, "you're back. I was just playing some Extreme Jenga with Watcher."
"Help me!" Begged Watcher, as the shark fired pineapples out of its nostrils.
"Anyway," I started, ignoring Watcher, "the government is planning to restore the Elements of Harmony with time travel and-"
"I know," interrupted Celestia. "I found out when I interrogated the lieutenant."
"Oh. Okay."
"My guess is that the version of me from that universe didn't think that sending the version of you would be enough. Which would make sense since I didn't think you would be enough either."
"Then why did you send me?"
"Because of Vesper; both of you together I expected to be more than enough. Which you were. So after finding out what they were planning, I arrested them and had them replaced."
"Fair enough. Speaking of Vesper, where is she?"
"She's getting a massage. She was lying in that hospital bed for a good while and she needed to relax."
"Okay, I'm gonna go talk with her." I turned and started walking away, but stopped and turned back. "Oh, and they were also researching Arcane Circles to the point where they made one of their own."
"Really? That's a little worrying. What did it do?"
"They called it a Drain Circle, it sucked out magic from one Pony and put it into another."
"So it's like a shit version of that Circle you have?"
"Yeah, it's like a crappy Support Circle. Anyway, if there's a jailbreak then they'll be using that." I turned again to go and talk to Vesper.
Vesper was lying face down on a massage table, having oil rubbed into her coat by Butt Rubber. She saw me and grinned.
"Hey Dad!" She called.
"Hey Vesper," I replied.
"So, you got laid?"
"Yeah, I got laid."
"Was it good?"
"I'm not going into detail."
"Okay."
"How do you feel?"
"Pretty damn good. You?" I sighed.
"Tired. Why can't the traversal of time and space ever be easy?" Vesper laughed.
"I know right?" There was a small pause.
"So I'm officially a father now."
"And you weren't before?"
"I don't think it really counts if you don't exist, even if you traveled back here." Vesper laughed again.
"Okay, fair enough."
"Well, I'm dying for a good few bottles of cider, so we can talk more later."
"See you, Dad."
"See you later, Vesper." I went off to find a bar.
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And the R63 arc is finally done!
Only a few chapters to go until 'A Canterlot Wedding', and then it's time for a lot of fun!