Black Alice was sitting in a field of wheat, thinking over what the Phantom Stranger had said about the new multiverse and her place in it, as well as the object he had given her. “On one hand, it makes absolutely no sense. But then again, this the Phantom Stranger we’re talking about. The guy practically invented vague and cryptic. On the other hand what have I got to lose? I mean if whatever comes happens to be malevolent I’m sure I can handle it.” Alice sighs in resignation stands up and focuses her power into the token in order to get a feel for it’s power. She hears a message:

"For those of you in need, whether it’s in a fight or you just need some advice, I am here. Merely hold this trinket and call my name and I will be there. I am Zinnia. I am a Draconid. I am the Delta Guardian!”

“Zinnia the Delta Guardian, I Black Alice summon you! Come forth!” Black Alice shouts with authority.

A black portal opened in the air in front of her, hundreds of thousands of stars were visible within. From this portal fell a young woman, her raven black hair reaching no further than her jaw, wearing a large brown cloak over a black sleeveless shirt with red markings and black shorts. Black sneakers covered her feet, and an identical item to the one in Black Alice’s hand was wrapped around her left ankle.

“Whoa,” the woman said, stumbling. “Note to self - being summoned whilst free falling makes you dizzy as all hell.” She paused, shaking her head slightly before straightening out. “Oka~ay, where’s the dramatic summoner? Sounded like a chick.”

Black Alice stared at the new arrival for a moment trying to get a feel for her power. ‘Hmmm, this one doesn’t feel like too much of a threat but still, better not underestimate her.’ Alice thought to herself. “Hello, I take it you are Zinnia?” she asks of the new arrival.

“Oh, hey!” the woman replies, seemingly just noticing her. “Yeah, I’m Zinnia. You must be Black Alice.” She pauses, looking her up and down. “Do I have to call you that? Or is just Alice okay?”

“Just Alice is fine. So I take it you are a Displaced?”

“Yup! Straight outta the asylum into a world of talking horses,” she laughs, holding her hand out. “Guarantee that’d get me thrown straight back in if I said it back home.”

Alice stares at her for a minute longer before taking the strange woman’s hand in a firm grip and giving it a shake, “Ain’t that the truth. So Zinnia, the reason I summoned you is because I’m a little new at this whole Displaced thing and was wondering if you could fill me in on what’s happening. I would have asked the Phantom Stranger but the guy is….cryptic to say the least so I was hoping you might be provide some decent answers.”

“Sure, no problem!” Zinnia says with a smile. “But first, lighten up! Jeez, I know I’m your first but I ain’t about to bite your head off.” She lets out a small laugh before continuing. “Anyway, Displaced are basically poor, unsuspecting saps that get thrown from their world to Equestria. The most common way I’ve heard of this happening is where the person goes to a ‘Con and buys something from some guy.” She flashes a cocky grin, jabbing a thumb into her chest. “That was the plan for me too, I’d guess, but then I screwed it all up! Got a Void Girl in bed and was sent through the next day.”

“Uuh…” Alice stuttered. “Wow. You uh… you did that?”

“Hehe, yep! Not even my most impressive conquest, either!” She laughed again. “Anyway, in case you haven’t noticed, you get turned into the character you were dressed up as, getting all their powers to boot. Some get little tweaks here and there-” she demonstrated by spitting an Ember at a random rock. “- but they’re more or less the same. We can call each other for help or just to talk if we find each other’s tokens and some of us even managed to find love. This one guy, Jason? He’s married to his versions of Rarity and Chrysalis!”

“Jason? As in Jason Voorhees?” Black Alice asked in shock.

“No, no!” Zinnia cried, pausing soon after. “Wait, there might be… But no, the guy goes by his own name. He has an Omnitrix, from Ben Ten, and he’s a pretty cool guy.” She smiled, patting her belly. “Father of my kid.”

Alice’s jaw hit the ground in shock. “Um, congrats? But wait a minute I didn’t buy anything! I bought these encyclopedias and nothing happened but...the Monitor did hand me a free notebook that I think was based off of Death Note but then I...blacked….out.”

“There you go!” Zinnia said with a smile. “I have no idea what you’re from but that Death Note must have been the key.”

“So this isn’t Heaven or Hell? Because I thought for sure my disease killed me at last, as much as I don’t like to think about it. My injuries are even gone.”

“Nah, welcome to Equestria. Or one of them, at least.” She grinned. “We all get our own little pocket of the Multiverse. It’s pretty swanky, really. A chance to just make an entirely new life, make a name for yourself. Watch out, though.” She frowned, her tone suddenly turning serious. “As much as I make this out to be a sweet deal, you’re probably gonna have to face down something from the series your character’s from. I’m taking on Darkrai, myself, and I’m pretty sure the Gems are gonna have to face some corrupted gems themselves at some point.”

“Well I’m fucked. But on the plus side I’m the most powerful teenager you’ll ever know so I think I’ll be fine.”

“Is that confidence?” Zinnia asked, raising a brow. “Or bravado? ‘Cuz y’know, one gets you home safe, and the other…” She shook her head, dragging a finger across her neck. “Never underestimate your enemies, my friend. Best advice? Make friends with Celestia as fast as humanly possible. If you have any knowledge of the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, use it. Find out how far along you are, and just try to predict everything.” She paused, shuddering. “And whatever you do, keep the Elements away from the thing that comes for you. I’ve already lost Rainbow Dash, I don’t suggest you do the same.”

“Confidence, I guess,” Alice said with a shrug.. “While I may be the most powerful teenager you’ll ever know, I’m far from perfect.” She paused, looking around at the peaceful scenery. “Still though, I feel sorry for this world. I’m from the DC universe, so shit will go down, and hard.”

“Well alright then!” Zinnia cired, bouncing back to her chipper mood. “Don’t be afraid to ask for help, ya hear me? Don’t want you getting yourself killed after all.” She paused, seeming to think for a moment, before asking, “Hey, do you want a list of the Displaced I’ve met? Just to, you know, have some reference?”

“Having a list would be helpful, actually. Thanks.” Alice replied casually, trying not to sound desperate for any tips or tricks to help her.

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“Alrighty then, let’s see…” Zinnia said, putting a hand to her chin in thought. “Well, so far I’ve met a few. There’s Jason - Hughs, the Omnitrix guy, not Voorhees. He’s a sweet guy, he’d do anything to save someone in need. Token’s a Unitrix core” She paused, frowning. “Just… be careful if you summon him. He doesn’t do well with nudity for one, and he’s got major MPD. They’ve all got their own form in his Omnitrix, and one of them is a bloodthirsty monster.

“Anyway!” She clapped, smiling once again. “After Jason there’s Ace, my brother. He’s…” She frowned again. “Y’know, I’m not sure what he was displaced as. He’s got some sort of shape-changing sword though, so there’s that. This is his token” She pulled a blue, egg-shaped pendant with silver trimmings from her shirt, holding it up. “His message is carved on the back, not recorded.”

“Then there’s the Gems, from Steven Universe. Like, all of them. Jasper, Peridot and Lapis are cool enough, they’re token is the Diamond Authority symbol in their colours. I didn’t speak with Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl much, but they seemed pretty chill once they were out of Sombra’s control. Theirs is a star with all their gems on it.”

“After those guys you’ve got Umbra, a gender-bent Overlord. Mistress of Minions, Evil Incarnate, and my girlfriend.” Zinnia paused to laugh at Alice’s face. “Don’t worry, she’s a wonderful person. Her token’s a little iron necklace with a leather strap.”

“There’s Serena, but she didn’t send out a token. Doesn’t wanna get sucked into the whole ‘Displaced’ thing, just wants to find her husband. Sweet girl, dressed as, well, Serena from Pokemon.”

“Lance, or Gunvolt, is pretty cool. Member of his world’s ‘Power Ponies’ or whatever, token’s a little wing-shaped hairclip. His cousin’s a guy named Sun Wukong, never actually met him but his token’s a golden coin.”

“Max Caulfield from Life is Strange, that’s another. Took over her Equestria when her Celestia and Luna died. Token’s a picture of herself. She’s dating Lance, actually.”

At the sound of the name Caulfield Alice’s right eye began twitching violently. And a familiar feeling of rage and hatred came

“Uh, you okay there?” Zinnia asked.

Alice gasped “Um what? What did you say? Something about a monkey?”

“I… didn’t say the word monkey,” Zinnia replied, frowning slightly. “Like, at all. Your eye went all twitchy when I said Max’s name.” They stood in silence for a moment before Zinnia continued. “A~anyway… there’s apparently a Majin Buu walking around, not sure if he’s good or bad but Lance seemed cool with him. Look out for a gold ball with a big ‘M’ on the front.”

“Jason told me about a couple, too.” Zinnia continued. “There’s a Gilgamesh somewhere, apparently. Supposedly a good guy, but I’ve never met him myself. There’s a Mewtwo called Medulla too. And that’s about all the ones I know about.”

“I see. Sorry about earlier, just the name Caulfield triggered some really bad, horrible, traumatizing memories that scarred me for life.” Alice shuddered, “Never again.”

“Well this one shouldn’t do that. She’s flirty and a firm believer in free loving, kinda like me.” She paused, giving Alice a wink. “And before you say I’m not, I’ve been trying to think of ways to get you into bed with me through this entire conversation. I just can’t help myself.”

“Ummm...I need an adult?” Black Alice gulped, she could feel her ears becoming hotter than a blacktop sidewalk on a summer day. “N-not that I’m interested mind, but shouldn’t you refrain from such activities while with child?”

“Half Pokemon, dear,” Zinnia cooed. “Womb like a bomb shelter. I can do whatever the hell I want outside of dying, but who’d want that anyway?” She chuckled at her own joke before wiping an invisible tear away. “But if you don’t want to, I won’t force you. Consent or nothing, after all.” She paused, looking around. “Where are we, anyway?”

“In some wheat fields belonging to the Buffalo tribe that lives near Appleloosa, I came here to think about what I did to King Longhorn until the Phantom Stranger showed up scaring me almost to death, after a conversation if you can call it that with him he gave me your token, I called you here and here we are.”

“Well then, sounds like another of those thrice-damned Void dwellers…” Zinnia muttered, shaking her head. “Welp, enough of that. What’d you actually do to the guy? And what’d he do to deserve it?”

“Who? the Phantom Stranger? He’s no Void dweller, he may be mysterious but he’s a good guy I know that for sure. As for King Longhorn, well for one I ripped his horns off and inflicted major injuries on him as for what he did he and his gang tried to take over Appleloosa, took some hostages which included at least one of Braeburn’s relatives and one of his goons even wanted to sell Little Strongheart into slavery.”

“...Wow…” Zinnia said, shocked. “...Did you save anything? I kinda wanna introduce him to a certain Draconid I know, if you catch my meaning.”

“He’s alive and no I inflicted enough injuries on him, any more might kill him. I don’t want him dead...yet.”

“Aww…” Zinnia pouted for a moment before springing back. “Oh well, what else is there to do for fun around here? Besides me, that is.”

“Maybe later. Well I don’t really know I usually practice Okichitaw, experiment with my powers and learn what I can about this world. What do you like to do?”

“Flying mostly, though I’ve been thinking of taking up gardening.” The girl looked off into the distance, a thoughtful look on her face. “Maybe some Lavender, a little Dragon Sneeze Tree…” She shook her head with a smile. “But powers, you say? Now, forgive me if I’m wrong, since I was never that into DC, but are you in any way related to… Oh, what was his name… DC’s version of Superman. Captain something…”

“First off Superman is from DC and second you mean Captain Marvel. And technically no I’m not related to them except for the fact that I also can call upon the power of Shazam among others.”

“Ah, I remember something about that guy,” Zinnia said, nodding. “He’s a magician or something, right?” She chuckled, waving her hand. “Nevermind, I may be able to help you out. I’ve found sparring always leads to faster power discovery.”

“Well I don’t know, not to sound vain or anything but I am really unique when it comes to powers, I don’t really know what you could offer me but then again you do have more experience than I do so that must count for something….alright I accept your offer.”

“I’m tougher than I look, dearie,” Zinnia chuckled, removing her cloak and flexing her large, purple wings. “So how do you wanna do this? Simple attack-and-defend or a touch-counter?”

“Suppose attack and defend to start then move on to the other one. But first...hmmm the power of Shazam might be overkill, eh, screw it. GONE! GONE! THE FORM OF MAN! ARISE THE DEMON ESTROGAN!” With those words Alice was no longer a teenager but a hulking demon.

“...Is it wrong that I find you strangely sexy in this form?” Zinnia asked, a small blush on her face. “Ah well, hit me with your best shot, girl! I’ve got something that’s unbreakable!”

With that, Zinnia propelled herself backwards, landing in a crouch before wrapping her wings around her front, a green bubble of energy erupting from her core.

With alarming speed Estrogan charged at Zinnia and went in for a simple Slash with her claws.

“Oh I would like to ask you to refrain from using fire attacks, seeing as we are in a wheat field I would like to not start a bon fire.”

“Not a problem,” Zinnia said with a grin, allowing her shield to drop before calling up another. “Again!”

Estrogan went for another swipe with her claws but at last second shifted into a kick in order to catch Zinnia off guard. The Draconid just smirked behind her shield before punching forward with a glowing orange fist.

“Guerrilla ShardsI” Zinnia cried as her shield erupted into a barrage of glowing green shards that lashed out at Estrogan, causing her to stumble back but leaving her mostly unharmed. “Combo moves are just so fun,” she said with a grin.

“Hrmm. You know you are right.” Estrogan shot a blue fire ball at Zinnia and the said “Ekirts dna sedalb ot nrut taehw!” with those words Zinnia found herself attacked by the very fields of wheat that they were sparring in. Estrogan had created her very own Razor Leaf only deadlier due to the fact that the wheat was even smaller than the traditional Razor Leaf. And then there was the Blue Fireball headed her way too.

“Woah!” Zinnia cried, shooting into the air with a powerful beat of her wings. “I thought you said no fire, girl!” She swooped around, her shadow shifting to wrap around her hands, forming two clawed structures. “But if you wanna play dirty… Shadow Whirlwind!”

Zinnia’s wings glowed a brilliant white before she dived, corkscrewing so that a small whirlwind of wind and shadows appeared behind her. She angled her body towards Estrogan, holding her claws out in front of her as she flew by, the shadows attacking the demon girl.

“Was not fire I shot at you.” She said as she raised up her arms to block the attacks “Look at the ground where the attack struck.”

Instead of a scorch mark there was a pillar of Ice.

“And that would have hurt me. Lots.” Zinnia shuddered, eyeing the ice pillar warily. “Can we maybe stay away from the ice, please? I’m a Dragon-Flying Type.”

“Powers of a Salamence,” Zinnia explained. “Weaknesses too. Now.” She grinned, snapping her wings to her body and dropping from the air. “Earthquake!”

As soon as Zinnia’s feet hit the ground, the area around them shook, throwing Estrogan off balance.

“Gnikauq pots htrae!” Estrogan shouted and the ground immediately stopped shaking. “Whew. Nice one, that’s one of my favorite Pokemon moves.” Estogan complimented before clapping her hands together that unleashed a massive shockwave that knocked Zinna off her feet.

The two continued like this blow for blow, counter for counter until Estrogan noticed the Sun was in the five o clock position..

“Enough. I’m done for now.” Estrogan said before reverting back to her normal human form. “So what do you think of my powers?”

“Interesting, to say the least,” Zinnia replied, breathing heavily. “You’ve certainly got a hang of them.”

“Well not entirely. There’s infinite amount of power that I can access which means there’s probably a lot of weaknesses too. For instance I may have access to the demon Etrigan’s power but I most likely have his vulnerability to Holy stuff as well. If Pokemon were magical same would apply there. Probably. I won’t know until I test it. By the way how are you doing need any healing?”

“Nah, I’m good. Just need a place to rest.” Zinnia sighed, rolling her shoulder. “You are pretty strong, y’know. Be careful with that.”

“Yeah, I get you. How about I treat you to dinner or something? You know as thanks for the practice.”

“Dear, you don’t need to court me,” the Draconid said with a wink. “But dinner sounds great. I need some red meat.”

“Got it. Taem htiw tnaruatser a ot su tropsnart!” Black Alice shouted.

In a flash of light Zinnia and Alice found themselves in one of the finest restaurant in Appleloosa. “Albertacos. Serves pretty much anything for anyone.” Alice walked up to the door and opened it for Zinnia.

“Whoever said chivalry is dead clearly never met you,” Zinnia teased, walking in with a smile.

“Get whatever you want it's on me, just try not to pull a Goku.” Alice said seriously.

Zinnia chuckled. “I’ll do my best, dear,” she said, sitting at a random table and opening the menu. “I think I’ll have… a steak, extra rare.” Alice sat down on the opposite end “And I’ll have my usuals. Arty.”

There was grunt as Arty, a buffalo, headed into the back to get the food.

“So, you mentioned a family before, tell me about them if you don’t mind.”

“Well, as you know I’m pregnant,” Zinnia started, rubbing her stomach. “But this is baby number two. My first is an adopted Bagon named Stryker who’s mother passed away after entrusting me with his egg, and I’ve been raising him as my own ever since. Then there’s Ace, my brother from Earth. He was displaced two years before me, and the grief from losing him made me lose it a little, landing me in the asylum where I was displaced from later.” She paused, giving a sad chuckle. “Two years I’ll never get back.”

“Jason’s the father of this kid, as I said before,” she continued. “He’s a great guy, been through a lot himself. He’s not even human, never was. Apparently he’s a Jotun from Norse mythology, who knew?”

“A Jotun huh? Wow. That’s random. But not too surprising all things considered.”

“Eh, multiverse theory.” Zinnia shrugged before continuing. “I recently got into a relationship with a displaced named Umbra. She was sent as a gender-bent Overlord, from the games of the same name, but in the end she’s a sweetheart.” Zinnia paused, looking left and right before leaning forward. “And for a character bent on dominating the world, she’s surprisingly submissive.”

“Sounds hot.” Alice complimented. “As for me in this universe I like to consider Little Strongheart as a sister of sorts but also a mentor. I haven’t really met anyone outside the town and you.”

“Ah, that sounds nice. It’s good to see you’re making connections.” Zinnia paused, taking a sip of her drink. “I’ve got a few ponies I’m close with. Whiplash, my assistant, is a pretty cool mare, and Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were… fun.”

“What do you mean by ‘were’?” At that moment Arty brought over their food and quickly departed. “They aren’t…” Alice drew an invisible line across her neck with her finger.

“Oh, God no!” Zinnia cried. “No, no, I just meant we had a one-time fling.” She sighed. “But we did lose Rainbow Dash to Darkrai. Bastard can spread the Nightmare around like it’s Chicken Pox.”

Alice went quiet. She was never fond of RD and often fantasized her suffering or death but never actually wished it upon her. She wondered for a moment if there was someone she could copy that could resurrect the dead.

“Oh well,” Zinnia sighed, stabbing into her steak. She lifted the whole thing up, biting into it savagely and tearing a large chunk out. “No need to worry about that right now. It’s like some guy used to say back home. ‘Tomorrow’s a mystery, yesterday is history. But today is a gift, and that’s why it’s called the present.’”

“I prefer ‘Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero.’ ‘Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.”

“They have the same essential message. Focus on today, tomorrow’s not here yet.”

“True, but mine sounds cooler.”

Zinnia smiled, leaning back and popping the last of her steak into her mouth. A small trickle of blood ran down her chin.

“Ah, that hit the spot,” she sighed, wiping her face clean. “Nothing better than a good piece of meat.”

Alice unwrapped one of her burritos and nodded in agreement after taking a bite.

“I have a question for you. When I ask it don’t respond right away think on it before answering. Is that alright?”

“Sure, ask away.”

“If you had the chance to bring Rainbow Dash back, would you? I apologize if I sound insensitive but the question just came to me.”

Before Zinna could answer a huge explosion came from outside that rocked the entire restaurant.

“What the hell?” Alice looked at Zinna for a moment as if to say ‘stay here, I’ll go check it out’ before she rushed out of the restaurant, straight into a scene straight out of a nightmare.

Bodies strewn about, ponies running everywhere, buildings destroyed or burning. Black Alice took all this in in an instant and began looking for the source of the destruction. What she saw, though, filled her with shock and horror. Four familiar figures walked out of a Bank carrying various bags of loot.

“No, it’s impossible!” Alice cried, but it was true. There was no doubt about it. The Wrecking Crew had arrived in Appleloosa.

“Hey,” Zinnia said suddenly, appearing behind Alice. “Now that wasn’t very nice, leaving your date behind!” she teased. “I get that this is your world and all, but you don’t get to give me the ‘stay here’ look! I can help!”

Alice did not answer - she was too shocked.

“T-T-The Wrecking Crew is here?!!” Alice shouted.

“Wrecking Crew?” Zinnia asked, confused. “Okay, c’mon girl, think… Oh! Are they the four big guys who like to break stuff?” She smirked, cracking her knuckles. “Ooh, I haven’t had a decent punching bag in a while!”

“Don’t underestimate them.” Alice said sternly, They may be big and muscly and all that but they’re smart and strong enough to hold their own against Thor, so don’t take them lightly. Besides, it’s not them I’m worried about - it’s the implications.”

“Oh, right, the whole ‘my villains are gonna fuck shit up’ thing…” Zinnia sighed, spotting Thunderball - a burly man in a green and yellow outfit hurling around a massive wrecking ball like a flail - swinging at a building, causing the entire wall to crumble. “Well, might as well start the cleanup. I got Blunderball.”

With that, Zinnia flared her wings, shooting off towards the lone member of the Wrecking Crew with a single, powerful flap, leaving Alice stood in alone in front of the restaurant.

Alice sighed, “Idiot. Shazam!”

KRRAACKKOOM!

Alice felt the familiar surge of power that the power of Shazam brought and flew toward the leader of the crew, The Wrecker.

“Hey, why don’t you pick on someone your own size!” Alice shouted at the Wrecker, who in turn looked up.

“What the hell? First ponies now cheerleaders? Run along little girl before you get hurt.” said the Wrecker, condescension and mockery in his voice, the other members laughed and jeered.

“Funny, I was thinking the same thing about you.” Alice countered before delivering a savage blow to his jaw, sending him flying back a few feet.

The others looked on in shock as the Wrecker got to his feet.

“That felt like I just got hit by Thor. Okay girlie, kid gloves are off,” the Wrecker growled.

“Come get some,” Alice retorted as they charged at one another.

THOOOM!!

Black Alice and the Wrecker managed to simultaneously punch each other in the jaw sending them both flying back. Fortunately for Alice, she had landed inside a weapon/hunting/survival shop. Alice got up and looked around, she knew that conventional weapons were useless against these guys but backed by the power of Shazam they just might do some damage, she grabbed a few and hid them in her sash then hid behind a wall to wait for the Wrecker to appear. And appear he did, Alice then took to the air and air-tackled him to the ground and began pummeling wrecker. However, she was interrupted by a punch to the face from an oversized fist.

Alice quickly recovered and saw - “Piledriver. Forgot about you.” she growled.

“Big mistake.” He shrunk his fist down to normal size and began punching her left and right, Alice caught his left and added some punches of her own. They traded blows back and forth until Alice decided to play dirty by kicking him in the nuts and when Piledriver reflexively bent down in pain, Alice struck with a double fisted smash to the head knocking him out for now. Alice took out two knives that she had gotten from the shop and stabbed them straight through Piledriver’s hands, pinning him to the ground.

Alice did not have time to celebrate as she saw the Wrecker hurling his crowbar at Zinnia. She zoomed after it to try and intercept, but it was too late.

Zinnia smirked, spitting an Ember at Thunderball before zipping away.

“Grah!” the brute grunted, swinging his wrecking ball around wildly. “Stay still, dammit!”

“Now why would I do that?” Zinnia shot back, spitting another Ember at the back of his head. “If I stay still, you’ll hit me!”

“That’s the idea!”

Zinnia smirked, swooping around the ball as it shot towards her, following the chain down as purple-blue flames erupted from her hands, forming claws.

“Eat Dragon Claw, fucker!” she cried, dragging both sets of claws across Thunderball’s chest, tearing through his suit but leaving little more than scorch marks on his skin. Thunderball reached out as she tried to fly away, grabbing her ankle and slamming her into the ground.

“You little…” he growled, standing over her and casting a long shadow. “I’m gonna smash your skull in!”

Zinnia smirked, slamming a fist glowing with brown-coloured energy into the ground. Rocks sprung up around the brute, encasing him in a stone cage and allowing her time to retreat to a safe distance before he smashed through. She gained a white glow before a multitude of clones appeared around her, each one smirking maliciously.

“Gotta love a Double Team.” The clones spoke as one, sending a shiver down Thunderball’s spine. “Now for the Brain’s Bane!”

The clones split up, surrounding Thunderball on all sides. Some dropped to the ground, the same brown glow from before surrounding their legs as they stomped, creating a massive stone structure to restrain the villain with their Rock Tomb attack. The rest took up positions around the struggling brute, whether on the ground or in the air, and took each of their iPod’s out of their pockets. With a synchronised tap of their screens, a tune blared out, to which all of the Zinnia’s began erratically breakdancing to.

“What the hell!?” Thunderball shouted, confusion and anger bubbling in his voice. “What are you doing!? Stop that!!”

“No!” the Zinnias replied.

This continued for a time, with Thunderball occasionally managing to free a limb only for the Zinnia clones to re-incase it not long after, further fueling his rage, until one of the dancing clones was sent flying by another burly man dressed entirely in orange with large steel gloves, belt and helmet. The clones flickered out of existence and the song ended, Zinnia glaring at the new arrival.

“Ah,” she mused, clenching her fist. “Bulldozer, I presume?”

“That’s right, maggot!” the man in orange bellowed, headbutting Thunderball’s stone prison to free his comrade. “And this has gone on long enough! It’s time to end it!”

“Fine,” Zinnia sighed, lowering herself to the ground. “I supposed I’ve had enough fun. Headbutt!”

Zinnia shot forwards, head lowered, and Bulldozer ran to meet her head-on. At the last second, though, Zinnia pulled up, wrapping her legs around Bulldozer’s torso and her arms around his neck as she reared her head back, fangs of flame erupting from her teeth.

“Fire Fang!”

She chomped down on Bulldozer’s helmet, the heat from her attack melting through the steel slightly. Bulldozer managed to throw her off before she got too far though, and she had to move quickly to dodge Thunderball’s flail attempting to throw her right back.

“Found a weakness,” the Draconid muttered, mustering as much heat from her core as possible before creating a small platoon of clones. Two clones quickly broke off, distracting Thunderball while the rest surrounded Bulldozer. Five Zinnia’s closed their eyes, focusing before projecting a large green dome over the villain as the rest brought as much flame into their mouths as they could.

“Furnace Bomb!” they cried, releasing a barrage of Fire Blasts into openings in the barrier that quickly closed behind them. An explosion of pure flames erupted within, contained and magnified by the Protect as Bulldozer’s cries of pain filled the air.

The original Zinnia winced slightly, worried that she may have gone too far, but when the smoke cleared, Bulldozer was still standing, though he was swaying slightly. Zinnia sighed in relief, glad that she hadn’t killed the man, though she remained wary.

‘It probably wouldn’t hurt to keep him in there,’ she thought, and her clones immediately poured more effort into keeping the bubble of energy up around the Wrecking Crew member.

A moment later, something struck her in the back of the head hard enough to send her flying several yards, landing face-first in the dirt. She felt her connection to the clones fade, meaning that they had disappeared and that the barrier holding Bulldozer was gone. She felt her anger building as she lost control, her eyes shifting into their slitted selves as she pushed herself up, spitting a small amount of dirt. A low, guttural growling built in her throat, and a moment later, she Roared to the heavens, spewing a plume of purple flame into the sky. She spun around, glaring at the Wrecker with pure hatred in her eyes.

“This can’t be good.” Alice said plainly.

Zinna charged straight for the Wrecker and, realizing he might not stand a chance and her friend had killer intentions, Alice moved to intercept her. Zinnia growled at her, swiping with a Dragon Claw in an attempt to get the girl to back off. Alice felt her friend’s attack cut through her shirt but left her skin intact. ‘Damn. As I feared, she’s actually a lot stronger now than she was earlier. Luckily I have the power of Shazam backing me up, otherwise…’. Alice grabbed Zinnia and put her in a headlock, she then turned and saw the Wrecker just standing there. “What are you doin?! Grab your crew and run!!”

The Wrecker nodded and simply ran for it, leaving his crew behind.

‘Supervillains. So predictable. I don’t want to kill Zinnia, so I can’t unleash the full power of Shazam on her. But what can I do?’At that moment, the wisdom of Zehuti came to her aid.

‘Of course. I can do “that”, it’s a long-shot and very risky but I need to do this, Zinnia’s sanity and probably her life is on the line, besides I’ve been meaning to do this for a while.’

Alice concentrated hard and in seconds half of a gold helmet appeared over the left side of her head and a Green ring in the shape of a lantern appeared on her right middle finger. Zinnia broke free of Alice’s grasp and attacked with Fire Blast. Alice created a portal in the shape of an Ankh and let the attack get sucked right in and closed it.

‘Since she’s a dragon-flying type that means she’s weak against Ice based attacks, but what else? What can I do to snap her out of it?’ once again the wisdom of Zehuti provided a possible solution.

This time Zinnia flew higher into the air and attacked with Draco Meteor and Alice - who, unfortunately, did not play past Ruby and Sapphire - was caught unprepared as multiple space rocks came down from above.

“What the hell?! I thought you said you were from Pokemon, not Final Fantasy!” she shouted in outrage. “Alright, time to quit hesitating and end this!”

Using the power of her ring Alice bound Zinnia in multiple chains that had Ice magic infused within them as well as the power of Aton - not enough to hurt her but enough to weaken her. Then she shot her with a golden Ankh shaped energy beam and, using the strength of Amon, dragged Zinnia down to ground level. Zinnia continued to struggle and launched attack after attack (Hyper Beam, Flamethrower, etc.) but thanks to the Ice and magic infused shackles that bound her those attacks amounted to nothing and Alice simply took them.

“Now for the Coup de Grace. It’s time I shocked you out of this madness.” Alice walked slowly toward her friend, while she was doing this she used her magic to project an aura of calmness and peace. Soon Zinnia stopped struggling and contented herself to simply glare and growl. Alice moved closer and closer until they were face to face, “I’m probably going to regret this, but…”

Alice looked deeply into her friend’s eyes. Strengthening the aura, she gripped either side of Zinnia’s head, reared back, and headbutted her, pouring every ounce of calming power she had into the attack in an attempt to disorient the raging beast.

Zinnia staggered back, her left eye returning to normal while her right glared openly at Alice. Flames tried to build in her throat, the draconic half of the Draconid’s psyche wanting nothing more than to burn Alice alive, but her human half managed to fight it down long enough to allow Alice to back away.

“Full…” Zinnia growled, obviously struggling to retain enough control to use her own words. “Full cage… Ice and… and Lightning…”

Alice nodded, quickly building the structure around Zinnia, thick bars of pure electricity holding up sheets of thick, clear ice. The Draconid screamed in rage and pain, clutching her head and dropping to her knees.

“N-no!” she cried, her wings twitching restlessly as she tried to hold herself in place. “D-don’t… You c-can’t...” Clouds swirled above the two, lightning racing through them as rain began to fall heavily. The winds picked up, swirling around the cage and tearing up the surrounding turf. The ground began shaking violently as flaming meteors appeared in the sky and the air started shimmering as the heat raised. “I-I won’t let you!!!!”

With one last primal scream, Zinnia collapsed, the chaos around her stopping just as soon as she did. The rain continued, but it calmed, becoming a light drizzle instead of a raging storm. The quaking ground settled, several chunks of dirt and rock sticking out at odd angles. Dirt and stones fell from the air as the vortex of air ended. The balls of flaming rock falling from the sky exploded, showering the area in shining pink dust. The air cooled, a slight heated dampness washing over the area.

Alice was conflicted, on one hand this “Berserker Rage” of Zinnia’s was extremely dangerous and should either be sealed away or destroyed. On the other hand this state could be useful and could mean the difference between life or death in certain situations. Alice decided it just wasn’t her place to get rid her friend’s condition, more importantly…

Alice flipped Zinnia onto her back and placed her right hand onto Zinnia’s heart and her left onto her forehead where the brain was “Heal.” Alice whispered, and gold and green sparks of healing power flowed from her hands and into her friend’s body, sealing any cuts, knitting together bones and repairing any damage Zinnia sustained from their encounter as well as putting her berserker state in remission, hopefully.

After finishing that Alice took to the air again and began using her magics to repair the town, heal the people and capture, bind and imprison the Wrecking Crew. Speaking of...Alice looked around expecting to see the unconscious bodies of her foes but there was no sign of them,the Wrecker’s footprints were gone as well. Alice used her power to locate their unique magical signature but even that was gone, it was as if the Wrecking Crew was never here.

‘There will be time to investigate that later but for now…’ while Alice was thinking she did not notice that the powers she had been utilizing was slowly fading away until she found herself in a ten-story drop. Time seemed to slow down as it usually does in these situations, her life flashed before her eyes….ok not really but still. Alice thought about yelling/screaming but she never really understood why people did that. It’s not like doing so would save you or slow down your descent in any way, so why do it? ‘So should I do it or not?...Meh, whatever. I’ll just fall….You know what else I don’t understand? Why am I not afraid? Here I am falling to my probable death and I’m not afraid….You know what? Fuck this!’

“ZINNIA!! WAKE THE HELL UP AND SAVE ME YOU BIG BREASTED PERV OF A DRAGON POKE’MON THING!!!” Alice shouted at the top of her lungs.

“Wha…” Zinnia groaned, pulling herself to her knees with a hand to her head. She looked around for a moment before her eyes locked onto Alice’s falling form, immediately rocketing off the ground to intercept her. A white aura surrounded her body just before the girl fell into her outstretched arms, and Zinnia quickly flew back to the ground.

“I thought you said you had limitless power?” the Draconid quipped, setting Alice back on her feet and bopping her lightly over the head. “From what I’ve seen, you can use the powers of nearly every DC character, so why the hell didn’t you just switch to something that could fly?” She chuckled, quickly wrapping her arm around the girl’s shoulder and pulling her along as she sauntered into town. “Never mind, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that, somehow, I heard your little comment.” She paused, chuckling lightly and fixing the girl with a smoldering gaze. “Glad to know you’ve been looking. Is there anywhere I can go to show you a little more~?”

Alice who was trying to calm her heart which to her felt like it was beating four times faster ignored her comment about her power, she did not want to reveal her weakness to Zinnia. While she was a friend now that did not mean that they would stay that way in the future.

“Well excuse me for suddenly developing deer-in-headlights syndrome. I’m not exactly used to falling from up so high. And no not right now, the important thing is what the hell was that? One minute you're my teammate and the next I’m trying to prevent you from killing innocent people. Is there something you aren’t telling me?” Alice demanded.

“Heh, yeah, about that…” Zinnia muttered, trailing off with a guilty grimace on her face. “There’s sort of a deadly, angry, primal Dragon in my head that I have very little control over. I’m working on it, though!”

Alice sighed.

“Look, I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about it,” the Draconid said, frowning slightly. “But I didn’t think it’d come out. The only other times was when those I cared about were in danger.” She sighed, shaking her head slightly. “That’s no excuse… I’m sorry, Alice. I should have told you.”

Alice sighed again, “It’s fine. All things considered it could have been worse, I could have been forced to kill you. But that aside I’m just glad you are alright. Let’s just chalk it up to a bizarre day.” Alice took a few cleansing breaths and looked to Zinnia in a whole new light, she was definitely one to not take lightly. “Another question that’s bothering me is why are you hitting on me exactly? We’ve only known each other for a few hours and you are trying to bed me. Why?”

“The blunt answer?” Zinnia mock-asked. “I’m what most people would call a whore. Long-winded, incredibly scientific answer includes a massive imbalance of chemicals in my body connected to my libido and sense of shame.”

Alice frowned at this, “So you will bed just about anyone with no regrets? I don’t know whether to be jealous or not. I doubt I’ll live up to your standards.” Alice muttered to herself.

“My dear, I have no standards,” Zinnia said with a smile. “I am my standards. I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every encounter I’ve had, and I’m sure you’ll be no exception, even if you’re a virgin.”

So many thoughts and feelings roiled in Alice’s head at once but it was the V-word that broke the camel's back, she made a sound equivalent to a sheep’s baa and the mewling of a kitten before she fainted dead-way

“Alice?” Zinnia cried in shock, catching the girl just before she hit the ground. “Alice, come on! Stop joking around, wake up!”

“...Black Alice.Exe is not in service. Please try again later. If the problem persists please contact a Tech Support Representative….Rebooting…. 50%....100% Alice muttered in a daze before falling silent, “Agh! What?” Alice snapped out of her daze with all the subtlety of a Rhino charging through a China shop. “Zinnia! You are alright. What happened?”

“I… have no idea,” the Draconid muttered. “I… I was saying how I had no standards and I wouldn’t care if you were a virgin and you passed out!”

Alice blushed again at the implications of Zinnia’s statement. If Zinnia had no standards then Alice could use that to her advantage but her heart, brain and virtually every other part of her was saying no, that she wasn’t good enough for someone as pretty as Zinnia or Umbra and another part of her questioned if she even swung that way. She sighed. “Deadshot shoot me now.” Alice stood up “Well that was weird. Anyway, thanks for the help but perhaps I should send you back unless you really want to do….” Alice trailed off.

“Alice, I’m always serious when it comes to bedroom play.” Zinnia giggled slightly, shaking her head. “But if you don’t want to, that’s fine.”

“I’ll think on it. In the mean time we should find ourselves an inn and crash for the night, in between the Wrecking Crew and you going crazy I might actually sleep well.” said Alice as she walked to the nearest inn labelled “Wine & Dine Inn”. When she got to the front door like last time she opened the door for her friend to go in first.

The innkeeper was a shifty looking Griffon named “Katzz” who gave most people a chill up their spines.

“Yo Katzz. Two of your biggest, bestest rooms for me and my friend here, no questions asked. And if anyone comes in here asking about earlier tell them I’m unavailable and I’ll talk when I’m good and ready. Here’s your pay.” Alice placed a few gold bits mixed with diamonds on the table. Katzz blinked owlishly then nodded before taking Alice’s payment and giving her two blue keys.

“Hey, whatever happened to the Stardust?” Zinnia asked, following after Alice as she lead them to their rooms. “That shit’s valuable.”

“The what?” Alice asked.

“When I cancelled out my Apocalypse move, the Draco Meteor exploded into a fine pink powder, right?” Zinnia waited for Alice’s nod before continuing. “That’s Stardust, as in the Pokemon item you can sell for mad cash. You’ll probably get more when I go home, too. The Void Dragon leaves it behind, after all.”

Alice stared at Zinnia blankly for a moment before the memory of the stuff came back to her.

“Oh yeah, that stuff. It’s most likely still out there Little Strongheart and or Braeburn will probably gather it up and ask me about it tomorrow. But thanks for mentioning it I totally forgot about it. Anyway, here’s your key.” Alice responded while handing her a key marked 777 while she in turn got one marked 666. “Your room is the leftmost one up the stairs mine is to the right.

“Alright then,” Zinnia said with a coy smile, heading off for her room. “I suppose I’ll see you later then, dear~” she called, winking suggestively before disappearing into her room.

Alice stared after her bewildered before shrugging it off and walking to her room on the right side of the stairs and entering.

The room itself had a rustic feel, with a thick, cream-coloured carpet colouring the floors and a bathroom. All of the furniture was made of oak wood, and the large, four-poster bed had luxurious red sheets. One other thing of note was that the room itself seemed much larger on the inside than one would assume by the outside door.

Alice laid on her bed thinking of the day’s events, at first she had been confidant she would be able to handle any Displaced that came her way but now the confidence began to waver after seeing Zinnia’s display earlier. After all this is reality now and not comics so if she died that would be it. Then there was the Wrecking Crew to consider, where were they? Alice soon fell into an uneasy sleep. Suddenly the image of Zinnia’s smile and her jugs appeared unbidden in Alice’s mind jolting her awake. She looked around her room, shook her head and forced the strange and impure thoughts from her head before going back to sleep.

The feeling of soft hands snaking around her waist woke Alice, the warm presence at her back startling her into springing out of the bed. She spun around to find Zinnia lay under the bed sheets, propped up on an elbow with the sheets pulled halfway up her cleavage and a lidded gaze fixed on her.

“What’s wrong?” the Draconid asked, patting the bed. “You never came to me, so I came to you, and you seemed troubled. A good snuggle always helps me when I have trouble sleeping, and I just wanted to help you out.”

“B-but…” Alice stuttered, staring wide-eyed at the woman in her bed. “Y-you’re naked!”

“Well yeah.” Zinnia smiled warmly. “I came lookin’ for whoopie.”

“Whoopie? As in a whoopie cushion? I suppose I could conjure up one if you need one but I don’t see why that would require to be naked and in my bed.” Alice said, confusion evident in her voice. Zinnia stared at her for a moment before slamming her palm into her forehead.

“Whoopie means sex, Alice,” the Draconid groaned, grinding her palm in further. “Literally everyone I’ve met who is not a virgin knows that.”

Alice blushed madly at the “V” word but quickly recovered. “Well excuuse me princess. I’m not that well versed in lewd words, I left those particular vulgarities to my friend Matt.”

“Oh my sweet Arceus…” Zinnia breathed, a soft smile growing on her lips. She threw the sheets off, revealing her slightly tanned skin, and shifted to sit on the edge of the bed. “Is that why you’re getting awkward whenever I say it?”

Alice, who had quickly closed her eyes in order to give her friend some modesty, responded quickly “I have no idea what you are talking about. What word?”

“Alice, dear,” Zinnia whispered, standing and moving closer to the girl. She placed her hands on Alice’s shoulders, rubbing them gently. “Open your eyes.”

Alice’s brain and heart shouted at her to ‘not to do it’ but something in Zinnia’s voice compelled  her to obey but only slightly. One could practically hear the top and bottom parts of her right eye coming apart as if someone were dragging metal against concrete hard enough to produce sparks.

“Alice, really, now you’re just insulting me,” Zinnia pouted.

The idea of insulting a friend - especially a guest in her world - caused Alice to open her eyes all the way in order to refute such an accusation but found the words dying in her throat as she beheld her friend.

“Good,” the Draconid said with a smile, which quickly changed into a look of concern. “Now, about that word…”

“I don’t know what you are talking about. Unless you mean Caulfield.” Alice’s left eye twitched, “In which case that’s easily explainable.” She said flatly.

“Alice,” Zinnia said, her tone carrying a slight warning. “You know what I’m talking about.” She sighed, pulling the girl to the bed and sitting down with her. “Are you still a virgin, Alice?”

When she sat next to Zinnia, Alice went straighter than a steel pole and, on cue, went bright red at the mention of the “V” word.

“….”

“You are, aren’t you?” Zinnia asked again before sighing. “Look, if you’re not comfortable with this, then I’ll go.”

“No! I...yes. I am a….virgin.” Alice looked away unable to stand the thought of judgement coming from her friend’s eyes. A girl of her age still a….she couldn’t even think the word.

“You know…” Zinnia said, snapping Alice out of her thoughts. “If you wanted to, we could always… fix that…”

“B-b-but you’re a girl, and I’m a girl. How would that even work? Besides I don’t even know if I swing that way - or any way for that matter.”

“One,” Zinnia said, holding up her finger. “Lesbians have been doing it for years, at least where I came from, and I have my ways anyway.” She paused, chuckling slightly, before holding up a second finger. “And two, the easy way to solve that is a little thing called ‘experimenting’.”

“First thing’s first, when I do this-” she paused, grabbing Alice’s hand and placing it against her breast. “Do you feel anything?”

“A tingle of electricity, excitement, flesh?” Alice asked warily unsure if this was a trick question or not.

“There, excitement.” Zinnia flashed Alice a smoldering look for a second, nodding confidently when she squirmed, rubbing her legs together. “Yep, you’re gay. Or at least bi.”

Alice thought for a moment, taking into account all those dreams of Sean Connery she used to have when she was younger probably the latter but, “How can you be so sure?”

“Alice, you’re groping me right now,” Zinnia deadpanned. “I’m actually leaking, in fact.” To illustrate her point, Zinnia ran a finger over her own nipple, collecting a small amount of her milk. “Here, taste,” she said, shoving her finger into Alice’s mouth.

“Mmph? Sea-Salt Ice-cream? It tastes like Sea-Salt ice-cream with a hint of lime.” Alice said in analytical tone.

“Really?” Zinnia asked, taking some for herself. “I just thought it tasted of milk…”

“Ice-cream is made of milk and besides there is such a thing as flavored milk. I.e. Chocolate, Strawberry, etc. but man is it addicting."

“I knew that!” Zinnia cried, huffing slightly before grabbing Alice’s head and shoving her nipple into the girl’s mouth. “Just shut up and suck, okay? I'mma get your clothes off.”

‘Sheesh, no need to get so pushy. You’re lucky this stuff tastes so great or I’d punish you.’ Alice thought to herself as she continued drinking. A sudden draft told her that, somehow, Zinnia had removed all of her clothes without her even having to move.

“Before you ask,” Zinnia said, pulling Alice onto her lap and running her hands up her thighs, peppering her neck with kisses. “I have a wide variety of skills in the bedroom.” Her hands paused just shy of the girl’s nethers, teasingly close.

“What kind of skills and will it hurt?” Alice asked meekly.

“I’m not gonna lie to you,” Zinnia said, smiling sadly. “Unless you can do the splits and have already broken your hymen, it’ll hurt like a bitch for a second. But after that, it’s the single most amazing pleasure you’ll ever experience.”

Alice doubted that, beating up her enemies and learning martial arts was a pretty amazing pleasure but for now she would keep an open mind. And ever since she came to this world, her old hip injury had disappeared so doing the splits would be easy but why would the ability to do the splits be a requirement? I just hope she doesn’t notice...she drove the thought out of her head.

Zinnia smiled, pressing her lips gently against Alice’s and pushed the girl onto her back, straddling her hips. Her hands roamed over the girl’s body, gently massaging her breasts and gripping her hips as she ran her tongue over Alice’s lips, asking permission to enter.

This was it - no turning back now. Alice closed her eyes and nodded, not daring to say anything just yet. Zinnia’s right hand brushed along Alice’s thigh before meeting the girl’s nether lips, softly rubbing along the edges with her index and pinkie fingers while the other two gently prodded her opening.

The strange things that Alice was feeling were odd and terrifying to her. “Sha-” she almost called out for her favorite power to come to aid and end this but she clamped it down and tried to relax.

Zinnia looked to the girl in concern, removing her hands. “You okay there, hun?” she asked, sitting up. “We don’t have to do this you know. If you’re scared, I understand.”

“No it’s okay it’s just all so new and weird. And not ‘Ha. ha.’ weird. you know what I mean?”

“A little, yeah,” Zinnia replied. “But… I don’t really… remember my first time. Kinda fuzzy.” She sighed, gently kissing Alice once more. “Just relax, dear. I promise you’ll be okay.”

The Draconid soon resumed her work, this time lying at Alice’s side and lightly nibbling her nipple as she worked. Once her fingers were coated with enough of the girl’s juices, Zinnia slowly, carefully pushed her middle finger past her folds, watching her reaction.

Alice gasped and tensed up for a minute or two but soon relaxed and began breathing normally. This, this wasn’t so bad. This was nice. She still preferred busting bad guy heads, but this was a good substitute

Zinnia grinned, slowly pumping her finger in and out. Her free hand slowly snaked up the girl’s body, cupping and groping at her other breast. She continued like this for a time, Alice’s moans slowly but surely growing in volume as the girl got more into the act.

“Ready for the next part?” Zinnia asked, pulling her finger from Alice’s nethers and holding it up, inspecting the clear coating. “I can’t wait to find out what you taste like. Would you like some, too?”

“No I’m good, you can have it all to yourself. I don’t think I could stomach tasting myself again. Besides, I’m full from your liquid ice-cream” she replied. ‘Hmmm I do wonder if my taste has changed since the last time.’ she mused bringing up memories of that time in elementary school when she decided to taste herself and licked her arm, finding that she tasted like bologna.

“Oh hush,” Zinnia chided playfully. “I highly doubt you’ve ever tasted yourself in this way, what with how you acted. Trust me, it’s a unique, magical taste.” She grinned, smearing the juices over her lips before leaning in, bringing Alice into a deep, sensual kiss, pushing her tongue into the girl’s mouth and wrapping it around her own.

Alice had heard about tongue play, but she’d never experienced it for herself and did not know what to do but she felt a little guilty over having her friend do all this work. But how could she remedy the situation? Well there was that but...aw screw it. Zinnia wouldn’t care anyway. Calling up all the memories she had of watching snakes and playing Orochimaru’s theme in her head, Alice’s tongue fought back with vigor.

Zinnia smiled into the kiss, pulling away soon after for breath and watched as Alice almost immediately licked her lips clean.

“How was that? I learned it from watching snakes.” Alice grinned smugly. Everyone was always creeped out when she mentioned that.

“I need to find out if there are Nagas back home,” Zinnia replied with a grin. “I mean, why not? Pegasi and Unicorns, shapeshifting bugs, why not a Naga?” She shook her head, leaning down and kissing Alice again before peppering kisses down her jaw and neck, pausing to suckle at the base of her neck, leaving a small, barely noticeable hickey. “But to answer your question, that was awesome. How’d you like your pussy taste?”

Alice shrugged. “Didn’t seem special. If I had to guess I taste like oranges with hints of garlic and onions.” Alice drooled at the thought of her tastiest anti-vampire deterrents.

Zinnia frowned in confusion before licking her own lips, her eyes widening in surprise soon after. “Wow,” she said, smacking her lips. “You do. Huh. The only girls who actually had a taste before were the ponies.” She grinned, returning to trailing kisses down Alice’s body, gripping her hips. The Draconid slowly, sensually ran her tongue up Alice’s thigh, circling her nethers teasingly.

Alice shivered and shook but soon settled, she raised her hands and grabbed Zinnia’s breasts and slowly began massaging them, then moved them to her stomach area and began massaging there.

“Mmm,” Zinnia groaned, slowly dragging her tongue over Alice’s slit. “You’re getting into it…” She chuckled, pushing lightly into her folds and kneading her hips.

“I suppose I am at that. But I think there’s been enough foreplay, I think it’s time we got to the main event. What do you say?” Alice asked.

“Oh, really?” Zinnia grinned, pulling away and sitting up. “Well then, how’d you like to see one of those skills I told you about?”

“Bring it.” Alice responded, now that her initial fears were gone her old confidence was beginning to show.

Zinnia chuckled, standing and sauntering over to a desk where a small red bag sat. She reached inside, rummaging around for a moment, more of her arm than should have been possible disappearing inside before she pulled out a thick, veiny, two-headed purple dildo, smirking and pointing it at Alice.

“Whad’ya think?” the Draconid asked, giving the dildo a quick shake. “And this isn’t even my final form!”

What confidence Alice had vanished upon seeing Zinnia’s “toy” and upon hearing those words she was sorely tempted to say ‘Shazam’ and banish her to the pit of Lust if it existed.

“And if you’re thinking of switching forms,” she added, lining the toy up with her own slit before pushing it in with a happy groan. “Don’t. I want you, not Shazam, or Estrogan, or whatever else you’ve got hidden in there. Now.” Zinnia paused as a bright purple light glowed from her toy, blinding Alice for a moment before it faded, revealing a thick, throbbing, seven-inch long cock.

“I may be utilizing their powers but it’s still me.” Alice retorted and was going to lecture Zinnia further until she saw her friend’s new part. Alice felt like fainting dead away but for some reason didn’t.

“I meant your body, hun,” Zinnia giggled, her cock bouncing along with her. She smiled softly, sashaying to the foot of the bed before crawling slowly up, moving herself over Alice’s body and gently rubbing her tip against the girl’s slit.

“Are you sure you’re not a Succubus or a Siren?” she asked weakly

Zinnia smiled sweetly. “Funnily enough,” she tittered, running her fingers over Alice’s slit and using the girl’s own juices to coat her shaft. “You’re not the first to ask that. But no, I’m not.” She paused, leaning down to whisper in Alice’s ear. “Though that doesn’t mean they’re not out there. Now, are you ready?”

Alice closed her eyes for a moment. This was her last chance to back out, after this there was no turning back. She opened them again and answered firmly, “Yes. Let’s do this thing.”

Zinnia smiled sadly. “I’ll do it quick, like ripping off a bandage. Please don’t hate me.”

With that, Zinnia thrusted forward, hilting herself in Alice as the girl let out a scream of pain, clawing at Zinnia’s back. The Draconid offered quiet condolences, trying to calm her down as she ran a hand through her hair.

“Ssshh…” she cooed, pulling Alice into what she hoped was a comforting embrace. “I know, I know… It won’t last much longer, I promise…”

Alice stayed rigid for two minutes before collapsing, it was a good thing she spent all her time training otherwise she might’ve blacked out. “Ouch. That hurt. That really, really hurt.”

“I know hun,” Zinnia whispered, placing a kiss on Alice’s cheek. “But it’s done now. You’re not a virgin anymore.” She paused, staying still for a moment. “Are you okay now?”

“Yeah I’m fine. It wasn’t as bad as that time I was hit by a car, I’ll give you that.” Alice smiled weakly before a thought occurred to her, “Hey, wait a minute! Shouldn’t you be wearing a condom or something? I don’t like the idea of getting sick or having a baby.”

“It’s magic,” Zinnia replied with a smile. “I can make actual baby batter, but only if we both wanted to. Otherwise it’s entirely infertile. Now then, shall we?”

With that, Zinnia pulled out enough so that only her tip remained within Alice’s walls before pushing back in, making sure to keep a slow pace to begin with.

Alice bit her lip and thought about punching the Wrecker repeatedly in face soothed her.

“F-fuck you’re tight…” Zinnia muttered, gripping Alice’s hips, her thrusts building in power and speed. The sounds of their flesh slapping together began to grow louder as well, filling the room along with their grunts and moans.

“T-t-that’s what he said.” Alice retorted in order to maintain some semblance of dignity. Soon Alice reached a point where she unleashed a growl that would put Cerberus to shame as she got more and more used to her friend’s actions. Zinnia grinned, growling in return as she put more power behind her thrusts, lifting Alice’s hips.

The new angle sent a whole new wave of pleasure through Alice’s body, causing her to arch her back and wrap her legs around Zinnia, trying to get as much of the woman into her as possible. Zinnia, in turn, pounded into her with much more fervour, reaching down and groping Alice’s breast tenderly.

“Zinnia...I...think...I’m...reaching...my...limit...soon.” Alice said between breaths.

“M-me too,” Zinnia grunted, gripping the girl’s hips tighter and pulling her into her thrusts. “I-in… or out?” she asked, gritting her teeth.

“Out...please.” Alice gasped.

Zinnia just nodded, closing her eyes tight as the familiar pressure built in her loins. She felt her shaft begin to throb, quickly pulling out and lifting Alice’s legs, pressing them together over her shoulder. She quickly pushed her member through Alice’s thighs, rubbing against the girl’s nethers as she thrashed powerfully into her legs.

“C-cumming!”

Alice merely growled in response before biting down on her lip so hard it bled and collapsed exhausted and gasping for air. Zinnia’s shaft throbbed once more before shooting spurt after powerful spurt of cum, coating Alice’s chin, chest and stomach, collapsing next to her soon after.

“Ugh. Fuuuck. That was awesome.” Alice groaned out.

“Another satisfied customer,” Zinnia chuckled, turning and cuddling up to Alice’s side. “Didn’t I say you’d love it?”

“....” Alice said nothing. She took a few minutes to relax before answering.

“Yes, you were right but breaking people’s bones is still more fun. Ready for Round 2 through 6?”

“Someone’s eager!” Zinnia said with a grin before springing up, grabbing her bag again. “So whad’ya wanna try now? I’ve got the means for almost anything, and I’m working on the rest.”

Alice thought for a moment before replying, “Bondage.”

Without missing a beat, Zinnia began pulling out a range of items from her bag - everything from ropes to handcuffs, whips to dildos, latex suits to collars and leashes. “You wanna be dom or sub?” she asked, reaching in once more to grab a set of incredibly large anal beads, each one painted like a different Pokeball type.

“Let’s leave it to chance and flip a coin. Heads I’m top, tails I’m bottom.

Zinnia shrugged. “Sure, but I only have a Tits and Ass coin,” she said, pulling a silver coin from her bag which did indeed have a pair of breasts on one side and a backside on the other.

Alice rolled her eyes. Of course you do.

“Let’s just say Tits you Dom, Ass I Dom, okay?” the Draconid said before flipping the coin, catching it and pressing it against the back of her left hand. When she moved her right hand, the image of a person’s rear end greeted them. “Huh, sweet. You want a safe word?”

“A what?” Alice asked.

“A safe word,” Zinnia replied. “A word or action that the submissive partner can say or do if they don’t feel comfortable with something or want to stop. For safety.” She paused for a moment, a small smile finding its way onto her face. “I normally Dom, but mine’s Delta for those few times I sub.”

Alice thought on it for a few minutes before replying, “If we use gags then the action I will take will be Spider man’s web gesture.” She demonstrated by holding out her hand and pressing on her palm with her middle fingers and sticking out her Index finger, pinky and thumb. “If we don’t use gags then “Marvel” will be word. How’s that?”

“Sounds good to me,” Zinnia said with a shrug, gathering some of the outfit items she’d taken out. “Take your pick of my toys or dress yourself up if you want, I’ll be right back,” she added, walking into the bathroom.

Alice simply closed her eyes and grabbed a few at random before grabbing a Zangoose outfit. She pulled on the solid white mini skirt first, the hem of which barely covered anything. Next was the skin-tight white tube top, a jagged red line on the front that crossed her breasts, her rock-hard nipples showing through the fabric. Next came the knee-length high-heel boots, also white with a red band around the calfs. A pair of fake ears - one white and one red - accompanied a pair of elbow-length gloves with red hands and black fingers and a red marker for the scar-like mark over one eye.

“Nice. I may just have to ask Zinnia if I can keep this.” Alice said to herself appreciatively, “Maybe ask for a non-skimpy one too.” Alice drooled at the thought of a non-skimpy Zangoose outfit, modified to look like a samurai yojimbo. “Mmmm. Samurai Zangoose.”

“You know there’s a tail for that, right?”

Alice jumped, spinning around to find Zinnia in the bathroom doorway, and her jaw dropped. The Draconid was wearing a black thong with a sleeve for her cock, which looked longer somehow, and a black latex corset which only covered half of her breasts, a large purple scar-like mark in the centre of her chest. Shoulder-length black latex gloves covered her arms, small golden circles on the backs of her hands, and matching high-heeled boots adorned her legs, the same circles on her toes. A long, black snake’s tail hung from her rear end with a red-edged bladed tip, a purple band near the end.

“Gasp! You! You’re the Seviper who took my tail the last time we fought. But now I’m back for revenge!” she then mimicked Akuma’s fighting stance.

Zinnia stood there for a moment, just blinking, before a sultry smile crossed her lips. “Oh really?” she asked, placing a hand on her hip and swinging it out. “And how exactly do you plan on doing that?”

“By beating the shit out of you, you snakey lout.” Alice growled.

Zinnia grinned, stepping to the side as Alice ‘charged’ at her, giving her ass a spank with the flat of her ‘tail’ as she passed, knocking her off balance and throwing her to the ground.

“Oof. Damnit. Lucky shot. You won’t get another.” Alice quickly got up and looked like she was about to perform an actual “Spinning-Hurricane-Kick” or better known as “That one attack that no one outside of Japan can pronounce.”

“Take this!” Alice leaped up from off the ground and began performing the technique but Zinnia quickly ducked and snapped her hand out, grabbing Alice’s ankle from the air. The girl hung from her grip, her legs held wide open, giving Zinnia a full, unobstructed view of her nethers.

“Don’t mind if I do,” the Draconid sneered, wasting no time in ramming her shaft deep inside Alice’s snatch.

“Gah. W-what are you doing?” Alice gasped out.

“Isn’t it clear?” Zinnia replied, slamming Alice against a wall and pulling out until only the tip remained.

“Gasp! You’re going to rape me aren’t you? You fiend!” Alice cried out.

Zinnia just grinned, hilting herself with one powerful thrust, staring into Alice’s eyes as she did. She reached up with her free hand, grabbing Alice’s chin and kissing her, shoving her tongue into the girl’s mouth.

“Mmphf...mphf...mmmm.” Alice struggled for a few minutes before she finally closed her eyes and went limp, feigning unconsciousness and paralysis due to her adversary’s poisonous lips. Zinnia smirked, pulling out and carrying the girl over to the bed before laying her on her stomach, ass in the air, and lined herself up with her back door.

“Hope you’re ready, bitch,” Zinnia growled, leaning over Alice’s ‘unconscious’ form. “I’m not adding any lube.”

‘Shit. This may hurt.’ Alice thought to herself.

Zinnia pushed forward, her tip slipping into Alice’s ass, and grinned. “Ah~” she moaned, before slamming forward, her crotch slapping against the girl’s ass. “You’re so tight back here!”

‘Yeah, no kidding. I need buns of titanium if I’m going keep my winning streak alive at competitive spicy food eating’ Alice thought but it did not do much to lessen the pain of anal.

“Oh?” Zinnia said, watching as Alice squirmed a little. “It seems my toxins aren’t as potent as they once were. Oh well.” She shrugged, leaning back - pulling out of Alice as she went - and grabbing some ropes and handcuffs, slamming herself back in soon after. “I suppose I should make sure you have no chance of escape!”

Before she knew what had happened, Alice’s hands were cuffed behind her back and she had been strung up from the ceiling.

‘That was quick.’ Alice thought, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’

Zinnia laughed. “Now then…” Zinnia whispered, running her hand along Alice’s body as she walked past. “What kind of fun shall I have with you?”

“Obligatory ‘You’ll never get away with this!’ comment.” Alice countered.

“Obligatory ‘I already have’ comment!” she replied. “I’m going to have to break that spirit of yours. Too much bark, just enough bite. This should do…”

Alice watched as Zinnia walked out of view, sweat starting to drip down her brow. The sounds of leather being snapped taught reached her ears, and soon after Zinnia strutted back into view, a Cat-O’-Nine-Tails whip in her grasp.

Alice’s eyes shrunk to pinpricks, her breathing became deep and ragged.

“No. No. No. Nonononononononono.” She whispered as memories began playing through her mind. Horrible, awful, painful memories. Screams, yells, cries of innocence, pleas for mercy and tears echoed throughout her mind. Alice began to shiver and shake violently, while tears welled in her eyes.

Zinnia’s eyes went wide, the whip falling to her side as she took a step forward.

“Alice?” she asked, reaching out.

Rage. Will. Fear.

“NO! SHAZAM!”

KRAKKKOOOM!!

Divine light descended from the sky and struck Alice, empowering her. When the lightning retreated Alice was fully clothed in the familiar garments of Black Adam.

“I have power now! You won’t get me again! I’LL KILL YOU!! I’LL KILL YOU TO DEATH!!!” Moving faster than lightning, Alice was in front of Zinnia. She raised her hand and flicked her in the head which sent Zinnia flying back and crashing out of a wall and into the opposite room.

“Fuck…” Zinnia groaned, pulling herself out of the rubble. She looked up, seeing Alice floating slowly towards her. “Alice, come on! Snap out of it!”

Out of the smoke of the rubble loomed Alice’s imposing figure. Her eyes were alive with lightning and murderous intent. She raised a leg and light began charging around her foot a la Kizaru.

“Any last words?”

‘What the fuck is going on with her!?’ Zinnia thought, backing away slightly. ‘I’m sure we had a...’

“Safe word!” Zinnia looked up into Alice’s eyes, holding her hand out. “Delta.”

“‘Delta’ will be the last thing you ever say? No apology? Figures you would show no remorse for actions.” Alice growled out.

“No, wait! Marvel!”

The light on Alice’s foot disappeared and she put down her foot and stared the woman before her.

“What did you say?” she demanded.

“Alice, please!” the Draconid cried, genuine tears rolling down her cheeks as she backed away. “I don’t know what happened to you, I don’t know who you think I am right now, but please just look at me!” She stumbled to her feet, holding her hands out in front of you. “I don’t want to hurt you! I never wanted to hurt you! All you had to do was say, and I’d stop, but there’s obviously something more! So please, for the love of Arceus, just stop so we can get you some help!”

Alice raised her fist in order to deliver the killing blow but when she saw the woman’s terrified face and the tears in her eyes it reminded her of a similar look she had long ago. She lowered her fist and backed away. “Shazam.” she whispered.

Krackooom!

Divine lightning descended from the sky struck her rescinding their power. When the lightning disappeared Alice was back to normal and dressed in her regular outfit. She slowly began retreating further and further away until she disappeared back into the remains of her room. Zinnia watched her go before sighing, wiping away her tears.

“Great,” she muttered, climbing through the rubble after Alice. When she arrived in the bedroom, however, the only sign of the girl was a pair of quivering feet sticking out from under the bed. Zinnia sighed, taking a seat on the floor next to the feet and leaning against the bed.

“You okay under there?” Zinnia asked, nudging Alice’s foot.

“GO AWAY!” Alice shouted, “Leave me alone. And to answer your question, no I am not alright.” Alice retreated further under the bed.

“You know that’s not gonna happen,” Zinnia sighed. “I won’t pull you out of there, but I’m not leaving until you talk to me.”

“.....There’s nothing to talk about. If I refused to talk to my therapist what makes you think I’ll talk to you?”

“Because I’m an actual person who has problems of her own that might actually be able to understand?”

Alice growled, “Zinnia your contract is complete, begone!”

A massive spectral dragon with stars sparkling in its scales appeared in the room, looking around until it locked its gaze on Zinnia. The drake opened its mouth wide and lunged, fully intending to swallow her whole.

Zinnia punched it in the nose.

“Not gonna be that easy, hun,” the draconid said, glaring at the drake until it dived back into the void. “I’m sent home via an intelligent being, so I can say no if I want to. Now please come out of there and talk to me?”

“No! Never! If you want emotional talks and all that touchy-feely crap go find a pony! I’ve gone years without talking about my feelings and I turned out just fine. I intend to keep it that way.” Alice said stubbornly.

Zinnia sighed, standing and beginning to remove her costume, pulling on a pair of black panties with red lace and a matching bra. “If you don’t talk to me, I’ll go to Canterlot and get your Luna to have a look at your dreams. I’ll let them know where you are, too, but I’ll be sure to tell them you’re a good guy. Don’t want you to be stoned, after all.” She paused, looking around the room before grabbing her bag from a chair and packing the toys away. “I can tell we’re done, though, so I’ll be heading back to my room. And don’t worry about the damages, I’ll pay for them.”

“No. Don’t go.” Alice knew in her mind that Zinnia’s threats were empty and was tempted point out the flaws in them but she fought down the urge. Also she did not want her friend to leave.

“Do I really have to talk?” Alice asked as she poked her head out from under the bed.

“You can’t move on if you don’t,” Zinnia said, turning and smiling softly at her. “Come on, Alice. Something’s up, and I want to help you through it. Do you wanna end up like Eobard Thawne?”

Alice cringed at the thought of the evil speedster.That guy seriously needed to learn to let things go and move on, he was worse than Lex Luthor in that department.

“Come on,” the Draconid said, pulling Alice to her feet and sitting her on the bed. “Speak to me. I promise you I won’t judge you at all.”

Alice sighed and crawled out from under the bed and reluctantly told her friend of her literally painful childhood which took hours (and much coaxing on Zinnia’s part, who would later compare it to trying to squeeze water from a ball made of titanium and diamond) due to her unwillingness to tell anyone anything about herself thanks to her paranoia of it being used against her later and further exacerbated by the mask Alice conjured up to hide her facial expressions. But eventually everything was out in the open.

When the girl had finished, Zinnia just sat there, staring at the wall. If one were to look into her eyes, they would see the eternal flames of a dragon’s rage burning within her pupils as they flickered between a regular human’s and the slitted variant of a dragon. Her fingers curled inwards, her knuckles turning white as she dug her fingernails into her palms.

“I see,” Zinnia said, her voice an eerie calm. “Excuse me for a second.”

Alice watched as the Draconid stood, walking stiffly into the bathroom. A moment later, a Roar of pure, unadulterated rage filled the room. The earth shook for a moment and a cloud of dust exploded from the door, Zinnia walking out a second later.

“Damage prices just went up…” she muttered, sitting down next to Alice again. She took a deep breath, letting it out slowly before turning to the girl. “Anyway, I’m not actually sure how I can help here. If we were in your home dimension, I would go out and feed that bastard his own nuts - and I have castrated before, so don’t think I wouldn’t - but for now all I can say is that he can’t hurt you anymore, and even if he could I wouldn’t let him.”

“Thanks for the thought, but no. I’m fine now, I’ll deal with it like I always do. Ignore it and never repeat his mistakes.”

“That…” Zinnia sighed, shaking her head. “That is incredibly bad for your mental health. I understand learning from his mistakes, I understand not wanting to repeat them, but don’t ignore your problems.”

“Then what do you suggest I do?! I’m in a whole new world, it’s not like I can hire a P.I. to find him so I can kick him in the nuts.” Alice demanded.

“I’m not saying you need to find him for whatever reasons, but if you feel like that’s what you need to do then keep an eye out. I’ve heard certain Displaced have actually gone home and come back, so if you find one you can ask them.” Zinnia paused, wrapping her arm around Alice’s shoulder and pulling her into a side-hug. “I’d suggest going to see a therapist and just talking through it all. I can’t help you as much as a professional can, Alice. It’s time to stop hiding.”

Alice took off her mask and looked a Zinnia directly in the eyes, “Tch, and give up all this power? No way. And as for therapy, no way in hell I’m going to talk to one of those quacks. You’ve already helped me more than they ever could and that’s enough. Though I must warn you that if you try to use this info against me, I will kill you without hesitation and then your family will be next to pay for your sins.” she growled.

“I wouldn’t dream of it,” Zinnia replied, determination in her eyes. “If I ever betrayed a person’s trust, I’d never forgive myself. My own has been abused enough.” She paused, reaching up with her free hand and patting Alice’s cheek lightly. “But if you ever threaten my family again…” A flaming blue claw erupted from her hand,cupping Alice’s face and holding her in place as a combination of electricity and flames coated her teeth, which quickly turned into fangs as the Draconid gave off a mad grin. “I’m not the only one that would come for you. And some of them could erase you from existence.”

Alice’s skin became darker and her eyes glowed red, two more sets of additional eyes appearing above her regular eyes as a dark blue cloak and hood suddenly materialized. “Just Bring it.” she said in a ghostly/demonic voice that sent chills down the Draconid’s spine and straight to her soul.

They stared each other down for a few minutes, neither moving a muscle. Eventually their mouths curved into a smile and they burst into laughter.

“Oh sweet merciful Arceus!” Zinnia cried, falling back on the bed and roaring with laughter. “That was perfect!”

“Agreed it was.” Alice replied in that terrifying ghostly/demonic voice.

“Can you stop that!?” Zinnia giggled, shuddering. “That weird voice gives me the creeps!” She sighed, reaching down and gripping her shaft, which gained a purple glow as she pulled it out, becoming a dildo again. “I guess this isn’t getting used again. I don’t suppose you’d mind me staying the night, though?”

Alice reverted back to normal before replying “No, in fact I would love that.” she smiled weakly before something occurred to her.

Zinnia smiled, pulling the sheets back and slipping under, beckoning for Alice to join her. The girl giggled lightly, stripping down to her underwear - a pair of simple white boxers and a black bra - before joining her, the Draconid pulling her close and wrapping her arms around her.

“Hey, Zinnia?” Alice asked, a look of slight confusion on her face, “Who’s Arceus? Why do you swear using that name?”

“Oh, that?” the Draconid chuckled. “Arceus is basically the Pokemon universe’s version of God. They made him in Gen 4, Diamond and Pearl.”

“Huh. A pokemon version of god. I bet the religious nutjobs appreciated that.” Alice chuckled darkly.

“Yeah, there was this whole thing with the Pope tryin’ to sue Nintendo…” She paused, laughing as Alice looked to her questioningly. “Oh, the term ‘god’ was trademarked by Christianity in my home world.”

Alice’s eyes went wide in surprise at that revelation but soon burst into laughter at the thought of Phoenix Wright defending Nintendo and Matt Murdock representing Christianity in a courtroom.

“Wow. Thanks, I needed that.” Alice said after settling down.

“No problem,” Zinnia giggled, pulling Alice closer and resting her head on her bosom. “Good night, Alice,” she whispered.

“Night, Zinnia, you perv.” Alice whispered back. She yelped as something squeezed her butt, a small smirk on Zinnia’s face.

“Poke the sleeping dragon…” she yawned, any further words turning into nonsense mumbling as she drifted off to sleep. Alice noted the faint white glow she had seen in Zinnia’s eyes before they closed.

Two Days Later

Alice awoke to the sounds of loud banging at the door and snoring from her side. When she turned to inspect, she saw Zinnia lay next to her, arms wrapped around her arm as she drooled on her own pillow, making her giggle quietly. But her brief levity ended when the person at the door knocked again. ‘Probably Katz, coming to demand payment for the damages,’ she thought to herself, before whispering “Shazam.”

Krackkooom

Divine lightning descended from the sky and changed Alice into her favorite form. Using Heru’s speed Alice moved quickly around the room cleaning everything everywhere (including herself) in order to hide last night's “Fun and Games”, when she finished Alice called down the lightning again in order to give her ‘sleeping clothes’ then she promptly answered the door before the third knock.

Alice no sooner opened the door before she found herself enveloped in a hug, courtesy of her best friend Little Strongheart.

“Oh thank the spirits you’re alright, we were so worried.” Little Strongheart said, hugging Alice tighter and tighter.

“Thank...you...but...you’re...crushing...me…” Alice replied between breaths.

“Oops sorry.” Little Strongheart giggled before releasing her friend.

Braeburn. who had been silently laughing at Alice’s expense, took this moment to speak up, “Sorry for waking you up this early Alice but we need to talk.”

Alice nodded “I know, things have been weird lately just give me a moment to wake my friend here.” she waved a hand towards the bed, where Zinnia was blissfully snoring away sounding very much like a Rhino with a head-cold.

Braeburn and Little Strongheart looked on in silent wonderment as Alice walked slowly up to the bed and tried to wake her sleeping friend by roughly shaking her. When that didn’t work Alice, placed a finger on her friend’s bountiful chest and zapped her awake with a miniature bolt of lightning.

Zinnia jolted up, eyes still closed, and reached up to her chest with a happy moan, gripping the fabric of her bra before ripping it off and falling back. Her breasts seemed to swell for a moment, a small dribble of milk leaking from her nipple, before a torrent of the white liquid spewed forth, creating a fountain that caught Alice in it’s spray, soaking her.

“Mmh, yeah…” Zinnia groaned in her sleep, one hand finding it’s way into her panties. “That’s good…” The draconid brought her free hand to her breasts, massaging them and causing the flow to increase in power.

“Oh for the love of!” Alice transformed again before shouting, “Reh hcnerd dna raeppa retaw dloc eci fo tekcub!” After that sentence was said a two-gallon bucket filled to the brim with ice and water appeared above Zinnia and dumped its contents all over the Draconid.

“GAH!” Zinnia cried, shooting up. “The fuck!? I was having the best wet dream!” She paused, looking down at her breasts for a moment. “...Not that this isn't hot, but why am I a fountain right now?” She shrugged, grabbing her left breast and sticking the nipple in her mouth, drinking away.

“Rettib nrut klim tsaerb.” Alice replied and Zinnia’s milk instantly turned very bitter, causing the Draconid to choke slightly and spit it out. “This is no time to be fooling around! Get up and get dressed, we have work to do.” Alice said tersely. “Yrd emoceb sgniht tew.” she added and all the spilt milk and water instantly disappeared.

Zinnia stared at Alice for a moment, her eyes roaming across the girl’s new form, before she shrugged, grabbed her bag and sashayed into the bathroom.

“Sorry about that, my friend is very excitable when it comes to intimate things.”

Braeburn and Little Strongheart who had been silently blushing at the lewd acts merely nodded their heads in understanding.

Fifteen Minutes Later

Katzz was at the front desk, looking as if he hadn’t moved an inch since they last saw him. He was leering at Alice and Zinnia which quite frankly was creeping them out.

“Look, beak-breath,” Zinnia said, now dressed in a pair of white skinny jeans, a purple spaghetti strap shirt, a black leather jacket with a white fur collar and a pair of purple and white Converse All-Stars - or at least shoes that looked like them. She reached into the bag now fastened around her waist, pulling out a large, dark blue felt bag easily as big as Estrogan’s fist, tied off with a red string. “I’ll pay for the damages, okay? This should more than cover it.” She dropped the bag on the counter, watching with a smug grin as the string loosened, revealing the sparkling pink powder within. “That there is Stardust, the single most valuable thing in my world. Should fetch you a pretty penny.”

Katzz continued to stare at them, his expression unreadable.

Alice shoved Zinnia aside. “What my friend meant to say was we’re sorry for wrecking your rooms last night and we’ll definitely pay for the damage plus extra.”

Katzz nodded and pointed them to the dining area of the inn.

Alice thanked him and grabbed Zinnia’s arm, dragging her away before she could begin to start a scene. Once they reached the room they spotted a table big enough to seat all four of them they sat down.

“Why’d you do that?” Zinnia grumbled, slouching in her seat and crossing her arms with a huff. “I can deal with people like him.”

“Because I don’t want there to be bad blood between my friends and this world. Besides, Katzz was just being his usual weird/creepy self. There was nothing to fight over. Now I believe you owe Braeburn and Little Strongheart an introduction.” Alice answered calmly. “Go on, they won’t bite.”

“Oh, I know,” the Draconid said, holding her hand out to the two Equestrians. “Name’s Zinnia, I’m from an alternate Equestria where we’re in the middle of a war against a creature of pure darkness who’s taking over the minds of every living creature in the world.” She paused, her smile belying the fury in her eyes brought on by the subject as her wings twitched behind her. “Oh, and I also like to have sex.”

The other three occupants of the table stared at the woman for a moment. “Wow, I’m uh-sorry to hear that Ms. Zinnia.” the buffalo girl said at last.

“Don’t be, it’s not your fault,” Zinnia sighed. “And you’re fighting against him anyway. Or, at least, my version of you is.” She paused, glancing to the side for a moment. “Hypothetical question, if you had a living cactus as a pet, what would you name it?”

“Well I, uh, always thought the name Mr. Cactuar was pretty fitting for a cactus,” she answered, blushing a little.

Zinnia snickered slightly before nodding. “Fair enough,” she said, turning to Braeburn. “You’ve been quiet so far, pretty boy. What’s on your mind?”

Little Strongheart and Alice both rolled their eyes at the comment.

“Nothing ma'am, it’s just that you’re like our Alice in a lot of ways but at the same time so different. Are y’all related in some way?” the stallion asked.

Zinnia’s eye twitched. “I certainly hope not!” she cried, shuddering slightly, which got the two Equestrians to raise a brow. “No, we’re not related. But we are originally from the same species - Humans, or Homo Sapiens.” She frowned, turning to Alice. “You haven’t told them about the whole alternate reality thing yet?”

Alice’s face flushed, “No, I’ve been so busy adjusting to life here, realizing a dream I thought was beyond my reach is suddenly achievable and other things that it just slipped my mind.”

“Other things indeed,” Zinnia tittered, and Alice’s face turned as red as the Red Tornado. “Eh, never mind.” She turned to the Equestrians and steepled her fingers, resting her elbows on the table. “Okay, so the basic gist of it is this - there are an infinite number of universes in existence, some vaguely the same and others drastically different. Me and Alice, we’re from one of the drastically different ones, where a version of this world is nothing but a children’s cartoon. Through no fault of our own, we - along with countless others - were sent to different Equestrias across the Multiverse, gaining special powers and abilities in the process. We can call each other to our worlds and be called to others, which is how I’m here right now. Make sense?”

Braeburn and Little Strongheart both nodded. “That does make sense, I read something similar in some comics I used to read when I was younger.” said Braeburn.

“Agreed, it’s also similar to what our Shaman’s have said about spirits and other celestial beings living in different planes of existence.” Little Strongheart added.

“Yeah, pretty much,” Zinnia said, leaning back. She opened her mouth to continue, but was interrupted  when her stomach let out a loud grumble. “Heh,” she chuckled, blushing. “I guess we should get something to eat, huh? What kinda breakfast stuff have they got here?” Her stomach growled again. “Y’know what? I’ll just get everything. It’s on me today anyway, so you guys get whatever you want.”

Not five minutes later, Braeburn and Little Strongheart  were staring slack-jawed as Zinnia began eating from a cartoonishly large pile of breakfast foods. Alice other hand was simply looking on in amusement. When the Draconid said she’d have everything, she meant everything, as she now had at least three helpings of every item of food available.

“Mmm!” she groaned, shoving a pancake in her mouth. “Theesh are good!”

Alice lightly smacked Zinnia on the head, “Don’t talk with your mouth full.” she said sternly. “From the way you’re acting I’m wondering if they put crack in the food.” Alice commented flatly as she bit into her fourth Hashbrown.

“I’d roast ’em alive and serve them up if they did,” Zinnia replied, not even looking up as she shovelled three whole sausages into her mouth, swallowing them straight away. “I was drugged enough back in the asylum. Never again.”

“I was kidding. Crack doesn’t even exist in this verse.” Catching the looks on her other friend’s faces, Alice tried to think of something to explain the oddness of the situation but couldn’t think of anything, so she simply shrugged and dove into her second plate of eggs.

After eating her fill, Alice began explaining what had happened in the past few days, with Zinnia adding her two cents in between mouthfuls of food. While Alice told them as much as she could she also left out certain details that she believed that neither Zinnia nor the two Equestrians needed to know about.

“And that about explains everything, any questions?” Alice asked.

Zinnia leaned back with a satisfied sigh, a stack of five food-stained plates on the table in front of her. “Is there anything else you need me to do?” she asked, belching out a small stream of purple flames soon after. “Sorry,” she added, blushing.

Alice had been dreading this question. She thought long and hard but she could not think of anything. It was true that she wanted Zinnia to stay, but the truth was that it simply wasn’t possible. She had her own verse to look after and more importantly she had a “family” that needed her and a Darkrai that needed it’s ass kicked. If it even had one. Alice knew that it was inevitable that her friend would have to leave. Still, it didn’t make things any easier and Alice definitely didn’t have to like it.

“No. Other than paying the bill I’d say they’re nothing left for you to do. Besides one more minor little detail.” Alice then looked at Little Strongheart and Braeburn, “Could you excuse us for a bit? There’s something we have to take care of. We’ll be back.”

“Go ahead. We’ll just talk while you’re gone.” said Little Strongheart.

Alice nodded and got up from her chair, beckoning for Zinnia to follow as she began walking back to her room. The Draconid shrugged, dropping another bag of the shimmering pink Stardust on the table and winking at the two Equestrians before hurrying after her.

“So what’s happening?” Zinnia asked, throwing her arm around Alice’s shoulders. “We havin’ a quickie before I go?”

“No. If we are going to have ‘se-relations’ then I want them to be meaningful and fun. Quickies are none of those things.” Alice replied solemnly. “No, this is much more important.”

“SHAZAM!”

KRAAKOOM!

A giant lightning bolt struck, and a second later, a Black Ankh lay in Black Alice’s hand, the cross colored white and shaped like a lightning bolt. Next to it was a long bull's horn and a hawk’s feather, all three of which were threaded together in a necklace.

Zinnia took the trinket, holding it up and inspecting it. “Huh, neat,” she said, pulling a small black case out of her bag and gently placing the necklace within before shoving it back where she’d got it from. “Your token, I presume?”

“Indeed. I made it just before I contacted you.” Alice said cooly.

“Awesome,” Zinnia chuckled. “Well, you already have mine, so… was there anything else?”

“Yes.” Alice turned around suddenly, grabbed Zinnia and pulled her into a hug, “Thank you. For everything.” she whispered.

Zinnia froze up for a second before smiling, hugging the girl back. “Not a problem, Alice,” she whispered. “Call me if you need anything, okay?” With that, she moved back, still holding Alice’s hands. “You know how to send me back?”

“Yes. But do you wish to say goodbye to Little Strongheart and Braeburn before you go?” Alice asked.

“Nah,” the Draconid said, waving the notion off. “They’ll need to get used to people just popping in and out if you’re gonna live out here.”

Alice nodded, “Well if you’re sure you have everything then I guess this is goodbye. For now.” She took a few deep breaths before saying, “Zinnia our contract is complete for now.”

The spectral dragon returned, though it looked a tad more sheepish than before, poking its eyes out from the ground.

“It’s alright, big guy,” Zinnia said with a laugh. “I’m ready to go home now. Sorry about earlier. Alice you take care of yourself now, you hear?”

The dragon snorted before lunging out of the ground, snapping it’s jaws around Zinnia and disappearing in a puff of pink dust.

Alice waited a few minutes until she was sure that the only void magic in the vicinity came from her. A wide grin suddenly appeared on her face as she chuckled wickedly, “No problem at all.”

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