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Omnius' Travels: Tales From The Other Side

by Nathan Traveler

Chapter 1: How The Hell Did He Get Here?

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How The Hell Did He Get Here?

Crossover:

How The HELL Did He Get Here?

(Crossover with k12314’s ‘How did I get here?’)

[If you haven’t read that story, go onto fimficiton, and do it. NOW.]


It was a bright sunny day when I returned to Ponyville.

What? Do you think that it always has to be a dark and stormy night when something strange comes to town? That’s freaking cliché!

I breathed in the fresh air, and shook out the pins and needles feeling from my Transformation. I grinned, and shouted out in a loud, joyous cry, “IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK IN BOST- Er, I mean, EQUESTRIA YA’LL!”

I stomped around for a bit, laughing. I was already hyper with the joy I felt at returning to a home world, and to top it all off, it was the home of some of my greatest friends. I couldn’t wait to see what Twilight and the others had done while I was gone, and I already planned on visiting Derpy and The Doctor, since I surprisingly missed them just as much as the others. “Maybe I’ll pay Octavia a visit too…Wonder how she and Scratcher are doing?”

I shrugged, and looked around. “Okay…finely honed sense of deduction: GO!” I took in the surroundings, and tapped a hoof on the ground. “Hmm…Trees don’t have any leaves...Chill in the air…Hard, compact ground…Sense of longing for eggnog…I must have just missed Hearth’s Warming!”

I shook out my mane, and zipped up my vest/coat. “Once again, I gotta thank Rarity for this thing. Surprisingly warm, and it comes with pockets.” I then pretended to look at a camera, and said, “All for the low, low price of 29 bits! Can you believe it folks? Order now, and I’ll throw in these free beard trimmers!”

I laughed, and shook my head. “That’s the last time I see Billy Mays before going to Equestria…Gods and Goddesses I miss him.”

A moment of silence…AND WE KEEP MOVING!

I walked through the fields, and took in the bright sunshine. Without the birds that had gone south for the winter, the area was surprisingly quiet, except for the crunching sound my hooves made as I trekked through the powdery snow.

“Ah, there’s nothing like Equestria in the winter time,” I sighed, looking around. “The soft snow…the peace and quiet…Torrentican holding a pretty blue flower…wait, what was that last part?”

I whirled around, and saw Torrentican, in human form surprisingly, who was holding a familiar looking blue flower.

“Welcome back Sean! Did you have a wonderful time?” He said in a happy voice.

“Yeah, I suppose I did!” I said, conversationally. “Killed some zombies, stopped you from unleashing that Super Green Flu, and I fought zombies in a rock concert. One of my better adventures actually!”

Torrentican glared, but then did the strangest thing: He put the flower in his mouth, and started to chew it.

“Now Torrie, I know I’ve told you that that coat makes you look fat, but flowers are actually surprisingly high in calories!” I said, getting myself ready for him to try and pull one over me.

Torrentican smiled, and then-ptew! He spit on my face. I frantically tried to wipe off the blue spit, and said, “Argh, Torrie! Damn it man! Say it, don’t spray it, you bugger.”

I tried to clean off the gunk as fast as I could, but Torrentican had already vanished, leaving behind a haunting echo of laughter.

“That doth not bode well,” I muttered. I grabbed some snow in my hoof, and used it to wipe off the remaining spit. “Well, nothing’s wrong with me yet. Wonder how the others are doing?”

With that, I walked into Ponyville, trying my best to not think about whatever Torrentican had done to me.

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I had just reached the outskirts of Ponyville, when I heard three familiar voices call out, “CUTIE-MARK CRUSADER SNOWBOARDERS! YAY!!!”

Uh-oh. I looked up, and saw that Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom, were currently flying through the air, all three of them on one shared snowboard. They were whirling out of control, and it was pretty obvious that they had no idea of what they were doing.

I quickly focused, and tried to shift into unicorn form…and nothing happened.

I blinked, and decided to worry about it later. Right now, I needed to make sure that the fillies didn’t get themselves hurt, so I did what I’ve had to do a few times now: Be a human (I mean, pony) pillow.

I slid to the ground, and caught the crusaders on my back. “Aye, me back’s gonna hate me in the marnin’” I said in a slight Irish tone.

“Omnius!” Three voices cried out, and I felt myself wrapped in three pairs of small hooves.

“Howdy Scoots, Belle, and Bloom. How’ve things been?” I asked, chuckling.

“Scoots got adopted!” Apple Bloom said excitedly.

“Really? That’s great little one!” I said, picking up the small orange Pegasus in a hug. “Who’s the lucky parents?”

“Rainbow Dash and Kyle!” She said happily, for once not minding the hug. That just shows you how happy she was about it.

I felt my eyebrow shoot up, and I asked, “Really? Dashie did? And who’s Kyle?”

“Kyle is Rainbow’s colt-friend!” Apple Bloom said, as I set Scoots down and got up.

“Well, it’s nice to see that Dash has somepony now,” I said, smiling at them.

“Yeah! They even sleep in the same bed and everything!” Sweetie Belle said. Scootaloo blushed, and waved her hoof at Sweetie Belle, trying to get her to shaddap.

I felt my eyebrow shoot up even higher, and I said, “Is that so? Well, congrats on the new parents Scoots! Anyways, it was nice seein’ y’all, but I gotta go and say hey to the others. But first…” I grabbed the snowboard, and flung it in a random direction. “No more Snowboarding.”

“Awwww,” They said as a trio. I felt a little guilty, so I added, “Hey, why don’t you try ice-sculpting? All you have to do is take some snow, and put it into a cool shape!” Half-truth. Technically, you needed a shiz ton of ice, but hey, I’m not gonna tell three hyper-active, danger-prone, children that!

“CUTIE-MARK CRUSADERS ICE-SCULPTERS! YAY!” They screamed, causing me to wince. Jeeze, hearing that was like taking a FUS RO DAH! to the face.

“Ow,” I muttered, as soon as they had run off, scooping up snow as they went. “Well, now that that’s taken care of…UNICORN FORM! GO!”

I tried once again to shift into a unicorn, but to no avail.

“Okay…Wonder Traveler Powers, activate! Form of: a human dude!”

Nothing (still beats a bucket of water).

“Shazam!”

Still nothing.

“Hm…up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start?” I said hesitantly.

Once again, nothing happened. Damn it! Even the Konami Kode (Yes, I spell it with a K, dammit!) had failed. I thought for a moment as to why this might be happening. I let my mind wander for a moment, before remembering: That Blue Flower….

“Shit, that wasn’t just a flower!” I cursed, kicking up some snow. “That was Poison Joke! AND TORRENTICAN SPIT IT AT ME?!” I grabbed some more snow, and rubbed it into my face. “Ewewewew! Evil spit, evil spit!”

Once I had used up the majority of the snow around me, I sighed. “Well, it ain’t that bad. I think I still have some of that fancy bath stuff at my house, and I technically am supposed to be a pony. I can fix it later once I’ve said hi to everypony.”

I walked down the road, and continued talking to myself. “Besides, it’s not like there’s a human here…Me and my big mouth.”

I stopped on the road, my jaw dropping, and watched as two Pegasi, one of them Rainbow Dash, flew through the air, while a human being followed them.

“…He has Hermes’s shoes,” was the only thing I said, as I watched them fly by.

Holy shit. A Human. That’s not me. That’s in Equestria. Wow, I missed a lot while I was gone. I galloped down the path, and followed, trying not to be noticed. This was something I just had to see.

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After a while, I stopped on the outskirts of a large field, hidden from the sight of the ponies and human in front of me.

“Is that the TARDIS?” I mumbled quietly. “What’s The Doc up to? Oh look, it’s Derpy and…who’s the dame with the rose cutie-mark?” I shook my head, and kept watching silently.

After a few seconds of them talking, they all stepped into the TARDIS, leaving me alone outside. Screw that! It’s warm in the TARDIS!

I trotted over to the TARDIS, and raised my hoof to knock on the door, when it suddenly started to do its…erm, warping thing. Stupid lack of grammar. I’ll fix that eventually, I swear! Anyways, the TARDIS disappeared, while I just stood there with a hoof in the air.

“…It’s always when shit starts happening, isn’t it?” I sighed, and touched the ground where the TARDIS had just been standing. I cast my mind into the spot, and found a small inter-dimensional trail that provided a tenuous connection to another world.

“Can’t ditch me that easily!” I grinned.  Forgetting that I was still stuck in pony form, I quickly jumped through the barriers that joined and separated the worlds, and followed the trail.

“It’s good to be The Traveler!”

XHXHXHXHXHX


I stumbled out of the trail, and blinked.

“Am I on Earth?” I said, looking around. I was standing next to the TARDIS and there were a few white vans that were surrounding the area, keeping any spectators from getting any closer. A few people in black suits and sunglasses milled around, as one of the larger men shoved a cyan colored Pegasus into a van…Oh no they didn’t!

“Hey, suits!” I called out. Three of the guys looked at me, their faces a neutral mask, and I said, “Hi there, I just wanted to ask you a few questions.”

One of the men smirked (Whom I dubbed Smiley, because of the scars on his mouth) and said, “Oh? Well go ahead and ask ‘em.”

“Do you have any mental problems?” I asked.

All three of them blinked, and Smiley frowned. “No?”

“Good. Cause when I get through with you, you’re gonna have ‘em,” I said, never dropping the smile on my face.

In an instant, all three of them had pulled out their handguns, and aimed them at me, their laser sights trained on my legs.

“Try it Ponyboy,” Smiley said arrogantly.

I smirked, and said, “Here’s a little something I picked up recently…”

“Oh? Come on, what’s the worst you could do to us?” The guy on Smiley’s right said.

“You should be afraid…for you see, there is one that you should fear…In some tongues, I am Ul-vakiin…ETERNAL BORN!

Before they could react, I took a deep breath, and shouted, “FUS RO DAH!”

All three of them were pushed back by a blast of pure energy, and a few of the vans tumbled over as well. Luckily, none of the vans that were hit had Dash in them, so I just hoped that I didn’t hurt anypony. The windows in the vans that were hit shattered, and I could hear the terrified yells of the drivers inside.

“Sir, we have a new variable on the field,” One of the men said into an earpiece. “Yes sir, it appears to be the same species as the ones already captured…No sir, none of the specimens have been harmed. Understood sir.” He looked at me, and said, “I don’t know what you are, but you’re coming with me.”

I looked at him, and said, “Dude, do you have a wife and kids?”

I couldn’t tell if he narrowed his eyes or not, but I could feel him glare at me from behind his sunglasses. “What of it?”

“Would you like to see them again anytime soon?”

He cracked his knuckles, and said, “I’m gonna enjoy taking you down.” He charged at me, and I did the first thing that came to mind: Bucked him in the face.

He stumbled back, blood dripping from his nose, and I shouted, “THEN GO HOME AND BE A FAMILY MAN!”

While I said my witty one-liner, I felt a sudden prick on my leg, and I bent my head down to look at it. A small dart was sticking out of it, and I started swaying. Tranquilizer darts…how original. The guy looked at me, a smug grin on his face. He grabbed me by my mane, and punched my face.

“That felt good,” He said, tossing me over his shoulders.

“I’ll kick your ass later,” I mumbled, before darkness overtook me.

XHXHXHXHX


It felt cold.

I groaned, and put a hoof to my head in a feeble attempt to get the room to stop spinning. It helped minimally, and I was able to get up. Once the pounding in my head abated slightly, I looked around the room.

There weren’t any windows, and the walls were completely barren. In fact, the only bits of furniture in the room were two small cots, one of which I was on. The other was occupied by the guy that had been flying with Dash and that other Pegasus, and I thought it was lucky that I managed to get in the same cell as him.

“The Gods and Goddesses must have wanted me to meet him.” I shrugged, and looked at the door. It had a small opening that looked like it was used to slide bits and pieces of food in, and was completely made of steel. Metal Bars made up the door frame, and, after giving the knob an experimental twist, was locked.

“Well this bites,” I said. I turned to look at the passed out human, and muttered, “Alright, let’s see who you are…”

I lifted up his arm, and looked at the shirt. “Rarity’s stitching marks…that means that he had to have new clothes made for him when he was in Equestria.”

I took a look at his hands, and noticed an engagement ring that adorned his left hand. “Married, or about to be.” His knuckles had small marks on them, and he also had a few other scrapes and bruises on him. “He’s a scrapper this one.”

I didn’t think it would be right if I went through his pockets, so I decided that the only thing I could do now was wait for him to wake up. Luckily, I didn’t have to wait for very long, because as soon as I had made myself comfortable, he let out a groan.

“Ohhhh... Me head...” He got up, and started rubbing the bump where he’d been hit.

“Ah! You’re awake,” I said, getting up and trotting over to him.

“Huh?” He replied, still groggy, as he took in my appearance.

“So…how the heck did you get into Equestria?” I asked, deciding to say the first thing that was on my mind.

“Wait, wait, wait...” He said, cutting me off.  “Before you start asking ME questions, lemme ask you one: Who are you?” He asked, pointing a finger at me.

“Well, everyone calls me Nathan Traveler, but I prefer to go by Omnius. Charmed, I'm sure,” I answered, holding out a hoof. He grabbed it, and we shook.

“Freakin' ECSTATIC,” He replied, irritation in his voice. “Now... How do we get out of here?” He turned and looked around the room, as if he could find a magic exit portal.

“Hm…” I thought for a moment, and then figured that if he was with The Doctor, he probably already knew about what I did. “Well, I have an idea.”

“And what would that be?” He asked, backing up slightly.

To answer his question, I closed my eyes, and started to concentrate. I immediately started to think only of strength, and I started to summon my Strength Aura. Newfound power coursed through my limbs, and I felt my skin stretch uncomfortably over me, as my muscles rapidly expanded. I felt myself grow taller, taller than Big Macintosh, and my clothes morphed into heavy armor.

For almost no reason at all, I felt angry. Glaring at the metal door, I focused all of my anger on it, and let loose a series of rapid bucks, yelling in a surprisingly high-pitched voice, “ATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!”

The door was violently bent out of shape from the force of my bucks, and with a final “ATATA!” The door launched outside, the metal doorframe now in shambles around us. I dismissed the Aura, and swayed, the sudden drop in energy taking me off guard.

I leaned against a wall, and said, “Wow…That really took it out of me…”

“Well get up,” The Human said, grabbing a piece of metal that used to belong to the doorframe. “We’ve got other ponies to save.”

I nodded, and forced myself to move. We both walked out into the hall, and I asked him, “So… what’s your name then?”

“Kyle,” He said simply, adjusting his grip on the metal bar.

“Ah.” Wait, so this is Kyle? Rainbow Dash’s colt-friend? Huh. Welp, I’ve seen weirder things…hold on, that engagement ring…Is he- Nah, he’s not. But if he is, does that mean him and Dash did the nas- NO! Not going there. Mm-mm. No.

“Well, what’s your plan?” I asked, wanting to stop my current train of thought.  

“Beat the crap out of anyone we see, and just walk around until we find my friends,” He said, an angry gleam in his eyes.

I like this plan.

“... You're just making this up as you go along, aren't you?” I asked after a moment.

“Eeyup.” Wow. That sounded familiar.

“Wow, you sounded a lot like Big Mac there,” I said, scratching my beard.

“You know him?” He asked, obviously surprised that I knew the big guy.

“Yeah, I’ve been in Equestria for a while now,” I answered shrugging.

“Huh. Amazing that I never saw you around.”

“I’ve been on another world for a bit now…” I started to explain, before we were interrupted by…hey, is that Smiley?

“HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!” He shouted, running in front of us and blocking the hallway. I had to resist the urge to say, ‘Stop right there, Criminal Scum!’

He glared at us, his gaze lingering on me, and he said slowly, “OK, I don't know how you two got out, but you're going right back in.”

Before I could say a smart-ass remark about paying a fine or serving my sentence, Kyle promptly kicked him right in the danglies. Smiley instantly fell over, clutching his crotch, and started groaning in an octave higher than most men can reach.

“Do you always hurt people out of nowhere?” I asked, chuckling.

“Well let’s see,” Kyle said sarcastically. “I'm a slightly unstable sixteen year old boy, with a long history of dangerous schemes and violence. What do you think?”

I felt my smile grow wider, and I said, “Kyle, I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship!”

Smiley groaned again, and started to slowly get up, obviously not in enough pain yet.

“Omnius,” Kyle said, looking at Smiley. “Give him a quick kick.”

I like the way this guy thinks.

“Sure,” I answered, before bucking the guy in the face. “HOOF TO THE HEAD!”

Smiley fell to the ground, out like a light. Night-night.

“Very original,” Kyle said, rolling his eyes.

“Shut up.”

“Let’s keep walking.” We walked down the hallway, and Kyle stopped next to a slightly opened door. “Hey, a storage room.”

We walked inside, and saw a few empty cardboard boxes. Kyle and I looked at each other, at the same time, and grinned. Both of us had the same idea…

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A few moments later, both of us were hidden in our own cardboard boxes, and we were both trying not to laugh. It had been a bit of a pain to find a box that comfortably fit me, but we had finally managed to find an old box for a washing machine that fit just right. Music started playing in my head, as we crept down the hall.

“You know, if this actually works, I’m gonna laugh,” Kyle snickered, his voice muffled slightly from underneath his box.

“Kyle…” I started, but then snickered too. “OK, I can't even argue. I will too.”

“Oh! Shhh...” Kyle said suddenly. “Someone’s coming...”

We both huddled into a corner, and tried to look like we did this every day. A guard walked by, and stopped to look at our boxes. He shook his head, and mumbled, “I'd better tell those janitors to get off their lazy butts and do some work for once...” He walked off, still grumbling about lazy janitors.

As soon as he was gone, we both took off the boxes, and took deep breaths of fresh air. Snake might have made it look too easy, but it was actually harder than it looked.

“That actually worked, didn’t it?” I said with a poorly concealed laugh.

“Yes, yes it did,” Kyle said, laughing. “And this is why I'm glad I ended up falling into Equestria one day. Our world is full of idiots...”

I shrugged, and added, “Yeah, well, with how many worlds I've been to, you see some pretty stupid things,” I pointed in the direction of the guard, and said, “But THAT. Takes the cake.”

“Wait, you’ve been to other worlds?” Kyle asked, confused and surprised.

“Yeah. How did you get back here from Equestria anyways?” I asked, not wanting him to know that I was secretly following him all morning.

“I came with The Doctor,” he said, shrugging like it was no big deal.

“You’re kidding…” I stared at him with false disbelief.

“What, you know him?”

“Know him? We’re like best buds, he and I! Well, the human looking one at least…” I trailed off, scratching my head.

“Huh... Alrighty then, let's keep moving... Hey, how come you are still a pony?” Kyle asked suddenly, not breaking his stride. “Wouldn't you do the same thing The Doctor did? Well... Until now... The TARDIS got all messed up, so everypony is still just that: A pony”

That was news. I’d ask The Doc about it later, but for now, I’d answer Kyle’s question. “Well, this guy named Torrentican got me with Poison Joke-”

Kyle interrupted me with a shudder, and he said sympathetically, “You don't need to explain any further. I know how THAT stuff feels…”

“Ugh,” I agreed. “Well, let’s keep moving, shall we?”

“Good idea. ALLONS-Y!”

“…Isn’t that The Doctor’s catchphrase?”

“Shut up.”

XHXHXHXHXHX


After about ten minutes of silent walking, I decided to break the silence again (I really do that a lot, don’t I?).

“So…you and Dashie?” I said casually.

“Yeah? What about us?” Kyle responded somewhat defensively.

I didn’t exactly know how to respond, so I just went with the old fallback: Say whatever is on my mind.

“You tapped that flank?” D’oh.

“You wanna die?” Kyle snarled, staring at me with anger in his eyes. I could tell that this was something that had been eating at him for a while now, and was a bit of a sensitive topic to him.

“Well, I can't die, but don't hit me,” I said, half-raising a hoof in defense. “You see, I heard about it, but I thought you were a pony.”

“So what, are you grossed out or something?” He said angrily, tightening his grip on the metal bar. Jeez, he looked like he was about to go River City Ransom on my flank.

“No, of course not,” I answered calmly. “As long as you two are happy, you have the Traveler Seal Of Approval.” I would have given him a thumbs up, but alas, I only have hooves. Damn it.

“Good. Now I don't have to beat you senseless, and then some.” He turned his gaze back to the hallways, as he glanced in every window he could, looking for our friends.

“You really are a violent person, aren’t you?” I said rhetorically.

“I thought we had already established that.”

Good point…I think we’re gonna be good friends, you and I!” I said happily.

XHXHXHXHX


After a few more minutes of walking, Kyle glanced into another window, and did a double take. I joined him in staring through the window, and saw that most of our friends were in there, passed out, and chained down to some tables. Some figures wearing lab coats carted in a platter that was completely covered in tools specifically designed to tear through flesh and bone. They were planning on dissecting my friends…

I glanced at the look, and thought, “Looks easy enough to pick. I’ll have us in there in no- Wait, what’s Kyle doing?”

Kyle’s face was set in an angry snarl, and he rammed the door a few times with his shoulder, easily breaking it down. The scientists looked up from the work they were preparing for, shocked at the sudden appearance of Kyle. Never even skipping a beat, Kyle quickly grabbed a computer screen, and hurled it at the nearest chump. It hit his head, and he fell to the ground, unconscious.

I watched in awe, as Kyle tore up the entire room in a blind rage, scaring the piss out of most of the scientists. Those who weren’t lucky enough to have already fled got hit by flying bits of expensive government technology.

Barely two minutes had passed, before Kyle calmed down, panting heavily. Not wanting to feel outdone, I kicked at a set of glass test tubes, and they shattered on the floor.

“Erm…you okay?” I asked hesitantly.

“Yes... I feel... Satisfied...” He answered, tired from his temper-tantrum.

He walked over, and grabbed a set of keys from a guard who was unfortunate enough to slip on an unbroken test tube, causing him to get a T.V to the face. He quickly unlocked the others, and then noticed something.

“Oh for the love of- WHERE ARE THE OTHERS!?” He screamed, realizing that Rainbow Dash and the other Pegasus (that wasn’t Derpy) weren’t here.

“Hey, I’m just Nathan Traveler, not a psychic!” Yet. Once I get that pyrokinesis patch from camp, I am golden!

We walked into the hallway, and spotted a cell at the end of it. Making our way over there, Kyle let out a huge sigh of relief. Rainbow Dash and the other guy (I’ll get his name eventually) were in it, both of them still awake. Thank the Gods for small miracles!

Kyle ran up to the cage, and the happiness lit up his face once he saw Rainbow Dash. I watched them, smiling, and then noticed that Rainbow had a pair of earrings on that matched Kyle’s ring. Huh. Guess they’re hitched. Good for them!

“Oh good, I was wondering when you’d get here,” Rainbow Dash said casually, trying to hide the relief and happiness she felt at seeing Kyle.

“Hey Dashie…” He said, opening the door. It was then that we both looked at the other Pegasus, who was currently trying to head butt his way out. I commend him for trying such an original idea, but I’m pretty sure that even my head would fail to break a wall.

“What’s with Zeph?” He asked, watching him worriedly.

“He was freaking out, and hit a dude in a white coat. A guard stabbed him with a needle...” Dash said, trailing off as she watched Zeph (short for Zephyr I presume) collide with the wall again.

“Tranquilizer,” Kyle and I said at the same time.

Kyle walked over to Zeph, and smacked him upside the head (bitch slap FTW!). “SNAP OUT OF IT!”

Zephyr shook his head, and then started laughing, just like a druggie.

“You have GOT to be kidding me,” Kyle mumbled. He turned to me, and asked, “Omnius, any ideas?”

“Well…You have a piece of metal…” I answered, pointing at the bar Kyle was still holding.

Kyle looked at it, and said hesitantly, “I don’t wanna hurt him…”

Dash looked at the still giggling Zephyr, and said, “I don't think you have a choice.”

To emphasize the point, Zephyr walked into the wall again, giggling madly as he did so.

Kyle sighed, and looked at his bar. He lifted it over his head, and brought it down on the drugged Pegasus.

BONK!

Is it just me, or did that sound like The Scout from Team Fortress 2?

Zephyr swayed for a moment longer, but then his eyes rolled back into his head, and he collapsed to the ground, knocked out. I laughed quietly. He’s gonna have one hell of a hangover when he wakes up…and I’ll be waiting with a pair of cymbals.

Hey, just ‘cause I’m the Traveler of Good, doesn’t mean I don’t like to troll people every now and then.

Rainbow Dash lifted up Zephyr, and placed him onto her back, making sure that he wouldn’t fall off. “Are you sure you can carry him?” Kyle asked, concerned.

“Kyle, have you forgotten who you’re talking to?” Rainbow Dash said, arching her eyebrow.

I thought of something ‘wrong’ and blushed. Oh, I’m sure she can carry a lot more than that…NO! Bad Omnius! Don’t think about shit like that!

Kyle rolled his eyes, but didn’t say anything. We all went back to the experiment room, and I tapped at Zephyr’s face. His head rolled a little, and I had to poke it again to make it stop. Okay, so Ponies can get high off of whatever was in that tranquilizer…wait, why didn’t it screw with me that badly? Oh well, that’s another question for another day.

As we entered the room, we saw that the rest of the ponies had awakened, and were currently looking at the carnage Kyle had created. Note to self: Ask Kyle if he’s part Angry Bird.

The pony with the rose cutie-mark walked up to Kyle, and asked in an impeccable British accent, “Did you do all this?”

“Yeah, I did. Why do you ask?”

“Oh…no reason, just checking.”

The Doctor walked up to us then, a huge grin on his face. “Fantastic break-out you two!” He said. He then looked at me, and narrowed his eyes. “Hey, who’s this one then?”

I felt a brief flash of indignation. “You broke a bunch of clocks over my head, how can you NOT remember me?”

He shook his head slowly, and said, “No, that wasn’t me.”

I then smacked my head, as I realized that this was a different Doctor. Thankfully, I think I know this one. “Oh! Wait, that’s the PONY Doctor. It’s me, Omnius!”

“Oh, fancy that! It’s great to see you again, Omnius!” The Doctor said, shaking my hoof enthusiastically.

“So…how do we get out of here?” Derpy interrupted, frantically looking around the room.

The Doctor cleared his throat, and pointed a nearby glowing sign that said, “Well how about we follow the signs that say ‘Exit’?”

I face-hoofed, and said, “That might be a good idea.”

XHXHXHXHXHX


We somehow escaped the base with little-to-no trouble, and made it safely back to the TARDIS. After they glanced some of the van wrecks that were still being cleaned up, I shrugged and said, “I had to sneeze. They didn’t offer me any tissues.”

Everypony piled into the TARDIS, and I stood off to the side, making sure that nothing else would try and ambush us. As I stood to the side, I heard a quick little argument between The Doctor and Kyle.

“Ah-ah-ah, you know what has to happen,” The Doctor chided, as he stopped Kyle from entering the TARDIS.

“I'm wanted by the government! What do I do?” Kyle asked, a small hint of desperation in his voice. He looked around The Doctor, and into the TARDIS, where he knew Rainbow Dash was waiting.

“Well... I dunno... But if Equestria is to stay in one piece, you stay here.”

Kyle hung his head, defeated. “Alright... I guess I'll stay... Goodbye, Doctor,” He said in a low tone, knowing full well that he would never see his Dashie again.

The Doctor looked as if her were about to say something, but he then shook his head. “Goodbye,” He said, the tiniest hint of sorrow in his voice.

He walked into the TARDIS, which started to fluctuate, and then disappeared entirely.

Kyle stood there, looking lost. I thought I saw a tear or two streak down his face, as he thought of all that he had left behind. A family…friends…a home…

He was giving up hope.

No way in hell am I gonna let that happen.

I trotted up to him, and said conversationally, “Hey, you don't wanna miss your wedding with The Dashter, now do you?”

Kyle looked at me, a glimmer of hope in his eyes. “How did yo-”

“Dude,” I interrupted. “You're wearing a ring that matches Dash's earrings. I may be dumb, but I ain't stupid. Now, just hold onto my coat, and hope for the best!”

He grabbed my vest/jacket, and, after a few quick mental calculations, jumped into another world.

XHXHXHXHXHX

When I landed, I glanced around, and clucked my tongue. Kyle looked around too, and we both spotted Ponyville off in the distance.

“Erm... I think I forgot to carry the two...” I said sheepishly.

Kyle stood up, sighed, and said, “Well, let’s get walking...”

Once again, I’d given hope to a friend, and not only that, but also helped make sure that Scootaloo still had her father, made sure that Rainbow and Kyle could still be together, and…I did the right thing.

I’ve said it once, and I will most definitely say it again:

It’s good to be The Traveler.

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