CROSSOVER:

Living Their Dream!

(Crossover with ‘Living The Dream’ on Fimfiction. Read it. No, seriously.)

(My Point of View)

“You’re leaving?” Twilight said as I packed a few essentials into a set of saddlebags. “But it feels like you just got back!”

“Yeah, but don’t worry,” I replied, lifting the bags onto my back. I tightened a strap, and grinned at my friends. “I actually know that I’ll only be gone from this world for only a few minutes this time.”

With a grin, I popped open another bottle of soda, and chugged it down, relishing the fizzy drink. Applejack looked at me with concern in her eyes, and said, “Well, still. You never know if anything’ll happen to ya.”

“Actually, I’ve been to this world once already,” I replied, wrapping my forelegs around the others in a quick goodbye hug. A couple of days after I had helped Purple Blaze with his revenge on Greg, my curiosity had been piqued. See, while I was there, I had gotten a memory back, but quickly lost it when I returned. Problem was, I could remember remembering that memory, but I couldn’t remember what memory it was.

…Okay, I read that sentence, and I still find it confusing! Anyways, I wanted to go back to his Equestria for a quick visit, just to satisfy my curiosity on the matter. I had told Twilight my plans, but she instantly assumed that I would be gone for a few years (she tends to overreact easily, does she not?) and she had gathered the rest of the girls for a goodbye.

“Oh, well, be careful though, Sugarcube. We know yer immortal and all, but that don’t mean you cain’t get hurt,” Applejack said, playfully punching my shoulder.

“Don’t I know it? I still have bruises from when Rainbow Dash tried to teach me how to do a Sonic Rainboom,” I chuckled, teasing the Pegasus I was in the middle of hugging.

“Hey, how was I supposed to know that you weren’t going to pull up? I thought that when you saw the ground coming up that fast-”

“Shaddap.”

I gave the rest of the girls a quick hug, and then saluted at them, saying, “You all know what I’m gonna say now, right?”

“Goodbye?” Pinkie said, tilting her head.

“No! I never say goodbye! I just say I’ll see you later! But that’s not what I’m gonna say,” I said, laughing.

“Well, shoot, just come out and say it!” Applejack said, shaking her head at my antics.

With a crazy grin, I leaped out of the open window (even though my door was still open…screw logic) and shouted, “IT’S GOOD TO BE THE TRAVELER!”

As my hooves touched the ground, I willed myself into another world, and felt the wind rush through my hair as I plummeted to the ground.

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Seven things popped into my head as I was falling through the sky:

1) I’m falling. Again.

2) This was the right Equestria.

3) I’m a Brony.

4) Holy Shit, I’m a Brony!

5) Sweet Glory Hallelujah, I’m a Brony who’s been with the Mane 6 since the beginning!

6) I’ve been a Brony since before I started Traveling.

7) I’m still falling....

“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!” I screamed, as the ground rushed up to meet me. I put my forelegs in front of my face in an attempt to ward off the inevitable crash, when the small part of my brain that wasn’t screaming, calmly said, “Don’t we have wings?” THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT EARLIER!

I quickly unfurled my wings, caught the air in them, and managed to pull out of the sharp nose dive…then I crashed into a tree. And then the momentum of the fall carried me through that tree, and into another one. And another one…And another one…And then a boulder…And then another tree.

As I peeled myself off of the me-shaped imprint I made on the tree, I saw stars fly around my eyes, and I sang in a slightly quavering tone, “Nate, Nate, Nathan Traveler, living Eternally! Watch out for that tree!”

I felt myself fall onto the ground, and I laid there for a moment, waiting for the world to stop spinning. I felt my soda try and make a less than triumphant return, but I barely managed to keep it down. After a few minutes, my brain decided to say, “Okay you sunuvabitch, get up!” Why Brain? Why must you torment me so?

As I stood on trembling legs, I made sure that my saddlebags were still firmly attached to my sides, and then nodded once satisfied they hadn’t been damaged.

“Okay. I’m still in one piece, I’m not splattered all over the ground, and, oh yeah, I’m a Brony,” I listed, taking stock of the situation. “That just blows my freaking mind. Welp, I’m not gonna accomplish much just by standing here and talking to myself. Let’s see if I can find my way to Ponyville!”

With a grin, I flew into the air, and took off towards Ponyville. As I reveled in the wind that rushed through my mane, I started to let my mind wander.

So wait a second, if I didn’t know anything about this Equestria (other than the Brony bit), then that means that I still remember my friends, but they don’t remember me. I remember the events that happened on the show, and I also remember what happened when I got involved. How the hell am I gonna manage to explain that? And why am I doing all this thinking when Sugarcube Corner is just below me?

I snapped myself out of my thoughts, and felt my mouth start to drool with anticipation as I spotted a few tables that stood outside the by now all too familiar Gingerbread house shaped bakery. I landed just outside the shop, and walked in, inhaling as I went.

“Welcome to Sugarcube Corner!” A sweet and happy voice called out from the counter. I looked over to see that Mrs. Cake was running the shop, and she was greeting me as if I was new to town. Wait, technically I am. Dammit, I can already tell this is gonna get awkward.

“Howdy,” I said, trotting up to the counter. “You wouldn’t happen to have any Blueberry Muffins, would you?”

“Well you’re in luck! We just finished pulled a fresh, hot batch, right out of the oven!”

Alternate Universes, same delicious sweets.

Oh yeah: It’s good to be The Traveler.

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I sat at a table inside, and looked through the windows, taking in my surroundings. Everything and everypony still looked the same, except for that Pegasus over there. He was clad in all black clothing, and he had a set of thick goggles on his face.

“Hm…Don’t remember seeing him in the show or in another universe…” I muttered, as I munched on a muffin. “Could he be Girokon?”

Shrugging, I decided, “What the hell, I ain’t got nothing to lose.” I finished my muffin, and then hollered out, “HEY! ARE YOU GIROKON!?”

Oh yeah. Master of subtlety, right here people.

[Lance’s Point of View (written by kickass222urmom, author of ‘Living the Dream)]

I looked at the muffin in front of me, trying to decide if I should eat it or not. I'm not much of a muffin man (Muffin Man! Get it? Oh, forget it), I'm more of a cupcake kind of guy.

I shook my head and glanced around the building. I was at Sugar Cube Corner, taking a snack break. Walking around town sure built up an appetite.

"HEY! ARE YOU GIROKON!?" a loud voice called out.

I looked up and began searching for the pony who yelled my name. It wasn't hard, since there was a brown Pegasus standing on its hind legs and waving.

I raised an eyebrow, and thought to myself, who is that? I've never seen him before. I pressed the button on my goggles and zoomed in on his face. I don't think... Wait a second, I think I know him. He's that pony who had been with Peter this morning.

I stood up and reset the goggles back to normal view. I then began walking over to the brown Pegasus.

As I neared, the brown Pegasus smiled, "So, you ARE Girokon."

I nodded, "The one and only. So, why did you call me over here?"

He got a smug look on his face, "I never called you over, I just asked if you were Girokon."

Okay, I'm stupid, "Oh." I looked him over, I never saw him on the show or around town. "I haven't seen you around town before. You don't seem..." My eyes widened and my mouth started drooling when I looked at his saddlebag, which was slightly open, revealing a single object.

I pointed a hoof at his bag, "Is that...A COKE!?!"

He looked back at his saddlebag and smirked. "It sure is."

I pulled my saddlebag off and put it on the table. I opened it to reveal muffins, a bag full. It’s a good thing they messed up on my order. "I'll give you all of those for it!"

You see, I have a huge weakness for Coca-Cola. Those things are amazing! Let me say that again: They. Are. Amazing! I would do anything, and I mean anything, for one bottle.

He looked at the bag and its contents and his eyes widened. He let out a squeal of delight, "Deal! It’s a freaking deal!" He pulled the coke out and put it on the table before diving into the bag, sticking his head in and chewing through the muffins.

I quickly grabbed the coke in my mouth, as if it was about to disappear, and used my teeth to rip the cap off. I then tilted my head back and began chugging the coke, gagging a few times when it went down the wrong pipe. I then spit the empty bottle out and belched loudly. I smiled sheepishly and turned to face all the ponies, "Sorry about that everypony."

I felt somepony tap my shoulder. I turned to see the brown Pegasus, his beard flecked with the remains of the muffins, (Messy eater much?). "I didn't tell you my name, did I?"

I shook my head, and replied, "Nope."

He held out his hoof, "Well, the name’s Omnius."

I shook his hoof. "Cool name."

He nodded, and said, "Thanks. Sounds better than Mr. Snuggles at least."

I chuckled and looked around…I think I can tell him my real name, since he seemed to be a Brony. Come on! He has COKE! "Well, I think I should tell you my real name, since you’re obviously human."

He nodded.

"My real name is..." I looked around to make sure nopony was listening, "Is Lance Greenfield."

He stroked his beard, "I think I might have something to tell you too."

I raised an eyebrow, and asked, "What?"

He smirked. "I'll tell you on the way to the library. I need to check on something."

I shrugged, thinking it was no big deal. "Okay, but if you’re looking for Twilight Sparkle, she doesn't live there anymore."

"What!? Where does she live then?" He said, shocked, a look of surprise on his face.

I laughed at his reaction, "My house in Canterlot. Come on, I'll take you there. You can tell me what you had to tell me while we fly there."

He nodded, "Alrighty then. Let’s hit the road...er, I mean, sky."

I smiled and we turned for the door. Once outside, we took to the air.

When we were high enough that nopony could hear us, I looked over. "So, tell me what it was."

[My Point of Veiw!]

Lance and I were flying towards Canterlot, and I tried to think of a good way to tell him. I mean, come on! He’s a dude who died (at least from what Blaze said) and chose Equestria as his afterlife. Why wouldn’t he believe me about my Traveling?

Wait, I bet you’re all wondering why I decided to tell him. Mostly because a little voice in my head that sounded like a certain someone (Who’s name starts with “Princess” and ends in “Celestia”), told me that I could. Well, if a Goddess of Good says it’s good to do, I can’t exactly argue with that!

“Hm…How do I put this…Okay, screw it, Imma just say it,” I said, rolling lazily in mid-air.

“What?” Lance asked, confused.

“I’m the Eternal Traveler of Good,” I said simply. “I am doomed, fated, and destined to Travel throughout all of Time, Space, and Matter, and across all of the Realities for all of eternity, and beyond, for the side of Good.”

He looked at me, one of his eyebrows raised quizzically on his face. “Are you being serious?”

“To quote a certain pony, Eyup!” I replied, smiling.

He was silent for a few moments, before I heard a very familiar sound…barely suppressed laughter. I sighed, and waited for the eventual outburst, which, if my calculations are correct, will happen in three…two…one…cue the giggles.

“BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Lance laughed, almost forgetting to flap his wings in his mirth. As soon as he got quiet, he looked at me again, and the laughing started up again. “Seriously?” He finally managed to sputter out, grinning at me.

“Yeah. But seriously, is it as unbelievable as you being a Zebragus?” I asked, looking at him.

“Well, yeah! At least mine you can see! What about you?” (Wait, here comes my favorite line!) “How can you prove that what you said is true?”

Oh, I love it when someone asks me that!

“Well, I can show you my true form,” I said casually, positioning myself so that I was right above him. He looked up at me, and I grinned. “Make sure you catch me!”

“Catch you? What are you-” He started to ask, but I didn’t let him finish. I was too busy shifting back into human form.

I felt the pins and needles feeling pass, and then the expected falling sensation. I shot past Lance, and waved at him cheerfully as I fell, a huge smile on my face. Then, just to really mess with him, I pulled a nail file (a remnant of my lessons on Jail Breaks) out of my pocket, and started to go over my finger nails with it, whistling as I did so. The wind pulled the sound away from me, but it’s the thought that counts, right?

As I cheerfully fell, seemingly about to become a street pizza again, I felt a sudden tugging sensation around my armpits, and turned my head to see Lance, who had just grabbed me. I saluted at him, and said, “Top ‘o’ the marnin’ to ya laddie!”

“ARE YOU CRAZY!?” He shouted, as he slowly flew over to a nearby outcropping of rock that was large enough to hold the both of us.

“Probably. I hear voices in my head all the time,” I said nonchalantly, as he set me down. I looked at him, and asked, “Hey, you alright there? I didn’t mean to hurt you or anything, I just wanted to make a point.”

He panted, and shrugged his wings carefully, as if testing them to see if they still worked. “I think I’m fine. You’re just heavier than anything I’ve ever had to carry,” He said, once satisfied his wings were in working order.

“Good. Hey, wait, was that a fat joke?” I said, smiling. We both laughed, and I leaned against the mountain, and added, “So I take it that now you believe me?”

“Well, after a stunt like that…” he mumbled, scratching his head.

“Good! Now then, take a rock,” I said, sitting down on one that would allow me to lean against the wall of the mountain. “Or maybe just stand, or sit, or whatever makes you comfortable.”

“Why?”

“I’ve got a few things that I need to tell you before we go on,” I explained patiently. “Just to clarify a few things, and let you know why I might suddenly burst into flames, or maybe jump into a burning building to save a few kids.”

“That doesn’t make much sense…”

“It never does,” I agreed. “Now then, let’s start off with a quick story…There are Gods, capitol G, and Goddesses…”

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After I was finished explaining everything (and after I finished a couple of bottles of coke) I shifted back into Pegasus form, and cracked my neck.

“So…You can’t die?” Lance said, confused.

“Nope.”

“Then why did I have to catch you?” He asked almost indignantly.

“Because ‘can’t die’ doesn’t mean the same thing as ‘can’t feel unbearable pain’,” I replied, already taking off. “And I did tell you about the whole ‘regenerate on a home-world’ thing, right?”

“Oh yeah,” He replied, with a hint of chagrin in his voice.

We flew in silence for a while, before finally reaching the city of Canterlot. I still have to say, no matter how many times I see that city, it still sends a certain amount of chills when I see it approaching on the horizon. It’s such a serene picture; a castle that hangs onto the side of a mountain, with the sun shining it in an almost perfect light, casting its many turrets and towers into a frame of illuminated gold…Yeah, the cartoon definitely didn’t do it justice.

“So you and Twilight are hitched?” I asked, just as we reached his home. Gotta say, it looked pretty nice from here.

“Yes, we are,” He answered simply, landing in front of the door. He opened it, and walked inside, calling out, “Twi?”

I looked over, and felt my jaw drop to the ground (again) as I took in the appearance of my friend…Er, I guess I should say, my friend’s alternate universe self. She looked like the normal Twilight Sparkle, with a lavender coat, and the same cutie-mark…but now she had a swollen gut that was very disproportionate to the rest of her body.

I recalled what Purple Blaze had said before I got him back here…Twilight was…HOLY SWEET GLORY HALLELUJAH, TWILIGHT’S PREGNANT! And I also remember her on the show…GAH! Conflicting thoughts in my head!

“Hello Lance,” Twilight said warmly, as she nuzzled Lance affectionately. “Who’s this? Is he another human?”

I stood there, dumbstruck, as I tried to wrap my mind around what was going on. There were now three realities of the same nature that I had remembered…the show’s universe (where one of the biggest differences was the fact that Nurse Redheart was an Earth Pony, as opposed to the universe I was in), Lance’s universe, and the one I had come from. Whoooooooaaaaaaah…

Mind = Blown.

“Erm…Hello?” I dimly heard Twilight say. She made an obvious effort to try and remain nonplussed, and she said, “Hello there, my name is Twilight Sparkle, and you are…?”

I blinked rapidly, and looked at her. Being me, I obviously had to reply, “In a bit of shock…Oh, sorry, my name’s Omnius.” I took her extended hoof, and shook it gently.

“And what’s your human name?”

“Omnius? Or do you mean Sean? Maybe Nathan?” I said, trying to come up with a good answer.

“Ooookay then,” Twilight said, eying me apprehensively.

“I’m not a stoner like Greg,” I finally said, once I decided that it didn’t matter. She was obviously an alternate Twilight, and I would just have to adjust to it.

“Excuse me?”

“Well, it’s just that you were looking at me like I was crazy,” I explained in an even tone, while Lance face-hoofed in the background. “I figured you must’ve already had to deal with Greg, so I just wanted you to relax. I am not under the influence of any narcotics or hallucinogens, so you don’t have to worry about anything.”

Twilight smiled then, and said, “Oh. Well, that’s a good thing to hear then.”

“Yeah,” Lance said, intervening before I could say anything else that would make me look like an idiot. “Well, if you excuse me, I just have to go get Omnius settled into his room, he’s going to be staying with us for now.”

“I am?” He hit my shoulder with his wings, and I quickly amended, “Um, of course I am! It’s only going to be for a little bit though. You know, places to go, things to learn, all that good stuff.”

With that, we headed upstairs, and I heard Lance let out a huge sigh of relief. What? I thought I handled that pretty well!

[Lance’s Point of View]

As we walked into a spare room, (It was the dog’s room, but he doesn't have to know that) I got everything ready for Omnius, who just stood there watching.

I have to admit, the whole idea of him being some Traveler who travels between reality sounds impossible. But look at me and the others, we're in Equestria! That alone is beyond impossible. But him turning back into a human sealed the deal.

I stood up and nodded, everything was set up for him to stay. I turned back to him and did a bow, "There ya go, one flea ridden... I mean dust mite... I MEAN... There's a bed. Take it or leave it."

He laughed loudly. "I'll take it."

We walked out of the room and laughed, "So, how was it seeing a pregnant Twilight?"

He smiled and shrugged, "You know, I've seen worst, but that was just weird. She's so out of character! In my Equestria, she's the way she was in the show. But here, she's like a more…relaxed version."

I chuckled, "Yeah, ever since I've arrived, she's been acting like that."

He glanced at me. "Strange?" he commented

I shrugged, "Sure is, but I like it." I gestured for the stairs, "Wanna meet a dragon Brony?"

His eyes widened, "Holy crap! A dragon is a Brony? How’s that possible?"

I laughed, "A guy chose to be a dragon, a bad choice in my books."

He furrowed his eyebrows, "Sweet! I've been a dragon before."

I smiled, "You already told me that."

He facehoofed. "Damn, I forgot."

I looked at his saddlebag, and asked, "Got anymore coke?"

He smirked, "Maybe. Got anymore muffins?"

I nodded, "Oh yeah." I walked into my room and brought out a 'muffin.'

He squealed and pulled out a coke. I grabbed it and chugged it down before he bit into the 'muffin.'

He chewed on the 'muffin' with a strange look on his face. He began examining the 'muffin' and frowned, "Hey! This isn't a muffin! It’s a freaking cupcake!" He glared at me, "You cheated me out of a coke!"

A smile started to form on my face, but I covered it up by laughing, not a good cover up, "I see it as, relieving you of a coke."

He pointed a hoof at me, and said, "Give it back! Or I’ll be forced to resort to...overdramatic measures…"

I chuckled and rubbed my stomach. "You'll have to drain it out of me."

He pulled a tube out of his saddlebag. "That’s always an option."

My eyes widen, "Oh hell no! You keep that tube away from me." I backed my flank against the wall to keep it safe.

He laughed, "Just kidding! Besides, it’s just a test tube."

I let out a sigh, "Thank God."

He put the tube back in his bag, and added, "But if you do that again, I will love and tolerate the shit outta you…in retrospect, that sounded manlier in my head."

I shuddered, and decided I'm not going to try that again. "Gotcha. Me, plus stealing coke, equals bad things."

He nodded. "I'm glad we have an understanding."

I walked over to the stairs, "Let’s get going, before someone does something regretful."

He ran down the stairs, "Then let’s get going." He ran to the door and slammed into it, flying through it and doing a barrel roll once he hit the ground. He stood up and did a pose.

I walked out and raised an eyebrow, "Over dramatic much?"

He smirked, "Hey, it’s part of what I do."

I pointed to the sky laughing, "Just take to the sky. I want to show you around before we go see the Brony dragon."

[My Point of view!]

I had to stifle a laugh at the expense of Lance. Sure, I wouldn’t have really done anything to him, but come on! He didn’t know that! How could I pass up an opportunity to get back at him for cheating me out of a muffin? Although I guess maybe I should have just given him one for free. After all, he is letting me stay at his place for the duration of my trip. I’ll make it up to him later…maybe I’ll give him a full 20 pack of coke. That’s a nice thing to do, right?

After he gave me the tour of Canterlot (and after he told me that one of his friends was married to Princess Luna now…Wait, does that make him a God of Good? What the Heimlich?)we flew on towards Fluttershy’s cottage in silence for a while, and I didn’t make any attempt to break it for once. Surprised? Well, hey, even I like to just enjoy a nice quiet flight. There’s something about flying that really helps to clear my head. Maybe it’s the feeling of freedom, or maybe it’s just the way you have to focus on making sure that you don’t fall, or hit into anything. Maybe it’s the feeling of the wind, literally blowing away any cluttering thoughts.

I sighed, and let myself be carried in the wind, for once just letting go of all of my thoughts. For now, it was just Lance, me, and the wind, as we flew onwards to Fluttershy’s house, and the supposed Dragon Brony. Man, that’s gotta be awesome…

…Then again, in retrospect, maybe not. I mean, for one thing, if he’s a big’n, wouldn’t that mean that all of the ponies might look at him in fear? I tried to think of why he might have become a dragon, and tried to guess what I could of his personality.

“Alright…he was given a choice, and he chose Equestria. That means that he must have some sort of love for friendship and magic…He chose to be a dragon though, meaning he wanted to do something…well, different. So far, he’s only chosen to live with Fluttershy, which implies a certain kindness or shyness about him. Maybe he chose to be a dragon because he wanted to be something that couldn’t get pushed around so easily…”

I shook my head, and decided not to try and form any opinions about him until I got to meet him. It’s a slightly bad habit of mine, but I like to try and guess what I can about people from what I’ve been told about them. Kind of like Sherlock Holmes, I guess. I always tried to wait until I met the person before I did my guessing though, as it might make me think otherwise bad things about them.

Lance looked at me, and asked, “Hey, you alright over there?”

“Oh yeah, I’m fine,” I called back, lazily rolling in the air. “I just like the feeling of flying, you know?”

He nodded, agreeing with me. I lost myself in my thoughts again, and felt a memory start to show up...and then I firmly pushed it back, denying the viewers the opportunity for a flashback sequence. Ain’t I a stinker?

Grinning, I decided that it was time for a bit of Traveler shenanigans, and I instantly shifted back into human form without warning Lance.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!” He shouted, as I plummeted towards the ground.

“I don’t know!” I called back, laughing. I looked at the ground I was plummeting towards, and realized that we were still fairly close to the mountain walls. I spotted a ledge that was sticking out from the mountain, forming what would have been a really cool snowboarding path, if it was actually covered in snow.

“Hey Lance, follow me!” I called out, pulling a metal square out from my pocket. I pressed one of the corners with my thumb, and it slowly expanded into a long, blue and white hover board type deal. I gripped the side of it with my hand, and carefully placed myself on top of it, making sure that I wouldn’t fall off.

With a cocky grin that hid the nervousness I was feeling, I quickly stomped on a switch, and activated the hoverboard. There was a steady humming sound, and I shouted, “Race ya to Fluttershy’s!”

I leaned forward, and the board took off, racing along the narrow pathway.

“What!?”

“Lance, come on!” I shouted over my shoulder. “Follow me, set me free! Trust me and we will ESCAPE FROM THE CITY!”

“Huh?”

“Damn it Lance, don’t you recognize a Sonic the Hedgehog reference when you hear one?!” I shot down the path faster than a bullet, and did a couple of show-off type flips in my enthusiasm. “Anyways: Race to Fluttershy’s, you in?”

He grinned, and called out, “Oh, it’s on!”

“That’s what I like to hear!” I laughed, right before Lance blurred past me, leaving a streak of black and red in his wake.

“Note to self: Win first, THEN mock!” I smacked my forehead, and focused on the path ahead of me. If I was right, then this path should carry me down the mountains, and into the woods, where I could easily make it to Fluttershy’s without any chance of danger or injury. At least, if I was planning on doing things the “Easy” way.

I cracked my knuckles, and pulled my bandana on. With another short burst of speed, my board launched down the path, and everything around me became a blur. I couldn’t see Lance anywhere and I figured he must have already took off towards our goal.

Well, at least he doesn’t know that I know a veeeeerrrryyyy good shortcut...I call it, the “OMGWTFBBQ” path. Long story short, I just follow this here path for a ways, before jumping off of it and riding down the mountain, and then, now this is the crucial point, hit the big pointy rock, launch off of it like a ramp, spam the “X” button (and by that, I mean ‘spin like crazy’), and land right in the thick clump of woods behind Fluttershy’s place.

Mess up, and I could end up in an angry Ursa’s den. No pressure.

I gulped, and murmured a quick prayer to the Gods and Goddesses of Good, asking for a bit of luck. After a deep, steadying breath, I leaned forward, and pushed the board to its limits, my eyes watering as I went. Spotting the turn, I made the board veer off course, hitting the even narrower strip of path that was outcropping from the mountain.

“Here goes nothing!”I shouted, right before hitting the rock. “Remember kids, don’t try this at home!”

I shot off the rock, and was suddenly soaring through the air. I started spinning on the board, and had to resist the urge to vomit violently. Instead, I just settled for flying over a very surprised Lance, waving cheerfully as I did so, and spun through the air, screaming madly all the while.

The momentum brought about from the spinning carried me through the air, and I landed in the woods, at least fifty feet from Fluttershy’s cottage. I folded the board back up, and tucked into my pocket, smiling.

“I haven’t had a chance to use that in a while. I should try to use it more often.” I stretched out my arms, and heard the satisfactory sounds of bone popping. I shifted into Pegasus form, and strolled out of the woods, and waited casually on the path.

A moment later, a very irate looking Pegasus/zebra/human landed next to me, panting slightly. “You cheated!” he said, punching my shoulder.

“I didn’t cheat,” I replied. “I just used the environment to my advantage!”

“And used an alien hover board!”

“And you have a friend who’s a dragon, and who’s married to Princess Luna!” I retorted good-naturedly.

“What does that have to do with anything!?”

“I dunno. I just thought I’d point it out.”

We walked the rest of the way towards Fluttershy’s cottage, and I felt a small moment of apprehension. I needed to be insanely careful about what I said, or else I might accidentally let them know that I’m technically not from their world, and alert them to my Traveling. Thankfully, this was something I’d had a lot of practice with. I should be fine.

Lance strode up to the door of the cottage, and quietly knocked at it. The door creaked open, and a butterscotch colored Pegasus peaked out from the small crack. The door opened a little wider, and a soft voice could be heard, saying, “Oh, hello Lance! It’s good to see you again.”

“Hi Fluttershy. I was just showing my new friend around Ponyville, and I decided to drop by and say hi,” Lance replied.

“Oh?” Fluttershy opened the door all the way, and looked at me shyly.

“Howdy,” I said, pushing up my glasses. “My name’s Omnius. It’s nice to meet you.”

Fluttershy nodded, and all three of us stood there for a moment in silence. Lance then remembered why we had come here in the first place, and he asked, “Is Malbatorus anywhere?”

“Oh, are you sure you want to introduce him to Omnius? He might scare him…”

“It’ll be fine. He in the usual spot then?”

She nodded.

“Cool,” I said. “Thanks Shy.”

And with that, we headed into the forest.

[Lance’s Point of View]

As we walked up to Malbatorus, who was asleep, Omnius whistled in awe, and said in a Texan accent, "He's ah big one isn't he?"

I chuckled, "What did you expect? He's a dragon after all."

Omnius looked at me and smiled. "I was expecting something smaller, not a fully grown dragon!"

I waved a hoof over to Malbatorus, "Well, I give you the honor of being the one who wakes him up."

He raised an eyebrow and did a small wave. "Psh, easy is easy."

What?

He walked up to Malbatorus and started poking his stomach, "Yo, big red! Wakey wakey!"

I face-hoofed. What is he trying to do? Piss off Malbatorus?

Malbatorus sat up, towering over us, "What?" He said in his booming voice. He looked over to me and smiled (That smile still gives me the creeps). "Hey Lance."

I waved, and said, "Hey Malbatorus. I brought a friend to meet you."

He sighed, "Please don't tell me you brought Greg back to see me? That guy is annoying."

I chuckled, "No, this time it’s someone new." I pointed to Omnius, who was smirking for some reason, "This is Omnius."

Malbatorus looked down at him, "Nice to meet you Omnius."

Omnius nodded, "Good to meet you too Malbatorus."

They did an awkward hand... Claw... hoof... shake.

Omnius looked up at him, "So, why did you become a dragon?"

Malbatorus sighed loudly, "I was picked on back on earth and thought being a dragon would mean no one would mess with me. I was right. No one will mess with me... or be my friend. Only the other bronies and Fluttershy will even come near me."

Omnius wiped a tear out of his eye, and said, "Manly tears have been shed man."

Malbatorus Chuckled, or more like a booming chuckle, "Don't worry about me. I'm having the time of my life here. Way better than Earth."

Omnius nodded again. "I see. Well, like I always say-"

A loud scream from Fluttershy's cottage caught us all off guard. The first to react was Malbatorus, who cried out, "Fluttershy!" He flew over to her cottage, followed by me and Omnius.

Upon reaching the cottage, we saw Fluttershy jumping around and looking through things.

Omnius walked forward, "What's wrong? Why did you scream?"

She looked at us, tears in her eyes, "It’s Angel! He's gone!"

I rubbed my chin with my hoof, "Maybe he went out for a walk?"

She shook her head vigorously, "Oh no, he would have told me."

Omnius cocked his head, (Get those dirty images out of your heads!), and thoughtfully asked, "Then how did he go missing?"

She shook her head, looking around in desperation, "I don't know! I wouldn't give him a carrot because he wouldn't go outside and play. He ran off, and I don't know where he went."

I thought for a second and had an idea. In every show, there's always a set of foot prints that showed where the missing person (Bunny in this case) went. I looked around, and would you believe it, I saw the paw prints of a bunny that lead into the Everfree Forest. I pointed over to them, "Well, I think I know where he went."

Everypony, and dragon, looked over to the prints.

Fluttershy flew over to them and looked into the forest with a look of dread, "Oh, poor Angel Bunny, all alone out there in the forest."

Omnius walked up next to her, "Come on, we'll all go in after him. He couldn't have gotten far."

She shook her head, "Oh no, I can't go in there... It’s too frightening."

I walked up next to them, "Well, me and Omnius can go after him. We've both been in the forest alone before."

Behind us, Malbatorus asked in a confused voice, "Uh, what about me? You seem to forget I'm here."

I shook my head, "I didn't forget. I just thought you should stay here with Fluttershy, in case he comes back out."

"Alright, I can do that," He said.

I looked at Omnius, "You read to brave the Everfree Forest?"

He smirked and put on sunglasses, "Oh you know it!"

I furrowed my eyebrows, "Where did the sunglasses come from?"

He smiled, "Transition Lenses. Gotta love ‘em, right?"

Okay? "Well, let’s get going. We have a bunny to find."

He smiled, "Let’s do it." He turned to Fluttershy, and reassuringly said, "Don't worry, we'll bring back your bunny, dead or alive."

Fluttershy's face filled with worry and concern, "Dead or alive!"

Omnius's eyes widened, "I mean, we'll bring him back alive and healthy." He laughed nervously.

She nodded, "Please hurry back with him. I'm so worried about him."

I began walking towards the forest, "Come on Omnius, stop scaring Fluttershy."

He began following me, "I'm not scaring her. Just reassuring her."

I smirked, "Yeah that worked."

He nodded, "It sure did."

I sighed and we continued on in silence. Well, silence for about a minute.

Omnius looked at me, "I just noticed something."

I looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "What would that be?"

"Does it feel like we're being watched?"

I looked around and shuddered, "Yeah, it kinda does."

He nodded, "Well, watch this."

Before I could answer, he jumped forward and stood up on his hind legs. He pointed his hoofs into the forest and said, "I know you’re out there! Whoever is watching us, come out!"

I face-hoofed, and thought that wasn't going to work.

A rustling off to the side of the path caught my attention. I'll be damn, it worked!

[My Point of View!]

I put myself into a battle stance, and flapped my wings a few times, stirring up some dust to make my appearance look more intimidating. That’s one of the major rules of fighting: If you know you’re about to be attacked by something, you can either make yourself look meek and useless, thus making your opponent underestimate you, or you can do your best to look like a badass and give your opponent second thoughts as to whether they should attack you or not.

I snorted a few times, and said, “Bring it!”

The bushes rustled a little more, and strange wooden creature walked out, gnashing his teeth all the while. It looked just like a wolf, only it was made entirely out of gnarled branches, and was a fair bit taller than both of us.

“Timberwolf!” I snarled, putting myself between it and Lance. Never taking my eyes off the thing, I said to Lance, “When I give the signal, I want you to fly above me, and buck it in the head.”

“Are you sure? I’m not sure a single buck will take care of it,” Lance said, unsure.

“NOW!” I charged at the Timberwolf, who seemed to be surprised that I wasn’t running, and planted my front hooves on its chest, pushing it away from me. At the same time, I heard a solid THUNK sound, which told me that Lance had done what I told him to, and the combined force of our blows sent the Timberwolf to the ground, where it tried to stand up.

I glided over, and planted both of my hooves on its throat, and bared my teeth at it in a feral snarl. I met the beast’s eyes, and glared into them unblinkingly.

After a few moments, I got up, and slowly backed away, as my eyes started to water. I fought the urge to blink, and kept staring at the Timberwolf silently.

“Omnius, what are you-”

“Shush!” I shot at him. The Timberwolf blinked its eerily glowing eyes, and shot off into the forest, leaving me and Lance alone.

“What was that?” Lance asked, looking at me strangely.

“Lone Timberwolf. We got extremely lucky,” I answered, relaxing now that the danger had passed. “It wasn’t fully grown, and it wasn’t in a pack.”

“But why didn’t you kill it? I mean, you’ve got all of those weird powers!” Lance said, while he resumed following the tracks.

“They’re actually pretty rare creatures. Besides, it was just a young’un,” I replied, trotting next to him. “It wouldn’t be right to kill it, since it was just trying to protect its territory. So I just scared it off by asserting myself as the alpha. At least, I think that’s what I did.”

“Think?” Lance said worriedly.

“Either that, or I just sent it to get help from the pack. We should find that bunny and then make like a tree- and get out of here!” I said, picking up speed.

“Don’t you mean ‘Make like a tree, and leaf?’” Lance pointed out.

I face-hoofed, and said, “Oh come on! Does no one get ‘Back to the Future’ jokes? Great Scott, but you’d think at least ONE person would get it!”

We walked in silence for a while, following the cartoonish rabbit tracks (shhhh. Be vewy vewy quiet…we’re looking for rabbits! Huhuhuhuhuh) deeper and deeper into the forest. The trees became thicker, and what little light that managed to penetrate the leaves was dimmed, and tinged with green.

I stopped suddenly, and Lance looked at me. “What’s wrong?”

Looking around, I whispered, “I don’t know…But I think we’re being watched again…only this time, whatever is staring at us is a lot more dangerous than that Timberwolf…And the tracks suddenly end here…”

We looked around, and searched for the bunny, and every little sound we heard made us jump. It was almost like that moment in a horror movie, when you KNOW there’s a monster in the closet, but you have to open the closet anyways, and HOLY SHIT!

A white blur had launched itself at my face, and it immediately went into a frenzy, scratching and biting at every inch of my exposed visage, and I frantically started running around, yelling, “GAH! LANCE GET IT OFF! SEND IT TO THE MOON OR SOMETHING!”

The white monster jumped off of my face, giving me just enough time to see a brown bag get pulled over my face, effectively giving me a burlap mask.

“Thanks Lance,” I deadpanned, removing the bag. I looked over, and spotted the vicious, bloodthirsty monster that had attacked me.

“…Angel Bunny…” Lance said, looking at the small, way too innocent looking rabbit.

“Alright, we found the bunny. Let’s get him back to Fluttershy’s pronto,” I said, slowly approaching the rabbit. He glared at me, and I bared my teeth at him. “Come on Rabbit. We’re going back to Fluttershy’s.”

He jumped onto my head, and started rapidly stomping on it, plainly telling me, “Hell no!”

Lance stifled a laugh, and I ignored him, choosing to focus only on the rabbit. “Yes, you’re going. What? Surprised I can understand you?” I said at the rabbit’s surprised look. “I can get the gist of what you’re saying. Now look, I know you’re probably miffed that Fluttershy and Malbatorus are spending a lot of time together, but seriously? Running away?”

His face fell, but then he got an angry glint in his eye as he jumped onto the ground in front of me, and crossed his arms.

“The worlds don’t revolve around you! She has other animals she needs to take care of!”

“Omnius, are you talking to that rabbit?” Lance said, looking at me like I was crazy.

“Yeah, but he’s not listening!” I replied, kneeling next to the bunny.

“Great. I’m in the middle of the Everfree with a psychotic rabbit, and an insane Traveler!” Lance muttered to himself, pacing while I talked to Angel.

Eventually, I managed to convince him to go back with us, on the condition that I didn’t mention to anyone that he was jealous of the Brony dragon.

“You actually convinced him?” Lance asked in disbelief when Angel jumped onto my back. “How?!”

“Very carefully. Now come on, we’ve got a worried Pegasus to attend to.”

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We returned to the cottage, where an enthusiastic and relieved Fluttershy was waiting. She immediately grabbed the small rabbit, and covered him in affection, hugging him close to her chest.

I walked up to Malbatorus, and said, “Hey!”

He leaned his head closer to me, and I whispered, “Good luck with Fluttershy. She’s a nice pony, and deserves someone who’s as nice as her. I sincerely hope you can do that for her.”

The dragon blinked, and I chuckled. He looked at me, and said, “How did you figure it out?”

“Elementary my dear Draco, I guessed,” I replied, scratching my beard.

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