"ZOMBIE!!!"

Angel eeped and dropped to the floor as Rainbow shot past her and out the door. Unfortunately for her, the pegasus hadn't been The only one to jump to that conclusion. Twilight gripped the table in her magic, flipping it over and sending it slamming down. Angel barely managed to roll out of the way, only to find two orange hooves raised above her head and ready to slam down.

"Delay!" Angel shouted. Applejack's hooves smashed down thorough Angel's afterimage, the real Angel displaced to the side and jumping to her feet. She turned and rushed out the door, ducking again as Rainbow made another pass.

"Not a zombie! Not a zombie! NOT A ZOMBIE!!!" Angel's shouts fell on deaf ears as the trio of ponies persued her. She rushed back to the barn where she'd awoken, slamming the doors shut behind her and throwing the wooden beam across them. She backed away from the doors, breathing heavily. She jumped and squeaked in fear as the sound of twin hooves smashing into the doors assaulted her ears.

"Not good. Not good. Not good." Angel looked around in panic, searching for another way out. "I really really really don't want to get killed by my little ponies." She scanned the barn for anything that might get her put of this: bales of hay, a few empty barrels, a Kingdom Hearts keychain floating in the air...

"Huh?" Angel cautiously approached the keychain which hovered and rotated in the middle of the barn. She reached out and grabbed the keychain. She immediately heard a strong and confident voice in her mind.

“I am the Warrior of Light, enemy of darkness and all who walk within. If you find yourself trapped by the shadows and cannot find the light, call on my name, the name of Sora, and I will answer.”

The doors finally smashed open and Angel cried out in terror. "Sora! Help me!"

"I don't know," Sora muttered, staring down at the necklace. "You sure Luna will like this?"

"Oh absolutely," the pony replied. "This necklace was given to my great-great-great-great-to-many-to-remember-great grand-pappy by the Princess herself. Used to be one of her favorite pieces when she was but a filly, the way my family tells it."

Sora was dubious of the crystal pony's claim, but the necklace was beautiful and would match Luna's eyes wonderfully. Besides, all the pony wanted was a guaranteed audience with Princess Twilight next week, something that was almost guaranteed anyway on any given day.

"Alright, you've got a deal. I'll make sure Twilight has time in her schedule for-"

Sora! Help me!

Sora paused. "Hold that thought. I'll be right back." And in a flash of light, he vanished.

Angel dodged back and forth using Delay, barely able to avoid Applejack and Rainbow's blows. Twilight had calmed down and was shouting for them to stop, but they either hadn't heard her or didn't care. Angel ducked, leapt, danced and delayed all across the barn, but it was mostly luck that kept her alive.

That luck ran out as she tripped over a barrel, stumbling to the ground. She looked up to see Applejack's hooves about to slam down on her as Rainbow dove from the side. She covered her head, praying for a miracle.

"Ow! What the- GAH!" *CRASH*

Angel lifted her arms, peaking out from beneath them. Applejack was on her back, having somehow topped off-balance, and Twilight was staring in shock off to the side. Angel turned to look and felt her jaw drop. Through a large hole in the barn wall stuck Rainbow's lower half and a pair of human legs ending in familiar dorky clown shoes.

"Hit in the chest by AJ, and pummeled through a wall by Rainbow... Dash," came the voice Angel had heard in her head earlier. "Wonderful first impression, Sora. Almost as good as Luna's." The human shoved a dizzy Rainbow off and pulled himself back up through the wall. He was a young man who stood little taller than Angel with a head of spiky brown hair. His eyes were a piercing blue that quickly surveyed the scene before falling on Angel. "I assume you're the one who summoned me?"

"Wh- what the hay are you?" Applejack rolled onto her hooves, quickly turning so she could keep both humans in sight. "Are you some sort o' zombie too?"

Sora raised an eyebrow before mouthing the word "Zombie?" to Angel.

Angel scrambled to her feet, brushing some of the dust from her uniform. "I'm not a zombie!" she defended, blushing. "I just... don't die for long."

"Sounds like a zombie to me."

Sora sighed, shaking his head. "Oh AJ, still so young and judgmental. Well, that gives me a good idea of what time I'm working in." He glanced over at Twilight. "Though Twi's a pretty obvious hint."

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're still in early Season 1," Angel agreed, shifting away from Applejack and towards Sora. "Think you can get them to stop attacking me?"

"Take this you freaking ugly minotaur zombies!"

Sora stepped out of Rainbow's way, grabbing her tail as she soared past and bringing her to an abrupt halt. "Bad pony," he said, bringing Rainbow up face to face with him. "No attacking humans. Bad. No cider for you."

Twilight cleared her throat, still standing in the doorway of the barn. "I think we all need to calm down. Rainbow, Applejack, I don't think they're zombies. Zombies don't even exist."

"Oh yeah?" Rainbow jeered. "Then how do you explain her," she pointed at Angel, "coming back to life after getting her head split open?"

Sora blinked, raising an eyebrow at Angel once again. "Something to do with who you were cosplayed as, I assume?"

Angel nodded. "Yeah. I... I think I somehow became Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats. She doesn't really die for long."

Sora nodded. "Well, that explains that. Sort of." He turned his attention back to Rainbow. "Now, if I let go, do you promise not to attack us again?"

Rainbow folded her arms, glaring as she hung by her tail. "That depends. You gonna explain what the hay is going on here?"

"We're called, 'The Displaced'." Sora explained. He and Angel sat across from each other in the Apple Family's dining room, the three ponies sitting on the other two sides. "I've met a few others over the last few years, and our stories are all the same. We all went to some sort of convention, bought something from a creepy merchant, and somehow wound up in some version of Equestria. Does that sound about right?"

Angel nodded. "It was an anime convention in Dallas. I bought a laptop from him. Do you know who he is? Or how to get back home?"

Sora shook his head. "No on both counts," he admitted. "We all just call him 'The Merchant', though some of us have more... colorful names for him. And I haven't heard of anyone managing to find a way back to Earth. Not that I've really tried." He shrugged, smiling slightly. "My Equestria's been 'home' to me for the last three thousand years."

"Th-three thousand!?"

"Give or take. A little over a third of that was spent trapped in stone due to a small misunderstanding, but yeah." He turned to Twilight, letting Angel absorb that information. "So what's your side of it? I thought you were a little too academic to believe in zombies. Unless that's an actual thing in this universe."

Twilight shook her head, looking sheepish. "No, no zombies here. We kind of over-reacted because..." She glanced at Angel and shuddered. "Well, it's like Rainbow said in the barn, she was dead when we found her. Her limbs were broken and her face was... well, she was in pretty bad shape. When she walked in here without a scratch, we thought that she was, well..." Her face flushed and she looked down, muttering incoherently.

"Shucks, Twi. No need to be embarrassed by it," Applejack said. "Heck, even if she ain't a zombie, she still came back from the dead. That just ain't natural. Ain't like we were goin' to act any other way with that happenin'."

"Very little about us Displaced is natural," Sora agreed. "Take me for example. I can summon a giant key-sword-thing that shoots magic and attacks living darkness. I've met a primordial dragon, a guy who can shoot spider-webs from his wrists, and even a slenderman." He raised his hands reassuringly as Angel paled. "He's cool. His name's Jeremy. One of my most unique keyblades came from his token."

"His what?"

Sora summoned his Kingdom Key, much to the shock of the ponies present. "Tokens," he pointed to the keychain, "like the one you used to summon me, are how we Displaced interact with each other. You give it a piece of your power, toss it into the void, and it scatters to various other Displaced. You'll want to make one for yourself." He dismissed his keyblade, folding his arms on the table and leaning forward. "Trust me, you don't want to be alone in Equestria. I'm guessing that you know the... origins of this world, but every Equestria is at least slightly different than the one you knew before. Mine is full of heartless, Jeremy's is anthro, and things just get stranger from there. The native ponies might be able to deal with Equestria's standard threats, but there might be other things that are unique to this one. If you can't handle them yourself, you'll want some strong allies."

"Wait a minute," Twilight interrupted. "What do you mean, 'standard threats'? What could possibly threaten Equestria that Princess Cel- that the Princesses couldn't handle?"

"There are many ancient evils that the Royal Siblings never destroyed," Sora answered. "Plenty of threats were simply sealed away or defeated for a time, and they had the Elements of Harmony to help them back then. That responsibility now falls to you and your friends. I'm afraid Nightmare Moon wasn't the end of it.

"And that's not even counting whatever new threats come in that are unique," he continued. "There are heartless in my Equestria that the Royal Siblings just can't handle. I don't know anything about Angel Beats, but whatever threats existed there will probably start popping up now."

Angel was silent for a moment, considering the anime. Sure there were those shadow monsters that had appeared towards the end, but it wasn't likely that they would have a reason to exist in Equestria. Unless other humans started arriving and causing trouble, the world of Angel Beats shouldn't cause any problems. Still, she would have to keep an eye out for any of those 'unique threats' that her own Equestria might have.

"So, how do I create a token?" she asked.

"Pick something that represents you," Sora replied. "It can be anything, really."

Angel nodded, standing up and moving her chair back a bit. "Angel Wings." An electronic chime sounded as a pair of white wings sprouted from her back. She reached her arm back, grabbing a feather and pulling hard. She winced as the feather tore out. "How's this?" she asked, holding it out.

"That should work. Now, just concentrate your power into it and imbue it with a message."

"Right." Angel turned her attention back to the feather, staring at it for a moment before looking back at Sora. "And how do I do that?"

"...with your magic?"

"Oh." Angel flinched. "That might be a problem then. Tachibana didn't have magic."

"Wait a minute!" Rainbow interjected. "You're telling me that you came back from the dead, turned your arm into a sword, and grew wings, but you didn't use magic? That's a load of horseapples."

"Well it's true!" Angel defended. "All of her abilities were self-programmed after she hacked into the system that ran the limbo world."

"Self-programmed?" Sora asked. "Didn't you say that you bought a laptop from the Merchant?"

"You know, it occurs to me that this couldn't have been healthy for the apartment complex."

Sora and Angel walked towards Angel's new cottage. Applejack had remained behind to explain to her family what was going on while Rainbow flew off to inform the others. Twilight had rushed home to get Spike and "research materials."

"Most buildings tend to collapse a bit when you scoop out an entire room," Sora agreed. "Which floor were you on?"

"First," Angel replied, opening the door and stepping inside. "But it was only a two-story complex and I don't think anyone was staying above me. Now, let's see that laptop."

The laptop sat on the desk, its two lines of text still waiting. Angel grumbled in annoyance and closed out the window. She looked over the screen, relieved to find that the laptop had translated itself into English. Most of the programs were familiar, but one stood out from the others. Angel clicked on the program labeled "Angel Player" and grinned at the semi-familiar screen. "Jackpot! This is the program that Tachibana used to get her abilities. I recognize all of these except..." She clicked on a tab labeled "Token Creation." A window of thick programming text appeared on the right as a more readable one popped up on the right.

Guard Skill: Token Creation
Function: imbues any mundane object with the power of the void, transforming it into a token and distributing it throughout the void.
Command(3): Token Create; Token Message; Token Distribute
Token Create: imbues any object held in the user's hand with the power of the void, transforming it into a token.
Token Message: begins recording the user's voice, attaching the recording to any token in the user's hand. Recording ends when the user says "Message End."
Token Distribute: takes any token from the user's hand and distributes it throughout the multiverse.

"Seems pretty straightforward," Angel said, backing up and holding out the feather that she'd pulled earlier. "Token Create." The feather began glowing faintly and Angel could feel a comfortable warmth radiating from it. "So far so good. Let's see..." She cleared her throat, speaking clearly and confidently. "Token Message. This feather is taken from the wing of the undying Angel. Call on me if you need a hand or just want to talk. If anyone knows how to return to Earth, let me know. Message End." She turned to Sora, grinning. "How was that?"

"A little dramatic with the title there," Sora replied, smirking. "Undying Angel?"

"Wh-what?" Angel blushed, looking away. "I thought it sounded cool."

Sora laughed, reaching over and patting her shoulder. "It's fine. Just meant that people will be surprised when they get a high-schooler instead of a valkyrie."

Angel grumbled a bit before muttering, "Token Distribute." The feather vanished instantly.

"That'll do it." Sora backed up giving a loose salute. "I should probably be getting back to my world. Let me know if you need anything. May you always walk in the path of light."

Angel snorted as Sora vanished in a flash of light. "And called me dramatic?" She pulled Sora's token back out, looking it over. "Guess I'll have to be on the lookout for more of these." Her musings were interrupted by a knock on her door. Angel pocketed the keychain before walking over and opening the door. "Oh. Hi, Twilight. What's up?"

"Rainbow's house," Twilight quipped, a pair of saddlebags sitting on her back. "Can I come in? Is Sora still here?"

Angel stepped aside, allowing Twilight to enter. "Just missed him. He just went back to his world."

Twilight frowned but quickly shrugged it off. "Oh well. I guess I'll just catch him next time."

"Catch him for what?"

Twilight grinned as she levitated a long scroll and a quill from her saddlebags. "Research!"

*****

It had taken less than an hour for Angel to tire of Twilight's barrage of questions about humans. She'd eventually pointed Twilight to her laptop, showing her how to search the internet and telling her to go nuts. It hadn't taken Angel long to realize that her new computer didn't actually have live access to the internet, but it had somehow saved a copy of the internet at the time of her displacement.

"So much for trying to contact home that way," she grumbled as Skype refused to connect. Another knock sounded on her door and she left Twilight to her research to answer it. The door opened to reveal Fluttershy trying to hide behind her bangs, a beautiful, if slightly bandaged, golden retriever at her side. "Hi there," Angel said softly, kneeling down to eye-level. "You're Fluttershy, right?"

"Um, yes. Th-that is, um, I am." Angel fought to hold in a squee as Fluttershy shuffled nervously from hoof to hoof. "I just wanted to return your dog, i-if that's okay with you."

Angel looked over at the golden retriever at Fluttershy's side. She was fairly sure it had been a ragged mutt before, but then, she'd thought that the whole thing was a dream back then and hadn't paid much attention. Besides, even if it wasn't the dog from before, Angel had always wanted one.

"Thanks, Fluttershy," she said, leaning to the side to let "Spot" in. "My name's Angel, by the way. It's nice to-"

"Mmh! Oh yeah. More. Moooore."

Angel's face flushed as she stood ramrod straight. "Nicetomeetyougottogobye!" Angel slammed the door, turning to find a similarly flushed and slack-jawed Twilight staring at a video on her laptop. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON ONE OF THOSE WEBSITES?!?!?!"

Author's Notes:

Poor Twilight. Angel should have known not to let innocent ponies on the internet without supervision.

This chapter features a crossover with my other Displaced story: A Heart Eclipsed. Go read it. Or don't.

...but seriously, go read it.