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- =Bros in Equestria Bonus Story: Going the Distance=
- >He had said one week.
- >One week until he and Starswirl finished the spell that would let you go save her.
- >That had been ten days ago.
- >Ten days of trying to occupy yourself while the wizards did their work with the knowledge that she might be in danger.
- >You had learned a bit about the Equestria you were staying in.
- >It was apparently about a hundred years after Discord was put down and the world was in harmony.
- >Canterlot was the capitol, but was still under construction.
- >You gave them a few pointers that you used back home.
- >The rest of this place was...topsy turvy.
- >Apparently Luna and Celestia switched rolls here.
- >Celestia was the dutiful monarch who always put country and citizen before herself, and Luna was fucking anything with a hole or a pole.
- >One of those being Starswirl.
- >Very loudly.
- >In the room down the hall from yours and Anon's.
- >You and Anon sang Nightfall to them. Loudly and out of key.
- >At least some things were universally constant.
- >When you weren't snooping around the castle, you were out in the courtyard with the guards.
- >You had set up several practice dummies so that you could practice with Mick and Joe.
- >That was where you were now, standing in the middle of a circle of spinning dummies as you danced from one attack into another.
- >The key with dual weapons was movement...to better utilize your extra knife.
- >You speed up your strikes and eventually stick the dummy right where it's neck would be.
- >The sharpness of the blades becomes apparent when the "head" of the dummy lists to one side and falls off, revealing Anon standing behind it.
- >"You push yourself too hard and you'll be exhausted before we go save her."
- >You yank Mick out of the dummy and leave the circle.
- "I'll be fine."
- >Anon stops you. "I know you didn't sleep last night, man..."
- >It's true, you hadn't.
- "Too riled up."
- >You slip Mick and Joe back into their sheaths as Anon shakes his head.
- "What's up?"
- >"We got it." He says.
- >You felt your heartbeat kick into high gear.
- >Finally...an end to this waiting around.
- "And you're sure it'll get us to her?"
- >"It's as close as we can get it."
- >...It'll do.
- "Lead the way."
- >Anon lead you through the smaller Canterlot castle up to the Magisters tower.
- >Starswirl and the Princesses stood around a table with the modified crystal on it with seven ponies in red robes.
- >The First Magisters: Paragons of Equestrian magical study.
- >They and Anon had been pouring over the crystal magics for the past week and a half.
- >Anon said he had to teach Starswirl all about how the spell worked, probably jumped magical study in Equestria forward by two hundred years doing it.
- >"Are you sure there is no way we can convince you to stay Anon...? Think of all we could accomplish!" Starswirl says.
- >Starswirl hadn't let up after Anon had told him he was leaving with you.
- >It hadn't helped your mood.
- >"I'm sorry Starswirl but we have to go, she needs us." Anon says.
- >Starswirl sighs. "All this for a young girl..."
- "We promised."
- >You stare into Starswirl's eyes.
- "I promised."
- >Starswirl sighs again and turns away.
- >Anon elbows you in the ribs and gives you a stern look.
- >You were being rude...
- "Thank you. All of you. For your help."
- >"We really appreciate it." Anon added.
- >Anon walks up to the table and scoops up the crystal.
- >"You ready?" He asks.
- >You flex your hands and get ready to fight whatever that green light was once you step out.
- "Do it."
- >Anon nods and tosses the crystal onto the ground.
- >A rippling portal opens up a few feet in front of you both, filling the room with a low hum.
- >It doesn't look any different from the way it normally did...
- >This better work.
- >Only one way to find out, you guess.
- "Let's go."
- >Anon wordlessly follows you as you step through the portal.
- >You were in Gouxia Shin in Ib'xian, about ten years after the Equestria shook the world by annexing the Griffin Kingdoms due to their recent troubles.
- >The warehouse complex you were currently in at the edge of the city was famous for being one of the most quiet places around.
- >Except for right now.
- >"Run!" the Doctor yelled as the blast of energy impacted the wall behind you.
- >He didn't have to tell you twice!
- >Your name was Dinky Hooves and you have been traveling with your family for a while now.
- >It had all started when Dad had said he wanted to take you on a trip after you graduated.
- >That trip had ended with a bunch of robot ponies trying to kill you.
- >Which lead to saving a star.
- >Which lead to going back to the founding of Equestria.
- >You don't know at what point you started enjoying it...but you eventually told him that you didn't want to go back.
- >The four of you arrived at this warehouse a few hours ago, looking for the reason the TARDIS had sent you here.
- >You found it when you discovered that some psycho Ibex named Hard Light had found a way to make an infinite army for himself thanks to an alien computer and some magic.
- >He had found a way to make the digital constructs inside the computer "real" in the form of holograms.
- >Holograms that were now chasing you.
- >"Keep going! Back to the TARDIS!" He shouted.
- >You, Mom and Dad ran through the warehouse, bounding over obstacles and evading as many of the hologram creatures as you could.
- >You glanced behind you and saw the horde of magic holograms chasing you, with new ones forming along the way.
- >One of them, a pony made of green light, tried to tackle you as Hard Light talked over the loudspeaker.
- >"You should not have come to disrupt my work, Doctor."
- >Dad rolls his eyes as he runs. "It's not like I WANTED to come here..."
- >The light monsters behind you continued to give chase.
- >An emerald Diamond Dog shouted orders to the rest in his double flanged voice. "Get them! Make sure they not get back to the Box!"
- >Another dog tried to materialize directly in the path of the three of you.
- >You prayed your magic would work as you reached out with your telekinesis and tried to yank his foot out from under him.
- >You congratulated yourself as the Dog slammed into the ground, but five others seemed to take its place.
- >"Gogogogogogogo!" Dad yelled as you rounded a corner, green blasts of energy flooding through the doorway a second later.
- >At the end of the hall you saw it, that shade of blue you had come to call home lately.
- >"Keep going!" Mom shouted.
- >There were tradeoffs to being a unicorn, such as not being able to move as fast as earth ponies or pegusi.
- >That became apparent when Dad and Mom started pulling ahead of you.
- >The blasts of energy behind you became more rapid, one of them striking near your foot.
- >You lost your balance and tumbled to the ground as the emerald monsters closed in.
- >"Muffin!" Mom cried.
- >Dad didn't say anything, just pulled a green glowing stick out of his lapel and pointed it at the monsters.
- >The various hologram creatures held their hands to their imaginary heads at the sound before winking out like lightbulbs.
- >But still they came.
- >They rushed passed you, charging Mom and Dad. "Dinky!" Dad shouted.
- >The same Emerald Dog from before who was shouting the orders loomed over you as you tried to get to your feet.
- >"Stupid ponies try to ruin Master's plan?"
- >You back away from the dog, noticing a bang and a low hum come from behind you.
- >The dog stares right at you and raises his claws. "We not let that happen."
- >You close your eyes and brace yourself for the end...
- >The end that...doesn't come?
- >You open your eyes and see someone you NEVER expected to see way out here.
- >He stood hands locked with the Dog, a manic grin on his face and eyes that seemed to be giving the dog pause.
- >What...?
- >"Stupid dog tries to kill my friend?" He grunts out. "That isn't happening..."
- >He glances down at you. "Pay attention now Poozer."
- >Your mind is catapulted back years at the mention of your old nickname and the only one who used it.
- >Mous stomped on the Dog's knee and sent a snapping sound through the hallway before he flipped it over his shoulder and began stomping on its neck.
- >The emerald creatures behind him began bursting into flame and being tossed back dozens of feet.
- >Mister Anon walked into view from behind you, tossing tiny rocks that sent the dogs flying.
- >The emerald monsters started to back away until they were eventually in full retreat.
- >Mous stopped Mister Anon as he finished with the Dog. "Split up, keep the Dogs off 'em."
- >He looked back at Dad. "You. Is there something sending these things out?"
- >Dad nods. "A transmitter back in the main room."
- >Mous nods. "We'll take care of all the mooks, get rid of that thing."
- >You finally find your voice. "J-just the two of you?"
- >Mous gets that grin that brings you back to when you were a filly.
- >"This is what I do Poozer." He says before he turns and runs down the hallway, Anon following behind him.
- -Mous PoV-
- >Okay.
- >The portal worked, Dinky was safe, and there was an endless supply of weird holo-deck monsters in your way.
- >And Hearthswarming wasn't for months.
- >You bring your new knives to bear and dive into the fray.
- >The addition of an extra blade makes this so much faster.
- >You became a little tiny whirlwind of death as you sliced, stabbed and chopped your way through the cramped hallway.
- >Ha! Listen to you so happy on the job!
- >This must be Dinky's doing, it was GREAT seeing her again!
- >It had been absolute AGES since you saw her at graduation, all beaming as you and her family cheered her on.
- >Even seeing her little figurines at the museum back home ha-WHOA!
- >You duck down just in time to dodge a magic blast.
- >Oh yeah, you were fighting.
- >You tended to go on autopilot when you fought...
- >The lights dimmed and a faintly accented voice scream "NOO!" over the loudspeaker as you stabbed a green zebra in the neck.
- >That was either Doc or Anon and considering that you hadn't been sucked into a black hole, you'll guess Anon just hit a power generator.
- >You cut through another group of light monsters before the voice came back.
- >"That will not work Doctor!"
- >You followed the voice to a stairwell, at the top of which was a door with flashing lights coming from underneath it.
- >Well that was promising.
- >You stomped up the stairs as that nut-job kept ranting.
- >"You cannot stop the future Doctor! Even the Time-Ponies will be in awe of my crea-"
- >You interrupt him as you kick open the door.
- "I HATE THIS STATION!"
- >Before you was a very frightened Ibex dressed in a lab coat, a glowing metal cylinder behind him.
- >"No! Stay back!" He shouted as you closed the distance between the two of you.
- >You grabbed the microphone and wrestled it out of his magical grip.
- "Give me that!"
- >The mic echoes through the warehouse as you toss it over your shoulder.
- >You kick the Ibex against the wall when he starts trying to hit you with magic, scooping up a chair while he's dazed.
- >You throw the chair through the opaque window overlooking the warehouse floor.
- >You hoist the protesting Ibex over your shoulders shortly thereafter and toss him out next.
- >Anon, Hooves, and Derpy all stare up at you in silent shock. Dinky had a smile.
- "I found the bad guy!"
- >You hopped out of the window and rolled into the fall.
- >The Ibex next to you groaned as you stood.
- "Oh relax you pansy, it was only fifteen feet."
- >He moans again before he wisely decides to stay quiet.
- >Dinky has been staring at you since you got here.
- >You knelt down to her eye level as you had done so many years ago.
- "Hey Poozer."
- >She took a few steps towards you, her eyes still wide.
- >"How...how are you here?"
- "Anon and a..."friend" of ours rigged up a portal to take us here."
- >You look around the room.
- "Where are we, anyway?"
- >"Gouxia Shin in Ib'xian. Around 1912." the Doctor said.
- >You looked to Anon.
- "Was that before or after we shot Spacebear?"
- >"After. Way after." he says.
- "I miss Spacebear."
- >"You shouldn't have had me blow him up then."
- >"Have you two changed at all?"
- >You look back to Dinky and return the smile she's giving you. "Not in the least, Poozer."
- >"Why are you here Mous?" she asked with a grin. "I'm not complaining, but it's still pretty weird."
- "Saw a vision of you getting hurt, came to get you."
- >"Across enough distance to need a portal?"
- "I said I'd protect you Dinks."
- >You reach out and ruffle her mane.
- "You know that."
- >Dinky's smile persisted as she wordlessly wrapped her hooves around you.
- >"My life has been way to boring without you Mous."
- "Likewise Dinks."
- >A beeping noise coming from the Doctor interrupted your reunion.
- >"Oh dear. We have to leave now."
- >Huh?
- >"Why?" Anon asked.
- >"Because we fried the generators here and they were set to explode. Alright, grab him and take him to the TARDIS!" He says, pointing at the Ibex.
- >You release Dinky and move to the unconscious Ibex.
- "Never a dull moment, huh Poozer?"
- >She giggles and helps you pick up the dead weight with her magic.
- >"Not in the least."
- >The warehouse erupted into gouts of flame that shot up hundreds of feet into the air.
- >The generators below were offworld technology, they could hold enough energy to turn this side of the planet into glass, Hard Light had only used a hundredth of their storage capacity.
- >You stood with Anon, Dinky and her family on a nearby hill as you watched the warehouse go up, the TARDIS behind you with the unconscious Ibex inside it.
- >"Is the fire always blue, Doctor?"
- >He nods. "It is when it's Atraxi technology."
- "At least it looks nice."
- >The building below exploded as another generator went.
- >You could relax now that Dinky was safe, relax and take in your surroundings.
- >The first of which is this stallion standing next to you.
- "New bow tie?"
- >He grows a smug grin. "Bow ties are cool."
- "Bow ties are lamer than parachute pants."
- >"Are not."
- "Are so."
- >"Are not!"
- >"They kinda are dad." Dinky interjects.
- >Hooves reacts in shock and turns to Derpy.
- "They're a bit silly sweetheart." She says.
- >Hooves looks to the two mares. "Twenty minutes you're back and you're already turning my family against me..."
- >You chuckle.
- "Have a rough time of it, huh?"
- >He cringes.
- >"Yes. Bit of a situation on Sontar a couple hundred years back...Got a little hairy."
- "You should have called, we could have done your job for you."
- >He scoofs. "Oh I couldn't do that. You were busy! Something about a "Spacebear" I believe?"
- >You roll your eyes.
- >Even dead that thing was annoying.
- >The final generator explodes in the factory and sends a great blue fireball into the sky.
- >The distant wail of sirens told you that the authorities were on their way to investigate this fireball.
- >"That sounds like our cue to vanish." Hooves said.
- >Dinky hopped up and wrapped her hooves around your waist again, squeezing you tight.
- >"It was great to see you again Mous..."
- >You stroke her mane.
- "Heh...you too Poozer."
- >Derpy flies up and wraps her hooves around both your necks. "Thanks for helping us you guys."
- >"Heh...No problem Derpy."
- "It's what we do."
- >"I won't hug you." A voice says from inside the now open TARDIS.
- >Hooves steps out holding a small wallet looking thing that he throws to you. "But I do have a gift."
- >You open it up, seeing the blank pages inside.
- >"Psychic Paper. Just think if you're in a jam."
- >You hand the important paper to Anon, he gets in less scrapes than you.
- "And I suppose that works both ways? Will I be getting messages from you when YOU get in a jam?"
- >Hooves chuckles. "Spoilers..."
- >Heh...
- >The two of you stare at each other as Dinky and Derpy walk inside the TARDIS.
- "I guess I was right to trust you."
- >Hooves walks inside his box. "I do my best...So long boys."
- "Later Spacemane."
- >"Goodbye Doctor."
- >The blue door shuts before the blue box begins to fade.
- >In a moment it's gone, leaving the two of you on the hill alone.
- "Is he allowed to call us "boys"? We're probably older than him."
- >"Eh...he's weird."
- >The police sirens grow ever closer to the burning building.
- >"Shall we?" Anon asks.
- "Someplace sunny, if you can."
- >Anon chuckles and opens the portal.
- >And the two of you are gone before the cops get on the scene.
- >It was great to see them again...
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