BiE Bonus Story: Going the Distance.


                                            =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.


                                            -Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ndaumP7zE-

                                            >"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...


                                            -Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0m8C-MbH8-

                                            >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."


                                            -Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VDuLiqCmDE-

                                            >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...