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.

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>"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...

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>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."

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>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...