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...