Meeting Yourself

by Southern Wing

Rating: everyone
Tags: Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Random
Length: 5227

Wing and Sev best friends, and practically brothers have been in many crazy situations. They have glimpsed into alternate universes and have encountered different versions of themselves. Those have up til now been singular events.

Wing and Sev best friends, and practically brothers have been in many crazy situations. They have glimpsed into alternate universes and have encountered different versions of themselves. Those have up til now been singular events. Now they face a new challenge meeting an entire room of different versions of themselves.

Published 2016-12-25 03:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-12-25 03:10:01 UTC

Chapter 1

It was a warm spring day as Southern Wing and his best friend, Sev Divine, sat in their bunker in the Everfree Forest. “Are there any fics from Celestia that we have to read?” Wing asked.

“Nope. What did we do to piss her off anyways?” Sev replied.

“I don’t know. I know she was mad, though.”

“Whatever it was, it was enough for her to make us read these horrible fics.”

“And then there was that time Princess Luna and us got drunk together…”

“Ugh...don’t remind me what she did to us…”

“I wasn’t! I don’t want to remember, either.”

“Better not have been.”

Out of the blue, a flash of light blinded the two. When it subsided, the two saw a shimmering portal emerge out of nowhere.

“What in Equestria?” Wing asked aloud.

“What the buck…” Sev said.

The two friends approached the portal, wary of what could be behind it.

“You know...I don’t know what’s behind that portal, but it’s gotta be better than this. Right?”

“Yep, let’s get out of here. Though, better stock up in case it’s creepy out there.”

The two friends loaded up with weapons of all kinds, then returned to the portal.

“On three,” Wing said.

“One.”

“Two.”

“Three!” The two friends jumped into the portal, and were immediately blinded by a flash of light. They exited into a bright area that seemed to be the inside of a building. As soon as they entered the weapons they were carrying with them disappeared into thin air.

“What the…” Sev started, only to be interrupted off by another voice.

“Your weapons will be returned to you when you go back to your universe.”

Sev and Wing whirled around to find a pair of what seemed to be humans. They stood with clipboards on there their faces obscured.

“Let’s see…” the one whose face was obscured by a hood noted, looking over the clipboard. “Ah! Mainverse Wing and Sev.”

“Excellent, the primary versions. Let’s bring them to meet the others,” The second figure, whose face was obscured by a hood and a mask, said. The two humans beckoned for Wing and Sev to follow them.

“Should we…” Sev began only to be cut off by Wing.

“I don’t think we have much of a choice,” Wing replied, following the two.

Sev and Wing followed the pair to a set of double doors. The two humans opened them to reveal multiple duplicates of Wing and Sev. There were male and female, in little corners within the room. Some seemed to be different species.

“What the buck…” Sev thought out loud.

“Is this…” Wing trailed off.

“This is...AWESOME!” they said together.

“Hay yeah, it is!” Sev laughed. “Way better than whatever crap we had to read!” Without a second thought, they went over to one of the other places to see what they could find.

“Shoo-be-doo-shoo-shoo-be-doo, mutha buckas!” A pair of familiar voices said. Wing and Sev turned to a pool where the seapony versions of themselves were. They had met while on vacation during the time the parasprites had invaded Ponyville.

“Hey!” Wing and Sev said, simultaneously trotting over.

“Hey mutha buckas! What up?” the Seapony Wing asked, as he slapped hooves/fins in a hoofbump like gesture.

“Not much dude, you?” Wing asked. “Well, other than the fact that I feel like I’m on an acid trip…”

“Yeah man! In fact, we got some news.”

“What? It can’t be that weird.”

“Our families are having our first little seaponies!”

“Hey, congrats man! That wasn’t weird at all,” Wing said to Sev. “And you could’ve had one with the princess if we were late in finding you.”

“That reminds me, buddy. Buck you!”

Wing snickered. “I regret nothing.”

The Seapony Sev and Wing also shared in the laughter.

“Shut up!” Sev shouted. “Look, I’m gonna have foals with the best mare in all Equestria, but I’m gonna do it sober, alright?”

“Alright,” Wing snickered again, getting his laughter under control.

“You should go meet some of the others, they have some pretty interesting stories.” the seapony Sev commented.

“Will do. I kinda wonder if our other selves are any different,” Wing replied, as he and Sev walked off.

The two friends walked over to two odd versions of themselves. One was a tall grey alicorn, about the height of Celestia with a crazy mane and tail. The other seemed to be a creature made up of various animal parts.

“Oh, hello!” the alicorn said greeting the two. “You must be new here.”

“Oh! New toys to have fun with!” the unusual version of Sev said.

“Not now!” the human said in a commanding voice. “We have some business to take care of.

“Of course when we all return to our native universes.” the alicorn Wing smiled.

“Good boy,” the human responded, patting the alicorn on the top of the head.

The grey alicorn grumbled, then turned to the pegasus and the cyan alicorn. “Anyways, how are you two doing?”

“Fine, I guess…” mainverse Sev replied. “I’m just really confused. This is insane, even if it is kinda cool.”

“Oh, wonderful!” the other said exuberantly.

“Where are you two from, anyway?” mainverse Wing asked.

“Well, where my colleague and I are from, we’re masters of chaos.”

“I see...” Sev thought, looking over his alternate self and not being the least bit surprised.

“How did you get your powers?” mainverse Wing asked, looking over his alicorn self.

The alicorn laughed and covered mainverse Wing’s mouth with his hoof. “That would be spoilers, good sir.”

“And we most certainly wouldn’t want to spoil his return,” the strange Sev chimed in.

“He?” mainverse Sev asked.

“We’ve already said too much,” the alicorn replied with a cheshire cat grin.

“Are these two ruffians causing you trouble?” an educated British accent spoke up.

Wing looked over to see another grey alicorn, this one about the height of Princess Cadence. He walking up with another alicorn that looked like an exact double of Sev.

“Oh...you…” the other alicorn said with disdain.

“You still upset about what happened last time we met?” the regal spoken pony asked.

The other alicorn grumbled and trotted off with his companion.

“And you are?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Apologies.” the alicorn stated. “My name is Prince Solarian Wing. Pleased to make your acquaintance, fellow clone of myself.”

“And I’m his best friend, brother in spirit, part time assistant and prankster in arms.” the other Sev introduced himself.

“Wait...Celestia’s your mother?” Wing wondered.

“Yes, she is,” Solarian Wing said. “And this one seems to have a thing for her!” he said with a hint of frustration, pointing to his assistant in frustration.

“Hey! What’s wrong with that?”

“You’re already married!”

“So?”

The Prince facehooved at the reply, along with mainverse Wing.

“Anyways…” mainverse Wing said. “Are you…”

“Nigh immortal, like my mum? No,” Prince Wing replied.

“I see. Wait, if Princess Celestia is your mother, who’s your father?” Mainverse Wing asked.

Solarian Wing sighed. “My father is King Sombra.”

“The King Sombra?” mainverse Wing asked in aw.

“Yes, but where he is from, he’s good. Not like the Sombra you know.”

“Whoa...” mainverse Sev replied, trying to wrap his head around the whole thing.

“Yeah…” Solarian Wing replied softly. “It takes time to get used to, doesn’t it?”

“Anyways, have any pets?” Mainverse Sev asked.

“Oh yes. I have a phoenix, and he’s called Maximus,” Solarian replied.

“That’s pretty cool. My sister has a pet phoenix,” replied mainverse Sev.

“They’re loyal birds, aren’t they?” Prince Wing said, before getting a sad look. “Maximus was a gift from one of my mother’s former students… she and I were like siblings.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” mainverse Sev responded with condolence in his voice.

“She’s not dead. She just...left.”

“I see. I’m sorry to hear that.”

“At least I met him shortly after that happened.” Said Prince Wing, pointing to his assistant.

“Let me guess, you became fast friends? like brothers?” mainverse Wing asked.

“Yep. I imagine the same happened for you, too, which I’m glad to see.”

Mainverse Wing and Sev smiled in reply.

“So, who did you two end up marrying where you come from?” Prince Wing asked.

“Fluttershy,” mainverse Wing replied.

“My Dashie,” mainverse Sev answer.

“Very nice. I married my lady Octavia myself,” Prince Wing said.

“Wow, I once dated her when I went to Canterlot High, so my buddy here wouldn’t have to go there alone.” mainverse Wing said.

“I must say, her father was quite surprised when he met me and found out I was dating her.”

“Heh, I bet he did,” mainverse Wing chuckled.

“So, I’m guessing you went to Ponyville with Twilight during the whole Nightmare Moon thing?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Exactly,” Prince Wing replied.

“Can you believe this joker didn’t get his cutiemark ‘til he was a teenager?” jested Prince Wing-verse Sev.

“Wait, really? That long?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Yes, it’s true. They were worried I would never get one,” Prince Wing replied.

“How did you get it?” Wing queried.

“That’s a long story. Let’s just say...it involved my cousin Blueblood.”

“Ah, so before the most recent Grand Galloping Gala, when he just disappeared after?”

“The very same. Interesting how similar our stories have been.”

“Well if it was a flank kicking, it was a well deserved one,” stated Sev.

“Yes, quite. My cousin was, eh...more brutish before that Gala. But I am proud of how he’s improved since then.”

“You know, there are a lot of interesting versions of us here, princey.” quipped Prince Wing-verse Sev.

“Yeah I know. Hey, how bout you get...Eh, you know...’

“Ah! That’s an idea! These two would love to meet them!”

Mainverse Wing and Sev looked at the other two in confusion.

”I’ll be right back!” the royal Sev trotted off for another part of the room, returning with a pony and what seemed to be a bug/pony hybrid.

“Now, that well… the most developed one of us is here. We’ll let you kids talk while we go talk to that version of myself over there.” Prince Wing pointed to a lone hooded pegasus that stood alone by the drinks table. He seemed to be watching the entire room.

“Ta ta!” Prince Wing and his associate walked off.

“So these are the main us,” the pony-bug hybrid quipped. “I’m, well...you can call me Schkitz.”

“Cool name. I’m Sev.”

“Wow...your name doesn’t even change that much in other universes,” note mainverse Wing

“It’s cause this one is lazy!” the hooded and masked human shouted from across the room, causing the other to slap him on the back of the head.

“So what are you?” mainverse Wing asked.

“Well, I’m a changeling. You know what those are?”

“Those legendary creatures?” Mainverse Wing asked.

Schkitz nodded his head. “So you do know about them.”

“So what can you tell us about yourself?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Well, I was originally born to be a soldier for the hive. Well, spec ops to be specific. After the changeling civil war ended, I was transferred to the infiltration chask. There I met my bond brother here in flight camp.”

“And we can talk telepathically to each other.” changeling-verse Sev told mainverse Wing and Sev.

“That’s...kind of unsettling…” Mainverse Wing replied.

“As awesome as it is...It kind of is,” Mainverse Sev countered.

“You get used to having your mind connected to somepony else’s.” changeling-verse Sev replied.

“Okay…” mainverse Sev and Wing replied in unison. They were still a little creeped out by it.

“It does come in handy sometimes, though. Especially when I need to tell my Sev something discretely.”

“I bet.” Mainverse Sev couldn’t stop thinking of the possibilities when it came down to it.

Changeling-verse Sev chuckled. “Yep, it’s helped us get out of a jam on more than one occasion.”

“So what’s the deal with that one changeling looking pony like you in the black armor?” mainverse Wing asked, pointing to another Wing in the room dressed in jet black armor.

“Oh, him?” Schkitz asked. “He’s with one of our Spec ops teams in his universe.”

“Ah. So...are you anything like me?”

“Well, besides being a different race entirely I’d say eh...bout 90% like you in every manner.”

“Ah. That’s kinda cool.”

“But if you mean the after effects for the crash in Cloudsdale High. Let’s just say getting back at Dumbbell for teasing me was much much more sweeter.” Schkitz replied with a smile.

“Oh?” Mainverse Wing and Sev replied in unison. “You did that?”

“Oh yes,” Changeling-verse Sev countered.

“Should I tell them?” Sev added.

“I don’t know. I mean, he has changed.”

“True. He’s almost like another pony sometimes.”

“But then again, Firefly did marry him just so he’d be her bitch. Like Dash married you for the same reason.”

“Exact--Hey!” changeling-verse Sev snapped.

Schkitz snickered at his friend’s frustration.

“Ignore chucklehead here. He’s like that.”

“I’m just joking with you, buddy,” Schkitz said.

“Yeah, I bet you are.”

“Wow...that’s us on many days,” mainverse Sev noted.

“No kidding,” said mainverse Wing.

“Anyways… Sev and I here have always gotten ourselves into trouble,” Schkitz said.

“You sure we’re not twins or something? We do that all the time,” mainverse Sev replied.

“I bet you do,” another voice butted in.

Wing looked to the source and saw the hooded Pegasus. He wasn’t able to see his face, but from the sound of the voice and body build, he judged that the figure was male. “Uh hello um…”

“Just call me Mr. P,” the figure stated.

“Okay. Mr P...” mainverse Sev said quizzically.

“We’ll leave so you can talk,” Schkitz said, trotting off with the Sev from his universe.

Wing cleared his throat. “So why isn’t there a Sev with you, Mr. P?”

Mr. P sighed. It was as if the question brought up a painful memory.

“Is something wrong?” mainverse Sev asked.

“No. I just wasn’t expecting that to be the first question.”

“Well?” mainverse Sev asked impatiently. “What’s the deal?”

“Don’t push me.” Mr. P said with an air of warning in his voice. He sighed and cleared his throat. “There is no Sev where I come from. Not anymore atleast.”

“Oh…” mainverse Sev replied in sorrow.

“Yeah. He, Soarin and I were classmates and friends.”

“What happened?” mainverse Wing asked.

“The three of us were in a pizzeria in Cloudsdale, hanging out after a long day at school. Like any typical day,” Mr. P began. He took a drink from a bottle of water. “We were arguing on who should take the order, along with who should run our next O&O campaign. Well, my Sev and I were. Soarin thought the entire thing was nerdy. In the end I ended up losing for taking the order, but I won for running the next O&O campaign.” His voice began to waver as he continued. “I went up to the counter to place our order when I noticed this shifty stallion enter the place.” His voice trailed off for a moment.

“You okay?” mainverse Wing asked, taking note of the hesitation.

“Yes, I’m fine,” Mr. P replied. “Anyways... I took the order when the stallion rushed the counter and pulled out a crossbow...”

“What, you don’t have guns in your universe?” Sev interrupted.

“No, we do not,” Mr. P replied. “Now can I continue?” The silence that followed made Mr. P grunt, with some level of appreciation that he could continue.

“Anyways. after he pulled it. I got into a scuffle with him for the crossbow which lasted for some time. I managed to point it away from myself.” His voice once again wavered as if he was reliving the memory. “He kicked me away and pointed the crossbow at me and fired... my best friend... he... he leapt in front of the bolt.”

“He...he took a crossbow bolt for you?” mainverse Sev asked.

Mr. P nodded his head. “Yes. After that the thief ran but was later caught. But due to some ‘jury problems’, he got off on a technicality.” Mr. P looked off to the other Wings and Sevs in the room. “After that I had a lot of anger. My aunt knew some ponies an organization as it were that could help. She took me to them, and when asked what I could do for them,I beat one of their finest in a fencing duel. But it was clear my anger had a major part in that. They trained me to control it so I wasn’t solely using it and not thinking.” Mr. P drank some of his water.

“So what do you plan to do if you meet that stallion again?” mainverse Wing asked. “Also your aunt seems like a um...how should I put this? A very...adventurous mare?”

“I’ll give him the chance to surrender peacefully. But if he makes it clear he won’t surrender and gives me no choice, I will take him down.” Mr. P looked mainverse Wing dead in the eyes. “And yes, she is.”

“Mine is, as well.”

“Ah, so you yourself also got into a lot of trouble before you met your Sev as well?”

“Yep. All the time.”

Mainverse Sev looked quizzically at Mr. P, noting how the figure was looking at him. “What? What did I do?”

“Nothing you need to worry about buddy,” mainverse Wing replied.

“Yes Mr. Divine. It’s just another...similarity that your Wing and I share.”

“So what about your version of Soarin? How long has it been since you last saw him?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Long time,” Mr. P replied, shaking his head. “Too long.”

“So what about when you finish whatever it is you’re doing?” mainverse Wing asked.

“If possible, I’d love to go flying with him again. I’ve been flying solo for a while now on my mission.” Mr. P then looked over mainverse Wing’s shoulder. “Looks like those two want to speak to you, so I’ll take my leave.” Mr. P walked back to the drink table.

Wing and Sev looked behind them and saw two more humans approaching them. One seemed like a scientist, and the other seemed like a musician. “Hello there. I’m Divine, Sev Divine,” the human Sev introduced himself.

“Hello, I am Southern Wing. Honor student, scientific genius, and chess club president,” the human Wing said.

“Not to mention mad scientist…”

The human Wing sighed. “You make one life size replica V1 and everyone calls you a mad scientist.”

“Buddy, you made a fucking cruise missile in your lab!”

‘It wasn’t live! It was only a model!”

The human Sev groaned and facepalmed at the reply. “Anyways...my Wing and I live in a world that’s inhabited by humans.”

“Know any human by the name of Twilight Sparkle?” Mainverse Sev asked.

“Who?” the human Wing wondered.

“Nevermind,” mainverse Sev replied.

“So do you two play any games when your Wing isn’t doing science stuff?” mainverse Wing asked.

“Yep. Of course we do,” the human Wing replied.

“And when our Dash loses, she shuts the console off,” the human Sev said, shaking his head.

“Just like our Dash,” mainverse wing also shook his head.

“Yeah, that’s Dash... seems like no matter the universe, she always stays the same.” the human Sev said, sighing.

“Right. I have noticed a few rare exceptions to that, though, from the other versions of us here. And of course, those in the other room,” the human Wing noted.

“What other room?” mainverse Sev puzzled.

“The room where the er...less sane versions of us are,” the human Wing replied.

“Yes, they are there for a good reason,” the masked and hooded human said walking up. “They are the ones who are less civilized than the rest of you and would only cause problems.”

“Ah. I see,” Mainverse Wing replied. “That’s...interesting.”

The masked and hooded human walked off to another part of the room.

“So anyways. While I may be referred to as a mad scientist by some, I have made things unrelated to mad science.” the human Wing noted.

“Like what?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Ever play Mass Effect?”

“Hell yeah, I do.”

“Well...I’ve made a primitive omni tool. It’s basically a pair of smart phones attached to each other with a iPad.”

“Interesting. I don’t know what an iPad is, but that sounds cool.”

“Yeah. I am an interesting human given my condition, that is.”

“What condition?” mainverse Sev asked.

“My incontinence…”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” mainverse Wing replied, flattening his ears.

“It’s alright. I don’t really get picked on for it, and I think it’s because of all the insane science stuff I’ve made.”

“Or the fact the you’ve damaged the school science lab during one of your experiments.” the human Sev muttered

“It only happened once!”

“Once? Once?!”

“Okay, several times.”

“Yeah, and I’m also a big part why no one makes fun of him. I’d kick their ass in a heartbeat.”

“So would Dashie. You know what she could do.”

“Yeah, her too. You mess with me and you have to deal with Dash.

“You know, my Sev and I weren’t always friends,” the human Wing added

“Really?” mainverse Sev asked, shocked at the thought.

“Yeah. We first met in elementary school. I had been bullied a lot, so I had joined a group of bullies,” the human Sev explained.

“He made the mistake of making me his first target, due to my condition and my stuttering.” the human Wing chuckled. “I heard he and Dashie started a fight right there in the lunchroom.”

“A few weeks later, I stepped in when he was was being bullied, and we became friends after that.” the human Sev continued. “To get Dash and I to make up and be friends, he and Fluttershy locked us in a room to force us to talk. That got us to become friends.”

“Heh, I’m surprised you even managed to become friends after what you did to Wing.” mainverse Sev pointed out.

“No kidding. Even then, Dash still kept a close eye on me.”

“Yeah, well... you made fun of one of her friends for a medical condition and his stuttering when you first met him. I don’t blame her,” mainverse Wing responded. His eyes wandered and he noticed the masked and hooded human handing Mr. P a large box. Mr. P nodded his head in appreciation.

“So from what I heard, something similar happened to you once?” the human Wing asked his pony counterpart.

“Yep. I was doing an air show for my friend here, and banged myself up badly,” said pony-mainverse Wing.

“That’s putting it mildly,” mainverse Sev interjected.

“This one hasn’t let me forget it,” mainverse Wing sighed.

“How could I? How could any of our friends let it go that you were so stupid! You didn’t check the conditions for flying before the airshow?”

“Point taken...but I thought I could handle it.”

The human Wing and Sev chuckled at the sight of the two bickering. “Alright, settle down you two,” the human Wing said.

Mainverse Wing and Sev stopped their squabble. They looked to the human versions of themselves in agreement. “We bicker a lot, don’t we?” pony Wing wondered.

“Yeah, pretty much. At least it doesn’t drive us apart,” his pony counterpart responded.

The human Wing and Sev grinned at their pony selves. “Good to hear,” the human Wing smiled.

“So what are you working on now?” mainverse Wing asked his human self.

“Well...that is classified,” the human Wing replied.

“How so?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Well...I can neither confirm nor deny what i’m working on.”

“Okay then…you’re not gonna tell us, so I’m not gonna ask.”

“So what’s currently going on where you come from? I imagine it’s very different from our lives.”

“Well, humans like you from some company called ‘Hasbro’ just left after filming a show of some sort. And our wives were the stars.” Sev answered.

“Ooh! I love that show!” a rather high pitched voice shouted. It’s owner bounced into view. He revealed himself to be yet another grey pegasus. His mane looking like a cross between Wing’s and Pinkie’s.

“Dear...sweet...Faust...what in Tartarus is that?!” mainverse Sev asked, horrified while Wing himself was unable to speak.

“I’m Winkie!” the hyper pegasi replied excitedly.

“That sounds… like a very...disturbing name…” mainverse Sev replied.

“That’s nothing! You should see what my Pinkie and I did for…”

“Too much information dude! T...M...I!”

“Okie dokie!” Winkie said, seemingly calming down.

“We’ll leave you to talk to these two.” the human Wing said, walking off with the human Sev. The Sev accompanying the hyperactive Wing trotted over.

“Forgive my colleague... he had too much of the cupcakes he and his wife make with their… special sugar.” the other Sev spoke up.

“It’s cocaine, isn’t it?” mainverse Sev guessed.

The hyperactive Wing leaned over to mainverse Sev. “How did you know?” he whispered.

“I’m a magician. I know things,”

“Whoa...” the hyperactive Wing replied, his mind blown.

“Yeah, wasn’t hard to guess at all.”

This version of Sev sighed and slowly facehooved. “Yes, my friend here has always been eh...energetic...and became more so after he met his wife.”

“Now I can understand, given how he married Pinkie,” mainverse Wing thought.

“And what is that suppose to mean?” the hyperactive Wing asked, getting in mainverse Wing’s face.

“Nothing at all! I meant that in a good way.”

“Okie dokie loki…” the hyperactive Wing stared at his mainverse self after that.

“So, I’m guessing you’re a party pony as well?” mainverse Sev asked Winkie.

“You bet! My wife and I plan parties from our secret party cave!”

“I’m not surprised at all…”

“Though we do have another cave, but that’s for our more secret things.”

“That’s...no. Just no,” mainverse Wing sighed.

“Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the details. Your pretty little head wouldn’t be able to handle it,” Winkie replied giving a creepy smile.

Mainverse Wing and Sev were equally freaked out by that.

“Winks, you’re creeping them out...and me too,” the accompanying Sev spoke out.

“Sorry! It just happens sometimes!”

“Anyways...How did you deal with being Winkie’s roommate when you moved to Ponyville?” mainverse Sev asked his mirror self.

“Booze, lots and lots of booze.”

“I can understand that.”

“What? I’m not that bad!” Winkie protested.

“Okay you do have a point on this…You’re usually not THAT creepy. ”

“Besides! I only ate half of that cake you made!” Winkie blurted out, before realizing what he said. “Oops!”

“I knew it was you, Winkie! I knew it all along!”

“Sorry. I couldn’t help it, it was so good!” Winkie complained.

Winkie-verse Sev sighed. “It’s alright. I shouldn’t have gotten so upset.”

“Dude! When you gonna give us a turn?” another voice complained.

Winkie turned to see a unicorn and a pegasus. They looked much like hippies with their long manes standing by them. “Oh! Sorry! I’m gonna go make some cookies!” Winkie zoomed away, taking the Sev accompanying him with him.

Mainverse Wing and Sev looked to their hippie compatriots in confusion.

“Dude, I don’t think they realize that we’re their ancestors from the first pony era.” hippie Sev remarked.

“I don’t think so either, dude,” hippie Wing replied.

Wing and Sev had utterly shocked looks on their faces at the sight of the two. “So...You’re our ancestors, huh?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Yeah, totally dude!” Hippie Wing replied. “Isn’t it obvious?”

“Don’t know what worries me more, the fact I married Pinkie in one universe. Or the fact I’m descended from a stoner,” mainverse Wing mused, shaking his head

“Yeah, same here buddy,” mainverse Sev countered.

“Dude, I think we were just insulted,” said hippie Wing.

“Yeah, dude, I think so too,” added hippie Sev.

“No, I’m not insulting you at all,” mainverse Wing replied, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Okay, dude! Good to hear!” hippie Wing replied with glee.

“Yeah, dude! Like, ask us anything about the first pony era!” hippie Sev exclaimed.

“Did you actually meet Grogar?” mainverse Wing asked.

“Yeah, dude! He was a real buzzkill!” hippie Wing replied.

“I know, dude! He took all our stash, man!” hippie Sev added.

“Totally not cool at all! We needed it!”

“I’ve read about, Tambelon...Must have been hard for you,” mainverse Wing trailed off.

“Yeah it was, it was really grim, dude,” replied hippie Sev.

“Never want to see the place again! The vibe wasn’t groovy!” hippie Wing thought. “Dude, I’m like mad hungry. Let’s see what’s to eat here.”

“Yeah, me too! Talk to you dudes later!” Hippie Sev stated, as he and Hippie Wing trotted off to the food table.

“That was...Interesting,” mainverse Wing spoke.

“That’s one way to describe it, buddy,” mainverse Sev added.

“Yes, I must say so myself.” a regal sounding voice said.

The two friends turned around and saw two Celestias. They bowed when they saw them. The other Wings and Sevs followed suite.

“Now, now, we’re just here to visit the various other Celestias, but we decided to see how you
were doing. We’re not on a royal visit,” the second Celestia said.

“Okay, I think I got it,” mainverse Wing said as the other wings and sevs stopped bowing.

The two Celestias went from version to version ,briefly chatting with them. Once that was over, they walked off back to their own meeting.

“Well, multiple Celestias...Think they’re all trolls?” mainverse Sev asked.

“Probably. I’m sure that trait is in all the universes,” mainverse Wing replied.

The meetings went on. The various Wings and Sevs talked to each other and getting an idea of how their universes operated.

“Well, it’s getting about that time. Everyone head back to your respective universes,” the hooded and masked human said. Various groans and grumbles echoed through the room. “Don’t worry, we will hold another one of these meetings in time. But our universes might be disrupted if we stay here for too long.

He went and opened a portal for Mr. P, he who had his hooves full with the boxes of documents from the notes he'd taken. during the meetings. Mr P nodded his head in appreciation as he walked through the portal, closing after he walked through it. Soon all that were left were the mainverse versions of Wing and Sev.

“So, you kids have fun?” the hooded human asked the two.

“Yeah it was kinda fun,” mainverse Wing replied.

“I guess it was fun. Kinda interesting to see other versions of myself,” Sev added.

The two humans nodded and opened the portal, ushering the two friends inside.

“Stay safe, kids,” the hooded and masked human said. “We’ll meet again.”

Mainverse Sev looked to Wing before they stepped out. “Those humans were weird.”

“Yeah, but that alicorn Wing and draconequus Sev were weirder.”

“Yeah, they really were.”

The two friends then walked through the portal. After they went through dimensions, they were returned to bunker in the Everfree Forest.

“So...shall we head back into town and see what’s going on?” Sev offered. “Maybe our friends will want to hear about it.”

“Why not?” Wing shrugged. “Doubt anypony will believe us, but then again, there has been Nightmare Moon...”

Sev nodded “Yeah... Wonder what kind of other crazy shit we’ll encounter...Can’t be worse than Nightmare Moon…”

The two friends left their bunker and locked it down. Once that was over, they set off back for Ponyville to tell one hell of a story.