The Fourth Wall Restaurant
A Checker Cab in Equestria
Previous ChapterNext ChapterToday was a ordinary day in Equestria for the local librarian, Twilight Sparkle. Everything was normal and sane for her, aside from Pinkie Pie who was talking about a restaurant that exists in between dimensions. She was hopping around, telling her about the owner and his strange personality. Finally, Twilight stuffed a hoof in Pinkie's mouth, then said, "Pinkie, what you're telling me is absolutely insane. I know that you can travel through the Fourth Wall to this other reality, but in absolute no way is there such thing as a floating restaurant in there."
"Next thing, you'll tell me is that there's a taxicab that travels through time and space." she said. Suddenly, the air in the library started to ripple and shift. Electricity started to spark in the air. "Temporal Anomaly Detected!" Pinkie exclaimed. Twilight looked at Pinkie, then back at the air. Suddenly, a cab landed in the middle of the library.
It sat there as arches of electricity, sparked the car. Light emitted from the headlights and the sign on top, which read, "TAXI" on top. Smoke was emitting from the hood of the car. Suddenly, the hood popped open revealing a smoking engine, although it didn't completely look like a normal car engine. There were blinking lights, mechanical noises, and strange devices attached to certain parts of the car.
Suddenly, there was a spark, then a figure covered in soot and comical third degree burns (charded from the burns), wearing a shirt that said "Eat @ The Fourth Wall Restaurant!" to which Pinkie recognised. He soon pulled off his glasses, wiping them off with a handkerchief. *Cough, Cough!* "Well that's the last time I do that. Honestly, I thought I tightened-." "Character!" Pinkie said, surprising him. He jumped, only to slam his head into the hood. He shook it off, then turned off the light from his miner's hat.
Then he realized something. "Pinkie, I need you to go to the car, and pull the parking brake. And please hurry, I don't want to be repairing this thing, just as I get sucked into a black hole." The Character said. Pinkie nodded, then pulled open the driver's side door. Twilight noticed that the door had the words, "Inter-Dimensional Taxi Service" on it, and took note of it. Pinkie entered, seeing all the knobs, switches, and devices. She then pulled the red lever, to which the car shook, as if somebody pulled the brake on it.
"Thanks Pinkie. Now, who are you?" he said, looking at her. Twilight looked at him shocked, then said, "Me, Wh-who are you?" she said, trying not to sound frightened. "Character, remember when I told you about Twilight?" Pinkie said, getting out of the car. He thought for a moment, remembering different Twilights. He soon remember this one, the one that went into the Fourth Wall with Pinkie. He smiled, then said, "Well my dear, what does your logic say about this?" he said, waving his hands at the Taxi and himself.
Twilight, who was a mare of logic and reason (most of the time), looked at the taxi in her library, seeing that there was no hole where it should've came from. The machine itself wasn't powered by magic, but by a different means of a combustion engine. "Pinkie, kill the lights!" he yelled at Pinkie, to which she turned off the lights. It revealed a yellow, metal contraption, with rubber wheels, and shiny rims. The machine had a black and white checker stripe that went across the side of the car. The top of it had a sign, with orange lights on either side.
"It's a Checker Cab. The only one that can travel through other dimensions." he said with a smile on the simplistic design on the Taxi. The Character then pulled himself out of the engine, grabbing his toolbox from inside. He then closed the hood, and started to wipe his hands off. He then went into his trunk. Five seconds later, he was dressed in a blue sweat jacket, a t-shirt, with the words, "I ATE AT THE Fourth Wall Restaurant And all I got was this Lousy T-Shirt." He also had on a pair of jeans, and a clean pair of Converse tennis shoes.
"Now that it's done being repaired, how would you like to take a ride?" he said, to Twilight. Twilight looked at him, then at the taxi, then back at The Character. "Are you crazy?" she exclaimed. He smiled, then said, "Very." Twilight thought that she would be kidnapped to some unknown place. Then Pinkie grabbed Twilight by the arm, then said, "Don't worry Twilight, I won't allow him to get us lost." "Yeah, especially since the Taxi will know where you go." The Character said. Twilight thought about this for a moment, then said, "Well, I do wonder what would happen if...?"
"So is that a yes?" he said, waiting in excitement. She thought for a moment, then said, "Alright, I'll go with you." Both were excited, then The Character said, "Welcome aboard. I'm The Character, and this is our vehicle for tonight."
He then grabbed the meter lever, then smiled at Twilight. "Hang on tight," he said, with a smile, "This is going to be awesome." He then pulled it. Suddenly, the readout started to glow and electricity started to arch around the Taxi. The Character pulled the Emergency Parking Brake off, to which the Taxi soon launched off.
To anyone who saw it, which was Spike, Electricity sparked all around the Taxi. Then it disappeared. All that was left was smoke from where it once was parked, and a licence plate with sparks of electricity. Soon, one thought came to his mind. "I need to alert the princess on this." he said, out loud to no one.
Inside the Space-Time Vortex...
A Taxi Cab was driving to their destination. Well, not exactly. "Do you even know where and when we're going?"Pinkie said. The Character shrugged, then said, "Beats the smarts outta me, but at least we aren't dead." He made a sudden turn, narrowly avoiding a RV. "Crazy Winnebago. Almost slammed into me." He said, not noticing the two shaken and frighten mares in the back. There was a sudden bump, as he tried to adjust the screen. All it did was nothing.
Soon, there was a red light that alerted him. He knew that something was wrong, as he pulled the lever. "Hang on girls, the we're going to make a emergency landing." he said, as the vehicle headed for it's unknown destination. The three of them screamed, as the Taxi Cab started to crash. "Hope I don't cause any commotion." The Character said.
"Warren," Twilight said, bringing a hoof up to wipe away a tear, "It's alright, everything's alright."
Warren turned his head away and muttered something unintelligible.
"What was that?" Twilight asked.
Warren slowly turned his head back to face Twilight, he opened his mouth, and . . .
"PSYCHE!!!
All of a sudden, Warren let go of Twilight and fell backwards onto the floor, bawling with laughter as tears not of pain, but of joy rained from his eyes. To say Twilight was dumbfounded at the (even more) uncharacteristic behavior from the human would be an understatement.
" . . . Warren?" she said.
Warren managed to stop laughing after a minute and sat up, wiping away his tears. "Okay, that's enough," he said to seemingly no one, "Let's show her."
As Twilight sat, confused, the convoluted serpentine form of Discord materialized out of the wall right behind Warren.
"I must say, Dash," he said to Warren, "I was quite skeptical of this fooling her at first, but I guess it really IS all in the acting."
"You bet it is," Warren replied, "Now how about changing me back?"
With a snap of Discord's finger, the form of Warren was blotted out like paint thinner and redrawn as that of Rainbow Dash like paint.
"That felt weird," she muttered.
"Eh, don't think about it," Discord replied.
"So Twili-" Dash's sentence was cut short as a stream of purple magic shot past her and Discord. Turning her head, Dash saw a VERY pissed off Twilight, breathing heavily, and charging up her horn for another shot.
Suddenly, the air started to blow, and electricity filled the air. Twilight (who had lost said charge), Rainbow Dash, and Discord were confused as to what was going on. Their thoughts were answered as suddenly, a Taxi appeared before them, leaning on the wall of Twilight's room. Smoke emitted from the metal of the Cab itself, as it quickly cooled down. Soon, the window rolled down, and The Character stuck his head out the window, holding the map.
"Well shoot. I thought it was going to be a easy landing." he said, looking around. He soon spotted Twilight standing there in shock. "Ah, you must be Twilight Sparkle. Tell me, where am I?" he said to her. Twilight's brain started to function again, then she said, "Are you human?" This confused the Character, until Discord said, "Character, is that you?" he said. The Character smiled, as if he recognised an old friend. "Discord? Son of a gun, is that you?" he said. Discord nodded, then flew up to the driver's side door. "Character, what are you doing here?" he said.
The Character looked at the map in his hands, then back at Discord. "Well one, I'm lost. And two, wise quack, I almost smashed into Twilight's room. Can't you tell by the way I landed?" he said. Discord backed off, seeing the way the Taxi was parked. The Cab's front was high, leaning on the wall. The tail end was leaning on the ground, and the tires weren't even touching the floor. "I can tell. What are you even doing?" he said. "Well I was passing by through the "neigh"-borhood and-."
Discord looked at him with a deadpan look. The Character rolled his eyes, then said, "Alright, you caught me. I was actually showing two ponies from the Dhuradhan universe, the ideas of the story multiverse." "Ah, you have those ponies. I thought you just brought with you some ordinary, un-experienced pair from some non-contacted version of the planet."
The Twilight from this universe was confused and in awe of the stranger sitting before them. Meanwhile, the Twilight from the Dhuradhan universe was in even more awe that she was watching herself, but her other self couldn't see her. "Are you human?" she asked. The Character looked at her, then thought for a moment (or at least appeared to be). He finally answered with a "No. But, I am human looking."
The Character looked back at Discord. "Anyways, I need to get going pal. I'll leave you to your stuff." he said. Discord bowed, then said, "See you later, and I hope you have a good day." The Character smiled and waved to him, then he rolled up the window of the door. Five minutes later, the Taxi disappeared and almost everyone in that universe forgot them.
She wish she had it like most Equestrias in the Multiverse, they only got the odd visitor from another parallel universe to their world, while her Equestria was like a dumping ground for the Multiverse.
It sadden her that many of her counterparts of herself were no longer her friends anymore and called her a monster, due to her harsh treatment of interdimensional visitors. But what choice does she have? Just let a bunch of rapists and murderers run around to hurt her innocent subjects? At least she treated the nice interdimensional visitors well.
Her counterparts didn't let the depraved individuals run around either, but they did give them a second chance to redeem themselves no matter how depraved the person was. Truly, they were very tolerant.
She wish she could just send the depraved people back home to their own universes. That way she wouldn’t have to kill them and whatever universe they came from is left to deal with them. Perhaps one day she'll have the power to send them back home?
All she knew for sure was she'll need to eat a lot of chocolate cake, drink a ton of alcohol and get the most hung Royal Guard to agree to-
ZAP!
Suddenly, there was a spark. Celestia looked over the throne room, seeing nothing but a empty throne room. "Guards, send in-"
BZZZ-ZAP!
Soon the wind started to pick up all around the room, and sparks started to flash before her. Soon there was a explosive bright flash, then a smash that scraped the floor of the room. Sitting there on the floor, was a yellow taxicab, which had automatically placed on it's hazzard lights. Celestia had heard of taxis from the humans that came from New York, but never expected one to be here. There was a spark that came from the car, then the doors opened. Soon, The Character, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie all exited the Taxi, charred and smoking.
The Character popped his spine, then looked over the damage. "Everypony alright?" he said, looking towards the two. They nodded, coughing the smoke out of their lungs. Character then tapped on the hood of the car. The hood popped open, revealing smoke and a broken bulb on the engine. While The Character was assessing the damage to the engine, Celestia tried scanning his mind.
It didn't work, and that was making her mad.
She soon walked up to the Character, giving him a stern look. "Not now Celestia, I need to fix this first." he said. That confused Celestia for a moment, before something occurred to the Character. Realization hit him, causing him to slowly turn around towards the large alicorn. He gave her a large nervous smile, while she gave him the stink eye. She lowered herself to his level, then said, "Who are you?" in a stern tone.
He gulped, then said, "Well, I'm the Character. And as you can see... I drive a Taxicab." She raised an eyebrow, then looked at the two ponies. She knew who they were, and who they weren't. "I see that you have some passengers." She said. The Character nodded at this. "Yes, however... they aren't your version of them. They know me, and the general idea of the Fourth Wall Dimension." Celestia looked on the strange Interdimensional being standing there before her, confused on what he just said. "Fourth Wall Dimension?" "Yes, the dimension that a strange dimensional plane that not just anyone can access." he said, replying to her question.
Celestia thought that he was making it up, but decided against it. The Character pulled out a toolbox from behind his back, then went over to the engine. He pulled it upward, which appeared to do nothing. Suddenly, the engine went upward as it grew higher and higher. It soon slowed down to a stop, revealing a complicated tower of machine, towering over the throne of Celestia, herself, and the two ponies the Character took with him.
He looked down, only to see that another bulb was out. Five seconds later, a metal box popped out of the tower and dropped. It soon broke when it hit the ground. Nothing happened in that ten seconds, then The Character said, "Well, that could've been a bad day for us."
Suddenly, wind started to pick up and electricity started to fill the air. "Crud, I was afraid of this." Character said, as he held onto the engine. Twilight, Pinkie, and Celestia were nervous as a vortex started to form. Soon, four humans fell out of the vortex, landing on the carpet. Soon, the vortex closed up, and the energy transferred back into the box. The box suddenly, reverse back to a solid box.
The Character grabbed the box, with a fishing pole, then pulled it up. As he repaired the Taxi, Celestia scanned their minds, seeing all the other earths that they have been to, and all the horrors and amazing things they had seen. They all had one thought though, they wanted to go home. Celestia then noticed that one of them had a strange device in their hand. It was a working timer, with a strange knob. Twilight and Pinkie looked at each other, then back at the humans. "Hey, those are Sliders." he said. The three ponies looked up at the Character, who was replacing the light bulb. He then pushed the entire engine back in.
He soon closed the hood, then wiped off the oil from his hands. He then looked at the four travelers, lying there unconscious. "Come on guys, lets get going." Twilight, Pinkie, and The Character were heading for the Taxi, when Character stopped, and turned to Celestia. "I hope you can forgive us for coming here on a accidental fluke," he paused, looking at the four original ones. "And try to give others a chance. This may be a multiversal dumping ground ('at least one of them,') but it may be a actual another chance for people who had a bad life." he said.
He finally got into the taxi, then started it up. It soon started to float up as the floor started to repair itself. Soon, the taxi launched off, going into the unknown. She then heard a groan from behind her, and turned towards the four interdimensional travelers. "Great, now where are we?" the man named Rembrandt said. The big man, named Professor Arturo got himself up, and sat down. "I don't know, I'm sure that we're aren't on a normal planet Earth." "Wherever it is, it's colorful." Wade said, who was a female. Quinn, who got up last and was the only male who invented the sliding device, automatically spotted Celestia standing there. "Hello there." he said to her.
She smiled, "Welcome Interdimensional Travelers. You appeared to have come long and far," she said. This took the four travelers by surprise. "Welcome to Equestria."
Meanwhile, In the Fourth Wall Dimension...
A Taxi was flying through the multiverse, heading to the restaurant. Twilight looked out her window, seeing the floating building before her. "What?" she said in awe. Character and Pinkie smiled at this. "I told you that it was real." Pinkie said, with a smile. The Character knew that this was going to be a long time ahead of them.
Author's Note
Human By: Twilight Sparkle actually by Razalon
Celestia Is Judge And Executioner Of Interdimensional Visitors by Rush
Sliders by Fox/NBC
Phil of the Future by Disney
This is the first time I decided to include others stories to which I would come into. Twilight and Pinkie were chosen by a fellow writer that I like. He wrote a "Fourth-Wall Breaker", involving Twilight and Pinkie. So, after mentioning the idea to him, I decided to include some writers from my group to help with this story.
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Dhuradhan, hope you're ready to save the universe with our friends.
Wish me good luck, and hope you guys will like it.
-The Character
