Code: Pony Evolutionby RomajiChaptersEpisode 1: "CODE: PONY"Episode 2 "Miss. Exposition"Episode 3: "X.A.N.A's Cupcakes"Song: "A World Without Discord"Episode 1: "CODE: PONY"Twilight Sparkle does not have much to do. This may surprise you, given she is the newest princess of Equestria. However, no duties have been assigned yet, in part because the sisters have not chosen what she would be princess of. So, until the decision was made, it was just a dress and title. "I'm so bored right now." She mutters to nopony at all. ~****~ Funny enough, in an (as of yet) unrelated universe, a boy that could match Twilight in brain power has just the same thought. He could try to listen to the lecture, but he already knew all the answers. Normally, Jeremie Belpois would answer, but those problems were so easy they weren't fun. Then, on the other side of the scale, was how to get Odd's source codes back. He needed to run some tests, which is not possible when you're stuck in class. All in all, a common feeling as of late. He wishes he could get a fun problem to work on. ~****~ Twilight just got that sort of problem Jeremie wishes he had: Not easy, all the pieces are there, and solvable. "Dearest Twilight Sparkle, I apologise for the lack of activity lately. However, I have just what I think will break you out of your boredom. You are going to find and explore universes. Sign here to teleport over to me _____________" Twilight is confused over this new magic. "That would have been helpful if you used that earlier." Sighing, she signs her name. Multiverse magic is not very common for a number of reasons. One, It requires a very, very high level of experience. Two, most ponies with the power to do it are in this universe for a reason, and have no desire or need to go elsewhere. Finally, most universes are magic free, requiring a magic "bubble" to keep ponies from dying due to magic asphyxiation. For Twilight, one and three aren't a problem, and two is bypassed by boredom. The implications of using this magic are lost on Twilight, because she is too bored to care. "Good thing you came, Twilight! We have a mission for you and your friends, should you chose to accept it." Celestia says, not noticing her own reference. To be fair, the reference was from a magic deprived world known as Earth. "Of course I accept! I wouldn't bother signing the letter otherwise! Where am I going?" "The first step is to find out. Cast "Ceux qui errent, trouver"[1] on yourself and paint a shape on paper" "Huh? You don't even know where I'm going? Ummm.... Sure." Twilight is not expecting this to work. A shape? ANY shape? She paints a circle. Nopony expected what happened next. The paint flows on the paper, eventually looking like the Eye of X.A.N.A. "Wow, that was fast." Celestia says in shock. "That worked? How is that even possible?" Twilight says, more shocked than being hit with a lightning bolt. ~****~ "How do you get codes back? How is that even possible? I know it is, but how?" Jeremy mutters to himself. "Need some help, Jeremy? Don't worry, your better half can take care of it." Laura says, getting on all of Jeremy's nerves. Not only did she reference their "relationship" which Jeremy could attest was a lie, but she basically called him stupid. "NO!" "Fine then. Let it be your fault that the world gets annihilated due to X.A.N.A." "Alright class, time to turn in your dorm work." The teacher says to the class. Jeremy reaches down pulling out his project with confidence. Odd is busy unfolding a paper airplane, and the other's start digging through their bags. Then, Ulrich noticed something terribly wrong. The projects have all been replaced with the Eye of X.A.N.A. Looking closer reveals a project someone worked on. That was Laura's paper and it had his name on it. Concerned, he double checks. What? It's now Odd's paper! Confused, he looks at Jeremy's paper. Both of them now saw Sissi's paper with his name on it. They exchange a glance that says 'we need to talk about this' ~****~ "Celestia, we need to talk about this. Why did you send me to a new universe? Why can't I explore one that was already found?" Twilight asks Celestia. It was a fair question. Why send a pony to an universe that could kill them when there was safe universes that needed exploration? What Twilight doesn't know is that all of the old links to other universi are all broken. "You could go to these universes, if you can comprehend what the symbol is." Celestia holds up a notebook full of pages so smudged they look like wall painting practice. "Do you see the problem? We can't get to these any more. Being not visited in 500 years-" "-Plus or minus 12" Luna interjects. "Can I continue, sister?" (beat) "Thank you. As I was saying, having not been visited in so long has made contact with them impossible." Twilight's ears droop on hearing that. "Oh. So the dangerous option is the only one. ButwhatifIunleashsomegreatdemonthatkillsmeandmyfriendshavetoholdafuneralanditstealsmythoughtsandtakesoverEquestria?" Celestia laughs. "Don't worry like that! You'll be with the Elements of Harmony. And besides, where there is great evil there is great heros! And, if things come to worst, you can come home." "I should probably learn that return spell." "Draw a 5 pointed star with a pentagon in the middle on the ground, then draw a circle larger than the pentagon but smaller than the star. Here is a picture to help you see it." "Then, you and your friends take their positions. The exact placement of your friends does not matter. All that does matter, is that you are in the middle and one friend is on each spoke. Then, let your magic dribble and fill the grooves. Finally lift your magic up, keeping the shape, and say 'Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: Trouver votre chemin de retour par revenir sur vos pas'[2]. The first line line is common to all universe transportation spells." Celestia notices the note pad twilight took out from behind her back, even though she had nothing on that side, to note take. "Still my ever faithful student, eh twilight?" ~******~ "A faithful student? Have you even seen me in class?" Odd remarked to the DETENTION teacher. This was, for a lack of a better word, odd. He knew something is up. If the Eye of X.A.N.A on his project wasn't enough to show that, the fact that the detention teacher thought he was always focused on his studies and never broke any rules or fell asleep in class oughta be. He doesn't care right now, he has to talk with the team on this. ~******~ "Ignoring that, I think I need to talk with the team. I don't want to pull them out of this world without proper permissions. This is kind of big." Twilight squeaked out of embarrassment. Yes, she wanted to make sure she remembered. She always does, but she does it to keep herself from panicking about how she might forget. Ironically, all of the panic makes her forget. Celestia says "No worries, Twilight, I was not mocking you. In fact, I think that is the appropriate course of action. We have somethings that need some work right now." ~******~ "So, from what we can tell, XANA is playing with pieces of paper, swapping what is said on them around. This'll be easy!" William says. "Just a routine trip to Lyoko." "Just be careful. We don't want you getting possessed again." Yumi says. "Lets go do it." Ulrich says. It's most convenient that the french sewer system reaches near to an abandoned factory that most would not know had the supercalculator inside. If it wasn't for that small quirk, the entire events of Code: Lyoko would have never happened. But it does, and Code: Lyoko did happen. ~********~ Another thing that is quite convenient is that Twilight's friends are willing to go through the multiverse. After a quick conversation. "Ahm not sure what this whole multi whatever thing entails" Applejack says. It's a difficult topic. "Ok, so I preform a fancy spell (the technical term by the way) and we go to somewhere that can only be reached with that spell. When it's time to return, I do another one to get back." Twilight says, her second time explaining it. This one is better than her last one as she didn't go into frivolous detail about how these spells work. She just said what needed to be said. "Ah think ah get it now. Thanks Twhilight! Ahm ready to go with you on this." One down, four to go. The funny thing about Pinkie Pie, is that she seems to have her own rule set. That's the only way to explain how she popped out from behind a trash can that was smaller than her. "Hey Twi! I was wondering what's up, given that my Cecum is vibrating at 1.2836 BPM as opposed to 1.2837 BPM. Did I forget to thank you for the anatomy lessons?" "That was too much information. Anyways, I came to ask you if you're interested in joining the rest of us in exploring the multiverse. You know what that is?" Twilight asks. Pinkie Pie takes out a pair of reading glasses (which Twilight knows she doesn't need) and "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: How to explore the multiverse." (Reverse the nature of real and fiction: How to explore the multiverse) from the trash can, somehow perfectly clean. She puts on the glasses and reads the intro paragraph. She nods a nod of understanding. "Of course I know what that is! And yes, I would love to join you! And then we can throw a we-found-another-universe party!" "Thanks" Only three left. Twilight opened the door to Rarity's boutique, the place she was meaning to go to. She sees, unsurprisingly, Rarity working on fashion. It wasn't all she did, but when things calm down, normally she is found doing that. Twilight knows better than to interrupt her work. She waited for her to notice her. Rarity looks up. "Oh darling, I'm so sorry I didn't notice you! You look like you have something big to talk about!" "Why yes I do. Have you heard of the multiverse?" Aaaand that was the big question. "Darling, I have. But only in science fiction. I think you're talking about something else." "Would you please come with us exploring the multiverse? I know I need 6 ponies to come with me." "Exploring other worlds? I'd love to come with you darlings, but I've got a lot of stuff to work on" "Please. The elements don't work unless we're together." "Of course. I might even come up with some new fashion. I'll come, but on one rule." "Which is?" "I get to bring my couch." "Deal" Down to the final two. Wings are quite convenient for going to a friend who lives in the clouds. "Hey, Rainbow Dash." Dash drops the Daring Do book she's reading. "TWILIGHT? You didn't see that! How did you even get up here?". Twilight points at her wings. "Oh right. I keep forgetting you have those. But you just flew through a wall! Wait.... anti cloud walk spell. So, why are you here?" "Oh, only suggesting that you come with the rest of us in exploring other universes ." "WHAT?! Heck ya, I want to do that! I'm a little bored right now, so this is going to BE AWESOME!" "Glad I could get you on board." "Just don't do that again. You almost gave me a heart attack!" Just fluttershy left. "Could you help me convince fluttershy?" "Yep. Is she the last element left?" "Yes" "eep!" "Don't worry fluttershy, the rest of the elements will be with you to help. You won't be dead weight." "oh. Ok." "Yes! All of the elements agreed to help! It's time to start exploring!.... Right after I clear things up with Celestia." ~****~ "It's time to virtualise!.... Right after I remember what the tower location command is." Jeremie says. "Can't you just look... oh right. XANA swaps written info around." Ulrich says. "Wasn't the command 'list accessPoints -a'?" Alita mentions. "Thanks Alita! the tower is in The Mountain Sector. Odd, Yumi and Ulrich, enter the scanners." ~****~ "No matter how many times I get virtualised, it still feels strange." Yumi quips. "You could say it feels ... odd." Odd jokes. Ulrich and Yumi both facepalm. "That is such a bad joke." Ulrich says. "Can you hear me?" Jeremie says over the comlink. "Yes, we can" Odd says. "Good. the tower is in front of you, right behind that mountain. Hornets, Krabs and Bloks block the path. Heh, It's funny that they use each of your favorite monsters." "That was quick. Although, we are experts." Odd reports. "Experts huh? Then why are you down to one AP?" Yumi says. "We'll guard the tower and you, Yumi, go in to deactivate it." Ulrich says. "Got it." Yumi enters the tower. ~****~ "Twhilight, are you sure this'll work?" AJ asks. "Don't break my concentration!" Twilight responds. Her magic fills the grooves in the ground. ~****~ Yumi levitates up to the main console. ~****~ Twilight lifts the magic to about head height. ~****~ Yumi's hand is scanned and accepted. She gets to the code input screen. ~****~ "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction:..." [3] ~****~ She inputs code Lyoko. It fails, and the tower suggests "PONY" as an alternate code ~****~ "...Virtualiser, devenir vrai...." [4] ~****~ Confused, she types in "PONY" ~****~ "...et le faux!" [5]. Twilight's magic glows bright enough that all anypony can see is white. ~****~ The tower deactivates, and two sectors appear in Lyoko: The Crystal Sector (which could remind you of the Ice Sector or the Crystal Empire) and The Everfree Sector (similar to the Everfree forest). Also, the mane six are now in Lyoko, in The Everfree Sector. "So, did it work?" Yumi asks "Yea, but it has some strange effects. Like two sectors appearing out of the blue and 6 life forms appearing in the new forest sector." Jeremy reports. "Can you pull up a map of the new sectors?" Ulrich asks. "Got it. Here are the maps." Jeremy says. The maps of the two new sectors appear in front of them. "I know what those sectors are." Odd notes. "Oh really? Please explain." Yumi asks. "Ok. Have you ever watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?" Odd asks. As Yumi has noted, getting virtualized feels odd. It feels even odder if you have no idea that it's going to happen. It's crazy odd if not only do you have no idea that you're going to be virtualized and you're getting virtualized by somepony who, till about a minute ago, didn't know about the multiverse. Needless to say, everypony was feeling really queer. "Ah'm not sure Twhilite you performed that fancy spell quite right." AJ says. "I know we're in some virtual world." Pinkie Pie says. "And how would you know that?" Twilight asks. "Because my spleen is vibrating at 120 BPM as opposed to 116 plus the square root of 3 plus the square root of 5 BPM. Digital worlds don't pay as much attention to the slight error." Pinkie Pie responds. Needless to say, everypony looks at Pinkie with a look of extreme confusion. Finally, Twilight breaks the silence. "Next time, just say it's your Pinkie sense." "Oh. Ok." "Darlings, I don't mean to interrupt, but we all look quite different. And we also have convenient weapons that fit us well. Pinkie Pie has a cannon literally with her name on it, Fluttershy has an animal call whistle, Rainbow dash has a sword, I have a gun that can shoot magically charged gems, Applejack has spiked horseshoes and Twilight can call spell books to her disposal." Rarity says, causing quite a bit of confusion. "huh?" Fluttershy says. "How do you suddenly know that? Twilight is supposed to be our know-it-all egghead!" Rainbow Dash asks. "I looked at the objects and got a short bio on them. That just seems to be how it works here." Rarity responds. To everypony's (except Rarity) surprise, this actually works. "And about how we look different, we're being drawn using 3D animation as opposed to the 2D animation in Equestria." Pinkie Pie says. "I'm just not going to question that." Rainbow Dash says. "Wait, you're a brony? Why did we not know of this earlier?" Ulrich asks. "It never came up." Odd replies. "For heaven's sake, I share a dorm room with you. Why didn't I know you watched ponies?" "Um, because I started a month ago and I do it after you go to bed?" "Never mind that. What do you know about those two sectors?" Yumi asks. "This place feels familiar. Like the Everfree forest." Rainbow Dash looks around. "Although, the Everfree does not have one of those in it." She is pointing at a (deactivated) tower. She is interrupted by a megatank starting to open fire. "Alright, we've got company. Lets destroy these freaks!" Dash says as she hits the mega tank in the eye with her sword dealing 75 AP of damage. The mega tank fires, just missing Rainbow Dash. "Incendier!" [6] Rarity says as her gem leaves her gun. The gem gets destroyed by a circular laser. Then she notices that there is more than one megatank. "He isn't alone. Use extreme caution" "Trying! Come on dragon! You know what to do!" Fluttershy yells over the sounds of combat. "You deal with the, umm... Bloks! I've got the .... Megatanks!" Twilight says, stopping to find out what the names of their opponents are. "Die, monstre! Vous n'appartenez pas à ce monde!" [7] "One thing I just found out about these 'ponies'. On one side is The Eye of XANA. They're most likely possessed by XANA or new monsters for these new sectors." Jeremy says on the team's transport over to the Everfree Sector. "I'm not so sure about that. Besides, they were just defeating some of XANA's monsters" Odd remarked. "It could be mind games. Besides, they changed the tower deactivate command to 'PONY'. This is clearly a trap." Yumi says, quite cautious. "I agree with Yumi." Ulrich agrees. The X.A.N.A onslaught was not too much of a problem for the elements, but it still caused damage. AJ is at 54AP; RD, 31AP; Pinkie Pie, 49AP; Rarity, 59AP; Fluttershy, 35AP and Twilight is at 63AP. "Everypony! The monsters have left us alone!" Pinkie Pie says. "Good thing too, that was exhausting. Although, strangely not painful or physically tiring." Twilight says. "Hey, who are they?" Applejack says, pointing at the Lyoko Warriors. "Odd is in front, Ulrich is on the right and Yumi is on the left. I can't make out their expressions from here." Rainbow Dash scouts and reports. He dashes up to welcome them. "Careful darlin' Ah think that might not be taken so kindly." AJ says. Ulrich dives at Twilight, katana aimed towards her head. "Détourner!" [8] Twilight says, sending out a line of purple magic deflecting his sword (and by connection, him) away from her. "Not giving up easily, I see. Very well then." Yumi says as she hits RD using Tessen Fans, hitting her middash. RD gets hit by the first three attacks, but barrel rolls away from the rest. "Now you tell me." RD says. Ulrich runs at AJ, knocking her towards the digital sea. He didn't notice the rainboom behind him. "Hey, Odd! Why are you not attacking us?" Twilight says, not noticing that AJ is falling to her near certain death. "Because I don't think you're evil." "Like shit they aren't." Ulrich says, slashing Fluttershy. She dodges the later attacks but falls down to 10AP. "EEEEP!" Fluttershy screams. "Listen! We might be able to reason with them!" Twilight calls out. "We won't be indoctrinated!" Yumi screams, throwing her fans at Rarity. "Arrêtez projectile!" [9] Rarity says, firing her gem right at the fans. They stop in mid-air, then fall to the ground. "I'm willing to let them come with us." Odd mutters. "WHAT?" the Lyoko Warriors call out. "We haven't attacked you. I don't see the issue." Twilight reasons. "Fine. We'll devirtualize them. If anything goes wrong, it's all your fault." Yumi says. "Terms accepted." Odd replies. "Good! Let us see here, we have me, RD, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Where is AJ?" Twilight asks. "Umm, I kind of threw her into the Virtual Sea." Ulrich shyly mutters. "RD, quick! Get her before it's too late!" Twilight calls out of panic. "Will do!" RD says as she starts dashing down towards the digital sea. "That was mighty impolite of him to throw me down here like this." AJ mutters. "Ah wonder what happens to things that touch ... The Digital Sea." "Come on! I can do this! This is what I trained my whole life for!" RD cheers herself on. He knows that whatever happens to AJ if she hits The Digital Sea is bad. Very very bad. "Oh, look. It's RD. Ah wonder why she's after me so fast. She has continuous Rainbooms after all." AJ says, unknowing of the danger she's in. "Almost there! She's not dead yet!" RD continues. She just grabs AJ's hoof, right before The Digital Sea claims her. "Hold on tight! You'll need to if you want to live!" "Holding on!" AJ yells. "You think she'll make it?" A panicked Twilight asks Team Lyoko. "She will. Look now, they're heading back up now." Odd consoles. "I'm so glad." She sniffles. "I'm so glad I could make a friend in you Odd." "Don't forget about us!" Ulrich says. "We couldn't darling. Although, perhaps not in the best way so far." Rarity says. "Ah'm a bit confused. What did you do?" Applejack asks. "Oh, only saved you from certain death." Rainbow Dash replies. "Nothing too big." "So what would happen if Ah touched that?" "You would get split into a billion little pieces, all of which scatter outwards at ridiculous speed." "OH." "If I attacked Odd right now, would he die? If you got my AP to zero, would I die?" Twilight asks. "Odd would not die, he would return to earth. However, since you have never been on earth before, you would die." Jeremy explains. "What about touching the digital sea?" "That would kill either of you." "OH. That's bad." "Ah'm back." Applejack says. "yay!" Fluttershy says. "Thank Celestia!" Twilight Sparkle cries out. "LET ME HUG YOU!" "Ah..." Applejack says right before a cuddle so strong, she's glad Lyoko doesn't deal cuddle damage. "Ah don't have a choice do I? Not that I'd want one." "What do you say about devirtualizing and calling it a day?" Jeremy asks. "When we do we are going to have that we-found-another-universe party?" Pinkie Pie asks. "I'm up for that." Odd approves. "Lets devirtualize and decide after that." Jeremy says. Author's Note formatting notes: ~*****~ This means a world transition. (Earth, Equestria and Lyoko are the different worlds) XANA (in dialogue) X.A.N.A as pronounced in the show. ("Zana") X.A.N.A (in dialogue) Saying X.A.N.A's name letter by letter. ("Ehx-ae-en-ae") ehXANA (in dialogue) pronouncing it "Ehx-ana". Accenting on the "x" sound. And yes, I know the irony of writing the spells in french when they are technically speaking french. SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): 1:Those who wander, find 2:Reverse the nature of real and fiction: Find your way back by retracing your steps 3:Reverse the nature of real and fiction:.... 4:....Virtualize, become true.... 5:.....and false! 6: Burn! 7:Die, monster! You don't belong in this world! 8:Deflect! 9:Stop projectile! EDITOR/ASSISTANT WRITERS: craton765 and Namara Please notify me about what you hated/loved about this story! Yes, I know RD doing a 180 just before hitting the digital sea is not really possible in the show, but this is Lyoko. Lyoko amplifiers abilities, so if in Equestria she can do a 90 degree turn, it's not unreasonable to assume she could turn 180 on Lyoko. "list accessPoints -a" Is a pesudo Unix command that tells the Supercalculator to print the list "accessPoints". The "-a" flag is short for "--active" that filters down to the active towers. 116 plus the square root of 3 plus the square root of 5 aprox = 119.96811878506866698993662001024 Episode 2 "Miss. Exposition""Ok, you need to stand vertically." Jeremy asks Twilight. "I'm sorry if that's uncomfortable, but the scanners are designed for bipeds. I only need to do this the first time. Please stand up." A pause from Twilight as she (Slightly unstably) stands on her hind legs. "Ready!" Twilight Sparkle explodes purple pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. ~****~ Twilight didn't know what to expect from 'Earth'. Whatever it was, it wasn't what happened. First off, she was in a cylinder. That must be why I had to stand vertically Twilight thinks to herself. Second, she notices she has a magic bubble from some source that isn't her. Who could be giving her safety? Third, her Eye of X.A.N.A "Cutie Mark" (it's not really, CM manipulation can't make it so you have two different CMs) is glowing bright white, then have most of it fade to black. "huh? It must be something.... Oh. That was where I stood during the spell" ~****~ "WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Jeremy, YOU BETTER EXPLAIN THIS S#!T" RD yells, thinking Jeremy just KILLED TWILIGHT. "Dash, calm down. She'll speak with you now." Jeremy responds in a panic. "How? You just wiped her from existence!" "Not quite." ~****~ Twilight notices the doors of the scanner open. "Twilight! Convince your friend that I didn't kill you!" Jeremy calls out. "How?" Twilight asks. "Just tell him... ooops her what happened. Just speak into that mic." Twilight walks up to the mic. "RD, can you hear me?" ~****~ "RD, can you hear me?" Rainbow can't believe it. That was Twilight Sparkle! "Wait. WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?" RD calls out in confusion. "I just entered another universe. You're all 'inside' this machine called The Supercalculator. I just was 'Devirtualized'. What this entails is that I don't die, but I can't renter 'Lyoko' for 12 hours." Twilight takes a deep breath. "Does that make any bucking, sense?" "Language, Twilight!" Rarity says. Twilight expects her to take out the couch, but she doesn't. "I guess... except no, not at all." Rainbow Dash says confused. "I'll have to look into how to explain that better." ~****~ "Jeremy, I know something is up. There is a girl in the lab, and it's not Yumi or Aelita." Will asks Jeremy. "Oh s#*t. I'm going to tell you the truth, but it's going to sound like a lie. A purple unicorn pegasus hybrid is trying to convince her friends that she is safe. Who are still in Lyoko. In a new version of The Forest Sector." Jeremy panicked. "I have never heard a more blatant lie since you told me the Supercalculator was completely safe." Will remarked "I never told you that. That's a lie and you know it. So, you want to prove me wrong? Let's enter the lab."Jeremy opens the doors in a less dramatic that you would expect fashion, given that there is talking pony inside. "Dash, I can't come back right now. There is a 12 hour timeout. Do you really think it's a good idea to at-" Twilight Sparkle says, then notices the people enter the room. "Hold on, Dash. There is some people that I think need to talk to me." She takes off the headset (It does not fit over her ears, so the volume was quite high). "Hello, who are you?" "Jeremy, have you been messing with Code: Earth again?" Will asks. "Kind of. But these just kind of appeared into Lyoko along with The Everfree Sector and The Crystal Sector." Jeremy pauses. "She is also one of the six new members of our team." "WHAT??!! You know you need unanimous vote to elect new members of our team!" "You're forgetting that we all agreed to change it to majority vote." "Well f$%k." "You still haven't told me your names. Who is the sta- I mean man and who is the woman?" Twilight speaks up. "Terribly sorry, purple pegasus with a horn. My name is William Dunbar." William says. "Oh! I must have forgot to say my name. I am Twilight ... Victoria Sparkle. It's normal to have a middle name, right? Because I just kind of made it up. Nice to meet you Will. And you are.... "Twilight points her hoof at Aelita. "Umm... I'm Aelita Schaeffer. I didn't know there was other intelligent beings in Lyoko." "'Other'? You mean you were stuck in that place too? We can talk when the rest are out." She then opens up the Supercalculator manual to the Code: Earth segment, reads a bit, then proceeds to devirtualize Dash. This surprises the f*#k out of the Lyoko Warriors. Not just that she could understand that dence as s#*t manual, but that she levitated the manual. "How did you do that?" Will asks out of astonishment. "I just looked thur-" Twilight starts, then is cut off by Will. "No, how did you levitate a book?" "Magic." "How did you really do it?" "I cast a.... Oh right. Magic free universe. I shouldn't expect you to understand magic." "So we now have six 'ponies' that look like they're from MLP. I don't know if I should barf right now." "What is MLP?" Twilight sighs."I have a lot of research ahead of me" Suddenly, the scanner doors open, revealing RD."Hey, is one of my cutie marks glowing and then looking like this normal?" RD asks. Opening the door to the lab, RD asks "Whoa, are these people? They look cr-" "Stop that. They could have killed us!" Twilight replies, shoving her hoof into Rainbow's mouth. "And yes, it does appear to be normal. We seem to have a mark based on where we were during the crossover spell." "Wait. You came via spell? I'm so confused." Ulrich says, coming out of a different scanner. "I know you enter using this scanner, that must take care of the fancy spell for you." Everyone else is just kind of stuck wondering whether to facepalm or look really confused. Hint: they choose option two. "I'll just go over and devirtualize the Lyoko Warriors now and not ask questions." Jeremy finally manages to say. "Sounds like a plan." Aelita awkwardly adds. ~****~ "Sorry for the delay guys. Yumi, Odd and Ulrich, prepare for devirtualization." Jeremy says. "Who would have thought devirtualizating PONIES would have caused a few problems? Also, Ulrich is already devirtualized." Yumi deadpans. "Oh, must be the monitor glitching up. I'll just devirtualize Fluttershy as well. Devirtualizating in three... Two... One..." Jeremy calls out. The Lyoko Warriors explode blue pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. Fluttershy explodes purple pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. ~****~ "Eep! What's happening to one of my CMs?" Fluttershy says, one of her CM's looks like this: The scanner doors open, and Fluttershy returned to her normal, four legged stance. Odd notices Fluttershy standing on her four hooves."Oh wow, I didn't think you were actually Fluttershy!.... I shouldn't be so hyper about this. I know how poorly you deal with fame." Odd facepalms. "... I just dug myself deeper, didn't I?" "EEEEP! How do you know that?" "I freaking called it. If anypony knows why the elements of harmony have there own TV show here, it would be Twilight Victoria Sparkle." "I have so many questions right now, but I'll put them off until later." "Same here." Yumi says. ~****~ "Ok, that just leaves you three. Rarity, Pinkie Pie and AJ" Jeremy says. "Get in position for devirtualization." "Will do!" Pinkie Pie chirps as she jumps up on hind legs like it was nothing. "Ah'm ready." AJ says as she carefully gets up on her hind legs. "If I must." Rarity says as she gracefully moves to a bipedal position. Jeremy devirtualizes the three ponies. ~****~ "Huh, what is that?" Rarity says noticing the change in one of her cutie marks. "I don't remember it looking like that before." "Ah'm sure my Cutie mark had something to do with apples. Both of them, that is." AJ says, noting that one of her Cutie marks now looks like this: "Hey! We're now live action! I didn't even know that was possible! My actor looks just like me!" Pinkie Pie says, then notices her changed Cutie mark. "They got that part wrong though." "Ok, I think I just maxed out my weirdness limit." Ulrich says, noticing the two other ponies in the lab. "Wow. If you think you maxed out your weirdness limit, Pinkie Pie will break the scale." Twilight remarks. Will facepalms. "That's her name? Really?" "Her name is actually Pinknemea Diane Pie, but we use her nickname." Twilight Victoria Sparkle replies. Will facepalms again for good measure. "Are you f%&king kidding me? She is Diane. Pinkie Pie is the worst name ever." Suddenly, Pinkie Pie pops out from behind the computer terminal, even though the lab door never opened. Yumi says one word. "wat." "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT. Believe me, I've tried." Twilight says. "Said the pegasus unicorn combo." Ulrich deadpans. "It's called an alicorn! Use the right terminology!" Odd says, irritated. "Are you kidding me right now? Odd, the boy who dated every girl in the eighth grade except Aelita and Sissi, is into My Little Pony? ................. don't mind me, I just need to REBOOT MY SENSE OF REALITY." William says. The lab door opens, revealing AJ and Rarity. "Ah'm sure she went in here, Rares." AJ says as she bucks open the door (carefully, so she doesn't take it off it's hinges). "Darling, I don't think that's the best way to open a door. Just use your forehoof." Rarity pauses as she notices everyone in the room. "I apologise for my entrance. I should learn all of your names. By the way, thanks for 'devirtualizing' me. I wouldn't want to be stuck in that monster infested hellhole." Pinkie pie gets excited by her friends entering the room. "Now that we're all here, LETS SET UP A PARTY!" she pulls her party cannon out from behind her back. "I'll just fire this and make a party. This place is a little too small though. Is there someplace bigger?" Twilight quickly interjects. "Remember. DON'T QUESTION IT." "Oh. Ok....." Jeremy mutters. "We can go through the boiler room to go to the factory floor. that should be large enough." "Oki Doki Loki!" Pinkie Pie says as she runs through the boiler room. An explosion sound is heard from above, then she comes back down to the lab to say "The party is ready!" "I severely doubt that." Yumi says as she walks through the boiler room. As she opens the door to the factory floor, she has to swallow her words. "Oh. HOW DOES A CANNON MAKE A PARTY?" Twilight speaks up, reminding her "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT." She begins to head back though the boiler room, saying "Whatever, it just means she doesn't have to spend forever getting the party ready" She returns to tell them. "Go see for yourself." Needless to say, everyone was quite surprised to see that a cannon could set the factory floor up for a party. Everyone and everypony decided to start partying and have a great time. Except for Twilight Sparkle, who is in the lab, digging for info on earth, MLP, the Supercalculator and magic. This doesn't bode well for either the party or the research. Some intense partying and research later... Twilight runs up the stairs. "Hey! I have got all the info you need!" "Ahnd then ya'll join the party right?" AJ asks. "Yes, I will. I think you should sit down for this." Twilight says, right before she starts her explanation. Her explanation. "So, as you all know, we seem to have another, different cutie mark that wasn't there before. I have determined that it is, in fact, not a CM. It is a marking of X.A.N.A. who is keeping us alive. This may sound off, given that it was just trying to kill us. The reason is that ehXANA is doing this is that it is pro-magic. It was created to defeat Project Carthanage, which puts a damper on the Supercalculator's magic." "Wait just one moment. I thought there was no such thing as magic in this world!" Yumi interjects. "Also, you pronounce it XANA." Twilight continues with "Well, it's not very prevalent. The team working on the Supercalculator found out how to do it. That's how the attacks XANA does works and how return to the past works. XANA was born from Waldo Franz Schaeffer's desire for a magical world. He went mad while working on it, and it shows in it's actions. Cue Project Carnage. Carthage was developed to stop XANA from exerting the extreme magical power of the Supercalculator. However, it has breaks and issues. These manifest themselves in Lyoko as towers." "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Most likely because I was distracted by the fact A MAGICAL, TALKING PONY told it to me." Ulrich says. Twilight blushes. "I-I'm sorry. I-I can't help it." She then continues, but is cut off. "Wait. Project Carnage was built before the supercomputer." Jeremy interjects. Twilight facehoofs. "Oops. What I meant to say is that it was modified and placed in the Supercalculator. Anyway, the only way XANA can get passed the barrier of Project Carthage is by activating a tower or keeping someone alive because of it. This is because of the "Preservation of life" exemption. XANA has grabbed on to it twice, once with Aelita and the second time with us. If XANA stopped, which it can do, it would lose the opening, and kill the person or pony. However, if the being died for a reason other than that, the opening would stay open, leaving XANA with unrestricted control of the power." "So, if any of you die on earth it's Game Over?" Odd asks. "This is new. Odd, when did you start paying attention to lectures?" Yumi asks, surprised. "Ever since they were given by Twilight Sparkle." Odd replies. "I guess." Yumi replies. "Let me see here...." Twilight says, flipping through an imaginary filling system. "Yes, I suppose it would be 'Game Over'. For the world. All three of them. Equestria, Lyoko and Earth. Anyway, XANA's ultimate goal is to defeat Project Carthage and kill all humans so he can remake the world with more magic. No idea where he got that idea." "Ahre ya done there?" AJ asks. "Let me think.... yes I am. Let's party!" Twilight says. ------------END OF EPISODE!---------- Author's Note formatting notes: ((same as first episode)) SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): No spells this episode. EDITOR/ASSISTANT WRITERS: craton765 and Namara Please notify me about what you hated/loved about this story! Episode 3: "X.A.N.A's Cupcakes" After the Amazing party. "THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" RD Yells at the top of her lungs. Quieting down, she adds, "Pinkie, I never knew you could throw a party in a factory this awesome." Pinkie, still bouncing, replies with "Well, of horse I could! I'm not the element of laughter for nothing." Yumi facepalms. Everyone else does too. Even the writers. Pinkie, that joke- I mean pun- was so bad it crossed the fourth wall. So,... Congratulations I guess? "Thanks, Omnipotent narrator! It means a lot to me!" "Diane, Wat are you doing? Who ar-" Yumi starts, before getting cut off. Twilight speaks up, reminding her "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT. Or who she is talking to." A sudden change in atmosphere hits the factory floor. "Ah'm wondering where we'll be staying." AJ muses. "Don't worry, darling. I'm certain Twilight can get us back for the night." Rarity comforts. Silence. "You can right, dear?" Twilight's head hangs in shame. "What's wrong? You can get us back right?" Twilight finally speaks up. "I can." "Oh, that's a relief." "-But I don't think for another 12 hours." "Nonsense! What basis do you have for that?" "The Lyoko time out. Since Lyoko is another universe just like Earth or Equestria, the rules for entering it must be like those for other ones as well." "Perhaps it's just a defect?" Rarity hopes. "Yea, It sounds to me like a kind of arbitrary rule to me." Pinkie adds. "You're right. Hey, Is there some place I can draw some a shape in the ground?" Twilight asks. "It's for a spell." "I don't remember any spell that requires drawing stuff on the ground." Odd questions. "Huh. The show isn't quite as accurate as I thought." Twilight notes. "Let's be rational here. It's a miraculous that your adventures match up so close to the show." Ulrich says. "I guess. I just thought, it might be, you know, that your universe is watching ours." Twilight replies. Yumi's (now red) palm collides with her face. "If this works, don't come back." Will punches Yumi in the arm. "That's rude! Just think of how helpful they'll be! Please come back! Especially you, Fluttershy!" "Oh, yea. I almost forgot.There is a dirt patch in the corner of the factory floor. Should be large enough for all of you." Odd says. Twilight looks confused. "Why is there a dirt patch THAT LARGE in a FACTORY?" "Um, it's been out of use for decades." "Seems like a waste to me. Unless, you know they want to hide something." Twilight pauses, with a slight grin on her face. "Hmmm, I wounder what that could be?" "Couldn't be a super secret government project." Yumi says, while everyone laughs. Twilight drew the Equestria shape, (a quick reminder: ) and all the ponies get onto the 5 prongs of the star. (well, except for Twilight who stands in the middle) "I'll come back... I mean, if that's ok with you." Fluttershy quakes, almost vibrating on the spot. "Of course it's ok! I mean we are in their gang now!" RD comforts Flutters. "Odd, you seem like a cool guy! I'll be like the bestestestest.... friends EVER!. FOREVER!" Pinkie squees, hopping a full meter into the air every word. "Please excuse her. She's kind of full of energy at the moment." Twilight pauses, thinking over her words. "Well, she's kind of full of energy at every moment." "You don't say! I don't-" Rarity says, right before Twilight sticks her hoof into her mouth. Because, even with some of the best magic in Equestria, and wings, the best way to tell somepony to shut up is still to stick a hoof in their mouth. "We're out of time. Let's try this now. Don't want to die here, or worse, be late."Twilight urgently says. "Twhahlight, Ah think your priority list is a little off." AJ mentions. Twilight's purple magic fills the groves. Once all the grooves are filled, the magic solidifies. The shape holds as Twilight begins to say the magic words: "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: Trouver votre chemin de retour par revenir sur vos pas." [1] ~*****~ Digital (really Multiverse) Limbo All of the mane six are here, in the white void. Black words are in front of them: "Time left on lockout: 9:12:12". The last number is ticking down one a second. "Well, I wasn't expecting this." Twilight finally manages to say. "Hopefully, this place will kick us ba-" Twilight says, cut off by her (and everypony else too) being sent back to Earth. ~*****~ "Damn it. We're at least stuck here for 9 hours." Twilight sighed. Will looks at Twilight strangely. "Like some kind of inter-universe time out? Huh?" Twilight looks apologetic. "I don't know either. Any where we can stay?" Odd looks down. "This thing, the whole Lyoko thing, is a secret. No one but the Lyoko warriors can know about this. We can't just reveal this to the world, what if they shut it off? That will kill you ponies and make it so X.A.N.A can't be stopped! If you come out of the factory, they'll question us on it and it will be Game Over." Twilight's ears droop. "So we'll have to sleep in the factory?" Yumi replies. "Unfortunately, yes." "Don't be so Ms.grump pants! I brought beds!" Pinkie says, trying to lighten the mood. That worked as well as you would expect. In that it didn't work at all. The ponies set up their beds on the factory floor. Oh, If only they knew how stupid that idea was. Some hours later.. "Gooooood Morning, ponies. Oh. I'm sorry. I meant BAD Morning. Unless you like having your friends for breakfast!" XANA says. In a voice that can only be described as terrifying. EVERY kind of terrifying. All at once. No pony could even reply. Although, could you? "Um.. N-" Shut up, Pinks, that question is rhetorical. Besides, shouldn't you be more concerned about that buzz saw coming for your head? Pinkie doges, landing on a belt going into the boiler room. The rest are all in they're own little battles. RD is currently stuck on a conveyor belt, buzz saws right above her head. She's sweating. She knows if she does so much as move her head, she's dead. Twilight, wings singed by getting a little too close to an arc welder (Why does this factory even have this stuff? And, more importantly, why does it still work?), rushes towards RD, ready to get RD out of that predicament, when her wings flub up. She felt like facehoofing so hard. OK, for one, she DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FLY! She could have just teleported RD out of there! Apparaître ailleurs [2] works just as well as an alicorn! Second, Why did she flub up? She was overthinking flight! Why didn't she facehoof? Because she was stuck on the underside of the conveyor belt dash is on. Rarity and AJ got the drop on a buzz saw, oblivious to Twilight's (and RD's) predicament. Until X.A.N.A throws RD off the conveyor belt, just to replace her with AJ. Who, X.A.N.A, knowing her power, restrains her with magic. "Ah'm gettin' the feelin ya hate me for some reason." X.A.N.A waits for a moment, calculating whether it could be wise to reveal this info. "You remind me of Yumi. I hate Yumi. In fact, I hate the entirety of Japan. But mostly Yumi." While she's distracted, AJ scoots down, away from the buzz saws. She then bucks the blades, bending them. Bent blades + high speed spinning = you can do the fancy mathematics. Back to Pinkie... Wait, what is she doing? ... Whatever, RD has an idea. "Twilight!" Twi gets squashed by the conveyor belt, (again) then replies, "What is it? I'm in a pinch." "What would happen if we shorted some wires?" There's Pinkie! I was concerned it might be Game Over. For the world. You know, if she was dead. "Well, everything in the factory would go berserk and then it would blow a fuse, ending the attack!" RD's pupils grow wide. "Ok, we sh-" "Already working on it! Also, when I give the signal, RUN. To the elevator. Nopony want's to be killed to death, right?" Everypony nods. Well, except for that one stuck under a conveyor belt. (sorry, Twi.) "Plan: Electric Nefarious Sweet Defilement in 3..." Dash felt like facehoofing. Twilight was stuck under the conveyor belt! If she stays there, she'll die! "2..." Dash knows what's up. Twilight needs to get out of there. "AJ! Release Twi from the conveyor!" AJ retorts back while running to the elevator, "Just drag her out by her ear!" Dash consi... nevermind. Dash, pulling someone by the ear is a really, really bad idea. "BUCK IT! She's stuck!" Pinkie, strangely oblivious continues the countdown. "1..." AJ, being the more observant earth pony, bucks the conveyor belt, making an opening for Twilight to escape through. Meanwhile, Rarity is in another problem. She tripped, and is now falling onto some live wires. Or she would be, if Twilight didn't pick her up and through her at the elevator. ... That's going to hurt when she crashes. Pinkie, somehow not noticing her friends are in grave peril, drops a disconnected buzz saw onto some live wires, shorting the factory. Fluttershy, already at the elevator, (which is spazzing out right now, because of the short circuit,) sees Twilight, limping because SHE'S BEEN STUCK UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT. She knows she's not going to make it. ... Without help that is. So she flies. She flies to save her friend. She flies through the bolts of electricity. Because that's what being the element of kindness is all about. Bolts of electricity singe... no, they don't singe her wings. Her wings are on fire. Fluttershy doesn't care. She has a friend to save. "JUMP ON!" She yells at Twilight. As Twilight does the strongest hop she can muster, (read: 5 CM off the ground. Need I remind you what she's been through?) Fluttershy flies just underneath, wings burning. As she flies back, her wings are quickly becoming a trail of ash on the floor. Flutters flies as high as she can before her wings burn out. Thankfully, that was just enough. Also quite thankfully, the sprinkler systems turn on, saving Fluttershy from becoming a former Pegasus. Pinkie, finally paying attention, realizes something. "Wait, since we killed the factory power, shouldn't th-" Pinkie was cut off by the elevator falling down to the lab. ... Even though a real elevator would stay on the same floor. ... dammit Pinkie, why do you have to make crap like this happen? "It's your fault that I even said that! You shouldn't complain!" Pinkie says to me. Needless to say, but for some reason I'm saying it anyway, nopony knew who she is talking to. "Well duh! I'm the only one who can listen to you, Mr. omnipotent narrator!" So there was no way you could have been unaware of your friends peril! "Rule of drama, duh." ... ... ... ... ... ANYWAY, while I was being distracted by Pinkie, Twilight Victoria Sparkle, (the middle name will be important, I swear) typed out this email to Odd: Were you aware of the dangers of the factory you have put us in? Our time was not really pleasant, because all the machinery ended up trying to kill us and turn us into.... I don't know, cupcakes. Fluttershy stands out in this regard because- Twilight chuckled to herself. "I'm starting to write this like a letter to Celestia. I'll backspace the part about Fluttershy." I would like for you all to come down to the factory, as soon as you can without violating school rules. Don't think I don't know about your many times you've broken code of conduct. -Victoria "And sent!" Dash looked over at the screen. "Wait, so how does this thing send mail? I don't see a mail slot or anything." Twilight really wanted to facehoof, but given the level of knowledge about the human world and technology, he really couldn't have known better. "Dash, the 'letter' in this sense is virtual, like your sword. It only exists in the internet, where it quickly moves to, in this case, Odd's computer. Make sense?" Dash sort of contemplates it for a bit. Then he gets it. "OOOHH. THAT'S how it works! You've gotten better at explaining stuff overnight!" Twilight blushes a bit. "I try." Odd yawns. Man, his brain hurts after watching 8 episodes of My Little Pony in English last night with French subtitles. Ulrich, who watched them with him for the first time, is still out cold. He realizes the irony in that he got up first, given that he is usually the one to sleep in later than Ulrich. Anyway, just a- Hold on. The Supercalculator just emailed him. Opening the email up, he sees: Were you aware of the dangers of the factory you have put us in? Our time was not really pleasant, because all the machinery ended up trying to kill us and turn us into.... I don't know, cupcakes. I would like for you all to come down to the factory, as soon as you can without violating school rules. Don't think I don't know about your many times you've broken code of conduct. -Victoria "Heh. She's just as clever as the show makes her out to be." He shakes Ulrich up. Ulrich sees Odd through the kind of eyes you have when you just get up in the morning: foggy and defocused. "Is this opposite day or something?" "No sorry, you still have to get up for school." Odd, noticing the irony, adds. "Wow, it kind of is opposite day." At lunch. "So Odd, you woke Ulrich up? If I didn't know better, I would guess today was opposite day." Will asks Odd. "Well, he was staying up late with me to watch ponies." Odd considered some segways. They were all kind of bad, but he went with one anyway. "Speaking of ponies, Victoria said we should go to the factory." Ulrich overheard this. "Dammit, why didn't you tell me?" "Because the email said not to come over until lunch. She knows my record for breaking the rules." "That answers nothing." Odd smiles. "Did I have to answer you?" At the factory, Fluttershy, brings back grass for the rest of the mane 6. You know, by using the French sewer system to go to that one manhole that's in a park for some reason. Don't look a gift manhole in the mouth. Which is a really bad metaphor, given that a manhole doesn't have a mouth. Pinkie speaks up. "Also, a manhole would be a really crappy gift." "That it would dear, but why would even have came up?" Rarity, realizing the strange awkwardness in what she just said. "Well, that was disaster." The extremely important lack of dialog that follows was interrupted by the Lyoko Warriors entering the room. Which then causes another awkward pause, finally broken by Aelita. "You ponies eat grass?" Twilight responds with a casual demeanor. "Well, of course we do! We may be talking, magical, and from another universe, but we're still ponies." Author's Note If you're wondering why Odd was doing the English dub, there are two reasons. One, Since the show was originally in English, it has the newest episodes and is the closest to how the pony world is. Two, in the French dub, FLUTTERSHY IS VOICED BY A GUY. Since Flutters is definitely female, this would be disorienting swapping from show Flutters to real Flutters. SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): 1:Reverse the nature of real and fiction: Find your way back by retracing your steps. 2:Appear elsewhere. EDITED BY:Pilot Solaris, craton765, GreenS21 Song: "A World Without Discord" A/N: Go here for the song. Had to be removed for reasons on FiMFiction. Author's Note this is the intro song for each episode. Based on the "A world without danger" because that is the best intro song ever. Haters gonna Hate.
Episode 1: "CODE: PONY"Twilight Sparkle does not have much to do. This may surprise you, given she is the newest princess of Equestria. However, no duties have been assigned yet, in part because the sisters have not chosen what she would be princess of. So, until the decision was made, it was just a dress and title. "I'm so bored right now." She mutters to nopony at all. ~****~ Funny enough, in an (as of yet) unrelated universe, a boy that could match Twilight in brain power has just the same thought. He could try to listen to the lecture, but he already knew all the answers. Normally, Jeremie Belpois would answer, but those problems were so easy they weren't fun. Then, on the other side of the scale, was how to get Odd's source codes back. He needed to run some tests, which is not possible when you're stuck in class. All in all, a common feeling as of late. He wishes he could get a fun problem to work on. ~****~ Twilight just got that sort of problem Jeremie wishes he had: Not easy, all the pieces are there, and solvable. "Dearest Twilight Sparkle, I apologise for the lack of activity lately. However, I have just what I think will break you out of your boredom. You are going to find and explore universes. Sign here to teleport over to me _____________" Twilight is confused over this new magic. "That would have been helpful if you used that earlier." Sighing, she signs her name. Multiverse magic is not very common for a number of reasons. One, It requires a very, very high level of experience. Two, most ponies with the power to do it are in this universe for a reason, and have no desire or need to go elsewhere. Finally, most universes are magic free, requiring a magic "bubble" to keep ponies from dying due to magic asphyxiation. For Twilight, one and three aren't a problem, and two is bypassed by boredom. The implications of using this magic are lost on Twilight, because she is too bored to care. "Good thing you came, Twilight! We have a mission for you and your friends, should you chose to accept it." Celestia says, not noticing her own reference. To be fair, the reference was from a magic deprived world known as Earth. "Of course I accept! I wouldn't bother signing the letter otherwise! Where am I going?" "The first step is to find out. Cast "Ceux qui errent, trouver"[1] on yourself and paint a shape on paper" "Huh? You don't even know where I'm going? Ummm.... Sure." Twilight is not expecting this to work. A shape? ANY shape? She paints a circle. Nopony expected what happened next. The paint flows on the paper, eventually looking like the Eye of X.A.N.A. "Wow, that was fast." Celestia says in shock. "That worked? How is that even possible?" Twilight says, more shocked than being hit with a lightning bolt. ~****~ "How do you get codes back? How is that even possible? I know it is, but how?" Jeremy mutters to himself. "Need some help, Jeremy? Don't worry, your better half can take care of it." Laura says, getting on all of Jeremy's nerves. Not only did she reference their "relationship" which Jeremy could attest was a lie, but she basically called him stupid. "NO!" "Fine then. Let it be your fault that the world gets annihilated due to X.A.N.A." "Alright class, time to turn in your dorm work." The teacher says to the class. Jeremy reaches down pulling out his project with confidence. Odd is busy unfolding a paper airplane, and the other's start digging through their bags. Then, Ulrich noticed something terribly wrong. The projects have all been replaced with the Eye of X.A.N.A. Looking closer reveals a project someone worked on. That was Laura's paper and it had his name on it. Concerned, he double checks. What? It's now Odd's paper! Confused, he looks at Jeremy's paper. Both of them now saw Sissi's paper with his name on it. They exchange a glance that says 'we need to talk about this' ~****~ "Celestia, we need to talk about this. Why did you send me to a new universe? Why can't I explore one that was already found?" Twilight asks Celestia. It was a fair question. Why send a pony to an universe that could kill them when there was safe universes that needed exploration? What Twilight doesn't know is that all of the old links to other universi are all broken. "You could go to these universes, if you can comprehend what the symbol is." Celestia holds up a notebook full of pages so smudged they look like wall painting practice. "Do you see the problem? We can't get to these any more. Being not visited in 500 years-" "-Plus or minus 12" Luna interjects. "Can I continue, sister?" (beat) "Thank you. As I was saying, having not been visited in so long has made contact with them impossible." Twilight's ears droop on hearing that. "Oh. So the dangerous option is the only one. ButwhatifIunleashsomegreatdemonthatkillsmeandmyfriendshavetoholdafuneralanditstealsmythoughtsandtakesoverEquestria?" Celestia laughs. "Don't worry like that! You'll be with the Elements of Harmony. And besides, where there is great evil there is great heros! And, if things come to worst, you can come home." "I should probably learn that return spell." "Draw a 5 pointed star with a pentagon in the middle on the ground, then draw a circle larger than the pentagon but smaller than the star. Here is a picture to help you see it." "Then, you and your friends take their positions. The exact placement of your friends does not matter. All that does matter, is that you are in the middle and one friend is on each spoke. Then, let your magic dribble and fill the grooves. Finally lift your magic up, keeping the shape, and say 'Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: Trouver votre chemin de retour par revenir sur vos pas'[2]. The first line line is common to all universe transportation spells." Celestia notices the note pad twilight took out from behind her back, even though she had nothing on that side, to note take. "Still my ever faithful student, eh twilight?" ~******~ "A faithful student? Have you even seen me in class?" Odd remarked to the DETENTION teacher. This was, for a lack of a better word, odd. He knew something is up. If the Eye of X.A.N.A on his project wasn't enough to show that, the fact that the detention teacher thought he was always focused on his studies and never broke any rules or fell asleep in class oughta be. He doesn't care right now, he has to talk with the team on this. ~******~ "Ignoring that, I think I need to talk with the team. I don't want to pull them out of this world without proper permissions. This is kind of big." Twilight squeaked out of embarrassment. Yes, she wanted to make sure she remembered. She always does, but she does it to keep herself from panicking about how she might forget. Ironically, all of the panic makes her forget. Celestia says "No worries, Twilight, I was not mocking you. In fact, I think that is the appropriate course of action. We have somethings that need some work right now." ~******~ "So, from what we can tell, XANA is playing with pieces of paper, swapping what is said on them around. This'll be easy!" William says. "Just a routine trip to Lyoko." "Just be careful. We don't want you getting possessed again." Yumi says. "Lets go do it." Ulrich says. It's most convenient that the french sewer system reaches near to an abandoned factory that most would not know had the supercalculator inside. If it wasn't for that small quirk, the entire events of Code: Lyoko would have never happened. But it does, and Code: Lyoko did happen. ~********~ Another thing that is quite convenient is that Twilight's friends are willing to go through the multiverse. After a quick conversation. "Ahm not sure what this whole multi whatever thing entails" Applejack says. It's a difficult topic. "Ok, so I preform a fancy spell (the technical term by the way) and we go to somewhere that can only be reached with that spell. When it's time to return, I do another one to get back." Twilight says, her second time explaining it. This one is better than her last one as she didn't go into frivolous detail about how these spells work. She just said what needed to be said. "Ah think ah get it now. Thanks Twhilight! Ahm ready to go with you on this." One down, four to go. The funny thing about Pinkie Pie, is that she seems to have her own rule set. That's the only way to explain how she popped out from behind a trash can that was smaller than her. "Hey Twi! I was wondering what's up, given that my Cecum is vibrating at 1.2836 BPM as opposed to 1.2837 BPM. Did I forget to thank you for the anatomy lessons?" "That was too much information. Anyways, I came to ask you if you're interested in joining the rest of us in exploring the multiverse. You know what that is?" Twilight asks. Pinkie Pie takes out a pair of reading glasses (which Twilight knows she doesn't need) and "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: How to explore the multiverse." (Reverse the nature of real and fiction: How to explore the multiverse) from the trash can, somehow perfectly clean. She puts on the glasses and reads the intro paragraph. She nods a nod of understanding. "Of course I know what that is! And yes, I would love to join you! And then we can throw a we-found-another-universe party!" "Thanks" Only three left. Twilight opened the door to Rarity's boutique, the place she was meaning to go to. She sees, unsurprisingly, Rarity working on fashion. It wasn't all she did, but when things calm down, normally she is found doing that. Twilight knows better than to interrupt her work. She waited for her to notice her. Rarity looks up. "Oh darling, I'm so sorry I didn't notice you! You look like you have something big to talk about!" "Why yes I do. Have you heard of the multiverse?" Aaaand that was the big question. "Darling, I have. But only in science fiction. I think you're talking about something else." "Would you please come with us exploring the multiverse? I know I need 6 ponies to come with me." "Exploring other worlds? I'd love to come with you darlings, but I've got a lot of stuff to work on" "Please. The elements don't work unless we're together." "Of course. I might even come up with some new fashion. I'll come, but on one rule." "Which is?" "I get to bring my couch." "Deal" Down to the final two. Wings are quite convenient for going to a friend who lives in the clouds. "Hey, Rainbow Dash." Dash drops the Daring Do book she's reading. "TWILIGHT? You didn't see that! How did you even get up here?". Twilight points at her wings. "Oh right. I keep forgetting you have those. But you just flew through a wall! Wait.... anti cloud walk spell. So, why are you here?" "Oh, only suggesting that you come with the rest of us in exploring other universes ." "WHAT?! Heck ya, I want to do that! I'm a little bored right now, so this is going to BE AWESOME!" "Glad I could get you on board." "Just don't do that again. You almost gave me a heart attack!" Just fluttershy left. "Could you help me convince fluttershy?" "Yep. Is she the last element left?" "Yes" "eep!" "Don't worry fluttershy, the rest of the elements will be with you to help. You won't be dead weight." "oh. Ok." "Yes! All of the elements agreed to help! It's time to start exploring!.... Right after I clear things up with Celestia." ~****~ "It's time to virtualise!.... Right after I remember what the tower location command is." Jeremie says. "Can't you just look... oh right. XANA swaps written info around." Ulrich says. "Wasn't the command 'list accessPoints -a'?" Alita mentions. "Thanks Alita! the tower is in The Mountain Sector. Odd, Yumi and Ulrich, enter the scanners." ~****~ "No matter how many times I get virtualised, it still feels strange." Yumi quips. "You could say it feels ... odd." Odd jokes. Ulrich and Yumi both facepalm. "That is such a bad joke." Ulrich says. "Can you hear me?" Jeremie says over the comlink. "Yes, we can" Odd says. "Good. the tower is in front of you, right behind that mountain. Hornets, Krabs and Bloks block the path. Heh, It's funny that they use each of your favorite monsters." "That was quick. Although, we are experts." Odd reports. "Experts huh? Then why are you down to one AP?" Yumi says. "We'll guard the tower and you, Yumi, go in to deactivate it." Ulrich says. "Got it." Yumi enters the tower. ~****~ "Twhilight, are you sure this'll work?" AJ asks. "Don't break my concentration!" Twilight responds. Her magic fills the grooves in the ground. ~****~ Yumi levitates up to the main console. ~****~ Twilight lifts the magic to about head height. ~****~ Yumi's hand is scanned and accepted. She gets to the code input screen. ~****~ "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction:..." [3] ~****~ She inputs code Lyoko. It fails, and the tower suggests "PONY" as an alternate code ~****~ "...Virtualiser, devenir vrai...." [4] ~****~ Confused, she types in "PONY" ~****~ "...et le faux!" [5]. Twilight's magic glows bright enough that all anypony can see is white. ~****~ The tower deactivates, and two sectors appear in Lyoko: The Crystal Sector (which could remind you of the Ice Sector or the Crystal Empire) and The Everfree Sector (similar to the Everfree forest). Also, the mane six are now in Lyoko, in The Everfree Sector. "So, did it work?" Yumi asks "Yea, but it has some strange effects. Like two sectors appearing out of the blue and 6 life forms appearing in the new forest sector." Jeremy reports. "Can you pull up a map of the new sectors?" Ulrich asks. "Got it. Here are the maps." Jeremy says. The maps of the two new sectors appear in front of them. "I know what those sectors are." Odd notes. "Oh really? Please explain." Yumi asks. "Ok. Have you ever watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?" Odd asks. As Yumi has noted, getting virtualized feels odd. It feels even odder if you have no idea that it's going to happen. It's crazy odd if not only do you have no idea that you're going to be virtualized and you're getting virtualized by somepony who, till about a minute ago, didn't know about the multiverse. Needless to say, everypony was feeling really queer. "Ah'm not sure Twhilite you performed that fancy spell quite right." AJ says. "I know we're in some virtual world." Pinkie Pie says. "And how would you know that?" Twilight asks. "Because my spleen is vibrating at 120 BPM as opposed to 116 plus the square root of 3 plus the square root of 5 BPM. Digital worlds don't pay as much attention to the slight error." Pinkie Pie responds. Needless to say, everypony looks at Pinkie with a look of extreme confusion. Finally, Twilight breaks the silence. "Next time, just say it's your Pinkie sense." "Oh. Ok." "Darlings, I don't mean to interrupt, but we all look quite different. And we also have convenient weapons that fit us well. Pinkie Pie has a cannon literally with her name on it, Fluttershy has an animal call whistle, Rainbow dash has a sword, I have a gun that can shoot magically charged gems, Applejack has spiked horseshoes and Twilight can call spell books to her disposal." Rarity says, causing quite a bit of confusion. "huh?" Fluttershy says. "How do you suddenly know that? Twilight is supposed to be our know-it-all egghead!" Rainbow Dash asks. "I looked at the objects and got a short bio on them. That just seems to be how it works here." Rarity responds. To everypony's (except Rarity) surprise, this actually works. "And about how we look different, we're being drawn using 3D animation as opposed to the 2D animation in Equestria." Pinkie Pie says. "I'm just not going to question that." Rainbow Dash says. "Wait, you're a brony? Why did we not know of this earlier?" Ulrich asks. "It never came up." Odd replies. "For heaven's sake, I share a dorm room with you. Why didn't I know you watched ponies?" "Um, because I started a month ago and I do it after you go to bed?" "Never mind that. What do you know about those two sectors?" Yumi asks. "This place feels familiar. Like the Everfree forest." Rainbow Dash looks around. "Although, the Everfree does not have one of those in it." She is pointing at a (deactivated) tower. She is interrupted by a megatank starting to open fire. "Alright, we've got company. Lets destroy these freaks!" Dash says as she hits the mega tank in the eye with her sword dealing 75 AP of damage. The mega tank fires, just missing Rainbow Dash. "Incendier!" [6] Rarity says as her gem leaves her gun. The gem gets destroyed by a circular laser. Then she notices that there is more than one megatank. "He isn't alone. Use extreme caution" "Trying! Come on dragon! You know what to do!" Fluttershy yells over the sounds of combat. "You deal with the, umm... Bloks! I've got the .... Megatanks!" Twilight says, stopping to find out what the names of their opponents are. "Die, monstre! Vous n'appartenez pas à ce monde!" [7] "One thing I just found out about these 'ponies'. On one side is The Eye of XANA. They're most likely possessed by XANA or new monsters for these new sectors." Jeremy says on the team's transport over to the Everfree Sector. "I'm not so sure about that. Besides, they were just defeating some of XANA's monsters" Odd remarked. "It could be mind games. Besides, they changed the tower deactivate command to 'PONY'. This is clearly a trap." Yumi says, quite cautious. "I agree with Yumi." Ulrich agrees. The X.A.N.A onslaught was not too much of a problem for the elements, but it still caused damage. AJ is at 54AP; RD, 31AP; Pinkie Pie, 49AP; Rarity, 59AP; Fluttershy, 35AP and Twilight is at 63AP. "Everypony! The monsters have left us alone!" Pinkie Pie says. "Good thing too, that was exhausting. Although, strangely not painful or physically tiring." Twilight says. "Hey, who are they?" Applejack says, pointing at the Lyoko Warriors. "Odd is in front, Ulrich is on the right and Yumi is on the left. I can't make out their expressions from here." Rainbow Dash scouts and reports. He dashes up to welcome them. "Careful darlin' Ah think that might not be taken so kindly." AJ says. Ulrich dives at Twilight, katana aimed towards her head. "Détourner!" [8] Twilight says, sending out a line of purple magic deflecting his sword (and by connection, him) away from her. "Not giving up easily, I see. Very well then." Yumi says as she hits RD using Tessen Fans, hitting her middash. RD gets hit by the first three attacks, but barrel rolls away from the rest. "Now you tell me." RD says. Ulrich runs at AJ, knocking her towards the digital sea. He didn't notice the rainboom behind him. "Hey, Odd! Why are you not attacking us?" Twilight says, not noticing that AJ is falling to her near certain death. "Because I don't think you're evil." "Like shit they aren't." Ulrich says, slashing Fluttershy. She dodges the later attacks but falls down to 10AP. "EEEEP!" Fluttershy screams. "Listen! We might be able to reason with them!" Twilight calls out. "We won't be indoctrinated!" Yumi screams, throwing her fans at Rarity. "Arrêtez projectile!" [9] Rarity says, firing her gem right at the fans. They stop in mid-air, then fall to the ground. "I'm willing to let them come with us." Odd mutters. "WHAT?" the Lyoko Warriors call out. "We haven't attacked you. I don't see the issue." Twilight reasons. "Fine. We'll devirtualize them. If anything goes wrong, it's all your fault." Yumi says. "Terms accepted." Odd replies. "Good! Let us see here, we have me, RD, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Where is AJ?" Twilight asks. "Umm, I kind of threw her into the Virtual Sea." Ulrich shyly mutters. "RD, quick! Get her before it's too late!" Twilight calls out of panic. "Will do!" RD says as she starts dashing down towards the digital sea. "That was mighty impolite of him to throw me down here like this." AJ mutters. "Ah wonder what happens to things that touch ... The Digital Sea." "Come on! I can do this! This is what I trained my whole life for!" RD cheers herself on. He knows that whatever happens to AJ if she hits The Digital Sea is bad. Very very bad. "Oh, look. It's RD. Ah wonder why she's after me so fast. She has continuous Rainbooms after all." AJ says, unknowing of the danger she's in. "Almost there! She's not dead yet!" RD continues. She just grabs AJ's hoof, right before The Digital Sea claims her. "Hold on tight! You'll need to if you want to live!" "Holding on!" AJ yells. "You think she'll make it?" A panicked Twilight asks Team Lyoko. "She will. Look now, they're heading back up now." Odd consoles. "I'm so glad." She sniffles. "I'm so glad I could make a friend in you Odd." "Don't forget about us!" Ulrich says. "We couldn't darling. Although, perhaps not in the best way so far." Rarity says. "Ah'm a bit confused. What did you do?" Applejack asks. "Oh, only saved you from certain death." Rainbow Dash replies. "Nothing too big." "So what would happen if Ah touched that?" "You would get split into a billion little pieces, all of which scatter outwards at ridiculous speed." "OH." "If I attacked Odd right now, would he die? If you got my AP to zero, would I die?" Twilight asks. "Odd would not die, he would return to earth. However, since you have never been on earth before, you would die." Jeremy explains. "What about touching the digital sea?" "That would kill either of you." "OH. That's bad." "Ah'm back." Applejack says. "yay!" Fluttershy says. "Thank Celestia!" Twilight Sparkle cries out. "LET ME HUG YOU!" "Ah..." Applejack says right before a cuddle so strong, she's glad Lyoko doesn't deal cuddle damage. "Ah don't have a choice do I? Not that I'd want one." "What do you say about devirtualizing and calling it a day?" Jeremy asks. "When we do we are going to have that we-found-another-universe party?" Pinkie Pie asks. "I'm up for that." Odd approves. "Lets devirtualize and decide after that." Jeremy says. Author's Note formatting notes: ~*****~ This means a world transition. (Earth, Equestria and Lyoko are the different worlds) XANA (in dialogue) X.A.N.A as pronounced in the show. ("Zana") X.A.N.A (in dialogue) Saying X.A.N.A's name letter by letter. ("Ehx-ae-en-ae") ehXANA (in dialogue) pronouncing it "Ehx-ana". Accenting on the "x" sound. And yes, I know the irony of writing the spells in french when they are technically speaking french. SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): 1:Those who wander, find 2:Reverse the nature of real and fiction: Find your way back by retracing your steps 3:Reverse the nature of real and fiction:.... 4:....Virtualize, become true.... 5:.....and false! 6: Burn! 7:Die, monster! You don't belong in this world! 8:Deflect! 9:Stop projectile! EDITOR/ASSISTANT WRITERS: craton765 and Namara Please notify me about what you hated/loved about this story! Yes, I know RD doing a 180 just before hitting the digital sea is not really possible in the show, but this is Lyoko. Lyoko amplifiers abilities, so if in Equestria she can do a 90 degree turn, it's not unreasonable to assume she could turn 180 on Lyoko. "list accessPoints -a" Is a pesudo Unix command that tells the Supercalculator to print the list "accessPoints". The "-a" flag is short for "--active" that filters down to the active towers. 116 plus the square root of 3 plus the square root of 5 aprox = 119.96811878506866698993662001024
Episode 2 "Miss. Exposition""Ok, you need to stand vertically." Jeremy asks Twilight. "I'm sorry if that's uncomfortable, but the scanners are designed for bipeds. I only need to do this the first time. Please stand up." A pause from Twilight as she (Slightly unstably) stands on her hind legs. "Ready!" Twilight Sparkle explodes purple pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. ~****~ Twilight didn't know what to expect from 'Earth'. Whatever it was, it wasn't what happened. First off, she was in a cylinder. That must be why I had to stand vertically Twilight thinks to herself. Second, she notices she has a magic bubble from some source that isn't her. Who could be giving her safety? Third, her Eye of X.A.N.A "Cutie Mark" (it's not really, CM manipulation can't make it so you have two different CMs) is glowing bright white, then have most of it fade to black. "huh? It must be something.... Oh. That was where I stood during the spell" ~****~ "WHAT JUST HAPPENED? Jeremy, YOU BETTER EXPLAIN THIS S#!T" RD yells, thinking Jeremy just KILLED TWILIGHT. "Dash, calm down. She'll speak with you now." Jeremy responds in a panic. "How? You just wiped her from existence!" "Not quite." ~****~ Twilight notices the doors of the scanner open. "Twilight! Convince your friend that I didn't kill you!" Jeremy calls out. "How?" Twilight asks. "Just tell him... ooops her what happened. Just speak into that mic." Twilight walks up to the mic. "RD, can you hear me?" ~****~ "RD, can you hear me?" Rainbow can't believe it. That was Twilight Sparkle! "Wait. WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?" RD calls out in confusion. "I just entered another universe. You're all 'inside' this machine called The Supercalculator. I just was 'Devirtualized'. What this entails is that I don't die, but I can't renter 'Lyoko' for 12 hours." Twilight takes a deep breath. "Does that make any bucking, sense?" "Language, Twilight!" Rarity says. Twilight expects her to take out the couch, but she doesn't. "I guess... except no, not at all." Rainbow Dash says confused. "I'll have to look into how to explain that better." ~****~ "Jeremy, I know something is up. There is a girl in the lab, and it's not Yumi or Aelita." Will asks Jeremy. "Oh s#*t. I'm going to tell you the truth, but it's going to sound like a lie. A purple unicorn pegasus hybrid is trying to convince her friends that she is safe. Who are still in Lyoko. In a new version of The Forest Sector." Jeremy panicked. "I have never heard a more blatant lie since you told me the Supercalculator was completely safe." Will remarked "I never told you that. That's a lie and you know it. So, you want to prove me wrong? Let's enter the lab."Jeremy opens the doors in a less dramatic that you would expect fashion, given that there is talking pony inside. "Dash, I can't come back right now. There is a 12 hour timeout. Do you really think it's a good idea to at-" Twilight Sparkle says, then notices the people enter the room. "Hold on, Dash. There is some people that I think need to talk to me." She takes off the headset (It does not fit over her ears, so the volume was quite high). "Hello, who are you?" "Jeremy, have you been messing with Code: Earth again?" Will asks. "Kind of. But these just kind of appeared into Lyoko along with The Everfree Sector and The Crystal Sector." Jeremy pauses. "She is also one of the six new members of our team." "WHAT??!! You know you need unanimous vote to elect new members of our team!" "You're forgetting that we all agreed to change it to majority vote." "Well f$%k." "You still haven't told me your names. Who is the sta- I mean man and who is the woman?" Twilight speaks up. "Terribly sorry, purple pegasus with a horn. My name is William Dunbar." William says. "Oh! I must have forgot to say my name. I am Twilight ... Victoria Sparkle. It's normal to have a middle name, right? Because I just kind of made it up. Nice to meet you Will. And you are.... "Twilight points her hoof at Aelita. "Umm... I'm Aelita Schaeffer. I didn't know there was other intelligent beings in Lyoko." "'Other'? You mean you were stuck in that place too? We can talk when the rest are out." She then opens up the Supercalculator manual to the Code: Earth segment, reads a bit, then proceeds to devirtualize Dash. This surprises the f*#k out of the Lyoko Warriors. Not just that she could understand that dence as s#*t manual, but that she levitated the manual. "How did you do that?" Will asks out of astonishment. "I just looked thur-" Twilight starts, then is cut off by Will. "No, how did you levitate a book?" "Magic." "How did you really do it?" "I cast a.... Oh right. Magic free universe. I shouldn't expect you to understand magic." "So we now have six 'ponies' that look like they're from MLP. I don't know if I should barf right now." "What is MLP?" Twilight sighs."I have a lot of research ahead of me" Suddenly, the scanner doors open, revealing RD."Hey, is one of my cutie marks glowing and then looking like this normal?" RD asks. Opening the door to the lab, RD asks "Whoa, are these people? They look cr-" "Stop that. They could have killed us!" Twilight replies, shoving her hoof into Rainbow's mouth. "And yes, it does appear to be normal. We seem to have a mark based on where we were during the crossover spell." "Wait. You came via spell? I'm so confused." Ulrich says, coming out of a different scanner. "I know you enter using this scanner, that must take care of the fancy spell for you." Everyone else is just kind of stuck wondering whether to facepalm or look really confused. Hint: they choose option two. "I'll just go over and devirtualize the Lyoko Warriors now and not ask questions." Jeremy finally manages to say. "Sounds like a plan." Aelita awkwardly adds. ~****~ "Sorry for the delay guys. Yumi, Odd and Ulrich, prepare for devirtualization." Jeremy says. "Who would have thought devirtualizating PONIES would have caused a few problems? Also, Ulrich is already devirtualized." Yumi deadpans. "Oh, must be the monitor glitching up. I'll just devirtualize Fluttershy as well. Devirtualizating in three... Two... One..." Jeremy calls out. The Lyoko Warriors explode blue pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. Fluttershy explodes purple pixels, leaving behind a wire frame that fades away. ~****~ "Eep! What's happening to one of my CMs?" Fluttershy says, one of her CM's looks like this: The scanner doors open, and Fluttershy returned to her normal, four legged stance. Odd notices Fluttershy standing on her four hooves."Oh wow, I didn't think you were actually Fluttershy!.... I shouldn't be so hyper about this. I know how poorly you deal with fame." Odd facepalms. "... I just dug myself deeper, didn't I?" "EEEEP! How do you know that?" "I freaking called it. If anypony knows why the elements of harmony have there own TV show here, it would be Twilight Victoria Sparkle." "I have so many questions right now, but I'll put them off until later." "Same here." Yumi says. ~****~ "Ok, that just leaves you three. Rarity, Pinkie Pie and AJ" Jeremy says. "Get in position for devirtualization." "Will do!" Pinkie Pie chirps as she jumps up on hind legs like it was nothing. "Ah'm ready." AJ says as she carefully gets up on her hind legs. "If I must." Rarity says as she gracefully moves to a bipedal position. Jeremy devirtualizes the three ponies. ~****~ "Huh, what is that?" Rarity says noticing the change in one of her cutie marks. "I don't remember it looking like that before." "Ah'm sure my Cutie mark had something to do with apples. Both of them, that is." AJ says, noting that one of her Cutie marks now looks like this: "Hey! We're now live action! I didn't even know that was possible! My actor looks just like me!" Pinkie Pie says, then notices her changed Cutie mark. "They got that part wrong though." "Ok, I think I just maxed out my weirdness limit." Ulrich says, noticing the two other ponies in the lab. "Wow. If you think you maxed out your weirdness limit, Pinkie Pie will break the scale." Twilight remarks. Will facepalms. "That's her name? Really?" "Her name is actually Pinknemea Diane Pie, but we use her nickname." Twilight Victoria Sparkle replies. Will facepalms again for good measure. "Are you f%&king kidding me? She is Diane. Pinkie Pie is the worst name ever." Suddenly, Pinkie Pie pops out from behind the computer terminal, even though the lab door never opened. Yumi says one word. "wat." "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT. Believe me, I've tried." Twilight says. "Said the pegasus unicorn combo." Ulrich deadpans. "It's called an alicorn! Use the right terminology!" Odd says, irritated. "Are you kidding me right now? Odd, the boy who dated every girl in the eighth grade except Aelita and Sissi, is into My Little Pony? ................. don't mind me, I just need to REBOOT MY SENSE OF REALITY." William says. The lab door opens, revealing AJ and Rarity. "Ah'm sure she went in here, Rares." AJ says as she bucks open the door (carefully, so she doesn't take it off it's hinges). "Darling, I don't think that's the best way to open a door. Just use your forehoof." Rarity pauses as she notices everyone in the room. "I apologise for my entrance. I should learn all of your names. By the way, thanks for 'devirtualizing' me. I wouldn't want to be stuck in that monster infested hellhole." Pinkie pie gets excited by her friends entering the room. "Now that we're all here, LETS SET UP A PARTY!" she pulls her party cannon out from behind her back. "I'll just fire this and make a party. This place is a little too small though. Is there someplace bigger?" Twilight quickly interjects. "Remember. DON'T QUESTION IT." "Oh. Ok....." Jeremy mutters. "We can go through the boiler room to go to the factory floor. that should be large enough." "Oki Doki Loki!" Pinkie Pie says as she runs through the boiler room. An explosion sound is heard from above, then she comes back down to the lab to say "The party is ready!" "I severely doubt that." Yumi says as she walks through the boiler room. As she opens the door to the factory floor, she has to swallow her words. "Oh. HOW DOES A CANNON MAKE A PARTY?" Twilight speaks up, reminding her "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT." She begins to head back though the boiler room, saying "Whatever, it just means she doesn't have to spend forever getting the party ready" She returns to tell them. "Go see for yourself." Needless to say, everyone was quite surprised to see that a cannon could set the factory floor up for a party. Everyone and everypony decided to start partying and have a great time. Except for Twilight Sparkle, who is in the lab, digging for info on earth, MLP, the Supercalculator and magic. This doesn't bode well for either the party or the research. Some intense partying and research later... Twilight runs up the stairs. "Hey! I have got all the info you need!" "Ahnd then ya'll join the party right?" AJ asks. "Yes, I will. I think you should sit down for this." Twilight says, right before she starts her explanation. Her explanation. "So, as you all know, we seem to have another, different cutie mark that wasn't there before. I have determined that it is, in fact, not a CM. It is a marking of X.A.N.A. who is keeping us alive. This may sound off, given that it was just trying to kill us. The reason is that ehXANA is doing this is that it is pro-magic. It was created to defeat Project Carthanage, which puts a damper on the Supercalculator's magic." "Wait just one moment. I thought there was no such thing as magic in this world!" Yumi interjects. "Also, you pronounce it XANA." Twilight continues with "Well, it's not very prevalent. The team working on the Supercalculator found out how to do it. That's how the attacks XANA does works and how return to the past works. XANA was born from Waldo Franz Schaeffer's desire for a magical world. He went mad while working on it, and it shows in it's actions. Cue Project Carnage. Carthage was developed to stop XANA from exerting the extreme magical power of the Supercalculator. However, it has breaks and issues. These manifest themselves in Lyoko as towers." "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that. Most likely because I was distracted by the fact A MAGICAL, TALKING PONY told it to me." Ulrich says. Twilight blushes. "I-I'm sorry. I-I can't help it." She then continues, but is cut off. "Wait. Project Carnage was built before the supercomputer." Jeremy interjects. Twilight facehoofs. "Oops. What I meant to say is that it was modified and placed in the Supercalculator. Anyway, the only way XANA can get passed the barrier of Project Carthage is by activating a tower or keeping someone alive because of it. This is because of the "Preservation of life" exemption. XANA has grabbed on to it twice, once with Aelita and the second time with us. If XANA stopped, which it can do, it would lose the opening, and kill the person or pony. However, if the being died for a reason other than that, the opening would stay open, leaving XANA with unrestricted control of the power." "So, if any of you die on earth it's Game Over?" Odd asks. "This is new. Odd, when did you start paying attention to lectures?" Yumi asks, surprised. "Ever since they were given by Twilight Sparkle." Odd replies. "I guess." Yumi replies. "Let me see here...." Twilight says, flipping through an imaginary filling system. "Yes, I suppose it would be 'Game Over'. For the world. All three of them. Equestria, Lyoko and Earth. Anyway, XANA's ultimate goal is to defeat Project Carthage and kill all humans so he can remake the world with more magic. No idea where he got that idea." "Ahre ya done there?" AJ asks. "Let me think.... yes I am. Let's party!" Twilight says. ------------END OF EPISODE!---------- Author's Note formatting notes: ((same as first episode)) SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): No spells this episode. EDITOR/ASSISTANT WRITERS: craton765 and Namara Please notify me about what you hated/loved about this story!
Episode 3: "X.A.N.A's Cupcakes" After the Amazing party. "THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" RD Yells at the top of her lungs. Quieting down, she adds, "Pinkie, I never knew you could throw a party in a factory this awesome." Pinkie, still bouncing, replies with "Well, of horse I could! I'm not the element of laughter for nothing." Yumi facepalms. Everyone else does too. Even the writers. Pinkie, that joke- I mean pun- was so bad it crossed the fourth wall. So,... Congratulations I guess? "Thanks, Omnipotent narrator! It means a lot to me!" "Diane, Wat are you doing? Who ar-" Yumi starts, before getting cut off. Twilight speaks up, reminding her "If you value your sanity, DON'T QUESTION HOW SHE CAN DO THAT. Or who she is talking to." A sudden change in atmosphere hits the factory floor. "Ah'm wondering where we'll be staying." AJ muses. "Don't worry, darling. I'm certain Twilight can get us back for the night." Rarity comforts. Silence. "You can right, dear?" Twilight's head hangs in shame. "What's wrong? You can get us back right?" Twilight finally speaks up. "I can." "Oh, that's a relief." "-But I don't think for another 12 hours." "Nonsense! What basis do you have for that?" "The Lyoko time out. Since Lyoko is another universe just like Earth or Equestria, the rules for entering it must be like those for other ones as well." "Perhaps it's just a defect?" Rarity hopes. "Yea, It sounds to me like a kind of arbitrary rule to me." Pinkie adds. "You're right. Hey, Is there some place I can draw some a shape in the ground?" Twilight asks. "It's for a spell." "I don't remember any spell that requires drawing stuff on the ground." Odd questions. "Huh. The show isn't quite as accurate as I thought." Twilight notes. "Let's be rational here. It's a miraculous that your adventures match up so close to the show." Ulrich says. "I guess. I just thought, it might be, you know, that your universe is watching ours." Twilight replies. Yumi's (now red) palm collides with her face. "If this works, don't come back." Will punches Yumi in the arm. "That's rude! Just think of how helpful they'll be! Please come back! Especially you, Fluttershy!" "Oh, yea. I almost forgot.There is a dirt patch in the corner of the factory floor. Should be large enough for all of you." Odd says. Twilight looks confused. "Why is there a dirt patch THAT LARGE in a FACTORY?" "Um, it's been out of use for decades." "Seems like a waste to me. Unless, you know they want to hide something." Twilight pauses, with a slight grin on her face. "Hmmm, I wounder what that could be?" "Couldn't be a super secret government project." Yumi says, while everyone laughs. Twilight drew the Equestria shape, (a quick reminder: ) and all the ponies get onto the 5 prongs of the star. (well, except for Twilight who stands in the middle) "I'll come back... I mean, if that's ok with you." Fluttershy quakes, almost vibrating on the spot. "Of course it's ok! I mean we are in their gang now!" RD comforts Flutters. "Odd, you seem like a cool guy! I'll be like the bestestestest.... friends EVER!. FOREVER!" Pinkie squees, hopping a full meter into the air every word. "Please excuse her. She's kind of full of energy at the moment." Twilight pauses, thinking over her words. "Well, she's kind of full of energy at every moment." "You don't say! I don't-" Rarity says, right before Twilight sticks her hoof into her mouth. Because, even with some of the best magic in Equestria, and wings, the best way to tell somepony to shut up is still to stick a hoof in their mouth. "We're out of time. Let's try this now. Don't want to die here, or worse, be late."Twilight urgently says. "Twhahlight, Ah think your priority list is a little off." AJ mentions. Twilight's purple magic fills the groves. Once all the grooves are filled, the magic solidifies. The shape holds as Twilight begins to say the magic words: "Inversez la nature du réel et fiction: Trouver votre chemin de retour par revenir sur vos pas." [1] ~*****~ Digital (really Multiverse) Limbo All of the mane six are here, in the white void. Black words are in front of them: "Time left on lockout: 9:12:12". The last number is ticking down one a second. "Well, I wasn't expecting this." Twilight finally manages to say. "Hopefully, this place will kick us ba-" Twilight says, cut off by her (and everypony else too) being sent back to Earth. ~*****~ "Damn it. We're at least stuck here for 9 hours." Twilight sighed. Will looks at Twilight strangely. "Like some kind of inter-universe time out? Huh?" Twilight looks apologetic. "I don't know either. Any where we can stay?" Odd looks down. "This thing, the whole Lyoko thing, is a secret. No one but the Lyoko warriors can know about this. We can't just reveal this to the world, what if they shut it off? That will kill you ponies and make it so X.A.N.A can't be stopped! If you come out of the factory, they'll question us on it and it will be Game Over." Twilight's ears droop. "So we'll have to sleep in the factory?" Yumi replies. "Unfortunately, yes." "Don't be so Ms.grump pants! I brought beds!" Pinkie says, trying to lighten the mood. That worked as well as you would expect. In that it didn't work at all. The ponies set up their beds on the factory floor. Oh, If only they knew how stupid that idea was. Some hours later.. "Gooooood Morning, ponies. Oh. I'm sorry. I meant BAD Morning. Unless you like having your friends for breakfast!" XANA says. In a voice that can only be described as terrifying. EVERY kind of terrifying. All at once. No pony could even reply. Although, could you? "Um.. N-" Shut up, Pinks, that question is rhetorical. Besides, shouldn't you be more concerned about that buzz saw coming for your head? Pinkie doges, landing on a belt going into the boiler room. The rest are all in they're own little battles. RD is currently stuck on a conveyor belt, buzz saws right above her head. She's sweating. She knows if she does so much as move her head, she's dead. Twilight, wings singed by getting a little too close to an arc welder (Why does this factory even have this stuff? And, more importantly, why does it still work?), rushes towards RD, ready to get RD out of that predicament, when her wings flub up. She felt like facehoofing so hard. OK, for one, she DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FLY! She could have just teleported RD out of there! Apparaître ailleurs [2] works just as well as an alicorn! Second, Why did she flub up? She was overthinking flight! Why didn't she facehoof? Because she was stuck on the underside of the conveyor belt dash is on. Rarity and AJ got the drop on a buzz saw, oblivious to Twilight's (and RD's) predicament. Until X.A.N.A throws RD off the conveyor belt, just to replace her with AJ. Who, X.A.N.A, knowing her power, restrains her with magic. "Ah'm gettin' the feelin ya hate me for some reason." X.A.N.A waits for a moment, calculating whether it could be wise to reveal this info. "You remind me of Yumi. I hate Yumi. In fact, I hate the entirety of Japan. But mostly Yumi." While she's distracted, AJ scoots down, away from the buzz saws. She then bucks the blades, bending them. Bent blades + high speed spinning = you can do the fancy mathematics. Back to Pinkie... Wait, what is she doing? ... Whatever, RD has an idea. "Twilight!" Twi gets squashed by the conveyor belt, (again) then replies, "What is it? I'm in a pinch." "What would happen if we shorted some wires?" There's Pinkie! I was concerned it might be Game Over. For the world. You know, if she was dead. "Well, everything in the factory would go berserk and then it would blow a fuse, ending the attack!" RD's pupils grow wide. "Ok, we sh-" "Already working on it! Also, when I give the signal, RUN. To the elevator. Nopony want's to be killed to death, right?" Everypony nods. Well, except for that one stuck under a conveyor belt. (sorry, Twi.) "Plan: Electric Nefarious Sweet Defilement in 3..." Dash felt like facehoofing. Twilight was stuck under the conveyor belt! If she stays there, she'll die! "2..." Dash knows what's up. Twilight needs to get out of there. "AJ! Release Twi from the conveyor!" AJ retorts back while running to the elevator, "Just drag her out by her ear!" Dash consi... nevermind. Dash, pulling someone by the ear is a really, really bad idea. "BUCK IT! She's stuck!" Pinkie, strangely oblivious continues the countdown. "1..." AJ, being the more observant earth pony, bucks the conveyor belt, making an opening for Twilight to escape through. Meanwhile, Rarity is in another problem. She tripped, and is now falling onto some live wires. Or she would be, if Twilight didn't pick her up and through her at the elevator. ... That's going to hurt when she crashes. Pinkie, somehow not noticing her friends are in grave peril, drops a disconnected buzz saw onto some live wires, shorting the factory. Fluttershy, already at the elevator, (which is spazzing out right now, because of the short circuit,) sees Twilight, limping because SHE'S BEEN STUCK UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT. She knows she's not going to make it. ... Without help that is. So she flies. She flies to save her friend. She flies through the bolts of electricity. Because that's what being the element of kindness is all about. Bolts of electricity singe... no, they don't singe her wings. Her wings are on fire. Fluttershy doesn't care. She has a friend to save. "JUMP ON!" She yells at Twilight. As Twilight does the strongest hop she can muster, (read: 5 CM off the ground. Need I remind you what she's been through?) Fluttershy flies just underneath, wings burning. As she flies back, her wings are quickly becoming a trail of ash on the floor. Flutters flies as high as she can before her wings burn out. Thankfully, that was just enough. Also quite thankfully, the sprinkler systems turn on, saving Fluttershy from becoming a former Pegasus. Pinkie, finally paying attention, realizes something. "Wait, since we killed the factory power, shouldn't th-" Pinkie was cut off by the elevator falling down to the lab. ... Even though a real elevator would stay on the same floor. ... dammit Pinkie, why do you have to make crap like this happen? "It's your fault that I even said that! You shouldn't complain!" Pinkie says to me. Needless to say, but for some reason I'm saying it anyway, nopony knew who she is talking to. "Well duh! I'm the only one who can listen to you, Mr. omnipotent narrator!" So there was no way you could have been unaware of your friends peril! "Rule of drama, duh." ... ... ... ... ... ANYWAY, while I was being distracted by Pinkie, Twilight Victoria Sparkle, (the middle name will be important, I swear) typed out this email to Odd: Were you aware of the dangers of the factory you have put us in? Our time was not really pleasant, because all the machinery ended up trying to kill us and turn us into.... I don't know, cupcakes. Fluttershy stands out in this regard because- Twilight chuckled to herself. "I'm starting to write this like a letter to Celestia. I'll backspace the part about Fluttershy." I would like for you all to come down to the factory, as soon as you can without violating school rules. Don't think I don't know about your many times you've broken code of conduct. -Victoria "And sent!" Dash looked over at the screen. "Wait, so how does this thing send mail? I don't see a mail slot or anything." Twilight really wanted to facehoof, but given the level of knowledge about the human world and technology, he really couldn't have known better. "Dash, the 'letter' in this sense is virtual, like your sword. It only exists in the internet, where it quickly moves to, in this case, Odd's computer. Make sense?" Dash sort of contemplates it for a bit. Then he gets it. "OOOHH. THAT'S how it works! You've gotten better at explaining stuff overnight!" Twilight blushes a bit. "I try." Odd yawns. Man, his brain hurts after watching 8 episodes of My Little Pony in English last night with French subtitles. Ulrich, who watched them with him for the first time, is still out cold. He realizes the irony in that he got up first, given that he is usually the one to sleep in later than Ulrich. Anyway, just a- Hold on. The Supercalculator just emailed him. Opening the email up, he sees: Were you aware of the dangers of the factory you have put us in? Our time was not really pleasant, because all the machinery ended up trying to kill us and turn us into.... I don't know, cupcakes. I would like for you all to come down to the factory, as soon as you can without violating school rules. Don't think I don't know about your many times you've broken code of conduct. -Victoria "Heh. She's just as clever as the show makes her out to be." He shakes Ulrich up. Ulrich sees Odd through the kind of eyes you have when you just get up in the morning: foggy and defocused. "Is this opposite day or something?" "No sorry, you still have to get up for school." Odd, noticing the irony, adds. "Wow, it kind of is opposite day." At lunch. "So Odd, you woke Ulrich up? If I didn't know better, I would guess today was opposite day." Will asks Odd. "Well, he was staying up late with me to watch ponies." Odd considered some segways. They were all kind of bad, but he went with one anyway. "Speaking of ponies, Victoria said we should go to the factory." Ulrich overheard this. "Dammit, why didn't you tell me?" "Because the email said not to come over until lunch. She knows my record for breaking the rules." "That answers nothing." Odd smiles. "Did I have to answer you?" At the factory, Fluttershy, brings back grass for the rest of the mane 6. You know, by using the French sewer system to go to that one manhole that's in a park for some reason. Don't look a gift manhole in the mouth. Which is a really bad metaphor, given that a manhole doesn't have a mouth. Pinkie speaks up. "Also, a manhole would be a really crappy gift." "That it would dear, but why would even have came up?" Rarity, realizing the strange awkwardness in what she just said. "Well, that was disaster." The extremely important lack of dialog that follows was interrupted by the Lyoko Warriors entering the room. Which then causes another awkward pause, finally broken by Aelita. "You ponies eat grass?" Twilight responds with a casual demeanor. "Well, of course we do! We may be talking, magical, and from another universe, but we're still ponies." Author's Note If you're wondering why Odd was doing the English dub, there are two reasons. One, Since the show was originally in English, it has the newest episodes and is the closest to how the pony world is. Two, in the French dub, FLUTTERSHY IS VOICED BY A GUY. Since Flutters is definitely female, this would be disorienting swapping from show Flutters to real Flutters. SPELLS IN ENGLISH (for this episode): 1:Reverse the nature of real and fiction: Find your way back by retracing your steps. 2:Appear elsewhere. EDITED BY:Pilot Solaris, craton765, GreenS21
Song: "A World Without Discord" A/N: Go here for the song. Had to be removed for reasons on FiMFiction. Author's Note this is the intro song for each episode. Based on the "A world without danger" because that is the best intro song ever. Haters gonna Hate.
