To Boldly Pony

by jidbrony

Rating: teen
Tags: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Comedy
Length: 3999

A re-telling of the last Nostagia Critic Anniversary film to Boldly Flee but with Ponies

Ever wonder what it would be like If a That Guy with the Glasses anniversary movie had the Cast of My little Pony Friendship is Magic. Well this fan fiction will do it's best to try and answer those questions. To Boldly Pony will pit our heroes against the forces of evil as they try and stop them from destroying harmony and friendship and the right to….. complain on the internet? Okay then !

(Note: This Story does take into account Villains that were reformed in the past but discounts the whole being reformed thing. So any villain that was reformed in the show universe is in not reformed in the story universe. With one exception. Also this Picture has nothing to do with the story but it looks cool.)

Spoiler Warning: Some small Equstria girls spoilers here and there but not really anything drastic.
I own nothing.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-06-28 03:50:02 UTC

Part 1

Canterlot- Throne Room

Inside the mane throne room of Canterlot castle, Princess Celestia was busy with the usual paper work of running a entire nation of Ponies. She took at look up to look at the time. It was almost 6:30pm. This was odd for around this time her Sister Luna would enter to join her for there nightly tea as they would gaze up into the night that Luna was responsible for making.

"Again a no show that this third time this week she hasn't shown up for a regular time together."

Princess Celestia looks up at the sky and notices something wrong. There were no stares in the sky. Something wasn't right. She turned to one of the guards that was at the door.

"Yes your highness." The guard saluted.

"Have you seen my sister as of late."

"Um.... No.... But wait I remember she was at the Apple Farm earlier last week to make sure the moon would not effect the tides of the river but ever since them nothing."

Celestia seemed concerned by this new before she looked up at the sky one more time. "Please find her at once. "

"Yes your majesty."

The Guard rushed off as Princess Celestia continued to look up at the night sky

Twilight's Library

"Ever wonder what's it's like having to one day organizing the books in your library by the number of letters each book has and then the next day you find yourself as an Alicorn Princess. Well I'll tell you..... It kind of sucks. Oh sure you get to live in a nice castle and everything even though the Princess was kind enough to let me stay at my library home, but still there's and emptiness to it. Sure my life is good I still have my friends who are very understanding of the whole situation. But still the wait and burden are immense like last week I had to go this other world to..."

"Uh Twilight"

Twilight looked up from her chair inside her room to see her baby dragon Spike staring at her seeming worried.

"Yes Spike?" She said after relaxing again.

"You were doing that thing again were you were looking up at the window as if having some sort of silent monologue."

"Well..... Yeah.... I was." Twilight admitted seeming a little embarrassed.

"Oh okay." Spike then began to walk away before Twilight called him back.

"Hey Spike hold on can we talk."

Spike seemed a bit hesitant at first, he new that sometimes Twilights "Talks" always would lead to him sitting on his scaly hide for sixteen hours listing to her drone on and on and on about all sorts of nonsense. But as a good friend he happily obliged.

"Sure why not." He said as he walked up to Twilight and decided to sit next to her. "What's up."

"Well...... Ever wonder what's it's like to have so much responsibility even if you feel so young and not ready for it."

"Well now that you mention it...." Spike responded.

"I didn't think so." Twilight cut of Spike to his annoyance.  "But yeah. These new responsibilities have been just so hard lately. However" Twilight then pulled out from out of nowhere a small laptop. "Thanks to our journey into the human world, I was able to analyze the ways they make a computer and make some for me and a few of our Ponyville friends. So I've been able to as the humans put it.... blog my problems."

"Blog? What's that? A monster."

"It's when you type of about things you like, such as problems regular activities or even reviews." Twilight explained.

"Reviews? What would people review?"

"Anything I guess." Twilight answered as she showed spikes some examples. "For instance Rainbowdash created her own website were she reviews all the hit new athletes.... some good" Twilight showed Spike Spitfire doing one of her amazing flyer tricks. "And Some..... Not so good." She showed Spike a random Pegasus tripping the second he got onto the air. " All of our friends are doing it. Rarity with fasion, Applejack with Apples even the Cutie Marr Crusaders are trying it. These computers have really caught on. Thankfully though I was able to say I invented them myself so that way we didn't have to reveal the existence of.......

(Lyra's Basement)

"Humans!" Lyra screamed as she was Skypeing with her friends Bon Bon and Soarin on the internet.

"I'm telling you Human's exist I don't buy the fact that Twilight said she invented these cool computer things. Soarin your a Wonderbolt you have inside info."

"Sorry Lyra, I don't have any info on this Human conspiracy of yours. Although I have noticed that the nights have been seemed a bit off lately. I gave it a bad review on the internet yesterday."

"And that's what were here to discover as the league of Human seekers."

"Don't forget Pie seekers." Soarin added.

"And Pie Seekers we will uncover the secrets of the conspiracy of Princess Celestia." Lyra said seeming determined to find our more about humans.

Bon Bon was also with them joining them in there online chat. "Lyra I don't think the internet is going to help you solve you conspiracy theory."

"Of course it will." Lyra interrupted. "The internet helps with everything."

"But didn't you say the internet was part of the conspiracy." Bon Bon said trying to get Lyra to see her own crazy reasoning.

"Well..... I.......Uh......It will help!" Lyra shouted.

"Fine." Bon Bon merely rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Well if it makes you feel any better I saw some strange things while looking at my telescope last night."

"Really what were the coordinates.

"00001-0005"

"Strange those are weird Coordinates." Lyra got up from her Computer to point the telescope at the coordinates she noticed that the moon was slowly moving out of orbit. As a conspiracy theorist Lyra had always known that the Sun and the Moon were all part of the conspiracy the two Princess's have set up.

"Hey I'm getting static on my computer." Bon Bon said. Slowly her screen began to fuzz out. Until eventually he was cut off.

Lyra rushed to the computer and screamed "BOOOOOOOOOOOON...." She paused in the middle of that screen as she was getting a call. "What...Hello.... Oh hi mom..... What...... I'm doing my conspiracy hunt right now........ Yes.......Yes......I'll call you back......... Love you too." She hung up and the phone and took a deep breath  "BOOOOOOOOOON"

"Hey!" Soarin interrupted

Lyra looked at Soarin.

"Turn it on the news, It's saws Twilight Sparkle' been put under house arrest.

Lyra seemed shocked. "Really! For what!"

Canterlot Court

"Vandalism! Assault! Terrorism! And a complete disrespect for my Great and Powerfulness."

The Judge just starred at this blue unicorn with a white mane. "Who are you?"

The Unicorn seemed perplexed that he would dare ask such a question to her. "I am the Great and Powerful TRIXE! and I will not rest nor sleep nor eat until Twilight Sparkle is brought down to justice. Show footage!"

Trixe uses her horn to conjure a small projection screen and show's the judge past events that have happened between her and Twilight Sparkle. "Not only is he responsible for my misfortune of me having to work on a rock farm but she besmirched Trixe's wonderful magic and act through these sold called online reviews! I demand justice!"

The Judge just  stares at Trixie with contempt. "Now miss Lixie"

"TRIXIE!" She corrected.

"Whatever, First of all these so called online reviews will come to end once regulations are put into effect thanks to copyright laws. Second the only reason Twilight's sparkle in even under house arrest is thank to a few medieval laws that have gotten around to being change. And third your probably not going to have much chance in court in the first place because of that whole incident when you tried to take over Ponyville. And fourth Twilight will probably get off scot free since she's is a princess after all."

"WHAT!" Trixe slammed her hoof on the bench and pointed at the judge with a threating poise. "Remember this well I will not rest until I the Great and Powerful Trixie see Twilight Sparkle in.

Come on down to Sweet Apple Acers we Sell Apples and Apple accessories!

Office Building

On the T.V Screen Trixie just look around not knowing what jut happened. "Did. Did Trixie just get cut off."

"Yep! Do to cutbacks and the Pony recession we had to start allowing for companies to cell there products during session we get a few bits for it though."  The Judge then turns around and  gives a wind and a smile as a sign that say Sugar Cube Corner pops up.

"Well how many...." Trixie is unable to finish her sentence before she is cut off by another commercial for Cupcakes

The T.V Turns off. Sitting in the large office chair with a scowl on her face was former egotistical Athlete turned Sinister Business Pony/ Lobbyist Lightening Dust she turns her chair towards her assistant pony .

"You see another poor soul crushed by a reviewer worst yet..... A friend of my enemy Rainbowdah." Lightening Dust said anger searing through her at the sound of that name. "She thinks she's better jut because she thinks my flying is reckless I'll show her!" Lightning Dust shook her hoof in the air.

"Uh Miss Dust. She really didn't give you a bad review she only said that your flying needed to be more calm and timid so no-pony else would get hurt."

"Enough! Find me this Trixe she may be able to be useful to our cause."

"Very well miss dust." The assistant pony said with a enthusiastic tone.

Twilight's Library

Twilight poked her head out of the door looking outside turning her head left and right. Then slowly she put her hoof outside the door. In that instant she horribly electrocuted because of the bracelet that was attacked to her hoof. She quickly went inside and the electrocution stopped.

"DARN THING!" She shouted in frustration.

Then a flash of light began to emanate inside her home and morphed into a transparent Trixie.

"What the?" Twilight said looking at the transparent Trixie.

"Greeting you miserable Pile of glue."

"Trixe?" Twilight looked surprised. "What are you doing here."

"Look at your hoof and tell me."

Twilight looked at her shackled hoof and then glared up toward Trixie. "Your the one who got me under house arrest! Your jerk! Do you much how crud I've put by this thing."

"And you deserve every moment of your suffering Twilight Sparkle, get ready for our day in court."

"Oh yeah whens that."

"Uh..... Trixe looked down at a peace of paper she held in her hands. Tuesday....... in the year 2051."

"What the.... Why so long!" Twilight seemed annoyed by this information.

"Well.....Uh..... They said my case was probably going to go in your favor and also they said I ....Wasn't that important."

"Yeah that's sounds right." Twilight responded.

"But take heed Twilight Sparkle. For I will not rest until I have justice. I will cross over the rivers go through woods climb ever mountain forge every stream follow every rainbow until I ...... Find! .....My...."

As Trixie was busy boasting Twilight thought she heard something rumbling in her basement. But she was the only one home today. She looked back at Trixie.

"Hey can you technically attack me in this form"

"No why." Trixie asked.

Twilight blasted her horn and dispersed the transparent Trixe. Twilight then slowly began to head down her basement. The lights were off so she turned the one above the stares on to see were she was going.  For a strange reason the lights in the basement were dim hardly working at all. When she finally turned a corner there sitting at her desk was a deranged looking Applejack.

"Applejack ....What are you doing here....... Have you lot your mind." Twilight said looking concerned.

"Help us Twi...... Take us home.

"Applejack...... We are home.... my home...... and not to be rude or anything but...... get out!"

"There is still time." Applejack whispered. " Searchth for out body."

"Searchth. Why are you speaking Old Equestrian, you sound like Princess Luna."

"Find the Moon. The Moon is coming" Applejack.

Applejack then slapped her hoof and Twilight's head. "Remember." she whispered. "Remember.

Twilight just have Applejack a worried looking smile. "Okay.... I think you need a doctor.

Applejack then lost balanced and collapsed face first on Twilight squishing her. "Now I need a doctor." She mumbled.

A few seconds past as Twilight had to drag Applejack out of the basement. She put it on her couch when she heard a knocking on the door. Twilight groaned this was not the time for more people to be at her house right now. But she had to be kind and answer the door. She opened it reveal it was her brother Shining Armor and sister in law Princess Cadence.

"Twilight." he said as he ran into the room to give his sister a big hug.

"Hello there BBBFF." Twilight responded.

"We came to see how you were doing since we heard what happened to you."

"Thanks big brother. I still can't believe we still have that old medieval law that puts me under house arrest you'd think Princess Celestia would have changed it by now."

"Yeah.... Well I guess she missed one." Shining Armor responded

Princess Cadence noticed Applejack laying unconscious on Twilight's couch and look worried. "What happened."

Twilight turned to Applejack. "I don't know I found her in my basement acting strange and bizarre I was going to find someone to take her to the doctor.

"Well.... I can take her." Shining Armor said walking up towards Applejack.

"But dear we just got here. I was hoping we could all catch up together." Cadence said sounding disappointed.

"Well.... I do need someone to take her to hospital." Twilight said looking at Applejack.

"Then it's settled then." Shining Armor picks up Applejack and puts her on his back. "Don't worry. I'll be back soon."

Twilight watched with concern as he watched her friends being rushed off to the doctor hoping she would be okay.

Cutie Mark Crusader Clubhouse

Sweetie Belle was the only crusader at the time who was at the Clubhouse. She was using  her tail to dust up the place while humming the Cutie Mark Crusader. There was a nock at the door.

"Wonder who that could be."

Sweetie Belle looked through the little whole in door and saw Lyra standing outside. Sweetie Belle looked surprised why would Lyra be at the Cutie Mark Crusader Clubhouse. She opens the door anyway to see what she wants.

"Hello Lyra..... Uh......What are you doing here." Sweetie Belle asked

"Well..... I was wondering." She said. "Is your friend Scootaloo here."

"Uh....No.....Why." Sweetie Belle seemed curious why would Lyra want to know about Scootaloo.

"Well I heard that she has her own space ship scooter lying around." Lyra answered.

Sweetie seemed a bit wielded out by Lyra's insanity. "Look all those things about Scootaloo having a rocket powered scooter and her testing special demolition rockets are all rumors. Now please leave!"

Sweetie Belle slams the door on Lyra as goes back to cleaning the Clubhouse. There is a knock on the door again.

"I'm not answering Lyra." Sweetie Belle just ignores the door. The knock grows louder. "Nope not answering. She doesn't have ...."

Then the door is blasted out of hinges and  hits the wall. Sweetie Belle look shocked. She turns around to see what happened and standing right outside the door was a exact copy of here. From head to hoof it looked exactly like her. However it's eyes then started to glow green and it's voice although sounding like her had a mechanical tone to it.

"I am the Sweetie Bot my primary function is squeaks."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Space Ship

Hovering over space was a small sized Space Ship and inside the Great and Powerful Trixie headed to the communication deck to speak with her master. Then appearing in a holographic image was nightmare moon in the holographic flesh.

"There is a great disturbance in the moon." Nightmare moon said.

"Uh....... Do you need some cream for that, perhaps Ponies should start wearing pants."

"No! Not that moon! The Moon.... The one in the sky." Nightmare Moon sounding annoyed at her servant.

"Oh.... Yes I got it." Trixie realized what she was talking about.

"The on they call Applejack could be a threat to us." Nightmare Moon Said.

"But she's just an Apple farmer and now a Apple critic because of the whole online rage going on recently because of Twilight Sparkle's so called.... computers."

"Critics are a dangerous thing in our line of work Trixie remember that."

"Well..... What do we do."  Trixie asked.

"Find Applejack and bring her to me." Nightmare Moon commanded.

"Well that will be difficult I do not know were to start and..... hold on I go another call"

"Don't you dare...." She was cut off as another holographic image appeared. This one of Lightening Dust.

"Who are you." Trixie said looking curious at the new Pony.

"I am Lightening Dust. Former athlete who wanted to become a Wonderbolt  turned heartless cooperate oligarch thanks to athlete and so called online athlete reviewer Rainbowdash."

"Rainbowdash, isn't that Pony a friend of Twilight Sparkles."

"Indeed.... And I might be able to help you out with you search for another one of Rainbowdash friends the one they call Applejack.

Trixe just looks up and gives a sinister looking smile

Twilight's House

Twilight sits on her couch along with Princess Cadence relaxing around the fire place having some tea and cupcakes.

"So Twilight, how have you been doing with the transition into being a Princess." Cadence asked.

"Oh.... It's been fine. A bit rough. But still I don't want to let Princess Celestia down."

"I'm sure you wont."

Then a bright light entered the tree home extending becoming brighter and brighter and then in a flash Princess Celestia herself entered the house.

Twilight was shocked to see the ruler of all of Equestria inside her house. She and Princess Cadence gave a little bow to her as he bowed back.

"Princess Celestia what are you doing here."

"My young student."  Celestia said with a tone of utter seriousness in her voice. "There is a important task I must accomplish."

Twilight looked at Celestia with great concern.

Thirty minutes later Twilight stands at the end of the hallway looking very impatient as the sound of flushing toilet could be heard in the background. One of the door opens up as Princess Celestia returns back to the living.

"I apologize for any trouble you may have in there Twilight but I'm trying to get over my addiction to cakes."

"Um Princess, not that it's a honor to have you here but is there a specific reason you came here besides to use my bathroom."

"I did actually." Celestia Responded. "You see my dear student I have some horrible news. I have just learned, Nightmare moon has returned."

Twilight and Princess Cadence looked shocked. "What!" Shouted Twilight. "But how! I thought she was destroyed"

"She was but her persona survived." Celestia answered

"Her what?"

"Her persona. Nightmare moon has grown beyond just my sister Luna and has become it's own entity. Her own traits identity, everything. Sadly she still needs my sister's body to survive."

"But what happened to Princess Luna." Twilight asked.

"Well.... I believe that she must have transferred her spirit into you."

Twilight looked stunned. Princess Luna had transferred her spirit into Twilight, but the strange thing was she didn't feel any different.

"But Princess Celestia wouldn't I have noticed it."

Princess Celestia seemed a little confused. "You mean you don't feel it. You don't feel any different."

"No."

Princess Cadence observed this exchange and was thinking about what had happened earlier. "Wait a minute.... Applejack." It hit her. "Applejack was acting strange lately. Perhaps she has Luna's spirit."

Princess Celestia though about it. "You know one of my guards said that Luna was last scene at the Apple Family farm a few days ago. Perhaps that when Nightmare moon returned."

"But Princess, how did Nightmare moon return." Princess Celestia asked.

"Simple Twilight criticism." Celestia answered.

"What!" Twilight looked shocked.

"I'm afraid that Luna must have stumbled upon someone critiquing her night sky, Luna herself just brushed it off but the persona of Nightmare moon must have seen it and triggered something inside of her in order for the darkness to gain strength."

"So.... Critiquing caused this." Twilight sparkled just lowered her head in sadness. But Princess Celestia lifted her up.

"My dear Twilight Sparkles. Criticism isn't a bad thing. It can be a good thing. It allows others to express our opinion to learn from others, to learn from our mistakes and to grow be better at what we strive to achieve. It's how you take the criticism, that is important."

Twilight smiled at Celestia's words of wisdom. She then realized something. "Hey also by the way can you take this thing off of me." Twilight pointed to her bracelet.

"Oh.... Of course." Celestia pointed her horn at it and dismantled the homing bracelet with her unicorn magic. "Now I must go to continue to investigate what Nightmare moon is up to."

"What should we do." Twilight asked looking at Cadence and herself. "You stay here to make sure Applejack is okay. If she holds my sisters spirit, she may be in danger."

Twilight and Cadence gave each other worried looks.

Hospital

At the hospital Applejack laid on the small bed looking more alert than she did earlier. Shining Amor was there also joined by Rainbowdash, Scootaloo, Applebloom and Pinkie Pie who was eating a candy bar.

"Hello fellah's what y'all doing here." Applejack wondered.

"We heard about what happened to you and wanted to make sure you were okay." Rainbowdash answered.

"I'm here because I love being with Rainbowdash and she's teaching me everything there is know about being a great flyer and a sports critic."

"She's learning from the best." Rainbowdash replied.

"You okay sis." Applebloom said walking up to Applejack and holding on her leg.

"I'm fine Applebloom your big sis is just having a bad is all."

The Doctor was hooking strange templates onto Applejack head.

"This device here." The doctor pointed to the computer will allow us to see what Applejack is thinking of at all times.

"Cool so Applejack what are you thinking about now." Rainbowdash asked with enthusiasm

On the machine the word "Apples." Emerged.

Rainbowdash seemed a bit disappointed by the answer. "Well....That figures."

Then another word appeared on the screen. "The Moon."

"The moon." Applebloom questioned. "Why are you thinking about the moon sis?"

Then more words began to appear. "Moon rocks. Moon Pie. The Darkside of the moon, Dreams, Nightmares."

"Oh I love Moon Pies." Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"Why on earth are you thinking these things Applejack what are you a philosopher or something." Rainbowdash asked looking curious.

"I don't know It's not me something's going weird with my brain!"  Applejack said looking worried.

Then more and more words began to appear on the screen strange coordinates and equations appear on the screen growing in a rapid pace. Applejack began to jitter around like when Pinkie Pie's Pinkie sense was going off.

"What's going on is sis." Applebloom said looking extremely worried

More and more equations and coordinates appeared on the screen. Eventually Rainbowdash couldn't take it anymore she grabbed one of the footstools and smashed the machine which snapped Applejack out of it. She fell down on the bed alive but looking dazed.

"Well." Everyone turned to look at Pinkie Pie. "At least nothing else bad can happen right." Then there was a nock at the door.

Rainbowdash just slapped her hoof to her forehead in annoyance.