“Do you remember what you have to do, Spike?”

“Yeah, I remember,” the small dragon said eagerly, “Make contact with the visitors in your bodies and make sure they don’t get into trouble. Easy peezy, lemon squeezy!”

Make sure they don’t get into trouble… trouble… trouble…… Oh crap, what have I done?!

The startling realization came to Spike in his sleep, and promptly awoke him in a nervous sweat. He had let six crazy individuals out into a world that desperately needed harmony and order.

Quickly, he jumped out the basket that served as his bed and ran for the front door, hoping he wasn’t too late to stop anything. In his mind, the only thing he thought was, When Twilight finds out, I’m in big trouble.

“How do we look, Jack?”

“Well, let me just get a good look of- wow...”

Gavin and Ray stood side-by-side in their newly created costumes. Long capes flowed from their backsides as Jack got a good look of the superheroes. With a mighty leap, both of them leapt into the air and shouted, “X-Ray… and Vav!” It was…

“... the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” mumbled Jack aloud.

“What was that, Jack?”

“Oh- I mean, they look pretty good… I guess.”

Vav trotted over to the mirror to get a full glimpse of himself. “I must say, I think this costume suits me better than the one back on Earth. What do you think, X-Ray?”

X-Ray looked around in his whirly glasses, seemingly trying to locate the source of Vav’s voice. “I would say it does too, if these glasses weren’t blinding me.”

“Need some help there, Ray?” asked Jack, a bit concerned.

“No, I’m good,” Ray reassured, only to back up into a standing mannequin and knocking it over in the process, creating a loud clanging sound as it hit the floor.

Gavin smiled triumphantly, “See Jack, he’s good. Now, it’s time to cut straight to business. Let’s find some evil supervillain dude, and beat the mong out of him!”

“You idiot, this is a town full of peaceful ponies!” Jack reasoned, “What are the odds that an evil supervillain is going to appear…”

“Guys! Guys!” A plea for help outside the front door interrupted the group’s discussion. Jack quickly rushed to open the door only to let Michael gallop past him, knocking him to the floor in the process. The pegasus seemed tired and out of breath, but also desperate. “Guys, you have to come quickly! It’s Ryan! He… wait, what the fuck are you two wearing?” he asked, noticing for the first time Vav and X-Ray’s outfits.

“That’s not important right now. What was that about Ryan?” said Gavin.

Michael gulped, stopping to catch his breath, “Ryan… he’s gone insane or something. We went to Fluttershy’s house to see if Ryan could talk to animals like her, but as soon as we discovered he could, he got this really crazy look in his eyes and ran off to Applejack’s farm to get a cow.”

“But that could only mean…”

“Yes, I think the Mad King has returned. We need to stop him before he does something crazy!”

Silence filled the room, with each man-turned-pony thinking of a solution. Finally, Gavin spoke up with a determined look in his eyes, “Men, I’m pretty sure we all know what we have to do. We may be trapped inside female ponies at the moment, but that doesn’t mean we are totally helpless. I may not like this place all that much, but no dimension should have to endure the rule of the Mad King like we have. We must stop him… at all costs! Who’s with me?!”

The four Achievement Hunters cheered and went out the door, screaming loudly like a bunch of maniacs. A moment later in the boutique, three little fillies emerged from the staircase and looked on in confusion, having just heard and witnessed everything that had occured. Finally, one of them spoke up.

“What do y’all reckon that was about?” asked Applebloom.

“Nothing normal, that’s for sure.” said Scootaloo.

“I never knew our sisters and their friends liked role-playing games,” commented Sweetie Belle.

The three fillies were silent for a moment more, only to laugh it off and go back upstairs to resume playing in Sweetie Belle’s room.

Meanwhile, Edgar 14 stood patiently beside a large hole on top of a large hill. She was waiting for the strange pegasus that had offered her wheat to finish with the furious digging he was currently doing. Who knew that such a tiny mare could shovel out all that dirt with only her hooves?

“So where’s this here wheat you’ve gone and promised me?”she asked, still a bit amazed by the large pile of dirt that lay beside the hole.

“Can you just wait?!” shouted Ryan, still focused on the task at hand, “I need to finish your living accommodations real quick, and then I’ll…”

“Woah-woah-woah, hold on there, big girl,” interrupted Edgar, “Did you just say ‘living accommodations’. This is it, this hole right here?”

“Why of course,” answered Ryan, obviously flustered by such a stupid question, “Where else would you live?”

“Oh, I don’t know. In a mansion, maybe?!”

“Look, I may be an evil tyrant overlord, but I’m not that rich. Maybe after we conquer our first city I’ll have that kind of money,” the angry mare deadpanned, “Besides, if you are to be a true Edgar, you have to live in a hole.”

Edgar 14 looked furious, but only growled and muttered to herself, “That wheat better be worth it.”

After a few more minutes, the Mad King emerged from the hole he created and gestured towards the cow. “Come, Edgar 14, the hole awaits!”

Edgar 14 only sighed, stepping into the hole submissively. Once this is all over with, I might just have to consider rethinking my life choice.

Ryan looked on in sheer delight as the cow stepped down into the hole of glory. Finally, my plans are coming into fruition. I will be victorious… Now where the hell are all of those bricks i had lying around? Time to get started on my evil lair...

Author's Note

Hello again! It's been so long since I've updated this story, and I honestly have no one to blame but myself. I'm sorry to say that my drive to write this story has dimmed considerably since I started, but at the very least I can still find some way to end this epic adventure.
Next time on Achievement Hunter in Equestria, the guys finally confront the Mad King. Will they stop him, or will something much more sinister come into the picture? Tune in next time to find out!
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