ASotBTiE: The Equestrian Series

Chapters

2: Why James Couldn't Make It Pt. 1
2 1/2: Why James Couldn't Make It Pt. 2
0: The Mission
1: The Medusa Chicken from The Everfree

2: Why James Couldn't Make It Pt. 1

Episode 2: Why James Couldn’t Make It, or “Trapped in a World He’s Only Read Of”
(from “The Show Stoppers”)
It was another day in Equestria as James was working on his latest device. A interdimensional engine that would allow him to jump from one world to another. He was of course, doing it from memory, allowing him to try and experiment on how good his memory really is.

Down in his basement lab, he was working on the latest thing, the item that would really get him revved up and back to Earth. ‘Although, I’ll miss Equestria and my friends if I leave.’ he thought, tightening a bolt. He then saw two wires, that should’ve gone together.

“Well that’s odd.” he said, trying to figure out where the wires went. He then attached the green wire to the red one, causing a strange event, as the engine started up and electricity zapped all around. Suddenly, there was a blast of bright energy, and electrical energy zapped James before he disappeared altogether, leaving a pile of what appeared to be smoking ashes on the seat.

Meanwhile, in on Earth-616…

That’s when something unexpected happened. She was saved… by a duck.

Years later, the duck, known as Howard the Duck from Duckworld lived for a while in Cleveland, Ohio. That’s when weird things were happening. It was as if Howard was some kind of Weirdness Magnet.

Right now, Howard and Beverly were just driving down the street with Howard driving. “Another lovely day in the city, right Beverly?” he said, stopping at a street light. She was about to say something when there was a shake, and the stop lights started to go crazy with the lights flashing.

“What’s that?” Beverly said, with surprise.

“I don’t know, someone from Duckworld?” Howard said, as the cars soon went crazy, lights flashing and radio’s changing frequency. People were starting to panic in the streets.

Suddenly, electrical energy zapped all around and seemed to feel unusual. Then there was a bright flash of energy before a figure appeared, dressed in a lab coat, and smoking. The figure coughed out some smoke before looking around. He walked towards their car before he looked through the open window, seeing Beverly and Howard.

The young boy laughed hysterically before falling to the sidewalk. Beverly opened the door seeing the poor unconscious boy. “Howard, what do we do?” she said, turning to him.

Howard sighed, as he didn’t want to get involved with anything weird again, but then again, he took weirdness in stride as he fought against Dr. Bong before, and he had fought off some crazy creatures in the past.

“Place him in the backseat.” he replied with a sigh. Beverly nodded, then grabbed the body and placed him into the back seat. She then got in the front and they headed back to the apartment.

“What do you mean, you’re going out?” Beverly Switzler exclaimed.

“He’ll panic that I’m a talking duck!” Howard said, as he started to light a cigar. He then rubbed the bridge on his beak. “Look, Beverly,” he started, “He’s from another world, one that probably doesn’t have talking animals.” At that moment, James woke up, hearing both Beverly and Howard’s conversation.

“He may not.” she said, “He may not act like a normal human, if he is from another Earth.”

Howard puffed a cigar smoke, as he thought for a moment. “Maybe… but I don’t want to take that chance.” he said, as he stuck the cigar back into his mouth.

“And why not?” James said, as he sat up.

“Because, people always panic.” he said, quickly turning to James. He then turned back to Beverly, letting his brain process on what to do. He suddenly realize something, and slowly turned towards James.
“A person is smart,” James said, “People are dumb, panicky, and stupid.” he finished, quoting from his favorite movie. He then smiled at them.

“WAAAUGH!” Howard exclaimed.

Beverly, Howard, and James just stayed still as awkward silence filled the room for a moment. James then said, “How about a nice grilled cheese sandwich? I didn’t come here for no apparent reason.” He got up and went into the kitchen while Howard and Beverly looked at each other, confused by what just happened.

5 Minutes later…
Howard, Beverly, and James were eating soup and sandwiches. Silence followed with only the sound of chewing and slurping from the food. Finally, James said, “I thank you for bringing me here and saving me from being roadkill, but I must find a way back to the planet I was living on.”

It seemed that they didn’t know what to do except this. “Well,” started Howard, “There’s just one problem. How?” he plainly asked. James was about to explain, when the apartment started to shake. “Not again.” Howard said, as suddenly a rift opened up in mid-air, almost like a portal.

James looked at the Portal, then looked inside where there was a fight between She-Hulk, a Astronaut, Howard and… himself. “Well, that’s-.” he was suddenly interrupted by himself being thrown by a very large squid-like thing. James fell out of the rift and ended up crashing into himself.

Future James soon got up and brushed himself off, while James lied there in pain. “Ooh. I remember that one.” his future self said, as he felt sympathy for what happened. “For what it’s worth, this won’t happen until much, much later.” he said, as he picked himself up off the floor.

His future self smiled, then looked at Beverly and Howard. “See you guys soon, at least from my perspective.” Future James said, then laughed as he jumped through the rift. For a brief moment, they saw a bit of the future, before the rift closed up.

Silence once again filled the apartment, before James smiled, and decided to do something. “If something like rifts are opening up across reality, then that means my engine is having trouble.” he said. He then looked at Howard and Beverly. “Listen guys,” he started, “I need scrap parts, machine parts, tools, and anything that you guys aren’t using.”

“What exactly are you doing?” Howard asked, worried about what he just saw.

“We’re building a rift generator and locator.” James said, with a smile.

A few minutes later…
The apartment was littered with papers, machine parts, and scraps of metal. At the center of the disaster was a mad scientist who was tinkering with a small-ish, remote-like device, with a satellite-like dish that unfolded when activating.

Beverly and Howard were mostly speechless as they saw the scientist working on some odd device. Finally, Howard spoke. “What in the name of Sam Hilton are you doing?” he said. James stopped working and looked at Howard with a bit of a crazy smile.

“Simple,” James said, “A type of rift generator and locator that will help me get back to my reality and shut the machine off before it collapses the entire multiverse into one Mega-verse.” He then went back to working on the device, while Howard and Beverly went into the kitchen, as James had made a pot of Coffee.

A few minutes passed before he finally finished it, turning it on. Beverley and Howard walked out of the kitchen, just to see James activate it. It soon started beeping, as it picked up a signal on it.

"What's going on?" she said. James looked at them, then back at the device. "It must be picking up a signal." he said, as he scanned the room, he then followed it as he headed towards Howard's room.

"Hey! Wait a minute, what are you-" he stopped as James exited the room and headed to the guest room. They both followed him to the bedroom to see him walk onto the bed, causing the lights to slightly flicker, and the room to shake. Suddenly, there was a electrical sound, before there was the sound of reality tearing opening for a moment, and James suddenly falling into the bed.

Beverly and Howard quickly ran to the bed, as they saw James in, what appeared to be in another room. Beverly and Howard looked at each other, then were about to leave when they suddenly fell into a rift of their own.

Meanwhile, in the odd room...
James got up and looked around, before the rift soon closed up. James then scanned the room, when he heard a thump from the closet door. Heading to the door, he opened it causing Beverly and Howard to fall. They looked up at James, "How nice of you two to drop in." he said with a smile. James then started scanning the room as he noticed the date on the calendar.

"January 10th, 1957." James said, confused. He then thought of something, as he opened the door and saw something fearing. Out in the front lawn was a plastic dummy. In fact the neighborhood had them standing everywhere. James' only thought was, 'Oh Cr@&!' which was strange that he thought in cartoon censor, but nevermind that.

Howard and Beverly ran out to see the same thing that James was seeing. "Great," Howard started, "We're on a planet full of dummies." James quickly turned towards them, "No, we're back in 1957. When they tested the Atomic Bomb." he said to them. James quickly ran to a nearby car, and jumped in. Beverly and Howard soon followed.

James quickly searched the car, while Beverly and Howard entered the car and buckled in. He soon found the keys and started it, quickly planning on driving it out of the suburban area, while getting the device to find a rift.

"Beverly," James said, to which she turned towards him, "I need you to look at the rift generator and look for a rift on the radar. We need to escape this world now, or otherwise-" he didn't finished, as a sudden whine came over the place, with a sense of dread coming over the three of them. James shifted it into Reverse, then turned out of the driveway, and floored it in drive.

As he drove, Beverly checked the radar, seeing a nearby rift over at the next street. James saw it too, and quickly drove the car down the next street, then he turned towards the right. He then saw it. There was a brilliant flash, and a mushroom cloud, just as they found the rift. Beverly didn't know what to do as it beeped. James just smacked the red button before it hit them.

The rift quickly opened, as James went through the rift in the car, which quickly closed as the blast slammed into the suburban area, the intense heat melting the plastic dummies. Soon, there was a powerful blast that destroyed it.

Bellewood, 2005...
Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max were at the Groovie Smoothie where Ben was fighting against Eon, a villain who had tried to take over Spacetime, more than once across more than one reality. He had so far failed twice. Ben tried to activate his Omnitrix, but couldn't. "HAHAHAHAHA! Now Ben, I will-"

Eon was suddenly hit by a old fashioned car, and it suddenly flew out of a rift. Soon, there was a screetch and and crash. The car was mostly destroyed, and Eon out of the dimension before the trunk popped opened. Soon two human figures and a anthromorphic duck climbed out of it.

"How the heck did we end up in there?" Howard said, brushing himself off. James and Beverly did the same, before James slammed the trunk down. He then pulled out the rift generator, which had conviently ended up in his labcoat again. "I don't know," James said, "But I can tell you that there's a crossroads here."

James then activated the device, closing the rift, just as the bomb went off. "That was too close." Beverly said to both James and Howard. They both nodded, then turned towards Ben, Gwen, and Max Tennyson. At that moment, Eon soon started to reform and return back to reality.

"I have returned Tennyson!" Eon exclaimed, "And now, I will-" He was rudely interrupted again by something opening up underneath him, causing him to fall suddenly into, what sounded like, trash cans.

"Sorry for that, but we must be off." James said, walking towards the rift, "And besides, you were producing a convenient rift right below you." He then snickered, as well as Howard did, before James turned towards young Ben. "Remember, with great power, comes great responsibility." he said, before jumping into the rift. Beverly just shrugged at James' randomness, then followed.

"Good luck, you're going to need it." Howard said, before taking a swan dive into the rift.

Ponyville, 1001 C.R. ...
There was a sudden rip as Eon fell into some trash cans, followed by James, Beverly, and Howard. James pressed the button on the device. The rift didn't close. He stood there confused for a moment, as he pressed the button again. Nothing happened. Suddenly, another rift opened and caused Eon to drop into Bellwood in 2010.

"Well, that was unusual." James said, "That was supposed to work. Why didn't it?" Beverly and Howard looked stressed that it didn't work. James then turned around to see that he was back at Ponyville. "Hey! I know this place." James said, as he soon realized that his machine was causing a lot of trouble with Space-Time.

Howard and Beverly were surprised by the ponies that were running around and appeared to be speaking in English. James knew what was going on, mostly. "*SNIFF!* Ah, it's good to be home." he said with a smile. Suddenly, a black-and-white DeSoto convertible with a police crest on the side, appeared in a blast of blue electrical energy. "Ooh, nice 80s special effects." James said.

The DeSoto soon came to a halt as it started to smoke and smolder. "Well, this isn't New York. Where are we, Max, I mean Sam?" a lagomorph said. A dog stood up and looked around the area, trying to find out where they were. "I have no idea." Sam said. James soon whistled at them, causing them to turn towards the source of the sound. "Hello there. I think we need a lift." he said.

A Minute Later...
The DeSoto drove across Equestria carefully as James, Howard, Beverly, and the Freelance Police were planning something. "So what's causing all this crazy multiversal mumbo jumbo?" Sam said. James was still scanning the area as he worked hard on
the device, as he called it. (He believed it was simpler than calling it a Inter-Dimensional Rift Generator and Scanner)

“Simple.” James said, as he checked over the area. “The Multiverse is slowly being pulled into one plane of reality. If I can get to my rift generator, I can put a stop to this madness and reverse the polarity, therefore placing everything back to normal.” He pressed a few buttons, and checked the scanner for any oncoming rifts appearing. Suddenly, one did. “TURN LEFT NOW!” James exclaimed, as the DeSoto made a sudden turn, avoiding a rift that had appeared.

“When that happens, and everything is returned back to normal, you all should return back to your respective realities, like streching a rubber band. Once done and reversed, you’ll all be pulled back to your worlds and snap back into place.” he said, using the rubber band analogy, which was the closest thing to James had in explaining how they would return. It worked as they had hope that they would go to their respective Earths.

Suddenly, the device started beeping, followed by the device reading, “ANOMALY IN PROGRESS”. James was confused, until he started to see that his pocket watch was floating in mid-air. Soon, the car, and certain items and ponies were floating into the air. ‘Great! Gravity Anomalies, just what this world needs.’ James thought as the car suddenly fell, only floating a few inches off the ground.

“We need to get moving.” James said, messing with the device. Everyone in the DeSoto agreed, and soon the car was off. As they drove, they saw buildings, ponies, and vehicles floating, while clocks were thrown off and several suns and moons appeared in rifts. A Teryldactal came flying by with a screetch causing James, Beverly, Howard, Max, and Sam to duck as it tried to grab one of them. At that near same time, a flying saucer came flying by and tried to zap the T-rex.

"Holy Heidemen shooting Savage on a Flying Rocket! This is nuts." Sam said, which James then yelled, "STOP!" They did so. For a brief moment, nothing happened, then suddenly, a train came barreling through a rift, but it wasn't just any train. James saw that it was one of the trains he may be traveling on in Equestria. 'That'll get confusing as this goes on.' he said.

The train soon passed, and the rifts closed before they continued.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Author's Note

Hey guys,
I was tired and didn't want to use the Crusaders in this episode (because James had delt with them before), so I made one that had several characters from TV, Comics, and other stuff.

Keep an eye out for Pt. 2
-The Character

Howard the Duck owned by Marvel Comics
Sam and Max: Freelance Police owned by Steve Purcell
Ben 10 series owned by Man of Action and Cartoon Network
My Little Pony: FIM Owned by Hasbro, DMX, and Lauren Faust
All rights to their expected owners.

2 1/2: Why James Couldn't Make It Pt. 2

ASotBTiE: The Equestrian Series

Episode 2: Why James Couldn’t Make It, or “Trapped in a World He’s Only Read Of” Part II
(from “The Show Stoppers”)

Ponyville, Equestria
2 Hours before James' Dimensional Engine...
Twilight was trying to help the Cutie Mark Crusaders in finding their cutie marks. For this, they were going to do a (what James would’ve called) “Rock Opera” for the Talent show.

The Universe though has ways of preventing events from happening. When it can’t, it allows the disaster to happen. Thankfully, there was a bigger “disaster” than what the Crusaders were about to put on. What is meant by that sentence, well… before they could even start, a storm started brewing, and rifts suddenly starting appearing.

From there, all heck broke loose.

Ponyville, Equestria
1 Hour, 15 Minutes after Talent Show…
The Main Six looked around, as ponies panicked from the Sith Lord, Darth Maul, and others ran from a Mad Scientist carrying a small spiky pink ball, shooting them with a ray gun. “SCIENCE!” The Mad Scientist known as Insano exclaimed. Darth Maul stopped to see Dr. Insano standing there with the ray gun.

Dr. Insano stood there as he saw the Sith Lord. Smiling, he aimed his gun at the Jedi and was about to fire, when something shot at Insano. He looked to his side to see Linkara. And just when the Jedi was about to attack the scientist, a DeSoto appeared above him and fell on top of him.

Insano and Linkara looked saw that, and stood there in shock, as well as the Main Six. James brushed himself off and coughed, as the dust settled. The others did the almost the exact thing he did. “Well, that just happened.” Linkara said. Soon both Linkara and Dr. Insano went back to their fighting stance as they started to fight.

The Main Six soon saw in that vehicle was James. “James!” They all exclaimed. James turned towards the source of the voices to see his friends.
“Girls,” he said, as they ran to the DeSoto, “You won’t believe the day I’ve had, and it isn’t even over yet.” “What happened?” Applejack said, as she looked at the scientist being surrounded by all this weirdness.

"Get in," he said, "I'll explain everything."

The DeSoto drove through Downtown Ponyville slowly, as rifts were appearing, and the DeSoto would avoid rifts like potholes in the road. "So wait, you're telling us that you've been stuck traveling through the multiverse, because all of this," Rainbow Dash waved her hoof around to the mass destruction to Ponyville, "Is basically your fault."

James just sat there, blankly staring into space before, "Wow, way to make a guy feel good Dashie." he replied sarcastically. Rainbow just sheepishly smiled, realizing how blunt she was. "But to put it basically and bluntly; Yes, this is my fault." he said, as he adjusted the device.

"So, what are we going to do?" Twilight asked, slightly afraid of what the result of this would happen. James looked at Twilight, then smiled his mad smile. "We are going to save the Multiverse!" he exclaimed excitedly. "How?" Howard said. "I have no idea." he said, still in his excited tone. Suddenly, a pterodactyl grabbed James' arm and carried him away.

"AW Come on!" he exclaimed as the dinosaur flew away, carrying Ponyville’s only known hope. At that exact moment, Sam, Max, and Howard just facepalmed. Sam then quickly turned around the DeSoto, giving off the chase.

James looked to his left to see a small but chubby pink pig being held in the other talon. The pig snorted at him, which James just stared back at the pig. "Hey!" he heard a gruff voice say from above. James looked up to see a old man with a five-o'clock shadow, a fez and glasses on. "Get away from my pig-I mean my niece's pig." he said from on top the pterodactyl.

James looked at the pig, then back at the old man. "Dude, if you haven't noticed, this thing grabbed me. So, your niece's pig and I are in the same boat." he said to the man. The man looked around, confused before finally saying, "Waitaminnute! This isn't Gravity Falls."

Max, I mean Sam soon speeds up fast enough to catch up with the flying dinosaur, while Howard checked on James. "He looks fine. In fact, I think he talking to that pig." he said, looking through a pair of binoculars.

"Take the wheel, Max!" Sam said, to which Max gladly did. Sam stood up as he pulled out his massive .45 Caliber Six-Shooter. "Holy!" Howard exclaimed. Sam aimed at the pterodactyl, then said, "Die, you sonnnava-!" *BLAM!* The bullet hit the flying terrible lizard, dead on. It yelped in pain, causing it to drop James, but not Waddles. Suddenly, a rift opened, sending the pterodactyl back to Gravity Falls.

James however wasn't going to make it, or so it seemed. For just as it seemed that he was about to hit the ground, a rift opened up and sent James into the unknown. The rest of the gang missed him.

They stood there in shock as chaos happened all around them. "Well s*it! What do we do Sam?" "I'll tell you what we're going to do," Twilight said, causing everyone to turn to her, "We're going to stop James' engine."

"What do you mean that we should destroy him?" The Character said in a upset tone. The floating balls of energy, near their glass-like table top, floated there above The Character, as if it was a council table. This was the Council, a group of higher multi-dimensional beings that kept an eye on the Multiverse, and right now they were upset that a human had caused this... for the umteenth time in history.

"I mean Character, that we should remove him as he is causing this destruction." The Council member on the far left said. The Character quickly shook his head. "We are not going to destroy one human, just because he activated something that he doesn't understand... just yet."

"And Why not?" the Center Council member said. "Because," he started, "He'll stop it. I mean he isn't planning on trying to destroy us, right?"

At that moment, the Cosmos decided to play with both The Character and James, as it suddenly dropped James right on top of The Character. The Council gasped as they had seen the human they were talking about, appear in their realm. "Oooohh! What did I land on?" James said.

"What the heck?" The Character exclaimed, pushing James off of him. "Who's the-" He paused for a moment, as he saw the one person he was fending for. "Oh poop." "Character! It's so good to see you." James said, hugging him. He then stopped hugging the multidimensional being in his cartoonish form, and got a good look at him.

"What's going on? Where am I?" he asked as he got up. The Character and James brushed themselves off, then they started to brush each other off. If the Council had faces, they would've looked at each other at what they were watching. After that, comical moment, which ended with James slapping The Character in the face a couple of times, The Character just gave him a dirty look before rubbing his face.

"It's simple James. You're beyond a place where no human has ever been... at least of your Earth." The Character said. James looked up to see The Council, and nervously smiled, knowing he was dealing with higher powers. "Good evening, Ladies and Germs." James said, bowing respectfully to them.

"First off," the one on the far right said, "You are in a timeless state. No evenings, nighttimes, mornings, or noondays."

"And second off," the one next to it, "We are neither gender, nor of protoplasm that existed from the beginning of the-" They suddenly stopped for a moment, as The Character silently spoke to The Council on information on the humans and their many greetings. Then, what appeared to be seconds afterward, they contemplated on what the Character had informed them on humans... so far (again).

"Yes well," the one on the right said, "There's still the problem that you know of The Character." James looked at The Character, to which he looked back at James. They both looked back at The Council. "So what if I know him?" James said, talking with knowledge of his last encounter with The Character. "He just helped nudge me back to reality with my friends. Did I tell anyone?" He paused. "Only my entrusted friends and my boss (of sorts) the Princesses."

The Council soon started speaking in a language too advanced for James to pick up, but not The Character, even though he had taken a more primitive form. "What are they saying?" James said to the Character. The Character looked at James again, then focused on what They were saying. "They're talking about what to do with you since you have appeared here and have knowledge about them." he said.

James then placed a hand on The Character's head and started focusing on what he knew. The Council stopped talking as they saw what flashed through James' head.

"Weird Al" Yankovic playing in UHF...

"I'll be back." The Terminator said...

"That's all folks!" "You're despicable!"

"Either leave us or finish us." Capt. Jean-Luc Picard said, "Temper, temper mon capitaine, I'm merely trying to assist a pitiful species." Q said.

"Then where the hell is he?" "The Better question is 'When the hell is he?'. You see, Einstein is the World's First Time Traveler." Dr. "Doc" Emmett Brown said, "I sent him into the future. One minute to be exact..."

"Waitaminute, Doc." Marty McFly said, "Are you telling me that you built a Time Machine, out of a DeLorean?!"

"Time is an illusion, lunchtime... doubly so." Ford Prefect said, drinking his beer.

"Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey." The Doctor said.

Soon they stopped, James letting go of The Character's head as they both fell down, exhausted. The Council floated there in silence, sorting out the thoughts that James transmitted to them.

It was silence for 5 full minutes.

They soon started talking in their advanced language, talking about the culture James had grown up in. You see, James was more diverse, as he liked to look at the past's best films, and prefered almost all types of music from techno and dubstep, to classic rock and classical music. He was different in that way, and prefered it to be that way.

Finally, The Council focused back to James. "How-how did you see all of these events?" the center one said. "Have you traveled the multiverse?" the one on the far right said, and that soon lead to James being bombarded with questions. He covered his ears, and yet he could still hear their voices.

Finally, The Character decided to put a stop to it and explain. ENOUGH! The Character said, blasting a psy wave that would have rippled across the cosmos. Thankfully, they were in a pocket universe.

"Look, he comes from Earth Prime, where the energies of other universes leak out of their dimensions and splash into Earth Prime where the most creative pick up the signals of the Multi-Cosmos." The Character said, with a smile.

The Council thought for a millisecond before realizing that he was right. They could feel the resonance of his Earth. "So, what happens now?" James said, as the Character thought for a moment.

The DeSoto drove up to the house, as a swirling vortex hung in the sky, high above the house. Everyone got out as they entered the house, Sam avoiding a Battle Axe to the head. He then punched Genghis Khan in the face, causing The Black Knight, and Hitler to be pushed aside and land in a pile. The Freelance Police stood there with Howard the Duck and the Mane Six watched this historical incident happen.

"Well, that happened." Max said, before Twilight ran past the Freelance Police and lead them down to the Basement. She quickly punched in the emergency code, causing the door to open. The door opened, revealing a messy lab caused by the many of people who passed through it.

"One question Twi'" Applejack yelled, as the winds howled and lightning zapped across the walls. "How do we shut down the machine?" she said. Before Twilight could reply, James suddenly faded into reality, standing right where he was when it all began. "JAMES!" Twilight yelled.

James turned towards his friends, then said, "Well, so long friends. Hope to see you in another lifetime." He then grabbed onto the engine, and opened it, as energy zapped and flowed all around. It seemed to hit James the most as he tried to pry the two wires apart. Energy zapped and high winds blew as a swirling twister of energy started to form from the engine.

"JAMES!" Twilight cried, as the energy seemed to engulf him. He then pulled them apart as he soon disappeared from Space-Time itself... and straight into the unknown. The swirling twister of energy slowly dissipated, and the rifts slowly closed up. Objects from pasts that never were and futures of yet to be disappeared and returned back to their own worlds. People faded back to their own times and places, some quickly, and others slowly.

The only people that didn't return back to their own realities were Howard the Duck, Beverly, and Sam & Max: Freelance Police. They stood there in surprise that their friend had sacrificed himself for the sake of the multiverse. Yeah sure, they didn't know him very well, but in those few moments, they could tell that he was a good character.

They all got near the engine, surprised that it was somehow still intact, aside from the burnt marks from the energies it was producing, and some damage from people. Suddenly, there were a couple of sparks from the machine, mainly from the two wires that were separated. Suddenly, energy flowed back to the machine, as if it was attempting to reverse the damage it had made.

As soon as the energy passed through the chair, James suddenly appeared in a glowing form, before it faded, leaving his solid form. Everyone gasped, except for the mostly unconscious James, to which he stirred from what happened. "Urgh, wha-what happened?" he said, as he slowly got up.

The Main Six all tackled him, caused him to fall to the ground. The Freelance Police and Howard just chuckled at the antics that happened. "What is this feeling that tickles inside me Sam?" Max said. Sam just chuckled, then said, "I think that means that it's your good nature." Max looked at him wide eyed, then just gagged. "I think I'm going to be sick."

Suddenly, the Freelance Police, Howard the Duck, and Beverly started to glow a neon light blue energy. "Uh, what's happening?" Max said. James pushed some of the girls off of him, then said, "It looks like you guys are returning back to your own worlds." He then smiled, as his theory was proven right, they were returning back to their homes.

"I hope we meet under better circumstances." James said, as he got up. He then shook their hands, as they said goodbye. "Will we remember any of this?" Max said. James thought about it, then said, "Well, since we were in the center of the energy source, probably, as the events will probably give us dual memory sets while our respected universes rewrite events to be causing everyone else that had witnessed everything to almost completely forget. Well, except for gods." James said.

"And who's a god?" Max said, to which James rubs his chin, thinking it over for a moment. "Well, there's the princesses over in Canterlot. They'll probably remember." James said. Soon, they waved goodbye as the Freelance Police, Howard, and Beverly all faded back to their universes.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today was a unusual day, as my invention accidentally caused rifts in the Space-Time-Dimension Continuum and caused me to end up in the Marvel-verse where I met Howard the Duck. After building a Rift Device that could detect rifts and also generate them, myself and my new friends traveled to get back to Equestria.
There, I met Sam and Max: Freelance Police who helped us get back. From there, I got caught by a pterodactyl and fell into a space-time rift into a pocket universe. After a bit of work, I was kindly returned back to Equis, and "Reversed the Polarity", so to speak.

Anyways, my friends are returned back to their respective worlds, and I continue my work on the experiments and to study the Magic of Friendship. On a personal note, I still have hope that I will one day return back to my home, Earth. If and when I do, it doesn't mean that I'm leaving forever

Signed, Your Scientific Advisor
James Rouse

P.S: You'll be getting a letter from The Character soon.

P.P.S: Attached to the letter is a comic of Howard the Duck, and Sam & Max: Freelance Police.

Celestia finished reading the letter left by her Scientific Advisor, then looked at the Comic Omnibuses that Luna was looking at. She started laughing hard at what she had read. "Quack-fu. That just sounds rediculous." she said before busting out laughing again. Celestia just shook her head, then picked up the "Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway" Comic, and started to read it.

Opening it, a letter suddenly fell out landing on the floor with a papery *THUD!*. Celestia looked at the letter, marked "To: Princess Celestia". She picked up the letter, then turned it over to see it marked, "From: The Character", to which she opened it.

The letter was written in some kind of paper-like material, yet it seemed metallic-like. Here's what the letter said:

Dear Celestia,
First off, I thank you for keeping your people calm in a crisis across the MultiDimension-Verse. Your Scientific Advisor caused it, mainly because he's impatient to return to his home, but it isn't time yet. He has a long way to go before he gets to where he's needed.
He did show some heroics, as he stopped his own invention from tearing reality (as we know of ) apart. I would like to note that when Twilight notes that James sacrificed himself to stop the machine, that's true. He also did return back to you guys, which this time I had nothing to do with. He somehow returned back on his own, without my help, but note that for a brief moment, he couldn't be sensed by my people or me.

Keep an eye out in case something unexpected happened in those 10 or so seconds that he was gone.

I will tell you that he is telling the truth, he did meet Howard the Duck, and the Freelance Police. I just hope that when trouble... very unusual trouble shows up, you and your sister will know how to handle it and who to call. I have a copy of my address book I use for emergencies. I trust you enough for this.

The Character.

Inside the envelope was a small black address book that seemed to sparkle, as if it had the cosmos coursing through it. Both Luna and Celestia felt the presence of this book, then Celestia teleported it to their dangerous artifacts vaults.

It was the beginning of something new.

Author's Note

Well, that's finally done.

Honestly, I didn't want to have another episode with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, so I did my own episode by the seat of my pants. Even going so far as having the main protagonist meet me and The Council. That's right. That's the first time that you've bear witness to the beings who keep things in check when it comes to the Multiverse.

That still doesn't mean that I'm not writing any episodes. The episode will continue with "A Dog and Pony Show" under a new name.

*Sigh* Wish me good luck.
-The Character
Bringing you crossovers since about 2009 (maybe)

0: The Mission

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A Scientist of the Bermuda Triangle in Equestria:
The Equestrian Series

0: The Mission
After the events involving a Cosmic Parasite, James kept being "Equestria's Scientific Advisor", until he could return back to his universe and his home planet, Earth. But for now, this was his home. Twilight and his friends accepted him as a friend as he worked on his latest experiment.
This experiment he was working on was something that was considered a gift from The Character, one that seemed familiar to him. Yet, he could not place his finger on it and decided to continue his work.

That was all about to change

James was home, working on the formula one day, trying to work on the super formula, hoping that it would lead to a magnificent breakthrough. One that would lead to his ultimate breakthrough.

Suddenly, there was a puff of magical smoke before it solidified as a paper scroll with Celestia’s Official Sun Symbol on the paper. James opened it and looked at the message made for him.

He then looked up dramatically, realizing one thing.

IT. WAS. IMPORTANT.

Celestia called James to the Canterlot Throne Room to talk to James about a new mission, to which he hurried it along to Canterlot to talk to her. After the guards allowed him in, he quickly ran into the throne room, since it appeared urgent, at least the letter gave off that appearance.

The door busted open as James quickly ran down the aisle until he was standing in front of Celestia and Luna. "You... *huff* wanted to... *huff* see me Princess." James said, slightly out of breath. He then made a mental note to himself about physical activities, meaning exercise.

Princess Celestia smiled at him, while Luna lightly chuckled, finding James' antics amusing, mostly because he was exaggerating on his expressions. "Yes, well," she started, "It's good to see you James. The reason why I brought you here is for the fact that I've decided to give you a mission, the same one my student, Twilight Sparkle is on." she said. James was slightly confused on what she meant by that. As far as he knew, Twilight wasn't on any mission, but instead was one of the Mane Six who protected Equestria.

"Your mission, besides protecting the Mane Six, is to learn the Magic of Friendship." Celestia said to James. He looked at her, then remembered why Twilight was writing to Celestia when moments were crazy, at least that's what he noticed. "You are to report on what happens, and to tell us what you've learned while learning about the friendship of magic.” Celestia said.

James seemed confused for a moment, before realizing what she meant. “So, you want me to learn about the power of friendship by basically hanging out with my friends?” he asked, to which Celestia nodded. “And I can also do a few of my experiments?” he added

“Yes," Celestia said, "but you’re main mission is to do the former, the latter should be your hobby.”

James smiled his trademark goofy smile, before saying. “Well, that’s easy. I’m already doing that.” Celestia and Luna looked at each other before turning back to the young scientist.

“You will also need this.” Celestia said, handing James a small metal rectangle with the symbol of Celestia’s Cutie Mark. James opened the top, realizing what it was. “A Zippo Lighter?”

“Not just that, it’s a message sender.” Celestia said, to which James added, “Kinda like what Twilight has with Spike.” Celestia nodded, before smiling at James.

“Don’t worry Celestia, I won’t let you down… just don’t expect the friendship reports to come flowing in like water.” James said. Celestia nodded, before James turned and happily ran back to the car.

Thus, James’ mission began, to help protect Equestria and learn about the magic of Friendship.
But nothing said that it was going to be simple...

Author's Note

So this will help in setting up a kinda-timeline for this story-verse. The first episode of this series actually takes place at Stare Master.

Now what about the episodes before? They already happened. However, I may write a prequel to this from James' world. Similar to our world, except WonderWorks' plot story for the facility-turned-funhouse is real, and doesn't exists (according to our government, in the series).

Now I do have other plans, and I do plan on working on a bonus chapters section as a special Updated edition of the story. So if there are any problems of the story, tell me in the comments of the original story.

-The Character

1: The Medusa Chicken from The Everfree

ASotBTiE: The Equestrian Series
by: TimeTravelinc.

Chapter 1: The Medusa Chicken from The Everfree
(From MLP:FiM “Stare Master”)

A ordinary day in Ponyville usually involves something crazy (and mostly disastrous) happening in the small town, like as James discovers one day as he rode his bike into town to talk to Rarity on the idea of Graphic Tees. ‘She’ll either love the idea or hate it, but I’m hoping she’ll help me make it.’ he thought.

Heading to the Carousel Boutique, James was parking his bike around the time that he heard some sounds that sounded like Sweetie Belle trying to help. ‘Like Sister, like… sister?’ he started to think as he entered the Boutique. As he did so, he noticed the shop dummy rocking back and forth for a moment, before coming to a crash on some fabrics. They streaked across the air as they landed onto the bench, causing a few items to crash into some balls of yarn, and some into a sewing machine (by use of a simple lever).

Through a series of events that James couldn’t fully pay attention, mainly because he was ducked down, hoping he wasn’t going to get kicked in the face by some unexpectedness, it soon cleared and revealed a terrible mess.

“Dang! Murphy would be proud by this Rube Goldberg.” James exclaimed. Sweetie Belle and Rarity looked at the Scientist before Sweetie Belle looked back at her sister.

“I’m just gonna stand over there.” she said, before running past James and sitting in a corner. Rarity sighed before James walked up to Rarity.

“Hi Rarity. I was going to ask you to do something but I see that you’re busy.” he said.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. “Say, tell you what.” he started, “I’ll help you clean up around here, while I tell you my idea.”

Rarity thought for a moment, before she said, “Alright, I need all the help I can get.” As they cleaned up the shop, James started explaining on the idea of graphic tees, which Rarity wasn't fully ideal on.

After a bit of work on cleaning up, Rarity went back to working on the dresses. James then turned to Sweetie Belle. “Look kid, I don’t think that your talent is making dresses for people like your sister, Rarity.” James said. Sweetie Belle looked at him with those big sad eyes before James said, “Don’t give me those sad eyes. You will find your cutie mark in time, just not doing this.”

Suddenly, the bell rang, causing Rarity to cringe for a brief second. “What now?” she exclaimed, under stress. The three of them turned towards the door to see a butter yellow pegasus with pink hair.

“Oh, I’m sorry. The sign said that it was open, but I must’ve been mistaken.” the butter yellow pegasus said.

“Fluttershy dear, I’m sorry. I forgot that you were coming here with Opalescence.” Rarity said.

At that moment, Fluttershy placed the basket down on the floor to which James and Sweetie Belle walked over and stood next to Rarity. “Hello Fluttershy, how are you?” James said.

“Oh, very well.” she replied. At that moment, Opalescence came out of the basket and soon sat there, gleaming like a white shiny pearl.

Rarity soon got close to Opalescence. “I don’t know how you’re able to do that. I can’t get near her without getting a swipe from her.” she said. At that exact moment, Rarity said that, Opal hissed and swiped at Rarity, to which she quickly dodged.

“DANG! That was tense.” James said, to which suddenly, he was distracted by the look of something shiny.

“You didn't have to use… the stare?” Rarity said.

James snapped out of his “Ooh, Shiny!” moment, and turned towards the three. “Wait, the stare? What’s that?” James asked.

“Something I use when I have to,” Fluttershy replied, “And no Rarity, I wouldn't, I couldn't. I have no control over that when it happens.” she said, before looking down at Opal.

“No, I’m just good with animals.” Fluttershy said, rubbing noses with Opal.

“Well maybe your cutie mark should be a picture of Opal then.” Rarity joked. James smiled at Rarity’s comment, then looked at the cat. Opal seemed to stare into his soul, as if it was going to kill him, as if it was going to eat him on the spot. It was as if-.

He suddenly found himself on the floor with Rarity, Fluttershy, and Sweetie Belle surrounding James, curled up in the fetal position. “What happened?” he said as he sat up. The three of them looked at each other, then back at the scientist.

“Well, you suddenly collapsed and seemed to say ‘She’s going to get me. She’s going to get me.’, whatever that meant." Rarity said.

James then remember what had happened… well, not exactly on what happened but he had a pretty good idea. “Rarity, I think your cat was giving me the death glare.” he said nervously.

Getting up, they continued the conversation with Rarity showing the gold cloth to use for her clothes. Sweetie Belle looked as though she had a good idea. Fluttershy was about to leave when two blurs sped past her, “Hi Fluttershy”, with James getting spun around in a tizzy, “Hi James”. He soon fell to the floor as he saw Applebloom and Scootaloo stop right next to Sweetie Belle. “Hi Sweetie Belle.”

Looking up, Sweetie Belle's eyes suddenly grew big, and she had a smile on her face. “Applebloom, Scootaloo.”

“You ready for tonight.” Scootaloo said. Now James wasn’t exactly known for being curious. Scratch that, he was overboard curious on some days. Today, he was just mildly curious. Getting up, and brushing himself off, he then walked over to them.

“Tonight we find out what are special talents are.” Applebloom said.

“Even if it takes us all night.” Scootaloo said.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SLEEPOVER AT RARITY’S! YAY!” they exclaimed

“Yeesh! You girls are loud.” James said, as he checked his ears for damage. ‘No damage. That’s a good sign.’ he thought. He then looked at Sweetie Belle.

“I also made these.” she said, placing on a red cape. On it was a blue shield symbol with a small filly in yellow. The other two were proud.

“What does that symbol on the cape mean?” Fluttershy asked. James had a gut feeling hit him like a ton of bricks.

He then quickly covered my ears. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!” they yelled, “YAY!”

‘Thank you, brain.’ James thought as he unplugged his ears.

“We’re on a crusade, a mission.” Scootaloo said, “We’re trying to find what our cutie marks are.”

“I also added this golden silk to the cape.” Sweetie said, showing it to the crusaders. James looked at the cape, then at Rarity, in which realization hit her, and her eye twitched in fear.

“Uh-oh.” James said. She soon sped past everyone and went and grabbed the gold silk, which had three square holes in the fabric.

“Sweetie Belle, what have you done?” She said, her voice getting higher in pitch. “That was the last of the gold silk *GASP!*, which means that I’ll have to make more.” Rarity said, before turning towards Sweetie and her friends, “Which means that the sleepover is canceled girls.”

‘I wonder why I’m surprised that Rarity doesn’t sound upset?” James said.

“What?” Sweetie exclaimed.

James was feeling particularly sorry for Sweetie and her friends, when Fluttershy and James had the same idea, ‘That’s It!’ they thought, as a light bulb appeared over their heads.

“Wait," Jame started, "what if I-,”

“We.” Fluttershy replied. James looked at Fluttershy, then the gears in his head started spinning more wildly.

“That’s right.” he said with a smack to his head, “What if we worked together to allow the Crusaders to have their sleepover?” James said.

“I don’t know.”Rarity said, unsure “I’m pretty sure we can handle them.” Fluttershy said. Rarity looked unsure, “I don’t want to be a bother.”

“It won’t be any trouble at all.” James said with a grin on his face, “Have you met my sister and her friends?” Rarity replied.

James smiled like a cheshire cat, then said, “Have you met my family? They’re more chaotic than these kids. I’m pretty confident that we can handle them.”

“Besides, you said that I was good with little creatures.” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah, and kids like me, well almost all kids.” James said, thinking back to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. He didn’t like them, mainly because they reminded him of spoiled brats. Deep down, he thank the lord that he didn’t turn out that way, but also knew that he was at fall too (mainly because he would forget things, and sometimes go off tangent, as well as ramble on, on subjects).

“Besides, who can’t handle these cute little angels?” James said. At that moment, the three of them smiled, halos appearing above their heads, ‘One of these days, I’ll see if it is cartoon physics that really causes this stuff to happen.’ James thought.

He then realized something and quickly covered his ears- “CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS SLEEPOVER AT FLUTTERSHY’S WITH JAMES! YAY!” They exclaimed as they ran out the door.

“How cute.” Both Fluttershy and James said.

Realization hit James again, like a returning bully with a killer punch. “Hey! Wait up!” James said, quickly running out the door.

“Wait for me.” Fluttershy said. Rarity gave a worried hum, as Fluttershy ran out the door.

The three fillies ran down the street as James rode his bike and Fluttershy hovered right next to him. “Oh, we’re going to have so much fun.” Fluttershy said, “We can braid our manes, paint our hooves…”

“Watch movies, tell stories, listen to music while we make snacks.” James added. They suddenly noticed that the three were gone.

‘They couldn’t have gone very far.’ James thought as he and Fluttershy looked around. He suddenly found them and pointed it out to Fluttershy. He then noticed Twilight, who looked dizzy, like something sped by her so fast it made her head spin. “Heh, heh. How’s it going Twilight?” James said.

“Fine,” she replied, before noticing Fluttershy, “Hello Fluttershy, how are you?”
“Oh, very well," Fluttershy replied, "And you?”

“Fine. I’m actually heading into the Everfree Forest to get some of my favorite tea from Zecora.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Th-the Everfree Forest?” Fluttershy said, nervously. James still shrugged at this, knowing that Earth was a bit more worse than The Everfree… mainly because the Everfree was a wild version of Earth, and Earth was full of crime and stuff, but mainly, mostly harmless.

“You will be careful, right?”Fluttershy said, worried about her friend's safety.

“C’mon, this is Twilight we’re talking about. If she becomes too careful, she’ll cause an event that’ll possibly cause all of Ponyville to be thrown into chaos.” James said.

Twilight stood there shocked at what James had said, “How did you know I did that?”

Now it was James’ turn to be shocked. “Wait, that happened already? Dang. I miss all the good stuff in this town.”

Twilight chuckled as well as Fluttershy. “Anyways, I’ll be careful.” Twilight said, “What about you? What are you doing with the girls?” she asked. Fluttershy explained the situation on what she was doing while James kept an eye on the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“And what about you James?”

“Hm?” James replied to Twilight. James turned towards Twilight, “Come again.” he said.

“I said,” Twilight started, “what about you James? What are you doing?”

“Simple, I’m helping Fluttershy.” James simply said.

Twilight was soon impressed and relieved to find that Fluttershy wasn’t doing this alone. “Wow, I see that everypony has their hooves and hands full.” she said. Twilight soon looked at Fluttershy and James. “Are you sure that you two can handle them?”

“What, these sweet little angels?” Fluttershy said, pointing towards the fillies who suddenly showed up, “They’re no trouble at all.”

At that exact moment Fluttershy said that, the fillies had smiles, and halos appeared above their heads. James, who was as level headed as a Mad Hatter, decided to let his brain figure that one out. It’s reply: CARTOON PHYSICS. ‘Of course it is.’ James thought.

A few minutes later they soon ended up at Fluttershy’s cottage. ‘Well, the place definitely feels homey and nice. Seems to also house a lot of animals, what with all of the small places that fit birds, ferrets, and well... others.’ James thought as he looked at the small and cozy cottage.

They soon entered the cottage with James ducking down, and the first thing he saw was a bird and chipmunk was conversing which caused James to snicker quietly to himself. There was soon the loud sound of the fillies added to the mixture as the animals (minus Angel Bunny) were frightened off as the curious fillies quickly moved around, curious about everything.

“No… problem at all.” Fluttershy said to herself, however James didn’t realize this. “

If this is no problem, I’d hate to see what was a real problem.” he said. Fluttershy gave James a glare, to which his silent reply was a humorous shrug.

Fluttershy then turned back towards the girls. “Ok girls, uh, what should we do first?” Fluttershy said. James looked at them as they argued briefly on who was going to get their cutie mark first.

“Ok girls settle.” Fluttershy said. James just shook his head. He then got a surprise as Angel quickly jumped off his bed and into James’ lab coat, avoiding the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

“I’m staying up all night.” Scootaloo said.
“Me too.” added Applebloom.
“Me three.” Sweetie said.

James didn’t like where this was going. “Now girls, you need your rest. And I think that it would work out if we played a game, or watched a movie...”

Turning back towards them, he saw that they were gone. ‘What did Rarity give these kids. Caffeine?’ James thought to himself, to which he quickly helped Fluttershy in getting the kids. Applebloom was tipping the chair, however Fluttershy pulled her down.

Sweetie Belle had her head stuck in a bird coop, however, James was able to pull her out of it. Blowing a tuff of hair out of her eyes, James walked over and sat on the floor, cross legged, then looked at Fluttershy. She gave a look that said, “Not a word.” then turned towards the Crusaders. “So,” Both James and Fluttershy started.

“What do you want to do?” Fluttershy asked, “Play a game?”

“Watch a movie? Sing a Campfire song… even though we don’t have a campfire?” James said humorously. Both Fluttershy and James hoped that they would settle down.

No such luck.

“We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders.” Scootaloo said.
“And,” Applebloom said, “we want to crusade for our cutie marks.”
“And. And… uh,” Sweetie Belle thought for a moment before, saying, “-Yeah! What they said.”

Fluttershy stood there, nervously thinking of what to do. “Now girls, this is a time for rest, not for a time of play.” James said, trying to act stern to these kids. “You can go looking for your cutie marks tomorrow. How about instead we have something nice and relaxing, like something that will unwind all of your troubles?”

“Or we can do something exciting and fun, like explore the Everfree Forest?” Scootaloo said. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle liked this idea, exclaiming it with a “YEAH!” They were about to run out the door when Fluttershy stopped them in the tracks.

“Oh no,” Fluttershy started, “the Everfree Forest is much too-” “Boring.” James said, quickly jumping in. The four ponies looked at James, as if he was crazy. ‘If I can persuade the Crusaders not to go into the forest by telling them boring things, they may settle a little bit easier.’ James thought.

“The place at night is much too boring, because all at night, there are creatures that sleep all night. They also doesn’t seem to be a lot going along in there. I mean you may see a creature or two, but they don’t do much, almost nothing at all.” James said, hoping to sound convincing, “Which is what you guys should be doing. Instead of adventuring, why don’t we relax?” he said.

“Because we want to get our cutie marks, and besides, you’re lying.” Applebloom said. James’ face switched to calm, to surprise as he soon looked at them.

He then replied, “What makes you so sure?”

“I hang out with my sister, what makes you think that I haven’t learn the difference between lying and telling the truth?” Applebloom said. That’s when James brain reminded him that Applebloom’s sister is the Element of Honesty.

‘Dang! She has a point.’ James thought.

“Besides,” Sweetie started, “You could go with us and we could catch some unusual creatures. We would be um… Creature Catchers!” The three brightened at the idea. James couldn’t help but mentally groan. “YAY! CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS CREATURE CATCHERS!!” They all yelled. James wasn’t prepared and seconds later, they all saw the scientist on the ground.

Getting up, they saw that his glasses broke from the intense sound. ‘What’s this, a Jerry Lewis film?’ he thought as he pulled off the cracked glasses. As he got up, the girls started playing around, playing “Creatures and Crusaders”, at least that’s what James jokingly named. He soon brought the glasses back onto his face, realizing that they were automatically repaired.

He didn’t think too much into it as Scootaloo, Applebloom (as the creature) and Sweetie Belle ran off. “Come back, dangerous creature,” Sweetie yelled, as she jumped onto a nearby table, “So I can catch you!”

“Never!” yelled Scootaloo. James saw where this was going and quickly ran to try and stop a “Homewrecking”.

Homewrecking(n)~What one does when trying to get something as easy as picking up a talent or getting a cutie mark, while causing localized destruction on accident.

“Careful…”Fluttershy said, “you don’t…” There was a crash, and the sound of a ‘Oof!’ from James before she saw the end result. “break anything.” Fluttershy said disappointedly.

Lying on the ground, James was in much pain, slightly confused. He then noticed something, “Um, where the vase I was-” *CRASH!* It slammed onto his head.

“Never mind.” he replied before his head suddenly hit the ground. “Sorry Fluttershy.” Sweetie Belle said. “Yeah, and sorry James.” Scootaloo said.

James soon started to get up, getting the table off of him. Thankfully it wasn’t broke. “That’s ok girls. I’m made of sterner stuff.” he said with a smile, “Now how about a contest.”

“It’s called the Silence Contest.” he said as the three fillies sat there on the couch. “It’s so simple, even a baby could do it.” The Crusaders looked at each other, in confusion then back at James.

‘This sounds similar to “Shh!”, but is it?’ Fluttershy thought. “The rules are simple, you three cannot talk and whoever makes a sound is out, whoever last the longest wins.” James said with a satisfied smirk.

The three fillies had the same thought as they sat there, ‘That’s lame.’

James hoped that this would work, then he said, “Now stay there and as soon as we leave the room, the game begins.” He said, ushering Fluttershy to follow him, “Meanwhile, Fluttershy and I will go make some tea. Have fun.”

They soon, as someone would say, ‘booked it’ and headed for the kitchen. As they made tea, James said, in a low calm tone, “Fluttershy, do you have any Green Tea or Earl Gray…” ‘or is it Earl Grey?’ he briefly thought. There was the sound of noise coming from the living room, as both the pegasus pony and human ran in, seeing all the commotion for what was going on.

James shook his head, then said, “Well, you guys lose, and therefore your prize is to go to bed.” He then started collecting them, as he carried them to the guest room. There were shouts of protest, but he didn’t really pay much mind to such things.

“Now go to sleep and tomorrow, when you wake,” James said, pulling the covers and tucking them in, “Not only will there be a nice breakfast, but Fluttershy and I will take you trekking through the Everfree.”

“But how are we supposed to find our special talent in our sleep?” Applebloom said, to which Fluttershy replied, “Maybe you have a lovely little dream about your special talent.” “About construction, about stunt coordination, about singing…” James mumbled.

However, the girls heard that part from James, but didn’t know what he was talking about, so their brains did the only thing that they could do, store it for later.

“But we’re not even tired.” Scootaloo said.

Fluttershy patted them down, before an idea came to her mind. “How about I sing you a Lullaby?” she said.

As Fluttershy sung the song, James saw that the fillies were starting to calm down, and even he was starting to feel sleepy. Then Sweetie Belle claimed she knew it, and Fluttershy asked her to join in. ‘To quote over the famous Han Solo “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” ’ he thought.

She cleared her throat, and suddenly the place sounded more like a gospel song, upbeat and loud. The place vibrated as James, and Fluttershy watched everything unfold. ‘DANG!’ he thought, ‘She has some mean pipes!’

James looked at Scootaloo and Applebloom as they rode the bed that bounced to the epic noise. After Sweetie hit that last part, there was sounds that came from outside, sounds of clucks and bkaw!

“What is that?” Scootaloo said. James knew exactly what they were thinking, as they saw the open window. “Oh no ya’ don’t.” James said, quickly blocking their path. James then turned towards Fluttershy. “Um, Fluttershy,” Fluttershy turned towards James, “why don’t you deal with the chickens while I sing them a lullaby.” he suggested.

“But-!” the crusaders started. “NO BUTS!” James exclaimed, shaking the place briefly. This caused Fluttershy to flinch and the the three girls to peak out from under the covers. “Just stay there and let me sing you a lullaby,” James stated, “While Auntie Fluttershy tends tah’ the chickens.” he said, slipping into a southern accent.

(Note: This is not meant to offend anyone, just be kinda humorous and he can do a southern accent. If this offended you, my apologies in advance.)

Fluttershy understood what James wanted her to do and headed out, “Oh, thank you James.” she said.

“Just doing what I think is right.” James said, which made him realize something, ‘Boy, did that sound cliche’d or what?’ he thought.

James was soon alone in the room with the Crusaders, allowing him to try a different approach to the lullaby. He then used a tuner to find the right note to sing in, then started singing.

“GOODNIGHT!” he exclaimed, slamming the door shut. James brushed off his hands, satisfied in what he thought would work. Fluttershy soon entered the house, closing the door. “How about a nice cuppa?” James said, seeming to place a British accent on.

(Note: Again, same as before, except replace Southern with British. There’s kinda a reason he does that.)

“It wasn’t really that hard, was it?” Fluttershy said, lying on the living room sofa. James looked at her, missing the Crusaders by mere seconds. He then turned back to the tea, and said, “Well, depends on your definition of hard. Honestly, I thought we were toast.” James said, making the tea for him and Fluttershy.

“Good with animals, good with kids.” she said to herself. James just smiled and sipped his tea.

A few minutes later…
James was finishing off his tea, and Fluttershy was taking a brief nap. “Peace and quiet.” she said.

James finished it, setting the cup onto the table, ‘Almost as if-.’ His thoughts stopped for a moment, as he felt a sudden dread come over him. “Too quiet if you ask me.” he said getting up. Fluttershy and James quickly ran upstairs to see that they were gone.

‘And they didn’t even leave decoys. That makes it all the more interesting.’ he thought to himself. Soon, Fluttershy and James were searching for the girls, until James went to the chicken coop and checked if they were hiding in there for some reason.

“Um, Fluttershy,” he called to her, “You might want to check this out.” he said. Fluttershy went to James and saw that Elizabeak was gone. They soon noticed the tracks. James went over and saw the chicken tracks and the ponies tracks, as well as a piece of the Crusaders’ capes they had on them.

“They must’ve went after your chicken,” James said, “and they all went into-”
“*GASP!* The Everfree Forest” Fluttershy replied in fear.

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James and Fluttershy were running through the forest with James having Night Vision goggles on his head, not in use for now, and a flashlight in his hand. Fluttershy had nothing on her but had worry on her face. “Those girls have really done it this time! They’ve bitten off more than they could chew!”

“Just like us. There’s a pattern here.” James said, as he looked around.

“We should’ve never asked to take care of them.” Fluttershy said, her head drooping.

James turned around and faced Fluttershy. “Oh c’mon. You and I both know that we didn’t know that this was going to happen.” he said. He then stood up and looked around, before saying, “Now, c’mon! We’ve got some fillies to save.”

They soon heard some sounds similar to the girls and quickly headed towards the sounds, however, they couldn’t find them. They soon came across Twilight. “Twilight, is that you?” James said.

Fluttershy was relieved to see one of her friends in the unfamiliar forest. “Twilight, it is you. Thank goodness.” Fluttershy said, as she tried to talk to her friend. James noticed that Twilight hasn’t moved in a few moments, nor replied to them, when the full moon revealed the problem.

“*GASP!* Oh, no!” Fluttershy exclaimed.

James and Fluttershy looked at the statue of Twilight, and noticed how detailed it looked. “Fluttershy, you don’t have a creature named ‘Medusa’ around here, do you?” James said, tapping on the stone. The Twilight Statue tipped over and fell onto the ground.

“If she’s been turned to stone James, then…” she didn’t finish her sentence for fear of what would happen to them. Fluttershy soon quickly sped off to find them. “Girls!”

“Wait, what about Twilight?” James said.
“Leave her, she’ll be fine.” He heard Fluttershy say.

James looked down at the Twilight turned statue, then said, “We’ll be back for you, I promise.”

He then ran off to help Fluttershy.

“Girls,” Fluttershy said, worried “Thank goodness we found you!”

“We?” Sweetie said. They soon got their answer as a light shined down on the four of them. “Well, that’s a relief.” he said to them. “Now, c’mon! Let’s head back to civilization before something gets us.” he said.

“But we haven’t found the chicken yet.” Sweetie said. “There’s no time for that now. There’s a cockatrice on the loose.” Fluttershy said, fearfully. The three fillies and one human were confused now.

“A cocka-what?” Both James and Applebloom said. Fluttershy was frightened, and James was more confused than frightened.

“A cockatrice!” she said again, “It has the head of a chicken and the body of a snake. Now, c’mon!” she said again.

“It can’t be that bad, can it?” James said. Fluttershy quickly looked around. “Fluttershy, what does a cockatrice do?” he asked. She looked back at James.
“Remember Twilight?” she said. James nodded, and suddenly, his brain made the connection.
“Wait, we’re dealing with a Medusa chicken?” he asked.

This gave even more confused looks to the Crusaders. Applebloom started to say, “What’s-”

“What’s Medusa?" James interrupted. He soon got a nod from Applebloom. "She’s from Mythology, from years, almost eons ago.” James said, now showing a bit of fear, “She was a creature that was like this cockatrice, part woman, part snake. The worst thing was that if you looked at her, you would get turned to stone.”

“That’s exactly what this thing does isn’t it, Fluttershy?” James said nervously. Fluttershy gulped then nodded, frightened of what would happen. Suddenly, the bush rustled and there's the sound of clucking coming from it. Then suddenly, the chicken came rushing by them.

“The chicken.” the girls said, running after it.

They soon ran after it, followed by James and Fluttershy. As they ran after it, they stopped hearing a weird growl. They soon spotted it in a bush, followed by another. James noticed the eyes, and quickly pulled out his mirrored sunglasses. He then gave Fluttershy a mirror. “The effect of Medusa couldn’t be effected on mirror surfaces.” James said.

Suddenly, they heard a scream come from the girls as they ran towards the area with Twilight. James and Fluttershy heard the scream. “Sounds like they found Twilight. Let’s go talk some sense into them.” James said as they ran back to the place before. They soon saw what was going on as the Crusaders ran around and panicked.

James couldn’t handle it anymore and just snapped right then and there. “SHUT UP!” He yelled. The three girls just stopped what they were doing and stopped there in fright. James then heard the roar of the cockatrice. “Girls,” he said calmly as he stared at the monster before him, “Behind us now.” They didn’t have to make him say it twice, they did as they were told as the creature gave a monstrous *CLU-ROAR-CK!*.

Fluttershy looked at the crusaders, avoiding the cockatrice’s gaze, James then said, “Do it Fluttershy, not just for me, for Twilight, or for Elizabeak. Do it for the girls.” His words of inspiration inspired her and caused her bravery to show once again.

“You!” she said, jumping towards the creature, “Just who do you think you are, going around, turning others into stone?” she said. The creature gave a dismayed squawk before it started staring at her intensely. “You should be ashamed of yourself.” she started, her body turning into stone, “I’d have half a mind and tell your mother what you’ve been up to young man.” she said.

The cockatrice looked frightened at first, but then looked angry again. ‘Well, that threw him off guard. He’s starting to sweat.’ he thought with a smile. It soon continued with it’s gaze. “Now you go over there, and turn Elizabeak and my friend Twilight back to normal,” she said, giving it The Stare. That did it, that struck the true fire of fear into that creature, and it showed on the creature’s face as it gave a dismayed squawk again.

“And don’t ever let me catch you doing this again.” she said. James and the girls then saw the stone part of her dissipate off her. “Do you understand me?” she asked it. The creature nodded in reply, then ran off to do just as Fluttershy asked. James removed his mirrored sunglasses, and placed them back into his pocket.

“Are you girls alright? I-i mean, We were so worried.” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah, fine!” Scootaloo said,
“Thanks to that stare of yours." Sweetie said.
“And you were brave James.” Applebloom said.
James curiously looked at them, “You really think so? Because, I was quaking in my boots.” he said, then added, “Talking about ‘acting in the face of danger’.”

“You’re like the queen of stares, you’re the-”

“Stare Master!” The Crusaders said, finishing Scootaloo’s sentence. They soon gave their apologies and promised to listen to both either Fluttershy, James, or both.

“Oh you do, do you?” James said, with a smile. Fluttershy decided to join in, “Well, you better, or I’ll give you The Stare.” she said, looking at them with one eye. Applebloom and Scootaloo stood there in shock while, Sweetie covered her eyes. James couldn’t hold it any longer and started to laugh, and soon Fluttershy and the other three joined in.

Soon Twilight returned from her stone-cold nap, and walked towards the others. “Ugh, Wha-what happened?” she said. They soon heard squawks coming from behind James.

They all turned to see Elizabeak with her head in the ground, stuck. “There’s something you don’t see everyday.” he muttered.

From the Desk of James Rouse: Scientific Advisor of Equestria

Dear Princess Celestia,
Yesterday, I had decided to help my friend Fluttershy with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, as I thought that I could handle three little children. Boy was I wrong, and so was Fluttershy in assuming that it would be no chore. She assumed that since she was good with animals, she was good with kids.

Her lesson she learned is not to bite off more than we can chew or swallow. I feel that this is a lesion that should be learned by all man pony-kind.

I hope that Fluttershy will explain what caused her to learn this lesion.

Signed, your friend and Scientist,
James R.

P.S: There was a Medusa Chicken running around in the Everfree, although you guys call it a cockatrice, anyways, ran into one… if I ever do that again, I hope to run into a friendlier one then that one.

James smiled at his letter, then decided to take a nap in the hammock he set up at Fluttershy’s. Twilight and Fluttershy were enjoying their tea, while the Crusaders played around.

It seemed quiet until a surprise landed on James’ face. It was white, had fur, and made a *Meow!* ‘Uh oh.’ James thought, as he calmly got up. Opal soon dug her claws into James’ face, but James just tried hard to ignore it.

“How about later this afternoon?” Fluttershy said.

James then tapped the shoulder of Fluttershy and said, “How about now, while I’m still somewhat calm.” Twilight looked at James with a shock look before scrunching up her face in pain. “Also, someone call a medic.” he said. They all soon laughed, at the mishap.

"Seriously though, someone call the medic."

Author's Note

Finally, after months of work, I finally finished working on this chapter. Only several more to go in itself. You know how it is.

*SIGH!* It's tough to be a writer.

Additional note: The editor couldn't let me send out this final product when I finished it some time ago. I finally did that, and now it is done. Are ya' happy moderator, because this isn't the writing style I use. What I use is, what is used in writing books.

*SIGH!* It's really tough to be a writer like me.

-The Character