Of Princesses and Paradoxes
Author's Note
Hello to my readers This is my first story that I have published professionally and I hope it's made well enough. I also apologize for the opening chapter being mostly exposition.
Of Princesses and Paradoxes
In Princess Celestia and Princess Luna’s throne room in Canterlot Castle where three Alicorn, a one white named Princess Celestia, a one dark blue named Princess Luna, a one pink named Princess Cadence are having a discussion.
Luna starts the discussion, “Are we sure about informing them about the Time Walker’s place in Equestria so soon?”
Cadence responds, “I know you’re still worried that it may be too much for them to handle, but with all they’ve done for Equestria they have a right to know.”
Celestia adds, “I concur with Cadence. If I thought they weren’t ready I wouldn’t ask them to come.”
Luna responds, “Fair point sister, fair point.”
Six ponies of varying colors enter the conference room to join the other three in the discussion.
Celestia asks, “Where’s Spike?”
A soft-voiced yellow Pegasus Pony named Fluttershy answers, “He and Discord are keeping Starlight Glimmer company at Twilight's castle.”
Celestia says, “I have Luna inform him later tonight, and speaking of pupils of friendship studies, how is Sunset Shimmer doing?”
A purple Alicorn named Princess Twilight Sparkle says, “She’s doing wonderful and she even taught somepony the importance of friendship.”
Celestia responds, “That’s wonderful to hear, but back to business I believe it was time you were informed.”
A perplexed Twilight asks, “Princess Celestia, what are you talking about?”
Celestia responds sternly, “Before I explain, it must be made perfectly clear that what you are about to hear is one of this planet’s most deeply kept secret, and that it is revealed to only the highest rulers of Equestria and beyond and those who are deemed worthy with and ONLY with a unanimous decision from the former.”
An orange southern-accented Earth Pony named Applejack asks, “What happens if we tell anypony?”
Celestia responds, “Nothing really, but I want complete deniability if this secret somehow becomes public.”
Fluttershy meekly adds, “We still shouldn’t tell anypony. I can foresee this not ending well.”
A blue Pegasus Pony named Rainbow Dash in return says, “How do you figure? You don’t even know what it is you don’t want to tell anypony.”
Fluttershy in a deadpan tone responds, “It’s Ponyville.”
Rainbow Dash responds, “Good point.”
Celestia says, “This might be a lot to take in but this is why I wanted all of you to be here. So that Princess Luna, Princess Cadence and I could talk out any frustrations and questions you may have, but before I explain, Princess Luna has the floor.”
Luna continues, “What I am about to tell you is not a deeply kept secret but I feel is something worth mentioning.”
A pink Earth Pony named Pinkie Pie asks, “Can we tell anypony about this?”
Luna responds, “Yes you may.”
Pinkie says, “Okie dokie lokie."
Luna says, “When Princess Twilight traveled to another world through the mirror met a group of bipedal primate-like creatures known as humans and that they exist in this world but not on this planet, if that makes any sense.”
Applejack perplexingly asks, “There is life on other planets?”
Luna responds, “Indeed there is my little pony.”
Twilight says, “Good to know, but how do you know about life on other planets if you haven’t been to other planets?”
Celestia responds, “My sister and I have been to only one actually, but that is a story for another time. Now, it is time you knew the truth. ”
Twilight asks, “The truth about what?”
Celestia responds, "The truth about Equestria, and its place in the universe.”
Celestia starts her story, “It all started from Equestria was young, before the rise of Discord. The three tribe leaders and their assistants were told to come to the conference hall where they met on how to deal with The Windigo Blizzard.”
A pair of Unicorn Ponies entered the conference room named Princess Platinum and her assistant Clover the Clever.
Princess Platinum says, “It seems we are the first to arrive.”
Clover adds, “Yes we are your highness, but the note that told us to come here troubles me.”
The Earth Pony pair of Chancellor Pudding Head and her assistant Smart Cookie enters the room.
Smart Cookie says, “I couldn’t agree more.”
Platinum says, “What do you mean, Smart Cookie?”
Smart Cookie responds, “The note seemed incredibly suspicious. I mean honestly, it told the three leaders to bring their assistants and only their assistants. I think it is a trap.”
Clover questions, “If you thought it was a trap, then why did you come?”
Smart Cookie responds, “I was vetoed by the Chancellor.”
Clover the Clever says in return, “I see.”
The Pegasus Pony pair of Commander Hurricane and her assistant Private Pansy flies in to the hall.
Commander Hurricane exclaims, “I agree with Smart Cookie, which is why I have some of my soldiers waiting.”
Hearing this shocking news, Clover the Clever exclaims, “With all due respect commander, ARE YOU INSANE?!”
Chancellor Puddinghead says in response, “She’s not insane, she’s well prepared, and I would be too if Smart Cookie wasn’t being a big, dumb meanie.”
Smart Cookie then says, “I told you that if this is a trap we don’t want to waste the lives of our soldiers.”
Chancellor Puddinghead adds, “That reminds me, who told us to come here again?”
From a blue time vortex, a mysterious voice answers, “That would be me.”
Out of the time vortex an ape-like creature wearing a white lab coat over a brown button-down shirt, black pants, brown shoes, green-lensed goggles around his neck appears, shocking the six ponies who witnessed it.
The ape creature says, “Greetings, founders of Equestria.”
Princess Platinum asks, “W-what are you?!”
Commander Hurricane then exclaims, ‘I don’t care what it is! I’m taking it down.”
The commander charges at the ape creature but it dodges out of the way, almost effortlessly. The commander then crashes in the wall behind it.
The ape creature asks the commander, “Are you quite finished yet, because I will like to get to the point of why I asked you all here?”
The commander pulls her head out of the wall and retrieves her helmet in implanted in the wall and exclaims, “How did you dodge me so fast?!”
The ape creature says in response, "You mean ‘how did I dodge you so quickly?’ The answer is simple. I walked, strolled really.”
Commander Hurricane says, “There is no way I can compete with that speed; I know when I am outmatched.”
The ape creature says, “Now that everything is in order allow me to introduce myself. I am known as the Time Walker and I have something I want to ask to you all.”
Smart Cookie asks, “What is it you want to ask?”
The Time Walker says, “I want to put a chrono-randomizer barrier around this planet to prevent hostile outside forces from conquering it and to prevent planet-bound threats, such as the windigos, from affecting the rest of the universe.”
Smart Cookie asks, “And that means…?”
The Time Walker responds, “It means that Planet Hasbos will be out of sync with all time and is only accessible unless you’re me, or you have an item that I have hidden its four pieces across the cosmos to prevent it from being used for evil. There is also a race of beings that can warp reality but their bipartite consciousness can never agree to do anything.”
Princess Platinum says, “We will need some time to think about this.”
The Time Walker says, “I understand. I know what I am asking lot out of all of you but whatever you choose I won’t question it. I will return yearly to hear about your decision.”
Princess Celestia says, “After going through another time vortex, The Time Walker leaves the rulers and their assistants to make their decision. After a few years the rulers talked with the leaders from the other races and they decided to go with the Time Walker’s proposition, now and again he comes to Equestria to check up on things.”
Rainbow Dash jovially says, “Cool story Celestia. You need to tell that story the next time you are in Ponyville.”
Princess Luna deadpans, “Well, that was an unexpected reaction.”
After a time vortex opens, there was a voice, “Apologies for the unannounced visit, but we have an impending temporal menace to deal with.”
Fluttershy jumps away from the source of the voice to reveal the Time Walker, but he has a different appearance from when he first met the founders. His lab coat has gold ascents along the edges with many brown pockets, his goggles now resemble aviator goggles, his shoes are now boots, his pants now have brown knee pads, he now sports a cane and his right hand is now a metallic prosthetic.
Rainbow Dash says, "You don't have anything to worry about Time Walker. The temporal menace you mentioned has been dealt with peacefully and she is now our friend."
The Time Walker responds, "I'm sorry Rainbow Dash but Starlight Glimmer's interference in the time stream is unrelated to the matter at hand or at hoof in this case and it seems I've been gone for far too long, I go by Professor Paradox now."
Pinkie Pie says, "That's strange. You don't look a bird."
Paradox gives a light chuckle and says, "Classic levity courtesy of the Bearer of Laughter, that's takes me back or was it forward. It's gets so hard to tell Pinkie Pie."
Applejack adds, "This is starting to get distracting. How do y'all know our names?"
Paradox answers, "That is an excellent question Applejack and not remotely the point of me being here."
Celestia asks, “What is your point, Paradox?”
Paradox answers, “I am afraid my archenemy wants to use Equestria as a plan B to restart the time war...again. No need to worry too much though because I plan to get the assistance from some Plumbers I know rather personally.”
A confused white Unicorn Pony named Rarity asks, “Wait, you called somepony such an uncouth job to help stop your archenemy?”
Paradox responds, “Actually Miss Rarity you have the wrong idea but proper explanations can wait until I return.”
Twilight angrily adds , “That's seems fair but you get back we are going to have a serious chat!”
Paradox responds, ”I understand Your Friendliness."
Celestia proclaims, “I wish to join you and your friends.”
Paradox answers, “I don’t think that is necessary.”
Celestia responds, “Even so, I feel your friends should know what they are fighting for.”
Paradox in return says, “If you insist then let’s get going shall we.” Paradox opens a time vortex to his destination.
Author's Note
Now that I work from Google Drive my work output should be much faster.
Unlikely Visitors part 1
A blue muscle car driven by a grungy looking man with long black hair wearing blue jeans, a sleeveless black shirt over a long-sleeved grey-striped shirt, and grey shoes and sporting a x-shaped scar on his chin and a padlock around his neck driving with his red-headed girlfriend wearing a pair of blue glasses, a blue skirt, a blue t-shirt with a cat head one front, and blue sneakers as a passenger are driving around in an airstrip with a blue dog like creature in their back seat.
The driver asks his girlfriend, “Why do you think Ben wanted us to go on a road trip through the cosmos anyway?”
She answers as they pull up to a large orange spaceship located in one of the hangers with, “We’re here so we can ask him ourselves.”
Bay doors on the orange spaceship open to reveal a teenager with shaggy brown hair wearing a white and green watch, a white hoodie, brown pants with knee pockets and a periwinkle-furred pointy-eared humanoid cat with black markings around the white middle of his face leaning on a beige truck with the words Max’s Plumbing with a chibi version of an aged man with a red aloha shirt as a mascot. The blue muscle car pulls into the orange spaceship and next to the beige truck.
Gwendolyn walks towards the rear door of the car to open the back door to let Zed the blue alien dog out. Zed jumps on Gwendolyn and starts licking her face. A laughing Gwendolyn says “Easy there girl, we’re finally here.” Zed gets off of Gwendolyn and heads to the orange spaceship while she gets up to retrieve her luggage from the trunk of the car.
The shaggy haired teen says, “Kev! Gwendolyn! I’m glad you guys could make it!”
Gwendolyn grabs her luggage from the trunk and responds, “I am too Ben, but it’s a shame that Grandpa Max wasn’t able to make it.”
Ben responds, "Blonko and I know the feeling, Rayona is home on Revonnah and Kai was getting ready on a dig."
Gwendolyn openly ponders, " I've been wondering why you wanted us to go on this trip in the first place."
Ben responds, "I'll tell you after we lift off, because it makes a great road trip story."
Gwendolyn in return says, " Fair enough."
A confused Blonko gets up from his truck and asks, "You just used my chosen name, in all the time we have been partners you have never used my chosen name."
Ben responds "Before I met your family I thought Rook was your chosen name and afterwards you never said anything."
Blonko asks, "What about now?"
Ben responds, "I've been thinking and we're more than partners, we're friends and I should start treat you more like the latter than I have been, especially since we're off-duty."
After getting his luggage and Zed's food from the trunk Kevin says, "Speaking of duty, Ben told me that you made Magister."
Blonko says, "Yes, it happened so fast that I broke a Plumber Academy record."
Ben asks, "I don't want to be the his guy but we can talk after our sleeping arrangements are in order. Lucy, can you get bay door please?"
A female voice comes from the beige truck and says, "On it Ben."
The bay door closes and a dark purple blob jumps out of the truck and shape-shifts into her preferred form of a pony-tailed blonde teenage girl with pinkish purple eyes wearing a red-collared black dress emblazoned with a white star on the chest. A confused Gwendolyn asks, "What are you doing here Lucy?"
Lucy answers, "I heard about about your universal road trip and after I asked Ben if I could come along if I could get the time off from Magister Tennyson, and now here I am."
Ben adds, "When she first asked I figured the more the merrier and she asked me to keep it a surprise."
Ben, Blonko, and Lucy grab some of Kevin and Gwendolyn's bags to show them to their sleeping quarters passing a car made of green crystals. Ben and Blonko carry Zed's food and some of Kevin's bags whereas Lucy carries some Gwendolyn's bags. Lucy starts to talk to Gwendolyn, "How are things at Friedkin U?"
Gwendolyn responds, "Aside from the occasional costumed weirdo, pretty good actually."
After all the passengers' bags were secured in their respective sleeping quarters and the vehicles that brought them here have been strapped down we find our five friends seated in the cockpit of the ship. A little while after the spaceship left orbit, Ben starts to talk to his friends, "A few days ago Blonko and I were asked by this guy from the future named Chrono Spanner to help stop an evil chronosapien called Maltruant from rewriting the universe with one of this own...
Gwendolyn interrupts, "So that's who Ben 10,000 was talking about."
Ben continues, "... and it was on this journey we learned a lot about our world, our universe, the Omnitrix, and we saw something that taught us a little bit about ourselves in the process, and what I saw I'm not particularly proud of."
Lucy asks,"Don't keep us hanging man, what did you see?"
Ben answers, "I'll start from the beginning; George Washington is one of us."
Kevin adds, "Let me get this straight, G-Wash was a Plumber?"
Ben responds, "They were called Plumbier at the time but yes. After we chased Maltruant into the timestream from 1773 to the beginning of time and it was there that we saw the Contemelia and when Maltruant was defeated they showed us the most amazingest thing that any person could hope to see in the history of forever. I plan to show you guys it when we go to sleep."
Gwendolyn asks, "What could you have seen that would make you obliterate grammar like that?"
"Allow me to answer your question with a question of my own. Would you like to see the creation of our universe? I heard from a highly credible source that it was the most interesting one yet." Ben says with jovially.
An awe-struck Gwendolyn asks Blonko, "Seriously?! Surely, he must be joking."
Blonko responds , "Bendude is indeed telling the truth, and do not call me Shirley."
Ben asks his partner, "Did you just reference- "
Blonko responds, "Indeed. Thank you for showing me it by the way. It was quite entertaining."
Kevin confusingly asks, "I feel like there's something I'm missing here. How was seeing creation something you aren't proud of?"
Ben somberly responds, "You're right, because the Contemelia are seen by others in a form of whatever has the most emotional sway over them and I saw them as the Mr. Smoothy mascot."
Gwendolyn sees her cousin's harsher mood and tries to cheer him up, "Ben, I don't fully know what you are feeling right now but I do know this. You are always there for everyone, don't let what you saw bring you do..." Gwendolyn interrupted by a strong presence she has never felt before. "... Yeah Professor Paradox just showed up and he brought along a friend."
Ben's watch glows yellow and it says, "Uncatalogued DNA samples acquired. Warning: newly acquired transformations will not have access to full capabilities due to the inability to reproduce mana."
Professor Paradox and Princess Celestia enter the cockpit where Gwendolyn, Kevin, Lucy, Blonko, and Ben are sitting. Ben asks the Time Walker, "What seems to be the problem, Professor, and whose your friend?"
Celestia responds, "My name is Princess Celestia and Paradox has informed me that you can help my home of Equestria with an incoming war involving Eon."
Ben asks his friends, "What do you say guys, one last adventure?"
Lucy responds, "Don't have to ask me twice!"
Blonko responds, "A Plumber's job is never done."
Kevin deadpans, "Figures something like this was gonna happen."
Gwendolyn responds, "I didn't have a problem six years ago and I don't have one now."
Paradox responds, "Excellent. Now it's time for a collaboration."
A blue vortex open up in the Canterlot Castle throne room and Paradox, Gwendolyn, Blonko, and Lucy exit from it.
Twilight asks, "Where is Celestia?"
Gwendolyn responds, "She's helping my cousin and my boyfriend find a good place to land our spaceship."
Rainbow Dash exclaims, "You have a spaceship?!"
Applejack however has better question, "Who are y'all and what're the Plumbers?
Blonko answers, "The Plumbers are intergalactic police officers and I am the recently promoted Magister Rook Blonko.
Gwendolyn adds, "I'm a deputized Plumber Agent Gwendolyn Tennyson."
Lucy also adds, "Plumber Lucy Mann reporting."
Blonko takes out his Plumber's Badge begins to talk Ben with it. "Did you and Kevin land yet?"
Over the Badge Ben responds, "We landed with walking distance of a giant crystal tree and Celestia brought us inside."
A panicked Twilight exclaimss, "That's where I live!"
Blonko readies his Badge's GPS function to find where Ben, Kevin, and Celestia are. Gwendolyn sees where her friends are and then says, "Excellent! I'll take us there. Abeo Exorior!"
A pink dome forms around the eight ponies and the three Plumbers as they blur up and the dome disappears.
