After about three hours after we left the tree’s cave, we had arrived at a throne in the middle of an open clearing with a strange being sitting upon it and as I was observing the creature, Celestia called out to it.

“Discord, your terrorizing of my ponies has gone on long enough. Now submit to your punishment.” Celestia yelled, charging up her horn with solar magic and flaring out her wings while all Discord dd was laugh and in a mocking tone begin to speak to all of us.

“My my my and here I thought today was going to be boring, but here I see that you have gone and brought me not two new play things but three and one of them isn’t even a native to this dimension.” He finished pointing at me.

*Sigh* “Not even five minutes and your voice is annoying me. Let’s get this over with.” I said before whipping out my gun and firing at him, but all the he did was dodge them.

“Now now, there is no reason for that. Let’s just sit down and DIE.” He said with a snap of his paw and the Princesses and me were trapped in stone up to the top of our stomachs. And while I couldn’t move anything below them, my arms were still functioning and I still had my gun out, although empty I could reach my pocket with my spare ammo. So I did and when I grabbed a bullet, I heard a message in my head.

“I am Vash the Stampede. I am a hunter of peace. If you fight to defend peace and the lives of others then I will be more than willing to help. Just call on me and together we will create… LOVE AND PEACE!”

“Eh not the weirdest thing that has happened recently so why not. Vash the Stampede, I call upon you in my time of need... Some help would be appreciated.” I called out and after a couple of seconds a portal appeared and out dropped a man clad in a red coat with spiky blond hair and round glasses.

“Ugh, first time I’ve fallen on my face when I’ve gotten called,”The man commented as he stood up to reveal how tall he was. “So, who’s calling on me this time?” He asked, looking around and noticing Discord. “Oh, hi Discord. Is this a point in time before or after you get turned to stone?” He asked, smiling weakly at the mismatched creature.

“Ahem, would you kindly help us instead of talking to that jerk? I mean take a look around you mate.” I call out to him, and for some reason feeling strangely annoyed. The man turned around and his eyes widened when he saw Celestia and Luna.

“Well, first time seeing an Equestria like this, but it certainly is pretty interesting,” he said with a smile as he walked over to us knelt down and examined us. “Yeesh, don’t know what I can do about you being in stone.”

“Well, here’s an idea. Kill that jerk and maybe his magic will expire or something. Than again it might also make this permanent. You know what don’t kill him, just beat him into submission.” I said to him.

“Glad you changed that from killing,” Vash laughed as he drew his own revolver. “Even though I carry this gun I’ve vowed to never kill. But don’t you have the Elements of Harmony with you, Celestia, Luna?”

“... Sister, why did we not use them? It would have made everything simpler.” Asked Luna who was looking very confused.

“I may have forgot about them after Discord stoned us.” Celestia replied sheepishly.

“Wow, just wow,” Vash sighed as he reached into his duster and slipped a strange necklace around his neck. “Was not expecting you to be so forgetful in this universe, Tia. Oh well, I’ll distract Discord, you two see if you can make the elements work.” He then pointed his gun at Discord and fired at one of his legs.

“Okay sister, lets do this.” Celestia said before grabbing her three elements and began pouring her magic into them while Luna did the same, in an attempt to activate them which took ten minutes to happen. Where the magic stored in the elements poured out of them and were directed at Discord who was being distracted by Vash and was summarily stoned while at the same time releasing me and the princesses from our partial stoning.

“Whew,” Vash huffed and leaned against Discord. “Was not expecting to have to fight Discord a second time.”

“Second time? Did Miss Fortune drag you here as well?” I asked feeling both confused and annoyed at the thought that what happened to me happened to others as well. “Because I mean really, the fact that this happened at all is annoying and highly unusual.”

“Miss Fortune?” Vash asked with a tilt of his head. “You mean the sexy pirate lady from LoL? She’s your displacer?”

“No but good guess. I meant Miss Fortune from Fallout you know the female equivalent to The Mysterious Stranger? Wait, have you played Fallout?”

“Yeah, just couldn’t remember the name for all the perks,” Vash said with a roll of his eyes. “Trust me, I put plenty of hours in Fallout 3 and caused many mutants to explode using the Lincoln rifle.”

“Well in that case, I commend you,” I said before feeling the map the Fortune gave me earlier begin to vibrate for some reason and have a message from her on it. “It seems Fortune wants to talk to you, so if you would kindly stand still we will enter the timestream.”

“If that’s what she wants,” Vash smiled. “I’ve never been able to ignore the wishes of a lady. Especially lovely ones,” he chuckled.

“That’s good, just mind the fall this time.” I told him before another portal opened under him and I jumped in after him.

“Ow,” Vash said in a muffled tone as he landed face first onto the floor.

“Oh, so this is the one who helped my friend? Well it is nice to meet you.” A familiar female voice called out.

“A pleasure to meet you as well,” Vash smiled as he peeled himself off the floor. “Well, meet may not be the right word all things considered,” he finished, looking around the room.

“Fortune, would you please come out and meet the one who you said you wanted to. It is considered rude not to talk to guests.” I called out and a couple of seconds later she was standing behind Vash hugging him tightly.

“Well, wasn’t expecting this,” Vash smiled as he noticed the woman hugging him. “But you won’t hear any complaints from me.”

“I would hope not. It is very rare that I ever actually touch someone other then my host, but I think it’s time we got down to business. Don’t you think?” She asked

“I suppose,” Vash nodded. “So, why did you want to talk to me? Is it so I can give him ‘the talk’,” Vash said, indicating me.

“Well, maybe another time. But I would greatly appreciate it if you were to explain his situation to him, besides the token part. Oh that reminds me, here is his token.” She said before handing him a hat that looked like a replica of mine.

“Milady,” Vash grinned as he slipped the hat on and tipped it at her before turning to me. “Alright, let’s start with the basics. You obviously picked up an item or items and before you knew it were in the magical land of Equestria, correct?”

“That is correct, I grabbed my gun here and was given the clothes.”

“Yup, I bought my revolver from a guy that looked like the Merchant from Resident Evil 4. But you and I aren’t the only ones in a situation like this. There’s a countless number of us out there and we call ourselves, Displaced,” he explained.

“So if I am picking up what you are putting down, there are others that are in the same situation as us called the Displaced? Huh, you might have just taken the number one spot on my weird events list.”

“Oh, that’s going to change pretty quickly,” Vash laughed. “As soon as I learned all this, things got weird for me fast. I’ve even been turned into a woman before. And that’s not even as weird as things get for me.”

“That is slightly frightening, but I think I will worry about that later. So is that all or did you want to talk about anything else? Maybe about a certain lady I have seen you looking at?”

“I wouldn’t know what you’re talking about,” Vash chuckled and scratched his cheek. “I haven’t been looking at anyone. Certainly not anyone dressed like a Vegas showgirl.”

“Good, than i don’t have to defend anyone's honor. So... hows life?” I ask beginning to feel awkward.

“Crazy,” Vash chuckled again. “I’ve been dealing with some of that weirdness I mentioned earlier, along with building a village to help bring peace between ponies and changelings.”

“Changelings? What are those?”

“An insectoid race of shapeshifters that feed off of love,” Vash explained. “In the past they would kidnap ponies and take the place of them so they could feed on their loved ones. But with this village, we’re hoping to put an end to that nasty business.”

“Huh, sounds interesting. Maybe I will meet one some day.” I said before Fortune speaks up.

“Samuel, I think it is time that we let Vash here get back to his own universe don’t you think.” She said.

“Alright, if that’s what you think,” Vash said with an arched brow. “If you want me out of your hair, all you gotta say is, “Vash, our contract is complete,” and then I’ll be on my way home.”

“Well than, I guess this is it for now. Vash, our contract is complete. If you ever need help give me a call.” I said to him moments before he stepped through the portal.

Author's Note

I feel this was an awesome chapter and I have to thank the greatThunderclap for letting em crossover with his story The Reluctant Gunman, which you should go check out. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter and have a great night everyone.