Snake looked at his new arm. While his usual arm was red, this new one was yellow and had metal fingertips. He grinned as he flexed the fingers, "Looks great doc."

Doctor Hooves grinned in return, "It was no problem at all, you said you needed an arm for combat, and this stun arm concept was relatively simple to make."

"Nice, how's the other gear coming?"

"We're having a bit of trouble with the shields, but the grenade launcher should be ready for testing by the end of the day."

"Excellent," Snake said before a beep came from his iDroid. Flicking it on, he saw an odd message, 'Displaced Request'

"Everything alright sir?"

"Yeah, just something that I need to take care of," Snake said as he exited the building. Once he was outside, he got an alert to activate his Fulton, which he did, "Let's see what I'm getting into."

[POV Change]

Francis sat by a wooden crate in the treehouse, hat tipped down to block the sunlight from hitting his eyes. He listened to yet another meeting between the Cutie Mark Crusaders regarding what to do with a filly’s Cutie Mark.

“Obviously it’s about scuba diving!” Scootaloo said.

“Nuh ah! It’s bathing!” Sweetie Belle said.

“Maybe it reflects her clean nature?” The girls began to chitter and chatter about a bubbly Cutie Mark. Francis didn’t mind it as much as he did when he first met them. He still thought the girls had cooties, but at the very least he didn’t mind hanging out with them. However, his instincts as a cat kicked in and he began to stretch. This suddenly caused something to fall from the crate and knock his hat off.

Francis investigated the object. He raised his eyebrow. The strange, silver, blocky object was something he never saw before. He knew what it was though. A cassette player.

“Huh… They still make these?” Francis asked as the ponies stopped and looked at the player.

“Whatcha got there, Ajax?” Scootaloo asked.

“It’s some sort of… player thingy?” Francis said. He pressed one of his claws on the play button.

With a click, a voice emanated from it, “I’m Big Boss, if you know who that is my reputation should speak for itself. If you need a hand, play side B.”

“Big Boss? Huh?” Francis asked.

“What?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“I dunno. Some dude named Big Boss told me that if I need a hand, I’d play side B.” He said.

“... What are hands?” Scootaloo asked. Francis just looked at Scootaloo with a scowl before popping open the tape. He knew not of who Big Boss was, but the name seemed to imply that he was big and that he was a boss. A boss in the sense of those old retro video games. It’d be cool to have a boss fight on his side. He took out the tape and flipped it over to side B. Closing the cassette, he hit play once more.

After a while, there was silence.

“... Nothing happened.” Apple Bloom said. Just then…

“Apple Bloom!” The group could hear Applejack’s shout. The four ran to the window where they saw Applejack standing next to an olive colored metallic box with a parachute attached to it. “What in the hay happened? This thingy popped outta the sky and landed in the middle of the farm!” She said.

“Huh?” Apple Bloom raised an eyebrow. “How did that get there?” She asked.

“One way to find out!” Francis jumped out of the window and spun around before landing on his boots. He brushed the rim of his hat and readied his hand on his rapier. Big Boss said if he needed a hand he’d play Side B, but considering that he’s a Boss, it was not gonna be an easy feat. “Fear me, if you dare…” He muttered as he drew his rapier, slowly approaching the crate.

Just before he reached, it collapsed open on its own, revealing a large figure in a military uniform with an eyepatch, a piece of metal embedded in his forehead and a strange looking yellow gauntlet on his left arm. “Knew there was a reason we don’t do this,” he said as he stood up, “damn cramped in those things.”

Francis yelped and jumped back, rapier pulled out and pointing towards the figure with the gauntlet. His chest rose and fell as he panted.

“Hmm? Oh, you must be the local Displaced, good to met ‘ya, call me Big Boss,” he said as he reached out with his left hand, which on closer inspection was actually a prosthetic arm with odd metal fingertips.

“I’m…” Francis has no idea what to go with. Francis? Ajax? Just Puss? Well, if he’s going with a moniker, Francis should too. “I’m Puss! In Boots!” He triumphantly declared as he shook the arm.

“Yeah, I can tell,” said Boss.

“... Yeah, it’s pretty obvious isn’t it?” Francis sheepishly chuckled. Just then, the CMC arrived by Francis’ side and marvelled at the big man.

“Woah! He’s cool!” Scootaloo said.

“Wait, you said something about a… Displaced? What’s that?” Francis asked.

“Guess I’m the first one you’ve met. Anyway, you weren’t always a cat, or lived in Equestria, right?”

“N-no… I just put on these boots at my house and suddenly… poof! I’m here. A cat on top of that too.” Francis said.

“That makes you a Displaced, I wasn’t always sporting the pirate look myself,” Boss said, scratching his eye beside the patch.

“So… you turned into this Big Boss dude?” Francis asked.

Boss nodded, “One moment I’m dressed as him, the next I am him.”

“Woah! Rarity would love to hear this! Magical clothes that turn you into something else?” Sweetie Belle said. Francis sighed.

“Or cursed in my case…” He remembered what Twilight said regarding Misthaven Magic.

“Nothing personal, Sweetie,” Boss said as he adjusted his arm, “but these things come with some major drawbacks.” Francis nodded. Sweetie Belle simply frowned before raising an eyebrow.

“Hey, how did you know my name?” She asked. Francis looked to Sweetie Belle.

“Well, isn’t Sweetie like some sort of affectionate nickname used in, like, the 80’s?” Francis asked.

“Also my nickname for my niece,” Boss said, before leaning down to Francis, “we need to have a private chat later.”

“Actually, you mind having that private chat now? I gotta go redo the apple orchids and I don’t want any more flying crates in my area!” Applejack said. Francis looked to the CMC and tipped his hat.

“I guess this is where I’ll head for now, Sweetie.” He said. Sweetie Belle blushed while Apple Bloom looked away with a frown. Francis looked to Big Boss. “Hmm… How’s a big scary forest sound for private?” He asked.

“Sounds good, but I’ll wait to judge if it’s scary for myself.”

“Alright, but I warn you, it could be veeeery scary!” Francis said.

Francis led Big Boss to the Everfree Forest. It had been a week since he first appeared in this forest and confronted the Crow. Even though they became friends, he still shuddered as he imagined his sharp warning about being his next victim.

“W-well… Here we are…” Francis said.

“Still waiting for the scary part,” said Boss, “anyway, you watch any cartoons back home?”

“Of course! I’ve watched a lot of cartoon shows! Saturday morning cartoons are the best!” Francis said.

“Well congratulations, you’re in one,” said Boss, “welcome to the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.”

“Well, this does feel like I’m in a cartoon,” he turned around to look at his orange tabby body, “but… My Little Pony… That’s an old cartoon, right?” Francis recalled on one of his walks on the wikipedia looking up the article for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and noticing how it ran until its tenth season in 2021.

“Not when I got Displaced, guess time runs a bit differently in different universes.”

“So… Other universes are real? And… they’re not like virtual ones?” Francis asked.

“Tron, great movie. And yes, as if landing in a world populated by ponies transformed into a talking Spanish sword fighting cat didn’t already give it away.”

“Well, you sort of have a point.” Francis laughed.

Just as Francis finished laughing, a hissing sound came from the forest.

“Look what we found…” A gruff voice echoed through the forest. It was too gruff for it to be the Crow. No. Francis drew his blade.

“Who’s there!?” Francis asked. The two then saw a two headed tiger, though the second head was that of a ram’s.

“Just Ahahahahaus.” The ram bleated.

“W-well… F-fear us i-if you d-d-dare…” Francis kept his blade ready, though the tiger just chuckled as a snake’s head slithered towards Ross and hissed out a ‘Boo’. Francis fell over screaming as he held his rapier.

“You know,” Boss said as he pulled out a cigar, “I was expecting more.” The Chimera simply looked to Boss.

“More?” The tiger raised her eyebrow.

“We’re more than you can handle…” The snake said.

“And we’ll show you!” The ram then proceeded to charge at Big Boss as the tiger and snake yelped at their sister’s impulse.

Boss rolled out of the way as he drew his pistol, his cigar already clenched in his teeth. “Please, I’ve faced bigger than you.” Francis saw just how stoic and badass Boss was and he gulped. If he could be brave, then so should he.

“Well, you’ve never faced a Chimera!” The tiger roared as it pounced to the Boss, however, Francis ran underneath the Chimera and slashed at its belly, causing it to fall over in pain. It got up as the snake stared at Francis. Francis was ready to fight, though he soon became entranced by the eyes of the snake. The Chimera limped towards Francis.

“I don’t think so,” said Boss, shooting the snake head. In an instant, it fell to the ground, snoring. Francis snapped out of his trance and yowled, running towards the chimera and leaping into the air. It slashed against the tiger’s head, slicing it vertically across the eye as he landed on the ram’s head. The Chimera then roared as it bucked about to try and get him off.

“Boooossss! I’m holding it off as long as I can!” Francis shouted.

“Lead it over to me,” said Boss, putting his pistol away and flexing the fingers of his mechanical hand, which started crackling with electricity. Francis obliged as he steered the bucking ram towards Boss. The Chimera flung Francis off just as the Chimera closed in on Boss. Just before it could maul him, he brought his hand into the cut Francis had made previously, discharging 50,000 volts directly into the Chimera’s nervous system.

The beast roared before it fell to the ground. Despite the massive voltage onto the Chimera, the worst Boss seemed to do was knock it out, complete with having little swirls on them.

“Woah, you’re right…” Francis got up. “We are in a cartoon!” He said.

Boss simply wiped his bloody hand on his fatigues and lit his cigar, “Glad the stun arm worked, wasn’t sure if it would for something this size. Didn’t want to piss off Fluttershy by killing it.”

“Woah… Nice… W-wait, Fluttershy? Like… you know Fluttershy?” Francis asked.

“Like I said, cartoon. My niece made me watch every episode, twice.”

“Ah. Right…” Francis scratched his ear while sticking his tongue out.

“You’re new, you’ll learn. What say we head back.”

“Sure!” Francis said.

Francis and Boss left the forest, though that’s when Francis looked at something in the horizon.

“Huh?” Francis looked at what appeared to be a crystallized tree off in the distance. “Never seen that before…” Francis said. He turned to Big Boss. “Hey, you saw the show, right? This thing ever popped up in here?” He asked.

Boss nodded, “Guess we’re season 5 or later.”

“Hmmm… Hey, you wanna check it out?” Francis asked Big Boss.

“Why not.” With that, the two went over to the castle, just as Francis spotted Starlight Glimmer, the pink pony he saw at Fluttershy’s walking with a white maned, blue-coated pony with a robe and wizard hat. Francis stopped for a while and eyed the wizard. “Huh?” Francis asked. Just then, he saw the purple winged unicorn emerge from the tree-like crystal.

“Take care, Starlight!” Twilight said before she turned her attention to Francis. “Oh, it’s you. How’s it going?” She asked.

“Hey, question… Are you hiring a wizard to help with these boots?” Francis asked.

“Huh? I… Oh, you mean Trixie?” Twilight chuckled. “Nah, she’s just a close friend of Starlight’s.” Twilight said. She then eyed Boss. “And… who’s this?” She asked.

“Call me Boss,” said Boss, “pleasure to meet you.”

“Erm… Nice to meet you, Boss… I’m Twilight Sparkle.” She said.

“Mind if we come in?”

“Certainly!” Twilight said. She led the two Displaced into her castle.

As they entered the castle, Twilight spoke up.

“So, you might be surprised by this, but I actually know the species of your kind, Boss. There’s another world full of them that’s directly tied to Equestria.” Twilight said as they walked in the hallway.

“Huh? Interesting!” Francis said. “Is there a cool story tied to it?” Francis asked.

“As a matter of fact, yes there is. I first got there when I had to retrieve an artifact from a pony who stole it…”

“Yeah, I know her,” said Boss, “although I don’t think it’s the exact same one.” Twilight blinked a little.

“So… you’re from that world then? But… not exactly the same…” Twilight then muttered. “So alternate universes do exist!” Twilight then smiled.

“Pretty much, both me and Puss are from them.”

“This is great! This is going to be great for my studies!” She then eyed Boss’ form. “Hey, you mind if I examined you? I never seen any human in Equestria before!” Twilight said.

“Just a quick one, I’ve got stuff to do back home.”

“Alright! Follow me!” Twilight said. The group entered the main room where a large crystal table stood with six crystal chairs and one tiny chair next to one of them. Twilight turned around as her horn glowed. A purple aura emitted from Boss’ body as Twilight’s eyes widened and her mouth grinning.

“Um… Twilight? You okay?” Francis asked.

“Never better!” She then looked to Francis’ boots and the same purple aura filled them as well.

“Yes! It makes sense! Your body and those boots share the same energy. If my theory proves correct, this energy allows you to traverse across space and time, though while preserving your human form.” Twilight said.

“So… how come I’m a cat?” Francis asked.

“It’s just a theory. Perhaps the boots transported you here but also cursed you to be a cat.” Twilight said. “And that arm… I never seen anything like this before!” Twilight said as she eyed the prosthetic arm.

“Not too shabby huh?” said Boss, “uses a combination of magic and technology to work.”

“M-magic?!” Twilight’s eyes lit up like the night sky as she grinned even tighter. “C-could you show me?” She asked.

“It’s mostly internal, although this version does also double as a taser,” Boss said as his fingertips crackled.

“Sweet!” She said.

“Yeah, he used it to take out a Chimera! It was awesome!” Francis said.

“H-huh? W-wow… That’s cool!” Twilight said.

“Although if you want a sample you can study,” Boss said as he pulled out his pistol, “Diamond Dogs standard issue Windurger No.2 Silent Pistol with tranquilizer ammunition.”

“Diamond Dogs… Like, as in the Diamond Dogs up in the mountains?” Twilight asked as she levitated the pistol.

“Different Diamond Dogs,” said Boss as he tapped a patch on his sleeve.

“Ah, interesting. Perhaps these Dogs are from that other universe.” She smiled and stowed away the tranquilizer pistol.

“Wow… You’re pretty cool, Boss.” Francis said.

“That I am. Anyway, I guess I should help you make your Token.”

“My… what?” Francis asked.

“Basically your calling card,” said Boss, “you know, like my cassette player, you used it and here I am.”

“Oh, cool! So I can pop up in other places too?” Francis asked.

“If you’re summoned, yes. So, step 1, pick something that represents you.” Francis took off his hat and showed it to the Boss. “Looks good. Step 2, give it a message, something that represents you.”

“Easy! Fear me, if you dare!” He said.

“Alright, last step is to cast it into the void. I think this’ll work,” Boss said as he pulled a fabric pouch from his waist.

Francis allowed Big Boss to fashion what seemed to be a balloon onto the hat. As the hat fitted onto the harness that the balloon was attached to, it took off at an alarming speed, flying out of Twilight’s castle. Twilight herself couldn’t believe what just happened as she blinked constantly.

“Fulton Air Recovery System, modified with teleportation Magi-Tech,” Boss said as he passed one to her, “can’t tell you how useful they are.”

“Woah…” Twilight and Francis both said in awe.

“Anyway, I should get back,” Boss said, “call me if you need anything.”

“Okay. Thank you.” Francis smiled to Boss.

“For future reference, you can send Displaced back by saying ‘our contract is complete’, but I’ll make my own way home, see ya.” With that, Boss triggered another Fulton on his belt, and shot up and out of sight. Francis smiled. He remembered the battle with the Chimera and how Big Boss took it on. He smiled.

“Yeah… I’ll be as brave as him!” He said. With that, Francis ran off as Twilight took the tranquilizer pistol and Fulton device to study them.

[POV Change]

After landing back on Mother Base via supply crate, and stretching out the kinks in his spine, Snake looked to see that Sunset was walking towards him, "So, trying out a new deployment method?"

"No, Displaced business, I'm sure you read the briefing."

"Yeah I did. Anyway, the local government has a standing bounty on these guys, and it actually went up while you were gone."

"Excellent, tell all combat teams to prep their gear, when the sun next rises, we hunt."

Author's Note

Crossover with Fear Me, If You Dare.

Next chapter, full assault on the rebel base, I may use Star Wars references. Also, during the assault, there will be another member of the HuMane 7 as a POW. I already have a scenario in mind, no spoilers, but if anyone has a better one, I'll use it and give you credit for it, so submit your ideas down in the comment section below.