Hooves and Hands: A Dimensional Crossing of Worlds

(WARNING: before reading this chapter be warned, there are elements of clop in this chapter. If you do not like clop, skip over the parts as best you can, they're not important to the story. If you DO enjoy clop, please read on. Thank you)

They ran up the stairs to the exit, they had escaped the Canterlot dungeon, and were now making their escape. Johnny reached the door first, and attempted to open it, no luck, it was locked. The door wouldn’t budge, not even Merasmus’ magic could open it. Or perhaps it didn’t need to be opened….

“Stand aside boy….I can handle his.” He said with a twisted tone.

He placed his palm over the front of the door, and with a spectacular BANG! The door flew off its hinges and fell down in front of them. Johnny stood there slack-jawed, there was no way Merasmus could do that normally. Could it have been that the magic he gained from the unicorn guard made him stronger? He would soon find out, as the Canterlot Royal Guard came down upon them. Merasmus was quick, but brutal. He dispatched the unicorn guards in an orderly manner, not killing them, but rendering them incapacitated. He placed his hands on their horns and a black mist would form around his hand, and the unicorn would just lay there, petrified. Johnny didn’t know what Merasmus was doing, in fact he couldn’t figure out why Merasmus needed him since he was doing a fine job on his own. Eventually, they reached the great hall, their windows amplifying the brightness of the moon. It was dark, perhaps midnight, and it was the first time they had seen it in a few months. Johnny stared at the moon, it was large, larger than the one back home, he quickly returned to Merasmus, who was now breaking down the doors to the outer lobby that led outside…

“It’s time we leave his foreboding place, wouldn’t you agree Johnny?”

“Just get the doors down, I need fresh air…”

“Fine…Enjoy yourself a little more, it’s fun to watch people suffer….”

As he said that, the doors exploded, and they fled. They ran far from Canterlot, as they ran, Merasmus had this funny glow to him, he wasn’t himself. Or rather, he WAS himself, just morphed…

“Where are we going?”

“To plan phase 2 Johnny…”

“And what was phase 1?”

“Gain the power I needed for phase 2”

“And what is phase 2?”

“Return when they don’t expect us…that’s when we make our move.”

And they ran off into the Equestrian night, to hide until the time was right for the next step in Merasmus’ plan.

The next day…

It was an ordinary day, nothing out of the ordinary for the humans, well, except for being in Equestria. It had been many months since they first arrived, and the machine was nearing its completion, no thanks to Alexi being distracted by Rainbow Dash every other day. Many of the others had found love, Pinkie Pie and Orvil had a one night stand, but it was just to make him smile…it didn’t work. Not even sex with Pinkie could make him smile, unlike Alexi, who upon being showed a little compassion had radiant smiles all the time, except when he was around the others. He had explained the Rainbow that the others didn’t know about his past, and he did not intend on telling them. So, he kept up his front, and they never knew what made Alexi tick, that was something reserved for Rainbow Dash, who was still his secret lover. The only ones who had confessed their love was Preston and Fluttershy, who could be seen walking together most days and kissing on many occasions. Rarity was still unsure as to how she was going to approach William. She decided to ask Twilight for help.

She knocked on the door.

“Twilight? Are you home?”

There was no response from Twilight.

“Hello? Anypony home?”

“She is asleep, what you need?” Came a loud voice that only Alexi could own.

“I need to come in for a second.”

“I am busy right now, you will have to come back other time.”

There was a rustling from inside.

“I’m awake now, no thanks to your shouting. What does Rarity need?”

“Let me in and I’ll tell you.”

Rarity waited at the door for Twilight to answer, instead came Alexi, sweaty, breathing heavily, and towering above her. He moved aside to let her in, and she completely passed him by without even glancing at him.

“Twilight honey, I need to have a talk with you.”

“What is it Rarity? Is something wrong?”

“Well yes, and no, it’s kind of private.”

“Whatever you can say to me you can say to Alexi, he is a guest here after all. Besides, he’s probably not gonna be going anywhere.”

“It’s private, I need to have a girl on girl talk with you. I can’t have him listening.”

“I can hear both of you, you know this right? I will take walk around town, maybe go visit Preston and Fluttershy. I shall return in about 1 hour. Da Svidaniya!”

He left the house quickly, do give Rarity and Twilight time to talk.

“What is so important that you had to interrupt Alexi’s progress on their machine?”

“I need to talk to you about William…”

“What about him?”

“I’m not quite sure how to tell you this dear, but I’ve kind of had my eyes on him for a while.”

“Oh really now? I’ve never noticed.”

“A lady never allows such emotions to slip out or become obvious, but I’m afraid I have no other options.”

“Options?”

“I need your help to win him over, so to speak.”

Twilight was surprised, so Rarity also had her eyes on William. In hindsight it was really quite obvious. A smart, refined man like him would have ponies like Rarity on every appendage. There was a small issue however, Twilight ALSO had slight feelings for William, which she just couldn’t overlook. Rarity obviously knew about those, otherwise she wouldn’t have come here feeling so desperate. She didn’t want to steal William away from Rarity, dear Luna, she didn’t even know if he was interested in ponies. She thought about her options while Rarity continued.

“So, will you help me Twilight?” she asked.

“Rarity, you know I’ve had my eye on William for a while, I’ve been trying to get his attention…”

“That’s the problem Twilight, I’ve been doing that to, I’ve been swaying my hips and tail but he doesn’t notice any of it. I’ve had him alone in a room and tried to talk to him but he just spent his time THINKING.”

“I tried to ask him on a date once but he didn’t hear me on account of his studying…”

Rarity sat down and stared at Twilight.

“Any bright ideas darling?”

Twilight was thinking about her options. What could she do? They couldn’t BOTH have William…or could they? An idea finally popped into her head.

“Rarity, I think I found a solution.”

“Please, do tell!”

“Well, we could always just…convince him together.”

“Are you suggesting we rape him?”

“I’m not saying that, I’m saying that we convince him to like both of us.”

“But we’re not sure if he likes ponies, that would be rape darling…”

“It’s not rape if he likes it….”

William sat in Raritys boutique, examining the ponyquins all over the room. “Marvelous” he thought to himself, “How in Equestria did they master this?” He found it odd that Rarity owned a clothing shop yet almost no one in Ponyville wore any cloths. It was mind boggling. He could see many dresses and suits on the ponyquins around the room, all of them exquisite, Rarity sure does a fine job with formal attire.

There was movement outside the window, it was misty, and black. He thought it was Princess Luna coming to check up on them. When the door didn’t open he just went along with his business. “Must have been my imagination.” He thought to himself.

Suddenly the door swung open, and Rarity and Twilight walked into the room.

“Oh, there you are. I was beginning to wonder where you went.”

“Just to Twilights place William, I see your taking ANOTHER look at the dresses.”

“Well, yes they’re quite marvelous, I’ve never seen such craftsmanship.”

Rarity began to blush, Twilight stepped in front of her, trying to keep their mission in mind.

“So William, can I ask you a question?” Twilight said as they walked up to him

“Anything Twilight, what’s up?” He was focused on the dresses before him, not even noticing that she was looking him over, as was Rarity.

“You ever do something so crazy, but hoped it might work out in your favor?”

“Of course, that’s what the time machine was for, although, it didn’t exactly turn out in my favor, or I’d be in Soviet Russia by now.” He chuckled to himself at what apparently was a joke.

“I see, what about a relationship?”

“I’m far too busy for relationships, my studies take up most of my waking hours, not to mention I live with 6 men. There’s not a woman in Matts mind for me.”

Rarity chimed in.

“That’s rather sad.”

“Yes, it can be, but I have no need for it. You see, knowledge is MY girlfriend!”

Twilight was beginning to think this man was less of an intellectual and more of a mad scientist. He obviously wasn’t, he was very polite and smart, he just seemed too focused on his research. It was time to distract him for a while…

(WARNING: Clop ahead!)

“Hey William, can you lay on that couch?”

“What ever for Twilight?”

“Just do it, I have to demonstrate something for Rarity.”

“Ah, I see.” He laid down on the couch. “Like this?”

“Perfect.” the lavender unicorn jumped up on his chest and backed slowly down to his waist.”

“What’s going on?”

“You’ll see soon enough dear…” and Rarity jumped near his face, leaning her pussy down to his mouth. “Go ahead, lick it!”

William just laid there in shock, what the fuck was going on? They were raping him and he knew it, he had to get out of there.

“Let me go, I can’t believe you’re doing this! Get me the fuck out of here!”

Twilight began removing his pants with her magic, then his underwear. He started kicking, trying to get the ponies off of him, it was no use. Twilight began to use her magic to massage his member, it took a while before it got rock hard.

“Jesus Christ for all that is holy LET ME GO!”

“Who’s Jesus Christ?” Rarity said, giggling as she said it.

“For the love of Celestia! Why are you doing this!?”

“You spend too much time working William, you need to relax…” With that Twilight began to suck on him, taking him all the way into her mouth, it made William quite for a minute, before he starting talking again.

“This is wrong….I shouldn’t…..I need to get back to work…..oh fuck it keep going!” He began to eat out Rarity as she was still practically sitting on his face. The unicorns went to work on their new plaything, Twilight sucking on him, and Rarity having her wet folds tongue fucked. For a while all was strait forward, until they decided that it was getting old. Twilight decided it was time to show William what she really had, and leaned forward to prepare for true interspecies sex. Rarity turned around to face William as they began to make out. Twilight then took William all the way, deep within her, and she bounced up and down as they fucked. It slide in, and out, rapidly, and the pleasure was intense for Twilight, who was literally burning up in ecstasy. Rarity was enjoying her make out session with the human, when she felt a wet tongue on her back side. It was more of a double 69, with William sexing up Twilight, Twilight licking Raritys pussy, and Rarity kissing William. Rarity got wetter, and wetter, until she couldn’t hold it anymore, and shook and wobbled with pleasure as she released her orgasm. William soon followed, cumming inside Twilight. Although, Twilight wasn’t finished, and she continued bouncing on Williams cock, moaning with pleasure. She was about to blow, but she was interrupted.

(The clop has ended)

Alexi barged through the door.

“William! Comrade! Where are you we ne-“

Alexi just stared at the trio, who were completely ignoring him, as they continued with their deed.

“For love of Stalin WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”

That scared them strait, William literally bolted upwards and started to put his pants back on.

“I’m terribly sorry Alexi, I was in the middle of….”

“There is no need to explain, I saw all I needed…”

Alexi walked up to William and whispered to him.

“Is okay comrade, I understand completely, just act like all is natural.”

“Ok”

Alexi quickly backed away and looked at the ponies with an evil glare, he was faking his anger but he just wanted to scare them.

“Back to what I was saying.”

He was literally overflowing with fright, what was scaring him?

“Alexi, you’re shaking a little bit? What’s wrong?” Twilight asked, trying to steer the subject away from what she and Rarity had just done.

“Princess Celestia has arrived, she ordered I retrieve everypony and everybody. She has VERY bad news to tell all of us, I know news, and I shudder to think of it now…”

What news could possibly scare ALEXI? The news must be bad indeed.”

“Well, what are all of you waiting for? Day of St. Valentine? Hurry up!”

He ran out the door, and the trio quickly followed, trying to keep up with the trained Russian soldier as he bolted ahead. He ran with such speed, he was fast, REALLY fast, so fast that he actually made it to Twilight house 5 minutes before the others got there. When they finally arrived, they were met by the rest of the humans and ponies, who were standing in front of a frantic Princess Celestia.

“Good, you’re here, now we can talk. I told Alexi here the full story, I wanted to see his reaction, but it’s time all of you knew.”

“What’s wrong Princess?” Twilight asked, staring up at her mentor.

Celestia sighed.

“Last night, about 2 hours past midnight, some prisoners escaped the Canterlot Dungeon. As you may know, these prisoners were none other than your friends, Johnny and, whatever the hooded one is…”

“Merasmus…” William said coldly, as if someone had just died.

“I don’t know what he’ll do, or when he’ll do it, but rest assured he won’t be getting back to Canterlot. They BOTH will be caught by the guard.”

Alexi was pacing the floor as the princess spoke, wondering what to say to her. As she spoke of them being captured he looked up at her.

“You really do not get it do you?” He said almost like an insult.

“Excuse me?”

“You do not know power he is capable of.”

“Whatever it is, mine and my sisters magic can defeat whatever cheap tricks he has.”

Alexi laughed as if someone had just told him the funniest joke in the world, then put on his angry face as if that joke had been a priest and a rabbi joke.

“He is powerful, not even YOUR magic will stop him. He. Will. KILL YOU!”

“Is that a threat?!”

“THAT IS NOT THREAT! THAT IS GUARENTEE!” He yelled, not caring what she could do to him.

“Not from me though, from him. He will overpower all, and he is crafty. He will not give up without fight…”

He walked back to the back of the room, awaiting her response.

“What are we gonna do?” Twilight asked the men, hoping they had done this many times and knew how to deal with it.

“I…I don’t know…” William said, in a deathly tone. He recalled the memory of the black mist, and he realized that Luna would never be out in broad daylight. Was that Merasmus? It had to have been…

“Well, we can’t sleep alone, we’ll have to all sleep together, strength in numbers right?” Twilight said to William, although it was really aimed at Alexi, who she figured had the experience of dealing with hostile people.

“That seems right.” Replied William.

“WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!” yelled Pinkie Pie as she ran around the room with panic, literally bouncing off the walls.

“Calm yourself Pink one…” Alexi said as she passed him. “We will stay in Twilights house, is big enough. Everypony will be alright, as long as I still breath.”

“That’s very noble of you Alexi but we have a bigger problem than your ego!” William yelled, trying to get Alexi to make sense.

“Merasmus is still out there…and we need to stay indoors so that he cannot get to us. He has hard time opening doors, though I suppose he would just get Johnny to do dirty work.”

Princess Celestia spoke up.

“I need to get going and prepare the royal guard. Any last words before I go?”

“Two things…” Alexi said as he walked. “The guard won’t help you and….”

He turned around

“Never sleep alone…”

With that the pasty white Alicorn flew off to Canterlot, leaving the others to deal with their issue and prepare for the night.

That night…

Everyone was fast asleep, all but Alexi, who stood guard at the door with his gun at the ready. Tonight, Merasmus would not sneak up on him. Every noise outside the door was like a gunshot to him, bringing up his gun, only to lower it when he found out it was just a lone squirrel. He was startled to hear rustling inside the house, he looked around but didn’t see anything. He nearly jumped out of his skin at the sight of Rainbow Dash standing next to him. She leaned up and whispered to him.

“How are you feeling?”

“Not good. I am getting tired.”

“You should go to bed then.”

“If I do than Merasmus will get us, or somepony, I cannot let that happen.”

“Rainbow Dash sighed.

“Well, I could keep watch…”

Alexi looked at her with a concerned glare.

“He will use you, manipulate you, is not worth it. Get to sleep Rainbow, I can handle this.”

“You don’t have to put up a wall around me you know. I know how you are.”

She leaned up and hugged him, he retuned the hug but let her down, a lot was on his mind.

“I am sorry Rainbow, but is my duty to others. If something awful happens I want it on MY watch, not yours. I can deal with blame, do not worry about me.”

“Are you sure?”

“Da, now go get some sleep”

“Ok…but before I do…” she leaned up and kissed him before pulling back. “Good night”

Rainbow trotted back to her bed and laid down while Alexi looked her over. She truly was amazing in his eyes, but he had to keep focused if he was to protect his new friends. Friends…that’s something he hadn’t had in a long time…

There was a knock at the door.

Alexi raised his gun as he opened the door, only to be greeted by a stray filly, up way passed her bedtime it would seem.

“Hey mister! Is this Twilight Sparkles house?”

Alexi just stood there, what was a filly doing out so late?

“Da, and who wants to know?”

“A friend of hers. I’m from Canterlot!” the filly said in a cocky tone

Alexi was suspicious, he denied the little filly entry. For all he knew she could have been a spy for Merasmus and Johnny.

“Pleeeeeeeeeease mister? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?”

“Niet, you cannot come in.”

“C’mon….please mister Alexi?”

“Niet, you canno…what did you say?”

“I said please.”

She knew his name, and was hiding it. Ok, that was it. He had had enough. He raised the gun the filly and yelled.

“Go back to Merasmus! You cannot enter here!”

In a twisted, raspy voice, the filly answered him.

“I already have!”

The filly morphed into a black mist that floated across the room to Rarity and Twilight. It solidified into the shape of Merasmus, who immediately grasped their horns as a black aura surrounded them.

“STOP!” he fired his gun once at Merasmus, but it went right through him. He was too powerful for Alexi to stop him with the gun. He lunged at the boney man and wrestled him to the ground. The black aura had only consumed Raritys and Twilights horns, not their actual bodies. The gunshot had woken all the sleeping ponies, then Merasmus spoke.

“I have what I came for Alexi! Fare thee well!” With a twisted laugh he morphed into a black mist that bolted out the door, shutting it loudly. Alexi was kneeling next to Twilight, nearly making her just with shock at what he was doing.

“Alexi, what happened?”

“He came…”

“What?”

“Merasmus, he came, he got passed me…I don’t know what he did to you or Rarity, but I couldn’t stop him.”

“Twilight tried to levitate a book across the room, but it wouldn’t budge. She had Rarity try and pick it up, but nothing happened, not even a glow came from their horns. Merasmus had taken their magical powers, for all intents and purposes they were now Earth Ponies.

“He took your magic, It made him stronger…”

“What will we do Alexi?” Rainbow Dash responded.

“Only thing we can do…wait.”

“What?”

“We wait, we go to Canterlot tomorrow, and speak with princess.”

“About what?” Twilight asked in a shy voice

“We tell her to double her guards, and sleep with sister. He will go for her next…I know it.”

They went back to sleep and awaited the morning, when they could take the train to Canterlot and warn the princess. But there was something else brewing that night.

In a cave outside Ponyville, Johnny sat, waiting for Merasmus to return. He had gone out in search of the unicorns of Ponyville, to gain their magic, and possibly learn where their biggest threat was spending the night. After 3 long hours of waiting, he finally returned. Johnny approached Merasmus.

“So…did you find those freaks or what?”

“Oh I found them alright. Let’s just say they won’t be bothering us for a long time.” He snickered to himself with an evil grin.

“What’s our next step?” Johnny asked.

“Now we return to Canterlot, I need to taste that royal magic…” he licked his lips as if it were a delicacy that was equivalent to heaven snacks.

“So we’re going back to Canterlot?”

“That’s correct.”

“Ok, so um. You ARE fucking insane! The guards will catch us! They KNOW we escaped Merasmus!”

“But, they will let us pass…”

“And why’s that MJ?”

“Because…we have their magic, and they belong to me!”

Johnny didn’t know what he meant by that, but Merasmus was on his way to Canterlot, and Johnny hitched a ride, becoming one with the black mist. It reached the front gates of Canterlot, guarded by nearly an army of Unicorn guards. Merasmus stepped forward and waved a hand.

The unicorns eyes began to turn black, and glowed ominously. They went and opened the front gates to Canterlot, and Johnny and Merasmus walked through without a hitch.

“To the castle we go my friend….”

That morning they awoke to Alexi’s boots stomping on the ground. It was still early out, and Alexi didn’t want to waste any time with what he felt was an unnecessary use of time, sleeping. Once they were all awake, he took charge, acting like his old commissar…

“Get up! Get up! Worthless, all of you worthless! We have important meeting today so let’s MOVE IT! I will not have this ruined by your inability to wake up!” he screamed at the humans, not directing his anger at the ponies, for fear up upsetting Rainbow Dash.

The humans in the room were already dressed and ready for the day ahead, or was it still night? They couldn’t tell, they had gotten up so early that the sun had just begun to rise over the mountains. Alexi darted to the train station, leaving the others to wobble behind. Some of the humans were still sleepy, enough to the point they had a hard time walking, and actually rode on the backs of the ponies who COULD walk. When they finally caught up to Alexi, he was tapping his foot eagerly, waiting for the train.

“What time does train normally arrive?”

“6:00.” Replied Twilight, still groggy and yawning. “But why?”

“Because I need it to hurry up!”

“It’s not going to come early just for you.” William said in a shrill tone.

“Perhaps not, but that does not mean we cannot walk!”

They stood baffled.

“Alexi, let me get this strait. You was us to walk down the railroad tracks ALL THE WAY TO CANTERLOT!?”

“Da, you act like weak man. Come, we walk.”

They moved onto the tracks and began the long hike up the mountain to Canterlot. It was a long trip, so Alexi decided to liven them up with a song.

“Who wants to sing along as we walk?” he asked

“What did you have in mind?” William replied.

Alexi thought about a song everyone would perhaps know. He couldn’t think of one. All songs that he knew in English were School House Rock tunes, which is how he primarily learned to speak the language. He eventually came up with one that he had known since childhood.

“Tell me if you recognize this one.”

Alexi cleared his throat.

“Soyuz nyerushimyy respublik svobodnykh

Splotila naveki Veilikaya Rus…”

It was the Soviet national anthem, something that would always lift his spirits, if only for a little while. William knew the song by heart, and joined in…

“Da zfravstvuyet sozdannyy volley narodov

Yedinyy, moguchiy Sovetskiy Soyuz!”

By now Rainbow Dash was listening. She heard the song many times as her little boyfriend sang it all the time. She didn’t know what any of the words meant, but she sang along anyway, to comfort him.

“Slavsya, Otechesto nashe svobodnoye,

Druzhby narodov nadyozhnyy oplot!

Znamya sovetskoye, znamya narodnoye,

Pust’ ot pobedy k pobede vedyot!”

All the others walked behind them, not speaking a word. None of them knew the lyrics, nor what they meant. Preston stayed back as far as he could as Alexi’s booming voice sang. Fluttershy went back with him, hoping he was alright.

“Are you alright love?” she asked in a gentle tone.

He nodded.

“Fine, it’s just t…t….that, that song strikes m….m…me with fear…”

“Why’s that?”

“Because he’s a m…m…monster, and that damned a….a….anthem gives him power…”

“How awful…”

“Yeah…so whenever he sings it I prefer to s…s…s…stay away from him.”

“Why don’t I go talk to him, will that make you feel better love?”

“I d…d…don’t want him to hurt you…”

“He won’t hurt me, I don’t think he has the will.”

Preston looked her strait in the eyes.

“He could kill all of us if he w…w…wanted to, I’ve r…r…read his little black journal. At l…l…least, the parts I could read. He murdered people…I…I…I don’t know who they were…b…b…but he kills people!”

Fluttershy just stared back at him, then at Alexi, who was now glaring back at them. He could hear every word, he wasn’t THAT stupid. He knew that Preston read his little journal. He must’ve read the part about his slaughter fest. He didn’t care if Preston thought he was a murderer, because everyone assumed that. He hated being called a lummox, head strong…worst of all, he hated being called a monster. He reverted his gaze from them and continued to walk along the tracks as the others hummed along to his tune.

“He sure is a scary man.”

“Very, and he heard us…oh g…g…god he’s going to kill me…”

“Not while you’re in Equestria, I won’t let him lay a finger on you. Understand?”

Fluttershy flew down and gave him a kiss.

“T…t…that means a lot…thank you…”

“Don’t worry about it. If that’s alright….we have to warn the princess.”

With that they rejoined the group, and sang happily as they walked along the tracks to Canterlot…

Merasmus and Johnny climbed the steps to the great hall. It wasn’t guarded at the time, and they slipped right in. Merasmus stood in front of the throne, staring at it.

“Yo man you alright?”

“Look at it. Soon that will be mine…”

“You mean ours. You ain’t getting rid of me that easily.”

On the contrary, Merasmus only needed Johnny for one final task. Since he couldn’t open doors that were magically sealed, he needed Johnny to open Celestia’s bed chambers. Once he was in, he would dispose of him once and for all.

“You’re right my friend. I can’t get anything past you.” He chuckled lightly to himself, and he quickly walked over to the side doors. “Quickly, this will take us to the bed chambers. Open it!”

Johnny did as he was told, and opened the doors for Merasmus. Merasmus morphed into his black mist form as Johnny ran. They reached the tower that was Celestias bed chamber. It was guarded by two large earth pony guards. Merasmus couldn’t control these ponies, but this was the perfect set up to eliminate Johnny from the equation…

“Johnny…I need you to follow my lead.”

“What is it?”

“Just stay in front of me.”

He was overtook by a black aura, and Merasmus transformed into a large unicorn, complete with a horn, and royal armor.

“It is time for your purpose to be served Johnny.”

With a magical black aura he levitated Johnny and approached the guards.

“Woah, WOAH WHAT ARE YOU DOING MERASMUS!?”

In a voice that wasn’t his own, Merasmus mimicked the voice of a regular pony.

“Men, I caught one of the hoodlums that escaped. He was trying to break into the great hall.”

The guards looked at him with surprise. They fully believed he was their captain, but they couldn’t believe that he caught Johnny so easily.

“Now, I need you two to take this vermin to the dungeons where he belongs. Understood?”

“YES SIR!” the guards answered in unison.

“Good, oh before you go would you kindly open the door. I must speak with the princess.”

“Yes sir.” And the guards opened the door.

“Thank you gentlemen. Now take him away.”

As he trotted passed the guards, he placed his hooves on their shoulders. A black aura flew from his hooves and engulfed the ponies for a brief second. They seemed dazed after it occurred.

“Didn’t you hear me? MOVE IT!”

“Yes sir!”

The guards then dragged Johnny off, as they did he screamed at them.

“NO! Can’t you see he’s tricking you? It’s Merasmus! Don’t arrest me GET HIM!”

Merasmus spoke silently to himself.

“Farewell my friend. Your services are no longer needed…

They were close to Canterlot now. They had been walking all through the morning, and they were so close. Alexi powered through in the front, while the others limped lazily behind him. He turned around to face them, and hopefully get them motivated.

“Come on people! We are close! I can see Canterlot from here. Let us move out!”

They followed behind him even more lazily, they were tired, weary, and weak. The only ones who weren’t really tired were Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, who had the option of walking if their wings got tired. At the time, they were flying above the others, Rainbow being closest to Alexi.

Fluttershy was thinking hard to herself. She hated thinking about that bully Alexi, the way he harmed her boyfriend constantly. She had had enough. She flew down and began to talk to him, in a rather stern tone.

“Alexi, I need to speak to you…if that’s okay?”

Alexi just turned his head, giving the yellow Pegasus a glare that scared her to her very core.

“What is it?”

She was petrified by his gaze.

“I…uh…I need to talk to you about something….”

“Well, spit it out!”

“I um…never mind…”

“Then leave me be…”

She fluttered back up to Rainbow Dash, nearly shaking.

“What’s wrong?” Rainbow Dash asked her little friend.

“He scares me…”

“He scares everyone. You just need to be brave when talking to him Fluttershy.”

“But…he may hurt me…”

“He won’t hurt you. He wouldn’t dare hurt you.”

“But he hurts Preston.”

“Well I won’t defend him on that. But understand he’s not going to hurt YOU. Underneath, he’s just a regular man.”

She looked down on Alexi as he walked, humming to a tune that nopony seemed to know. He was content with walking to what seemed to be his own parade.

“How do you that Rainbow Dash?” Fluttershy asked, wondering why she was defending him so willingly.

“You’ll just have to trust me Fluttershy. He just puts up a front.”

“Alright….I’ll talk to him when he’s a little less angry then…”

“Sounds like a great plan!”

And the walking continued, all the way to Canterlot. When they arrived the doors were sealed, guarded by what seemed to be the entire Canterlot Royal Guard.

“We request an audience with Princess Celestia!” Alexi yelled.

No response.

“HEY! Answer me! We request an audience with Princess Celestia!”

Still no response.

“OTKRYT’DVERYAMI!”

This time, a response came from a lone soldier.

“We do not serve Celestia anymore…”

The group looked at each other in confusion. The royal guard didn’t server Celestia? Something was wrong.

“Then who DO you serve?” William yelled to the guard.

The guard said nothing. Instead he pointed to the tower that held Celestias bed chamber. Then he looked down at the group of ponies and men before the gate.

“You are not to enter.”

“Like hell I won’t!”

Alexi raised his gun and fired a shot at the gate. After a ricochet nearly took off his head, he decided that it wouldn’t work. He then proceeded in climbing the walls, but still no luck. The wall was too smooth to climb. He sat there and thought. William started laughing to himself.

“What is so funny?” Alexi asked with an angry tone.

“Nothing Alexi, I just love how stupid you can be! Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy can fly us over the wall.”

“Oh…I could have thought of that!”

“And you didn’t. Give credit where it’s do Alexi.”

Alexi just grunted and grabbed Rainbow Dash by the hoof. She raised him over the wall undetected, and soon the entire group was inside. They walked through Canterlot, noticing the streets empty, even for early morning.

“Something is not right…” Alexi said softly. “I suspect danger is near…”

Merasmus, still in pony form. Entered Celestia’s bed chamber, and saw the mighty Alicorn standing by her window. She turned her head towards him and stood shocked.

“What are you doing in here? I told the guards not to bother me.”

“Don’t worry princess, I’ll make quick work of this!”

He morphed back into his boney self, rushing Celestia and entangling her in a black aura.

“Now to eliminate YOU as a threat!”

He laughed maniacally, slowing walking up to Celestia. He placed his hand on her horn, and her eyes began to color themselves black. She screamed, hoping her guards would hear her. Unbeknownst to her, all of her guards, and even the civilians, were under Merasmus’ evil spell. She was powerful, and resisted Merasmus’ magic for as long as she could.

Luna walked in, hearing her sisters screams.

“Tia, I heard you screaming. Are you o….”

She stopped at the sight of Merasmus transforming her sister.

“Run Luna! Get to Twilight! She will know what to do! RUN!”

Celestra fell to the ground, her body lying there, not quite lifeless, but not entirely living. Merasmus looked with rage in his eyes.

“YOUR TURN MOON WALKER!”

He lunged at her, entrapping her in his magic. He placed his hand on her horn, nearly corrupting her. She witnessed Celestia stand up, she was saved. Upon closer examination she saw that she was no longer her sister. He eyes were black as the void, and she had this evil glare and grin on her face. A black aura surrounded her very being. That was no longer her sister, it was a monster. Luna kicked furiously, trying to escape. In a stroke of luck, her hind leg kicked Merasmus right in his jaw, loosening his grip and making him fall to the floor. Her magic gone, Luna flew out the window to warn the bearers of the Elements of Harmony.

Celestia opened her wings, and prepared to chase down her own sister. She was stopped by Merasmus, who placed his hand in front of her.

“Let her go. She can’t stop me now. So what if I don’t have the power of the moon. With the suns power I’m unstoppable!” He laughed maniacally as he walked to the window. “Celestia, I need the crown.”

They walked through the streets of Canterlot. Alexi, not wanting to admit he was lost, wandered aimlessly trying to find the great hall.

“We’re lost Alexi, why can’t you admit that?” Twilight asked sternly.

“Because something is wrong in this place…something does not feel right…”

He was right. The doors around them swung open magically, and all at once. Ponies exited their houses and walked slowly towards them. Alexi turned to face his friends.

“We need to get out of here, follow me!” And he ran strait through the horde of ponies.

He was closely followed by the others, who based their way though as best they could. The ran for minutes, before reaching a dead end.

“DAMN! There must be some way out of here!”

“Face it Alexi, we’re trapped…” William said in a dark tone.

They heard evil laughing from Celestia’s chambers, and something flying out the window.

“MERASMUS! HE IS BEHIND THIS! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN!”

Alexi was furious, he began punching at the horde that as upon them. Bashing them down with his hands, nearly breaking bones with his hands. He was surprised to suddenly find himself in the air, on the back of a black Alicorn.

“Princess Luna?”

“Yes, no time to explain, we need to get your friends.”

“Da, COMRADES! GRAB HER HOOVES! WE SHALL ESCAPE!”

They grabbed her legs as the horde drew nearer, many of the humans grabbing their pony friends along with them. They flew from Canterlot, and were heading for Ponyville. They heard laughing coming from the tower, loud, insane laughing. It was followed by one single line.

“Ponies of Equestra! Hail your new EMPEROR!”