Well, this was certainly something. The convention seemed loaded with people today. Amongst the crowd of people that seemed to practically swarm over everything was a man, a man wearing a bright blue hoodie with a matching silver V pattern wrapping from his chest over his shoulders and on his back. Wearing a pair of loose jeans which were further complimented by his solid black tennis shoes, this man was named Nicholas Taylor. A 21 year old African American with a small afro and dark brown eyes. However at this moment and time? He was very much lost in the crowd.

“Christ... How am I supposed to find anything through this ridiculous crowd?” He asked himself, although what else was he supposed to expect, a small crowd? Hell no, this was Comic Con! He probably would've been just as agitated if no one showed up! Regardless, his conundrum still rested before him. As his gaze glanced from side to side, he let out a small sigh and continued on his way. About 30 minutes or so passed him by as he wandered around the maze of attractions and merchandise, only losing track of where he was about 10 minutes ago. "Egh..." The low grumble escaped him as he shook his head, surprisingly, nothing that was on one of the many stands interested him. Except for one wandering participant. Getting a closer look at the man that seemed too closely resemble the merchant from the Resident Evil series. The Merchant himself didn't catch Nicks eye, but his wares certainly did.

Approaching the man, Nick slipped his hands into his pockets as he began to rummage, much to the Merchants glee. He certainly had authentic looking gear, web shooters, the Master Sword, the Super Shotgun, hell even some bizarre looking biker gloves that had the words Hurt on one, and Heal on another. But what appeared to catch his eye the most was a slick and nice looking wrist watch with a faceplate on the front of it. Square in appearance, resembling more of a smartwatch than anything, the faceplate's design was what caught Nick's immediate attention. Black with two green stripes forming an outline of an hourglass on the front.

“The intergalactic peace symbol, which would make this the... Omnitrix?” He pieced together, intrigue visible in the tone of his face and the expression on his face.

“Ah yes, a man who also finds himself enticed by the allure of the Omnitrix I see? ” The Merchant inquired with a warm smile on his face, reaching into his bag and pulling out the device casually and holding it firmly. "Although this one is by all accounts, one of a kind! Having a nice authentic feel to it, and this can be yours for only $250!"

Nick’s heart dropped slight, for something so perfect looking and certainly nice $250 was a steal! Unfortunately he did not have that type of money on hand. Rubbing his chin and looking intently at the merchant, he had to think about this carefully...

“$200?” Nick attempted to bargain. The Merchant cocking an eyebrow as he smiled slightly, “Hmmmm... You have yourself a deal! Honestly I wasn't expecting for you to be just short of it, but I will take your bargain young man!"

“Sweet!” Nick replied as he without any form of hesitation pulled out his wallet, pulling out ten twenty dollar bills and handing them to the merchant, they proceeded to exchange items, money for the watch. Feeling slightly giddy inside, Nick began to look it over intently. “It looks so... Life like! Like it was pulled straight-up pulled out of the show and into real life!” He complimented as he wrapped it on his left wrist, locking the device in place after adjusting a bit for comfort. He then turned his wrist slightly. Moving his arm up and down as a sort of test, “wow. Feels like there is barely any weight on me at all!”

The Merchant's smile only grew more and more at the sheer delight Nick seemed to have as he examined his new item, “it has more features. You just have to dive deeper Mr. Taylor.” He said rather ominously, although Nick at this moment and time was too wrapped up to particularly care. Tilting his head as he gazed at the watch, he pushed down his two fingers onto the faceplate of the device and pushed down, it sliding back which in turn popped up the core which was glowing softly.

“Hey that’s amazing detail dude!” Nick complimented yet again the Merchant still there and holding his smile, although Nick however was now at full attention to something other than the Omnitrix "Wait, how did you know my name..?" Nick asked, his hand gliding down unconsciously to the core and pushing it down. The once faint green glow now growing brighter as the light enveloped him in an almost blinding fashion, an indescribable washing across Nick's body as his eyes turned bright green. Fur growing all along his body as his fingers stuck together, forming four large canine like claws, a muzzle extending out from his face alongside two large fluffy ears that pushed out of the top of his head. A tail growth from his backside and his normal clothes disappearing for a new batch. A green jumpsuit forming over his body along with two green wrist bands, with a metallic collar materializing along his neck with the Omnitrix's core now relocated to the center of the collar. He had transformed, transformed into a god damn alien!?

Everything felt different, his body, his fingers, down to his very tongue and the way he heard things, the ground below his prehensile feet was different too. No longer rough concrete, but the soft and malleable feeling of slightly wet dirt. Regardless, Nick's newly green eyes glanced around the area, almost scanning it as his heart raced in his chest, this was crazy, it was stupid, it was inconceivable! But all he could do? Was smile widely, that smile never fading as he let out an animalistic howl into the woods that seemed to have enshrouded him, running in a quadrupedal stance into them, into the unknown with a nice amount of confidence.

~~~

“Thank you, thank you, thank you big sis for actually coming to one of my visits to Zecora’s!” Applebloom thanked in a rather joyful manner, practically bouncing up and down with excitement and shaking the saddles at her sides as they made their way to the Everfree Forest in a rather casual manner. Applejack, her older sister, adjusted her hat, a bashful smile spread across her face. “Ah it's nothin'. To be honest ah think I've been rather overdue on payin' Zecora a visit, so why not?” The earth pony said in an almost joking manner as she chuckled a tad, her eyes peaking at the bags at Appleblooms sides curiously. “Whatca got in those saddles there anyway?” She asked, Applebloom being quick to reply to the question. “Oh! Some supplies to help Zecora make a new potion...or was it a food…? Either way, I'm gonna be there to help and you're gonna see how awesome I am at making stuff with her!”

“Heh whatever y'all are in there makin' gotta be important.” AJ commented, extending a hoof to ruffle her little sister's mane, with Applebloom giggling slightly. As they approached the entrance to the forest, a rustle came from a nearby bush. Halting their continuous stride as Applebloom blinked slightly, her heart almost sinking into her stomach. Applejack's eyes narrowing at the rustling as she took a low stance, her sister being swift to hide behind her. "Nothin' ever comes out this close to the edge of the forest. Stay behind me Applebloom, we don't got a clue what it may be.." She instructed in a low tone, Applebloom almost scoffing as she nodded. "Don't gotta tell me twice!"

Then suddenly from the bush, a wild wolf leapt out! Standing in a bipedal stance with clothes that certainly did not appear native and a figure that just seemed unnatural, its wide green eyes looking around the area, taking in the scenery until its ears twitched at the sound of breathing. Looking forward and eyeing the two ponies before it, an eye cocked in a confused expression. "Uh... What..?"

Both ponies practically jumped back at that, this strange creature could TALK! “We ain’t ever come across anything like that before! Specially with the amount of times we go in them woods!” Applejack stated in shock, her skepticism now rising. The creature tilted its head, unknowingly showing the bizarre green collar with a soft glowing green hourglass symbol outlined in black on it.

Applebloom examined this fine details and sat on her flank, extending her forelegs out and opening them up “you understand us?” she asked in an unintentional condescending tone, however the creatures seemed to catch that. A small annoyed huff escaping it, “yes. I can.” It replied rather flatly.

The sisters still looking surprised as Applebloom stepped a bit forward toward the creature, Applejack using her hooves to pull her back, the filly pouting as she looked up at her older sister. Applejack was still skeptical at this thing and not exactly trusting, “what are yea then?”

It looked at its massive claws, tail, and proceeded to feel up its muzzle. “I guess Blitzwolfer.” It said as it looked at the two ponies, many thoughts seeming to run through the creatures head from how it glanced at the Apples. Applejack narrowed her eyes, “well that's not exactly helpful... I reckon y'all come with us, I’ve got a friend that should help us with yah.”

~~~

Do-doo do-doo do-doo do-doo do-doo dodododooo

Blitzwolfer’s ears perked up once more at the sound of the Omnitrix timing out, that similar bright flash of light reverting him back to his human form right in front of the ponies who just stared at him in complete disbelief! Nick in the meanwhile looked at the Omnitrix on his wrist his entire body tingling with joy and a child like excitement he hadn't felt in a while! In this complete joy he jumped up and down repeatedly, “YES, YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!” He shouted overjoyed, “this is awesome!” He followed up as he took a deep breath, quickly gathering back up his composure as he coughed a tad, “well. Uh should I-”

Applejack then promptly shouted, “CHANGELING!!” To which the mare leaped forward and tackled Nick to the ground, having the wind knocked out of him by the pony as he landed back first onto the grassy ground. Applebloom practically gasped, her eyes widening as she then shouted for her sister. "Applejack! A-Ah don't think it's a Changeling!" She spoke out, with Nick struggling underneath the surprisingly strong earth pony above him. Applejacks snout directly in his face. "of course it's a Changelin'! It transformed right in front of us!" The mare retorted, simply shaking his head, Nick used his superior size to kick out from underneath the earth pony, knocking her behind him as he rose to his feet hurriedly.

“I’m not changeling! I don’t even know what that is!” He exclaimed in his own defense, to which a fourth party chirped up, or more so beeped. "Uncatalogued DNA detected." Looking down at the source of the voice which happened to be the Omnitrix attached to his wrist, Nick tilted his head. The faceplate automatically sliding back as a now yellow core popped up. A yellow ray then promptly scanning over Applejack. “New DNA in the Omnitrix? And it’s a pony? Eh, not really that cool but I guess it’ll do...” He muttered under his breath, watching the Omnitrix retract itself back into its idle form, however the ruffling of Applejack rising back to her hooves snapped him back to reality.

The human then looked at his Omnitrix again and with a grin quickly placed both of his fingers on the top of the device, it showing a circle of alien heads as he slid his finger up looking for something. Applejack with her lasso now pulled out began to swing it as Nick licked his lips, quickly pushing down on the on the plate of the Omnitrix the holographic interface disappeared as the core revealed itself once more. Slamming his hand down on it, muscles began to convulse and throb along his body. Slimming up intensively as a tail grew out of his backside once more, his fingers being replaced with three razor sharp claws, his dark brown skin being replaced with a light blue color as his clothes shifted to another jumpsuit, black all over except for the front of the torso going up from his groin area and to his neck. With balls now on his raptor like feet, Nick looked himself over one last time as the light died down in the area. “XLR-8? I chose Astrodactyl, but hey! I’m not complaining!” He said as a sort of metallic mask slammed shut over his face, quickly zooming around Applejack before dashing off into the horizon, disappearing in a blue and black blur.

“I don't know what that was all about, but right now I am loving the hell out of this watch! Although the question is... Where the hell am I with this watch?” He asked as he continued to race along the grass.

~~~

Applejack stopped dead in her tracks once the creature had spun around her at a speed that was beyond anything she had ever seen, with the black, blue, and green blur leaving her and off into the horizon Applebloom looked up at her sister, “Applejack, we gotta inform your friends! Ah don't think that creature really was a Changelin'!” She continued to press as she looked up at the kicked up dust.

Applejack nodded in agreement, “we won’t be able to catch that varmint running. We gotta get Dash first , she may be able to stop it. You get Fluttershy since she's closer, I’ll get Dash and the others!” She said, practically disregarding what Applebloom said as the filly huffed. Regardless Applebloom nodded and quickly galloped to Fluttershy’s cottage.

Arriving at the quiet little cottage, the pegasus was tending to her animals as per usual before the door swung open, “FLUTTERSHY!” Applebloom shouted in a panic, the mare in question jumping and comically attaching to the ceiling after having been spooked by the sudden and rather violent arrival of the filly.

“A-Applebloom?” She asked confused finally dropping down as she looked at her, “What is it?"

Applebloom who was taking a few deep breaths spoke up further, “We need to get the others! Me and Applejack, we might have encountered a Changeling but ah don't think it was a Changeling! But we just need to round everybody up!” Applebloom stated, Fluttershy gasping in shock “CHANGELINGS?!”

Tentatively the mare poked her fore hooves together. “O-oh dear...I don’t know, are you sure..?” She asked, rather hesitant on the matter. Applebloom however was holding onto her leg. “Cmon we gotta stop it before it inevitably reaches Ponyville!” She said looking up at her with an almost pleading look.

Fluttershy looked at the face long and hard, and eventually sighed as she stood up, “ok… I just hope we don't have to harm it, the creature could be scared!" She stated, the realization slapping her like a brick wall!

Applebloom looked off to the side, nodding in silent agreement as the filly began to think to herself.

'Me too...'

Author's Note

So this is Reborn-Brony from the future, much like And Then Were 10...Er...67, for those unfamiliar with Ben 10 and the aliens I attempt to describe. I will provide wiki entries for the aliens Nick transforms to in a chapter.

Hey! Reborn Brony from a further, FURTHER future, if you're confused as to why this is showing up in your notifications, it's because I am revamping previous chapters of this story by editing them! Just FYI, hope you enjoy!

https://ben10.fandom.com/wiki/Blitzwolfer

https://ben10.fandom.com/wiki/XLR8_(Classic)