Find Her, Stay With Her

Ed and Danny were being escorted by the Royal Guard into the square of Ponyville, just as Celestia had instructed of them. The four guards surrounded the two prisoners for their impending doom. Once they had made it to the square, they had found that there were a couple of ponies joining a outdoor party that appeared to have been rapidly set up. Several more in the distance were noticing and deciding to join in on the potential fun... and the doom of the two former humans.

At that moment, Pinkie Pie bounced over to the two prisoners being escorted by the guards.

"You can stand behind them now!" Pinkie said to the guards.

They complied and let Pinkie take it from there. Ed and Danny were both completely dumbstruck at what was going on, and thoroughly creeped out by that wide grin the pink pony had.

"Who the hell are you?" Ed asked.

"My name's Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie introduced herself. "I love to throw parties and give everypony a fun time!"

" 'Everypony'?" Danny asked. "You mean 'everybody'..."

But Pinkie was not listening.

“Are you ready to have the most awesomest, funnest, bestest 'Hello-and-Goodbye' party ever!?” Pinkie said, enthusiastically.

“NO!” Ed shouted.

“Get out of here, you little pink punching-bag!” Danny said.

Pinkie's eyes went wide. “Ooh, we got some party-poopers here! Let's fix that right up and put some smiles on those faces!”

Ed and Danny were both about to make a break for it, but the crowd of ponies blocked any conceivable path that they could take out.

"HIT IT!" Pinkie shouted to the hired band.

They did as she asked and began to play an upbeat tune. The ponies attending the party all began to subtly dance to the rhythm, while Pinkie herself bounced to it, and started singing.

"We welcome you to Ponyville,
where friends hang out all day!
I'm sure that you both will,
have the best time, I say!"

With remarkable speed and precision, Pinkie dashed back and forth out of sight, passing by the two "victims" each time and adding an article of silly apparel to them. Ed got a party hat, glasses with fake eyebrows, nose, and mustache, and a large, colorful bow-tie on his neck. Danny ended up getting a clown wig, a ruffle collar, and a pair of neon-colored cowboy-style boots on his hooves.

Numerous ponies were chuckling silently at the ridiculous sight of the two. Kyle and Lyra snorted and snickered in delight as they watched the utter humiliation of the cruel stepfamily. Pinkie started doing cartwheels around them as she continued to sing.

"All you need are some good friends,
who will help you all they can!
If you fight, you make amends,
so you, they will not ban!"

Ed and Danny were trying to pull off the party garments that Pinkie had adorned them in... but for some reason, they were unable to remove them. They were struggling, almost like they had been attached to their skin. All they could do was watch as the ponies all laughed at them... and they happened to hear the familiar laugh of their stepfamily member and his wife...

"SHUT UP!" Danny shouted at Kyle.

"I swear, boy... when I get my hands on you..." Ed muttered.

“C'mon!” Pinkie said. “Turn those frownsies upside-downsies!”

"You just shut your face! You're gonna pay for super-gluing this shit on me!" Danny said.

"That's right!" Ed shouted. "You better stay the hell back!"

“Aw... they're not having fun!” Pinkie said, still enthusiastic as ever. “They're not happy, which means they're so sad!”

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUP!" Danny shouted. "I'm done with this stupid, fucking party! I'm done with this crap getup! I'm done listening to this horrible bubblegum pop garbage-y badness!"

“You know what...?” Pinkie said, approaching Ed and Danny on her hind legs, her forelegs spread wide. “...I think you both just need a big hug to feel all better!”

“STOP!” Danny shouted. “GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, YOU PUSSY-PINK PISSBOWL!”

The two Richardsons tried to make a break by pushing their way through the crowd of ponies... and were immediately apprehended by the guards whom they forgot about. They wrestled the two to the ground and shackled their hooves, forcing them away from the area. Pinkie stood by watching as this happened.

"Boy... what a couple of sadsacks! I didn't even get to finish my song!" she remarked. "Oh well! Their loss! That just means MORE FUN FOR THE REST OF US!"

With that, the rest of the ponies continued the party, despite it having no more actual purpose. Jan decided to stick around, since she was in the mood for some social interaction... but Kyle and Lyra decided to slip away and see what was to become of their enemies...

The guards roughly threw the two prisoners down in front of Princess Celestia, who gave both of them a cold glare as they sat with their faces pressed against the ground, their forelegs bound behind their backs.

"So..." she began. "...now you know what happens when you try to ruin the peace and friendship that keeps Equestria in perfect balance! Have you learned your lesson...?"

Ed snarled. "Don't give us that whole 'peace and friendship' hippy bullshit..."

Celestia bit the inside of her lips for a moment... but dispelled her anger momentarily.

"Now... what shall we do with the both of you?" she asked.

"...Get the hell away from us!" Danny shouted.

Just as the Princess was about to raise her voice at them, she happened to spot Kyle and Lyra approaching.

"Oh, there you are!" she said. "So, how did your little welcoming committee handle the situation?"

"Well, they definitely got some good Pinkie Pie Punishment! But... it wasn't enough, I regret to say." Lyra said.

"So... what do you plan to do with them now?" Kyle asked.

The Alicorn pondered for a moment... and then she narrowed her eyes while smiling at Kyle.

“Well... since you are now able to use magic, Kyle...” Celestia said, smirking and raising a brow in Ed and Danny's direction. “...I'll let you and Lyra deal with these two impudent foals.”

"Really? Hm..." Kyle trailed off briefly. "...I wonder..."

"What do you have in mind, sweetie?" Lyra asked.

Kyle was deep in thought for a moment, Celestia stepping back and ordering her guards to do the same, so that he could have his way with the two who abused him for far too long. They were repeatedly yelling insults at all of them, but none of them paid any mind to the two captives. Finally, Kyle's eyes lit up with an idea.

"I know exactly what to do with them! Especially now that they're like this!" he said.

"What is it?" Lyra asked.

"Well, I think we should..." Kyle said, just before he leaned close to Lyra and whispered something in her ear.

At first, Lyra's eyes went wide, and then she smiled greatly as her eyes gained an evil expression. Kyle leaned away after he finished telling her what he wanted to do with his stepfamily.

“Together?” Lyra asked.

Kyle nodded.

“Together.” he said. “Let's send these two bastards to their rightful place, shall we?”

So, the two of them closed their eyes, and touched their glowing horns at the tips.

“Okay, y'know what? Fuck this shit!” Ed shouted.

He tried to rush for Kyle and Lyra... but he was stopped short as a spherical shield appeared him. With their eyes still closed and their horns touching, a light blue glow outlined Kyle and Lyra's bodies as they slowly began to levitate upward. The point where their horns made contact began to glow brighter, a ball of white light.

Ed and Danny were trapped in their own forcefields. They tried hitting and kicking at them to no avail.

“I said 'fuck this shit'! Let us out RIGHT NOW!” Ed shouted.

“C'mon, pussies!” Danny added. “Let us out of these things and fight like real people! Otherwise, you're just pussies!”

The young stallion and mare, both locked in a trance by their powerful magic, did not hear the insults of the former's stepfamily... but Kyle opened his eyes briefly and gave an evil smile at the Richardsons.

"...Cheers, motherfuckers!" he whispered, his voice magically amplified within the forcefields.

There was a bright flash of light... and the two relentless Earth Ponies were gone. Kyle and Lyra slowly drifted back to the ground, where their glow went out. They opened their eyes and separated their horns. They looked at the scene... and became very joyful to see nothing left.

"It worked!" Kyle said, triumphantly. "It actually worked! THEY'RE GONE FOR GOOD!"

“Wow!” Celestia remarked. “That was impressive! You two combined your magic to create a spell powerful enough to transport them back to where they came?”

"Yes." Lyra said. "I know that I'm quite skilled with magic on my own... but only with Kyle's help was I ever even remotely able to do something like that!"

"Well, all's well that ends well." Kyle said.

"So... where did you send them?" Celestia asked.

Kyle pursed his lips. "Well... let's just say, they're gonna have to be running away for the rest of their lives! But it's absolutely no concern of mine! Heheheh..."

"Ugh..." Danny said, disoriented. "...why do I feel like... like I just got off a crazy rollercoaster...?"

"I dunno... agh, why's it so dark!?" Ed said.

Kyle and Lyra had teleported Ed and Danny back to the human world, and in a random location. However... they were still in pony form. If that wasn't bad enough... the area they were in was cramped and dark, but not for long. A light came on, revealing the area to be the inside of an RV in the dead of night, and the light was turned on by a young man in a shabby shirt and faded denim overalls.

“Hey, Pa!” the teen said in a heavy Southern accent over his shoulder. “We got sum alien mules what got in the house!”

In just a moment, a man with a plaid shirt and camo pants, as well as an overgrown beard, entered the room to see the two humans-turned-ponies.

“Alien mules?” the bearded man said. “Hand me dat shovel, sonnie!”

The son did just that as the man began to rush Ed and Danny, swinging the shovel and striking the floor and walls as he missed, but managing to land a few blows.

"Yeah, get 'em, Pa! Get 'em!" the teen cheered on.

"Agh!" Ed shouted as he got struck in the flank.

"OWWWW...!" Danny screamed upon getting hit over the back.

This beating continued for quite a while... until the two miraculously managed to escape through the screen door by breaking through it.

Later that evening, Kyle, Lyra, and Jan all decided to head out to the local cafe for dinner. They were all so happy that the people who tormented them for so long were now truly out of their lives.

"And, you combined your magic to send them back as ponies?" Jan asked.

"Yeah!" Lyra said. "I could only imagine the hell that's happening to them as we speak..."

All three of them laughed.

"So, Mom..." Kyle began. "...you know that we could go back too, if you want. Celestia could turn us back into humans... and we could continue our old lives... is that what you want?"

Jan looked around for a moment... but shook her head.

"Absolutely not!" she said. "I've changed my mind completely! Equestria... Equestria is the perfect place to live! I will stay here until the day I die."

Kyle smiled. "Well, I'm glad to see that you're finally comfortable here."

They had finished paying for their meal, and decided to head off back to Lyra's house... but Kyle decided to stay out for a bit to get some air.

Kyle was walking around the outskirts of the small town, just taking in the peaceful atmosphere of the night. The air was cool and crisp, and the light of the stars made everything look mysterious, yet beautiful. It was a nice, warm night, and there was little to no wind, which made his walk all the more pleasant.

He still had not fully grasped the fact that his old, mundane, and torturous life was now over... however, he was slowly allowing that fact to sink in. Kyle was absolutely thrilled at the idea of finally beginning a new, happy life with his family. They could all finally be at peace.

"So glad to finally get away from that horrible world I was born into..." he said to himself.

He thought he could not be any happier... but there was something that would definitely break that scale in a few moments time...

There was a glowing cyan light in the sky, and when Kyle looked up at it... he saw that it faded into the large form of a pony. It was a Pegasus stallion with a briefcase cutie mark, cyan hide, and a short blue mane and tail. His eyes, however... they were the exact same color as Kyle's.

The stallion smiled down at him, briefly closing his eyes and nodding once. At this point, smiling himself with tears filling his eyes, Kyle had finally realized who it was...

"...Dad." he said out loud, quietly but clearly.

Kyle had come to fully realize that his father was never truly gone, even when his death came about. He had been watching over him this whole time... even across dimensions...

...and there was no doubt that the spirit of the deceased stallion was so proud of how far his son had come.

A little while later, Kyle decided to head on back to Lyra's place. After seeing his father for the first time in fifteen years... he was saddened after recalling that he was gone, but also happy that he was also still around. His physical body was dead... but his spirit, his ego, would live on forever and always be with his son.

Kyle opened the door to Lyra's house, and both of the mares inside happened to notice the tears streaming down his face, but also appearing simultaneously happy.

"Kyle?" Lyra asked. "Are you okay?"

"Well... while I was out walking... there was a glowing light field in the sky, and..." Kyle trailed off, looking at the ground.

Jan tilted her head. "...Yes?"

Kyle looked back up at her, smiling again despite tears in his eyes.

"...I saw Dad." he said.

Jan's eyes went wide. "You... you saw William?"

"His spirit, yes..." Kyle said. "...he was a Pegasus pony... but I know it was him."

Jan stood up and walked over to her son. She placed a hoof on his shoulder.

"...I'm glad you know that he'll always be with us." she said, just before hugging him.

Kyle hugged his mother back. Lyra had decided to come over and join for a group-hug, wrapping her forelegs around both of them. All of their years of misery were behind them, and they all had high hopes for a better future...