Secret Lightning [REWORK IN PROGRESS]

=========================SECRET LIGHTNING=========================

Well, I’ve been talking to Coal Buck over FIMfiction PM, and we’ve come up with a cool idea for both our stories. I’m gonna keep this author’s note short, and start writing. Also, I’m stalling heading up the mountain for one more chapter to do this part. Coal Buck of My Second Life and I have been collaborating on a project together. to see what i mean, read his story as well.

=========================Chapter 19: Things Get Wibbly Wobbly=========================

Matt and company had gotten maybe a few hundred yards from the safe house, when Matt stopped dead. The hell is that sound?

He could hear a slight whooshing sound, and a blue phone booth with the words ‘POLICE BOX’ emblazoned on it shimmered into view. No way. This world just gets stranger and stranger.

“Hold up guys, I wanna check this out.” He called to his team. They stopped and doubled back, Paige joining him by his side.

“The TARDIS?” she wondered. “But that means……”

Suddenly, a cry of “Allons-y!” could be heard from inside the box. The doors opened and a brown earth pony and very confused looking human stepped out.

“Well hello there!” The pony exclaimed. “I am Doctor Whooves and this is Coal. My ship seems to have sustained damage during its trip and transported us to a random world. Might I be so kind as to ask where and when we are?”

Matt folded his helmet. “You’re in Equestria, about a mile or so from Fillydelphia. As far as when….I have no clue”

Twilight piped up “The year is 2014, and Equestria is under attack. And Coal……why are you back? I thought you wanted to be alone in your world again. How could you do this to us Coal? And then just show up like it's nothing?" She sounded like she wanted to kill Coal, but at the same time, like she was extremely sad. An interesting vocal combo.

The human known as coal stepped back with a look of shock on his face. “Wait, you…you know me? And, how do you know about that?”

Twilight sighed and folded up her helmet as well. Her mane/hair was easily visible as Twilight Sparkle’s mane. “Coal…it’s me, Twilight.”

“Twilight? What’s….What’s going in here? Why are you a human? And why are you carrying a gun?”

Twilight sighed. “Well, Coal, to tell you the truth, I’ve always been human. Kind of explains a lot doesn’t it? And as far as the rest…well, since you left, things got weird. And Scootaloo…..”

The human named Coal looked a little panicked now. “Scootaloo? What happened to Scootaloo?”

“Well, since you left, she was taken in by Coco as her daughter. But…..Coco died shortly after, and Scoot was tossed back on the streets. From what we know, she had been living homeless since then, up until this started. And….well, none of us have really been the same since you left Coal, not even Dash. So I’ll ask again. Why did you leave us?” she was beginning to tear up. It was obvious to Matt that this person meant a lot to Twilight.

Coal was beginning to tear up a little bit as well. “I…I guess since the fight with Storm, I just kind of lost it. I figured since Dashie hated me, and Coco wouldn’t let me near Scoots, that the rest of you would hate me as well, and I…I just couldn’t live with myself, so I decided…” he broke off his sentence, crying quietly.

Matt walked over, his helmet folding up as he did so. He placed a reassuring hand on Coal’s shoulder. “Hey man, it’s okay. Besides, Scootaloo is currently staying at our safe house anyway. We can bring you there if you want.”

Coal looked up at Matt “You…you serious? After what happened?”

Matt nodded. “I don’t know what happened, but you seem like a really cool guy. And besides, you seem so concerned about her, how can I not show you she’s okay? It’s the least I can do. C’mon, let’s go.”

They turned tail and headed back to the safe house, with Doctor Whooves in tow. This time, it was Coal that stayed by Matt’s side, and Paige hung back, giving him some space.

They reached the safe house, and Matt unlocked the door. “Scootaloo!” he called. “I found someone who wants to see you!”

Matt chuckled as he could hear the scrambling of hooves on wood. “Who? Who wants to see me?”

She came running around the corner, skidding across the floor some, and kept going. She got up to about three feet from Coal, and attempted to stop. It didn’t go so well, she ended up running straight into him.

After she recovered from the impact, she looked up at Coal. Matt could see there were already tears in her eyes.

“C…Coal? What happened to you? You…you left me alone. Why would you do that to me, Coal, Why?” She was crying heavily now, and sobbing loudly.

Coal reached down and scooped up the sobbing little filly into a hug, now starting to cry himself. “I…I don’t know Scoots. When Coco said she wouldn’t let me be near you anymore, I just lost it. I…I guess I figured since I had lost you and Dashie, that I wouldn’t be welcome in this world. Also, I couldn’t live with myself. I’m sorry. I…I was a horrible father to you, and I wouldn’t blame you if you hated me.”

“But Coal…Dad, I could never hate you. You…you did what you did to protect Rainbow Dash. I don’t care if you almost hurt a pony, and I don’t care if I was told I could never see you again. I…I would have found a way. Please don’t leave me again!”

By this time, no one in the safe house had a dry eye. Not even Trixie.

Coal stood back up, still cradling Scootaloo in his arms. “I won’t. I promise. Right now, I’m going to go back to the time when I left, and make sure you are never alone again. Okay, Scoot?”

She sniffled and nodded. “Yeah, I think I would like that a lot.”

He set the little filly back down, but not before kissing her forehead. “And remember, Scoots. I will always love you like my daughter.”

He turned back to the brown earth pony, who had been crying as well. “Doc, if it’s okay with you, I’d like to go back to the time before I left Equestria, I have a promise to keep.”

The brown pony nodded. “Yes, I think that would be best. Would you kindly go wait out in the TARDIS for a minute? I have something I would like to tell these wonderful people.”

Coal nodded and stepped out the door, closing it behind him. As soon as it was closed, the pony turned to everypony in the room.

“Now, I think just about all of you are wondering just what exactly happened. Well, to be honest, my ship was not actually damaged, and this is not Coal’s true future. It is one of many possibilities for his future, one where he does not return to Equestria. I brought him to this particular one to teach him that when he left, he left so many alone, including little Scootaloo there.” He explained, pointing to the still sniffling filly on the floor. “So technically, this never happened. But continue as you were, as if you do not, the threads of the space-time continuum will rip. Such a rip would be catastrophic for the entire world as we all know it. I already created enough of a paradox as it is, bringing Coal here. And for that, I apologize. But, I did it in order to prevent a far worse future for all of you. So please, forgive me, and try to forget what I said and continue as you were.” With that, he saluted to everypony in the room, and walked out the door.

A slight Humming and a “whoosh” could be heard as the TARDIS shimmered and disappeared.

Matt and everypony in the room just stood there, trying to process one single thought: “dafuq just happened?”

=========================END CHAPTER 19=========================

well, that’s my half of the double cameo project Coal Buck and I are doing. If you haven’t read his story yet, go read it now, it’s called ‘my second life’, and is one of the best HiE fics I’ve ever read. Also, he’s going to do a chapter very soon involving this, as I just put his character in my world. So yeah. Hope you enjoyed! And seriously, go read my second life! and to Eshmasesh, for some reason FIMfiction won't let me reply to your message, but i would love to help you start writing your own story!