The Pyro and The Engineer's Misadventures in Equestria

Notice: This part shares similarities to another story called 'Equestria: A Flux Tale', created by Star Sage. The facts that were borrowed from that story were the ideas of having Applejack being swallowed by Rainbow Dash, and by having a colt called Deasley to aid in shrinking Pyro so he can rescue Applejack, and then making the two grow back to normal size. Credits to Star Sage for creating an inspiration for Parts 8 and 9.

Back to wherer Part 7 left us, from Engineer's perspective....

Engineer was shocked upon seeing that they alterady collected 102 tons of uranium. If they kept at that same rate, it would take little time to get enough uranium! Unfortunaly((Fortunaly for those who want Pyro and Engy to stay longer in Equestria -- in other words, fortunaly for Pyro)), little did Engineer knew that those were just the only vein of uranium, and that the rest of uranium was spreaded around in bits that barely weighed 1 ton. Suddently, Engineer found the sudden need to use the bathroom.

"Uh, ma'am, is there a bathroom for me to use?", asked Engineer. Applejack giggled.

"Sure, let me show you the way!", she said, as she started to guide Engineer.

Rainbow Dash looked as Applejack and Engineer left the mining place. She remembered the time Applejack tricked Rainbow into thinking that Pinkie was a cotton candy back at some time before Pyro and Engineer arrived. So many ponies laughed at her. She would have Applejack shrunken to the size of a tiny dot for the rest of the day. She slowly soared downwards, and poured the Poison Joke she bought into Applejack's pickaxe. She managed to tell the difference from Applejack's pickaxe from Engineer's pickaxe, as Engy's was a silver one that was coated in blood. Plus, it had a tag that readed 'Equalizer - Level 10 Pickaxe'. 'Why would a pickaxe be named Equalizer, and why it claims it is Level 10?', thought Rainbow. That's when she readed the rest of the tag.

Damage increases as the user becomes injured
Blocks healing when in use

Wow, that was new. She didn't even thought of pickaxes being used as weapons, and, although it seemed to be good to deal more damage as the wielder is harmed, playing with health didn't seem safe. She quickly shook her head, then poured the Poison Joke at Applejack's pickaxe. She took another glare at the Equalizer, before flying away. Equalizer. Such a weird name for a pickaxe.

"Please, don't even remind me of that experience.", said Engineer.

"Heh, okay, I'll won't.", replied Applejack as she giggled.

Engineer grunted. Well, he had to return to his work. He grabbed his pickaxe, then glared at the uranium units on top of the weight. He just hoped that he could go back to his house. He missed the times when his Sentry gained massive killstreaks, as it killed the BLU Scout as it chased the RED Pyro, as it struggled to fend off an Übered Heavy, and strangely, as it was repeteadly sapped by the BLU Spy. He shook his head.

"Alrighty, let's get to the...", Engineer said, before turning around. "...mining?", he continued. His partner was not even there. "Where the heck did she went to?", he continued. He started to walk around, while scratching the back of his head.

Meanwhile, Applejack found herself shrunk to a size smaller than a fly. What happened? The only thing that shrunk together with her was her pickaxe, but that was nothing of use. She saw the Engineer turn around, then wonder where she went.

"Hey!! I'm down here!", she screamed as she hopped up and down. No avail.

Engineer walked towards her, almost stepping at her by doing so, but luckily, she avoided his right foot, while narrowly avoiding his left one. Then, something hit her head. It must of had been Rainbow Dash giving her revenge for making her mistake Pinkie with cotton candy, and causing everypony to laugh at her. But she didn't needed to do this. Just a simple little prank would do it, but not shrinking her into bug size. Last time that happened to her, she found herself swallowed by Derpy. Well, fortunaly Twilight's teleportation spell saved her, but she doubted that Twilight could make her grow back to her normal size. And after that, she'd have a short talk with Rainbow.

Rainbow started to giggle upon seeing Engineer not finding Applejack at anywhere. Well, that's after she realized that not even her herself could find the orange pony. 'Uh oh, I think I exxagerated on this...', she thought. She decided to fly as fast as she could to town. The only ponies that she had in mind that could help them were Lyra, Octavia and Vinyl. Mainly because those three were the ones who first helped to find Applejack when she had shrank.

Applejack decided to hop on Engineer to use him as a ride. Unfortunaly, she had trouble climbing on his leg, and he didn't even seemed to notice that she had hopped onto his leg. She tried her best to climb up, but she simply slid down. She had to stay at that position.

Engineer decided to warn the other ponies and Pyro about that happening. Surely things could get out of hand - or hoof - if no help was to be brought. He started to head to the center of Ponyville.

Rainbow was alterady soaring the skies of Ponyville looking for the three ponies. That's when it hit her: She had no idea where the three were. She decided to check for the theater, as it was most likely that Octavia was praticing there. She would probably help her to find Vinyl, and then only Lyra would be a problem to find.

However, as soon as she looked at the windows, she found out that all the three ponies she was looking for were alterady there. Well, that made her job a lot easier. She quickly barged into the room.

"Lyra! Vinyl! Octavia! I need hel-", she said. Unfortunaly, she entered in the same moment that Pyro was playing with his Third Degree. As soon as he finished playing it, a shockwave came out of it, going upwards, and hitting Dash, knocking her backwards and into the floor. She could hear Pyro cheering, followed by a loud 'THUD' sound.

"What the hay was that?!", asked Lyra.

"I don't know, but it was cool! Do it again!", replied Vinyl. Octavia rolled her eyes. Pyro did an innocent whistle as Dash got back on her hooves.

"Doesn't matters! I decided to prank Applejack while hardhat was gone with some Poison Joke again, and she disappeared, like the other time!", she said.

"Ugh, Dash, haven't we told you like one hundred times that you shouldn't use those Jokes?", said Octavia.

"Yeah, but she pranked me yet again just before hardhat and mask came, and I decided to give revenge on her, and she
was simply gone!", defended Rainbow.

"Alright, let's go look for her.", said Lyra, as the foursome quickly left, leaving the RED Pyro alone on the room.

They left the threater and turned to the left, before meeting with a confused Engineer((and they didn't even noticed Pyro leaving the theater shortly after that)).

"Hey, have any of ya seen Applejack?", asked Engineer.

"No, we're looking for her, as Rainbow wanted to trick her with some Poison Joke, and apparently things got out of hoof, and now, she is gone.", explained Octavia.

Applejack was now sure that it was Rainbow who put her into this mess. But unfortunaly, she couldn't climb into Engineer's neck, so she couldn't tell him that she was riding him.

"Damnit! Now we have to delay our uranium search! I just hope that my 'teammates' are doing good defending mah base.....anyway, do ya know anyo- I mean, anypony who can help us?", asked Engineer.

"Oh, I think Rarity can help us!", replied Lyra.

"Well, off to Rarity's shop!", said Vinyl.

Moments later...

The fivesome started to run at Rarity's shop. Little did Engineer, along with the four other ponies, notice that Applejack had dislocated from behind Engineer's right leg and towards the front of his knee, thinking that it would make it easier to climb. True to her thoughts, it was, but she was at a bigger danger.

"RARITY!!!", screamed Rainbow.

Engineer's sudden stop made Applejack be sent flying all the way, before landing on a cup of hot tea. Not a pleasant experience. It felt like she was launched straightly into lava, except that it didn't 1-hit killed her. Still, it was burning hot.

"What happened, Rainbow?", asked Rarity.

However, all she could decypher from Rainbow's fast talking was 'Applejack', 'Disappear', 'Engineer' and 'Poison Joke'.

"Oh, hang on, try to calm yourself! Here, have some tea, to calm yourself.", she said. Rainbow Dash started to drink the hot tea. Little did she knew that she didn't drank only tea, she drank aswell the missing earth pony.

"This tea seems to be a bit off. I mean, I felt a salty-feel on this tea. Did you inserted some salt?", asked Rainbow.

"Rainbow, my dear, this is not time to talk about tea, just explain straightly!", said Octavia.

"Right, right. Anyway, I decided to prank Applejack to have revenge to that last thing she did earlier, but she disappeared without Engineer noticing it. I knew that the Poison Joke caused her to shrink, but I expected her to be shrank to atleast the size of a bug, not to become completely microscopic!", she explained.

"Well, we have trouble here. Hmm, does any of you happens to be a detective?", asked Rarity.

"I am.", a voice said.

It quickly revealed to be the Engineer wearing a detective hat and a fancy cigarrete. That made up the 'Eliminating the Impossible' item set. It made the wearer solve mysteries a lot faster. Although, noone other than Demoman, Engineer, Medic and Spy knew about this thing.

"I do like your visual, but how is it supposed to help us finding Applejack?", asked Rarity, obviously dumbfounded.

"Heh, it's a mistake mostly everyone from my team makes. Well, as you see, I'm wearing the 'Eliminating the Impossible' set, and it makes you solve problems a lot faster.", said Engineer, persisting with his sudden voice change. "If you please, we have a missing damsel to find.", he continued.

"Boy, oh boy, this will get interesting!", commented Vinyl as she followed the detective. Little did they knew that the missing pony was just less than five meters away from them.

"Ugh, now if it wasn't enough, I am now stuck inside her gullet.", commented Applejack, as she hopped into a piece of hay that Rainbow ate earlier.

Rainbow's stomach made a loud gurgle, almost like it had answered her.

"Wow, I never expected her stomach to make such a loud noise."

It gurgled even more, like it was alive.

"...It looks like it is answering me...", she said.

Again, the stomach gurgled, but this time it seemed a lot like it replied.

"I DO TALK, YOU INCOMPETENT MEAL!", the stomach 'proclaimed'.

"OH MY! Am I going insane, or you actually talk?", she answered.

"WELL, FOR PART, I COULD BE PART OF YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT I CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF TALK BY DOING SO IN THE LIVING THING'S MIND.", it 'answered.'. Well, atleast she found 'something' to talk with.

"Uhh, could you not digest me? I'm 'friends' with the pony who ate me.", said Applejack.

"NOT DIGEST YOU? HAH! IF I DIDN'T, I WOULD BE BREAKING MY ROLE. I AM HERE TO DIGEST YOU. YOU'RE MEAL, YOU WERE BORN TO BE DIGESTED. REGARLESS IF YOU'RE FRIENDS OR NOT WITH THE POWERS THAT BE. BESIDES, IF SHE ATE YOU, HOW IS SHE TECHNICALLY YOUR FRIEND?!", it gurgled.

"It was by an accident...and if you don't know, 'The Powers that Be' haves a name, and it's 'Rainbow Dash'.", said the earth pony, obviously annoyed. "Anyway, I tricked her into believing that Pinkie was some cotton candy, and technically everypony laughed at her. Then she decided to give revenge against me by shrinking me, but something went terribly wrong, and she accidentally swallowed me!", she continued.

"HMMM, I UNDERSTAND YOU. STILL, IF I DIDN'T DIGESTED YOU, I WOULD BE UNLOYAL TO THE INTESTINES, AND, YOU SEE, THE POWERS THA- I MEAN, RAINBOW DASH'S ELEMENT IS LOYALITY, RIGHT? WELL, I KINDA ACT EXACTLY LIKE HER, SO, I MUST BE LOYAL TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.", defended the talking stomach. However, before Applejack could even answer, she felt a rumble and everything shaking, and the hay she had been stepping on moved towards the stomach walls.

"Whoa! What the hay was that?!", questioned the farmer pony.

"THAT WAS THE POW- I MEAN, RAINBOW MOVING. YOU'D BETTER GET USED TO IT, AS YOU WILL BE HERE FOR A LOONG TIME. THAT IS, IF I DON'T HAPPEN TO DIGEST YOU FIRST. HEH HEH.", gurgled the stomach. Applejack shook her head. Maybe she was starting to go insane as she was swallowed alive again. She had promised to herself not to be swallowed ever again since when she was eaten by Derpy.

"Y'know, I think I am just going insane. I will just ignore you, you're just my panicked mind thinking that I will die.", said the pony, trying to mantain her self-esteem up.

"TRY AS YOU MIGHT, FOR YOU'RE NOT GOING INSANE, AND THIS IS THE PURE TRUTH. YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT.", said the stomach.

Engineer and the rest were at the last place Applejack was last seen. Engy had withdrawn a scope, and was searching the ground.

"So, have you found something yet?", asked the blue pegasus, who was tapping her foot impatiently. She, just like her stomach, wanted things to be done quickly.

"Quiet, Rainbow. You are disturbing his job!", said Rarity.

"Well, I have found a trail of blue, non-glowing dust that led from here to Ponyville.", said Engineer. "Follow me. I suppose that if we follow this trail, we might find the pesky pony.", he continued as he started following the trail, and the ponies followed him.

After what seemed to be some good minutes of walking, the dust ended up in Rarity's shop.

"Strange...the trail seemed to follow where I have been.....but I don' reckon entering deep into the store...", said Engineer as he followed the trail. "Well, the trail seems t'end here.....wait. I remember that I saw that this is where a cup of tea was.", he continued. He got out of his scope, then faced Rarity.

"Ms. Rarity, could ya give me the cup you used to give tea to Ms. Dash?", he asked. The pony nodded slowly, then levitated the cup over to Engineer. He examinated it with his scope. As he expected, the cup had the dust.

"I think I know what happened.", Engineer said.

"What?", asked the four ponies.

"Applejack has shrunk and rode my leg. When we reached the store, I did a brutal stop, an' she was launched to the cup o' tea. After that, well.....", he explained.

"Well?", asked Rainbow, raising an eyebrow.

"Ms. Dash drank her along the tea. The ponies wore a shocked expression.

"Oh, not again.", said Octavia.

Vinyl approached Rainbow's belly.

"Hey, AJ, can ya hear me?", she shouted.

Applejack couldn't handle the stomach's mockery anymore. While it was something to pass the time, he was very rude and unsociable, almost like Discord. However, her thoughts were stopped by a faint voice.

"Hey, AJ, can ya hear me?"

"What was that?", questioned Applejack.

"I DON'T KNOW. PERHAPS ONE OF YOUR BELOVED 'FRIENDS' IS HERE TO RESCUE YOU, HMM?", said the stomach. She rolled her eyes, before screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Vinyl? Is that you? I'm trapped here!! Help me! I don' think I'll survive for too long!! And I think I'm going crazy!", screamed the pony.

The five stood there, expecting for an answer. Just as Rainbow was going to say "Well?, they heard something faintly speak up, and apparently, it was comming from Dash's gut.

"Vinyl? Is that you?! I'm trapped here! Help me! I don't think I'll survive for too long! And I think I'm going crazy!"

"Quick! Do any of ya know somepony who can get her outta of this mess?", asked Engineer.

"Well, I think Twilight can get her outta this mess.", said Lyra.

"Quick! To the library!", yelled Engineer as the five ran towards Twilight's library.

"Wait! Ain't one of ya's gonna help me out? Hey! HEY!!", screamed Applejack. Yep, her only friendly source of talking had vanished.

"WOW, YOUR FRIENDS ARE SURE LOVELY!", mocked the stomach.

"Shut up! I bet they're figuring out a way to get me out of this mess!", she said. Suddently, she felt the rumble again.

"See?", she said as she held tightly the hay. Unfortunaly, it started to shake, and to sink. "Nonononono! Please, don't digest me yet!", she begged.

"I'M SORRY, BUT I'M AFRAID THIS IS YOUR DESTINITY."

Meanwhile, in Twilight's library, also where Part 8 left us...

"Wow.....that was....", slowly said Spike. He was interrupted as he saw Rainbow, Lyra, Vinyl, Octavia, Rarity and Engineer burst into the room.

"We need help!!", screamed Rainbow.

"With what?", asked Twilight.

"Rainbow 'accidentally' swallowed Applejack again.", explained Octavia.

"Oh, not again. Okay, let me focus.", said the purple unicorn, as her horn started to glow. The purple glow started to reach to Rainbow's stomach, but, as soon as it reached it, Twilight fell back.

"What happened?", asked Rarity.

"I think I accidentally gave Pyro too much magic when he asked me to do it.", explained Twilight.

Pyro started to feel guilty. Now, either the ninesome would do something about it, or Rainbow Dash would digest Applejack, or Applejack would grow back to her normal size, thus killing Rainbow Dash. Suddently, Pyro had an idea. That idea could cost his life, though.

"Phudda dipenza heah!", mumbled the Pyro, sounding almost like the Scout.

"Pyro, is that really the time to mimick Sco-", said Engineer, before being interrupted by Pyro.

"Oove! Oove up! Oove up!", Pyro said as he shook his hand wildly. Engineer stared at a few seconds, and decided to go in Pyro's flow. He set in a dispenser. Pyro walked to it's tray, and pulled a string. He attached the string to himself, then pointed at him, then at Rainbow's mouth.

"You mean I should swallow you?!", asked the dumbfounded Rainbow.

"Uh-huh.", Pyro mumbled as he nodded.

"Obviously, Pyro cannot fit inside her. Do any of ya know a shrink spell?", asked Engie.

"Well, I know somepony who knows that spell.", said Twilight.

Applejack tried to stand on the parts that were not submerged in acid from the hay. Eventually, she jumped to another piece of hay, and watched as the other piece sank.

"Well, that was close.", she said. Suddently, she felt the hay piece she was on to rumble, and started to sink. She jumped at another one, which then started to sink aswell.

"HAH HAH, IT'S VERY FUNNY TO SEE YOU HOPPING AROUND LIKE CRAZY! OH WOW, I'D SURE LIKE FOR RAINBOW TO SWALLOW SOME POPCORN SO I COULD DIGEST THEM AS I SEE YOU DESESPERATEDLY TRYING NOT TO BE DIGESTED ASWELL."
, mocked the stomach.

"Just stop laughing, and help me!", she said.

"HELP YOU? OKAY, STAND STILL, I'LL GRAB YOU. OH WAIT, RIGHT, I HAVE NO HANDS. IT'S ALL UP TO YOURSELF!", continued the agressive stomach, as the last hay piece started to sink. Applejack closed her eyes, thinking that this was her doom. Well, that's until she heard a muffled voice.

"Hudda? Hudda huh!", a voice stated. She quickly opened her eyes, and couldn't believe at what she saw.

"PYRO?!?!", she gasped. Apparently, the gas-masked salamander had came to save her. He quickly grabbed her, and watched as that last bit of hay sank into the acid. Pyro tugged the string of the dispenser, which eventually started to be pushed.

"Whew, Pyro. Thanks fer savin' me. I didn't knew how much longer I could stand here.", she said. Pyro was about to nod, upon he heard...the stomach talking?! Apparently, it wasn't Applejack going crazy.

"OH NO, YOU WON'T LEAVE THERE JUST YET!", said the stomach as he quickly sharpened the gate between the stomach and the throat, and the two hit a piece of flesh just next it.

"Oh, darn. Push harder, ponies! We gotta save 'em!", Engineer said, as he found something preventing him from pushing.

TO BE CONTINUED...