Ultimate Equestria
Here we go again!
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI narrow my eyes at the direction of the energy.
Is that? Yes it is! They're here again! And they brought a friend? I think as I notice Sunset and Yulos energy as well as another foreign energy emanating from the Everfree.
Wait… why does that other energy feel so… off?
"Well that's interesting! We have some visitors!" I say to everyone.
"Wait… is it them again?" Screwy asks.
"Yup." Bella replies, looking in the same direction as me. Before anything else can be said, an explosion goes off in Ponyville.
"Now what?" I ask.
"That felt like Gwen… kind of." Bella says, beginning to float in the air. "We better go check."
"Agreed." I say. We all begin flying back to town, Screwy sitting on my back. As we get there, we see a large amount of smoke coming from the library. As we land, Gwen, Ben and Kevin all exit the library, coughing up a storm, closely followed by Twilight and Spike.
"Okay… equestrian magic and mana do not mix." Gwen says, coughing again.
"Ya got that right. *Cough* Glad Twi had those barriers up though." Kevin says, patting the soot off his clothes.
"Wow. I did not expect that." Twilight says, not a speck of soot on her. Everyone's attention is drawn by somepony crying out as she falls on the ground.
"Damn hooves." Another Twilight says. Everyone looks back as they see Sunset and Yulo… along with another Twilight… who appears to be half dead. Multiple parts of her body are decomposed or not even there.
Ugh. That must be the Twilight Sunset told me about.
“Yeah, hooves suck.” Sunset then waved to us. “This is Princess Twilight, we thought she should meet up with you. Um, who are those other two humans near Ben?” She asks.
"Hey Sunset! I guess you haven't met Gwen and Kevin. Sunset, Yulo, this is Gwen, Ben's cousin and Kevin, Ben's best friend. Gwen, Kevin, these two are Sunset, the goddess of harmony, and Yulo, the goddess of chaos." I introduce them.
"Why does Yulo look like Pinkie?" Kevin asks.
"That's because she's another version of her, just as princess Twilight is another version of ours." I say, looking between the two mares. Mine, flabbergasted, Sunset's intrigued.
“I’m surprised nopony here has mentioned how my body is rotting because even the light can only stop the rot so much and the dark magic keeping me alive has to be much greater to keep up with light.” Princess Twilight then poked her intestines a little bit as she giggled “That is ticklish oddly enough.” I then hear retching behind me. I look and see Rainbow, head to the ground, one hand over her mouth and the other over her stomach.
Should have expected that.
"Well, it's-" I am cut off as I feel another familiar energy behind me. Looking behind me, I see a white Void portal. "Uh oh."
"SETH! THERE'S A… oh. H-hello?" Dama stutters as she sees the two goddesses. "S-so, you t-three must be the ones I sensed in my sector… hi. Um… if I may, why are you here…?" Dama asks timidly.
Wow. This is a first. Don't think I've seen Dama so scared before. Not surprising though.
“We are here to visit our friend Seth and introduce Princess Twilight to him.” Yulo’s eyes narrowed “Now who are you? I don’t trust just anyone who pops out of random portals, so explain yourself before things get ugly." Yulo says, Dama squeaking like a mouse.
"Calm down Pinkie. She's a good friend." Bella says. "We can attest to that." Bella says as Havoc crawls up her face. "What are you doing?" She asks, looking at herself. "Introducing yourself?" She asks. "There are better ways to do that, you know." Sunset raises an eyebrow.
“What is that goo anyway?” She asks.
"Hm? Oh. This…" Bella stops as Havoc covers most of her body. "…Is Havoc. A very close friend that Dama gave me." Bella says, pointing at Dama. Dama steps closer.
"Oh wow. You've really grown, haven't you." Dama gushes, looking over Bellas body. "So firm, no rejection at all. That's amazing!" Dama says, momentarily forgetting her previous fear.
"Uhh… what's that?" Kevin asks. Bella raises an eyebrow.
"Gwen, you didn't tell him?" She asks.
"It didn't come up." Gwen counters.
"Okay, but what is it?" Kevin asks again.
"Allow me." Dama says. "What you see is one of my experiments. My adaptive symbiote, Havoc. He is able to merge himself to any creature. In exchange, that creature gains an increase in their natural abilities as well as the abilities he possesses. He needs to merge with another to stay alive though. Without the connection, he becomes more or less catatonic. As I said, he is an adaptive symbiote. That means… well, Seth, if you could?" Dama asks me.
Oh, I see.
"You all better stand back." I say. As everyone backs away, I start mutating.
Let's go for… My body begins changing. In a few seconds, my body is very different. Havoc now covers Bellas entire body.
"Hitmewithyourbestshot." Bella/Havoc says.
"With pleasure." I reply. I then fire normal flames at her from my left hand, which looks like Swampfire's arm, then my right hand, which looks like Water Hazard's arm, shoots high pressure water. Bella adapts to the flames by encasing herself in ice, she then adapts to the water by turning her body into silver metal and bolting herself to the ground. I then turn on my heel, U. Humongousaurs tail smashing into Bellas side. Her metal body holds, no worse for wear. Finally, I kick her in the stomach, my foot electrically charged. The electricity simply flows off her, vanishing into the ground. "Yeesh, what metal is that?" I ask.
"Vibranium." Bella and Dama say at the same time, Bellas face no longer covered.
"Really? Wow." I remark.
"Anyway, as you can see, Havoc is very powerful. And, I haven't even mentioned his unique shape shifting." Dama says. Bella/Havoc then raises their hands up, letting Havoc flow upwards to form a pair of large intricate blades. Then, in an instant, Havoc recedes, leaving only a smiling Bella.
"Pretty cool right?" She asks. Sunset steps forward with a smirk.
“Let’s give your abilities a full field test, with me.”
"NO!" I shout. "Sunset, that is not funny." Sunset frowns.
“I am serious about this, I am holding back considerably for this purpose.”
"Yulo." I say.
"Yes?"
"Not. One. Atom. Understand? I don't want one atom to be affected and I'm trusting you to make sure of it." I say seriously. Yulo gives me a serious look.
“You are a friend. I will agree to your request but Seth, you need to remember who Sunset and I are. We are quite capable of simply pulling the plug on reality, an Army of Celestialsapiens would not be able to stop us. We are more than capable of ending all things and that deserves a little respect surely."
"What?!" Ben shouts before getting shushed by Gwen.
"I do respect your power. That is why I have to be sure. She's my best friend. But, if you're absolutely sure, go ahead." I say, taking a step back. Sunset nods before turning to Bella
“Where should we start, planet level or somewhere lower?” Bella flinches at the question.
"Wow, never thought I'd get asked something like that. Let's go for… why not? Continent level?" Bella asks. Sunset nods.
“Very well.” She then taps Bella with her finger. Bella's eyes widen as she is sent flying a little.
"A little warning next time!" Bella shouts, a sliver of Havoc covering her chest where Sunset tapped her, a cracked crystal receding away. "Sheesh, diamond? You really know your stuff." Bella says, looking to Sunset. Havoc then covers her whole body. "There. Nowwe'reready." They say. Sunset rolls her eyes.
“If you were in a real fight, they might not give you that much time. I was not serious but many are and would move much faster than that, let’s step up to multi-continent, shall we?” Sunset swung her finger again at Bella. Havoc then changed their body to a strange grayish, almost stone like metal. As Sunsets finger struck her blocking arms, a massive *CLANG!* rang out over Ponyville.
"Thankyou, Uru. Wedon'tthinkwefeltthat." Bella says, happily smiling.
"Wait, Uru too? Wow, she really can become anything." I say.
"What's Uru?" Screwy asks.
"Very powerful substance, very durable, super good magical conductor." I tell her. Both Twilights immediately start asking me questions. I just keep watching the fight. Yulo provides both with a huge lump of Uru to distract them, Sunset frowns.
“Okay, let’s jump to crust level then planet level if you can handle that.” She delivers another powerful poke. With another powerful *CLANG!!*, Bella’s arms are pushed back against her chest but other than that, she is no worse for wear.
"Okay, definitelyfeltthatone." Bella says. Sunset frowns.
“Are you sure you want to go to the next level up?”
"Yeah, IthinkIcantakeit." Bella says, slamming her arms together. Sunset nods before delivering another poke. As she struck, there strangely wasn't another loud clang. Instead, Bella's body began to glow where Sunset’s finger rested. "Bingo." She smirks. Sunset removes her finger.
“Hmm, interesting.”
"Yourmove." Bella says. Sunset frowns.
“Next comes Large Planet, Star then Solar System.” She then delivers an even mightier poke. Like before, no sound came from the attack, the spot on Bella's arm where Sunset struck only glowing orange. Bella smirks before moving to Sunsets left. Sunset rolls her eyes.
“You absorbed my attack didn’t you? Clever. But…” Multiple Sunset’s walked out of every shadow. “I had to do something to lower my power enough, so I created duplicates and hid them.” Bella's face scrunches up at Sunset’s words.
"Hmmm. Understandable. Andyes. Wereconfiguredourarmourtoabsorbkineticenergyandweweregoingtoblastitback, hencewhywemoved. Wait, idea!" They suddenly say, their armour skin changing to a reflective black colour. "There. Nowtry." Bella says, holding their arms up again. Sunset slams down with her finger. As her finger makes contact with Bella, orange light seems to ripple from the spot for a second before stopping… then reversing. Coming back to the spot where Bella was struck… and sending a shot of kinetic energy straight at Sunset. Sunset blocks the attack with her finger, frowning.
“Alright, next level up.” Sunset delivers a mighty strike with her finger. Again the force was reflected back, washing over her like a breeze.
"ThisismuchmorefunthanIanticipated. Let'sseeifIcankickitupanotch…" Bella says. Their skin then began to change again. This time becoming completely silver, their skin glowing with strange energy. "Let'sseeifthisworks." Bella says, getting in a defensive position again. Sunset delivers another much more powerful poke. Strangely, Sunsets finger just keeps moving, sinking into Bellas arm. Sunset frowns.
“So you turned your arm into energy?”
"Closebutno. Myskinhasbeenimbuedwithpowercosmic, allowingittogain… interestingproperties. Suchasacontactportaltoapocketdimension. Youtouchme, yousink." Bella says, smirking. Sunset shakes her head.
“Be careful with that power, it allows you to know everything and trying to filter what you want out of infinity is very difficult. Also there are ways around that defense.” Sunset’s finger glows with harmonic energy as she strikes again.
"Agh!" Bella yells as they pull back. They then begin to sway on their feet. "Ooh. Uhh. Weseewhatyoumean." Bella says, holding their head as she returns to normal. "Ouch. Thathurt." Bella then gets a thoughtful look on her face.
Uh oh. I know that look. She's about to try something stupid. I think.
"Bella… what are you thinking…?" I call out to her.
"Don'tworry, wehaveanidea." They say, before holding their fist in front of their face. The back of their hand starts to slowly change. Becoming like crystal and turning purple.
What is she- My thoughts cut off as I start to feel Immense amounts of raw energy coming from Bella.
"Bella, what are you doing?!" I yell.
"It'sokay! Wegotthis." They say, eyes closed in concentration. They then whip their eyes open as the crystal in their hand glows bright purple. "Hah! Wedidit! Universalsingularitycontained!" Sunset rolls her eyes.
“I think we should stop here before Bella decides to absorb the universe. Containing a Universal Singularity, if it went wrong, would have destroyed this universe and heavily damaged every universe around it.”
"Hey! It'sonlyapartialfragment! Plus, ifoneinfinitystonecangetdestroyed, apeiceofonecanbereplicated." Bella says, shrugging.
"Infinity stone?! Bella, no offense but WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! YOU REPLICATED AN INFINITY STONE?! WHY?!" I shout at her. "Not to mention, the most dangerous one too!" Bella looks down at the floor.
"Sorry, wewanttotestourpowers." Bella says, Havoc starting to recede. "Ow!" She suddenly yells, looking at her hand.
"Now what?" I say, running up to her. I look at her hand and see the power stone replica still there. "Bella…?" I ask.
"Sorry, it's just being a little difficult to undo. Gimme a sec." She says, concentrating on her hand. Yulo raises her hand.
“It would be unwise to undo it, if you made any mistake making it, if you were even a billionth of a percent off you could have caused a snowball effect that would have caused multiversal damage. Trying to undo it would do the same if you're not really careful and to be honest you may have drawn the attention of a few major gods already who are not exactly keen on what you have already done.” Bella looks at Sunset with fear.
"I'm sorry, I just wanted to test myself. I didn't… I…" Bella then begins to tear up. "I'm sorry." Sunset and Yulo give Bella a hug.
“Don’t worry, we will placate the other gods but you all should lay low for a while. Don’t want a major god battle in our neighbourhood.”
"*Sigh* Well, this has sure been an interesting day. *Bang!* Whosawhat?!" I turn around at the sound of a small bang to see the two Twilights holding the now glowing piece of Uru, while covered in soot. "What did you do?" I deadpan.
"We… don't know. We were just checking what kind of enchantments we could put on this stuff when I slipped up and then bam. The thing popped and made a bunch of smoke. *Cough!*" My Twilight says.
"I think we may have found an enchantment that doesn't mix with it. Although, I have no idea what it was." Undead Twilight says. Yulo smirks.
“So Seth, how’s things with Screwball. Got a wedding planned out yet?” My face immediately becomes redder than Heatblast.
"Hztbbctjnf. Pinkie! Enough with that! *Poof!* Poof?" I look around and see that Screwy has disappeared. "Oh, great. Now look what you did!" I say, looking around before walking futher into Ponyville. I stop… and throw a chloro-bomb over my shoulder at Pinkie. The explosion doesn't do a thing. I continue walking. Yulo rubs her head.
“I forgot that it hasn’t been as long for him as it has been for us, we had a Dimensional Time Shift that happens every so often to stabilize the dimensional boundary, and locked us out from dimensional travel for two years. Not that much time passed here.” She says. I just ignore her and keep walking… until I hear and feel a deep rumbling coming from behind me. I turn on my heel and start walking back.
A glowing blue man wearing no clothes, an older portly man wearing a suit and bowler hat and finally a figure that is a glowing yellow human that seems to switch between male and female every time you look at him/her appears. The blue man introduces himself first.
“I am Dr Manhattan, it's a pleasure to meet so many new faces.” The older man bows.
“I am The Presence, it’s been a while since I left my corner of the Multiverse.” The final figure smiles.
“I am the One Above All.”
"Hoookay. This is a first. Hello, all of you. I'm guessing we have something to talk about?" I ask. Dr Manhattan starts.
“Yes, the Displaced as you are called are often an object of major concern. Your powers are no joke and it does put all of us on edge, we more or less maintain order across the infinite multiverse. Creating infinity stones while not forbidden is very concerning, you can make universes with those. That power is very dangerous.”
"Listen." Bella says, stepping forward. "I'm sorry. It was my fault. I didn't think. I…" Bella starts tearing up again. "I just wanted to see w-what I can d-do. I… I've even deformed the infinity stone. See?" Bella raises her hand, no part of Havoc on it. "It's gone a-and I won't do it again." She hangs her head. Sunset steps forward.
“I have a plan to resolve this issue, I will take this universe into the group as the new universe 13. I will appoint a God of Destruction and a God of Creation to this universe, I even have two candidates in mind. I am not sure about who the Angel should be yet however.”
Don't tell me… I think, already knowing the answer. Yulo steps forward nodding to Sunset, she places her hand on my head.
What is she-
“Destruction and Screwball will be Creation.”
Wut.
WUT.
WHAAAAAAAT?! The Presence nods.
“Very well, we will allow this. As long as a god is watching over this plain we will not intervene.” He says. I gasp as I feel the power I absorbed from Beerus steadily growing larger and more intense. I just stare dumbly as the three other gods leave.
"Okay. Question…… WHY?!?! You made ME a god of destruction?! Why?!?!?!?!" Yulo steps forward.
“You are the best candidate, you possess incredible power yet are not arrogant or cocky because of it. We know you will take the task seriously and we made Screwball the Goddess of Creation for three reasons: first, she is filled with chaotic energy perfect for creation, second you two would miss each other if you had to be gone for long periods of time and third, now you will be linked in another way as well." And she was right. I could feel it. Not only could I feel Screwy's heart against my chest, but also her presence in my mind. I knew exactly where she was and how she felt.
Wow. If nothing else… this does actually feel quite nice. I think, before Screwy's location shifts, now next to me.
"Uhh, Seth? Did you give me this?" Screwy asks, holding up some sort of sceptre staff. The staff is the same colour as her fur with what looks like a planet with a ring floating above the head. The ring is a soft yellow like her magic while the orb inside it constantly changes colour. "I was just… uhh… it just fell on my head out of nowhere." She says, stuttering slightly. I could feel she was embarrassed and a little anxious.
"Yeah… it looks like the two of us have become gods?" I mutter out. Screwy's eyes literally become the size of her head each.
"Huh?" She asks dryly.
"Ugh. Just… Yulo! If you could?" I ask, turning to Pinkie. Yulo nods.
“Simply put, you are now the head gods of your universe. Seth’s purpose as God of Destruction is to destroy planets with no life on them while your job as God of Creation is to create planets that grow prosperous and powerful forms of life.” Screwy's eyes widen at Yulos words.
"W…wow. That… that's… oh dear." Screwy then faints. I catch her before she falls too far.
"Yeah, should have expected that. In fact, I'm surprised I'm still conscious." I say. Sunset steps forward.
“My advice for the both of you is to start small and slowly work your way up, now while there tends to be one god of Destruction, there are often multiple Supreme Kais with one at the top of the Hierarchy.”
"What do you mean?" I ask. Yulo frowns.
“The God of Destruction tends to have more individual power than one Supreme Kai, thus to balance that out, there are multiple Supreme Kais to the one God of Destruction. Now during our long absence it was decided to create a race to be Supreme Kais but we are changing that now.”
"So you're saying I need to choose others to be my supreme Kais?" I ask, setting Screwy comfortably on the ground. Sunset shakes her head.
“No, that is the job of Head Supreme Kai. It is not incredibly pressing right now, that will come in time. You have all of eternity to set up the right system but I do expect you to make a solid effort.”
"I see." I say thoughtfully. "I promise to do my best." I say, head held high. Yulo nods with a smile.
“We know you will. We will have you attend a God of Destruction meeting soonish, more just to introduce yourselves. Some tend to be snobbish but we are working on that, even if we have to replace some.”
"Hey, that reminds me. How is Beerus doing? Is he being nicer? If not, I'll have to punch him." Sunset frowns.
“In truth he has been incredibly quiet, no-one, not even his brother have heard heads or tails of him. Whis can’t even find him but we do know that he has been destroying planets. I feel he has become more devoted but it worries everyone.”
"Hmmm… Maybe I should go talk to him? See what's going on?" I ask. Yulo shakes her head with a sigh.
“Impossible I’m afraid, even with our most detailed scans. We can’t find him, if he is capable of hiding from even us then even with your link, finding him will be impossible. Hiding that much power would require something truly special and we don’t have a clue on what that is.”
"Hmm. I see. Maybe instead of finding him, I can just use our link to talk, see why he is acting so strange. Maybe convince him to tell me where and why he is hiding." I say, hand on my chin. Sunset grimaces.
“We did something like that, using the link of the Supreme Kai’s to track or communicate with him has proven fruitless. It vanishes somewhere along the line, whatever he has done or wherever he has gone has him isolated that nothing gets in or out other than him."
Drat. That is a problem. But there has to be some way to find him. Or at least talk to him. There has to be.
"Alright. If you are able to find him, tell him I want to talk. Okay?" I ask. Sunset sighs.
"We do have a suspicion, he went to the realm of Null but that would be very dangerous. It’s a place that even Yulo and I would not enter lightly. All transmission dies trying to go in there, simply put it’s not a place that just anyone can enter lightly. One enters there to reflect on themselves and in time master themselves. If you are not there for that it will erase you from existence, even Yulo and I can maybe resist it for a minute with all of our power.” Hearing that made me honestly scared. To think not even Sunset and Yulo could overpower this place, it made me shiver.
"Hrragh! There has to be something!" I shout, swiping my hand through the air. From my hand, a red ball of energy flies out, straight to a nearby mountain and completely wipes it off the face of the world. "Holy!" I cry out. I stare at my hand, surprised at how easily I used my new power. "Ok. Was not expecting that."
"What do you mean?" Yulo asks.
"I…well. I knew I was strong but it's been very hard for me to use my more basic power. Specifically my energy manipulation. I can easily mutate myself from things I absorb but with just energy, I keep struggling to release it, like it's stuck to me and doesn't want to let go. With that blast just now, I didn't even notice it until I saw it flying through the air. I didn't need to put my usual amount of effort into sending it, it just went. I'll need to get used to that." I say. Princess Twilight frowns.
“I do need to return to my castle. I shouldn’t be away too long.” Sunset frowns.
“That is a good point." She then waves goodbye. “I guess we’ll see you at the meeting Seth, Screwball?” Yulo waves.
"Farewell.” All three of them disappears in a bright flash of light.
See you then. …Beerus, I hope you're okay.
Author's Note
Found a way to do colour sequencing better.
It still sucks.
Also, I have docs now which has made this SOOO much easier.
Hooray for another crossover with HeartfireFirebrand!
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