Every Journey Begins With A Single Step
New Digs Pt.1
Previous ChapterNext ChapterSpike sighed at the fact he had to tell the AI that lives in his arm, that they are not going to a pony strip club. He looked to Twilight, who was just rubbing her forehead at the fact this was really happening to her. "So, Twilight, what's my mom like here?" Asked Spike.
"Well, aside from liking to eat cake a little too much, she is a great pony, not to mention smart, regal, loving, and she does care for kids. That's where I met her for the first time actually, I was about six years old when I was accepted into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. But I had a magical surge during my entrance exam, and I kinda destroyed the whole tower that I was in and turned my parents into plants." Said Twilight. She looked at Spike, he looked confused. "Is something wrong Spike?"
Spike hummed as he wasn't really paying attention, but when Twilight addressed him his focus was on her. "Oh, sorry, I was just trying to wrap my head around who you could be in my world. My whole family works for Canterlot Corp, and they are princesses here, does that mean that somewhere down the line you will join the company and be an executive?" Spike groaned. "But that doesn't make sense, mom only lets those she trusts and are smart enough to take on that kind of responsibility." Spike leaned back in the chair. "I can't figure it out, why would my mom make you an executive in the company?"
Twilight hummed as she was trying to figure it out as well. "Well, my brother is Shining Armor, Cadance's husband here. What about your Cadance, is she married?"
Spike gasped. "No, but she's engaged to a guy I've only met once. He seemed nice but we didn't really talk because I was still in school, but he did mention that he had a little sister." Then Spike started laughing. "That's how Cadance and him met. He was visiting his sister that worked in the mailroom because she left her lunch at home, and on his way out he bumped into my cousin." Spike looked at Twilight. "You’re the Mail Room Nerd." Laughed Spike as he was holding his side.
Twilight blushed. "Hey, that's not funny."
Spike looked at Twilight. "I know, but what I'm about to tell you are. I was walking the company with mom, she wanted to show me that every part of a company is important to have it run smoothly. I don't doubt that is true, but she wanted to prove her point, so we worked our way down, and on the very last floor of the building, we arrived at the mailroom. But when mom opened the door to the room, in the middle of the room was an intern being eaten by a bunch of letters and screaming profanity at the letter sorter, so we left. That was you."
Twilight sighed as she couldn't believe that a Twilight would do something like that. "I hate myself." Said Twilight in a grumble.
"Master, Canterlot Corp records indicate that the intern in question is named Twilight Vivian Sparkle, age 19, sister to your soon to be a cousin in law." Said Cally as she pulled up that Twilight's file.
Spike looked at the picture and snickered at it. From the large thick-framed glasses, down to her hair cut, it was just so nerdy, but adorable in a way. Spike looked at the Twilight in the room. "Well, aside from the glasses, I can see the resemblance." Said Spike as he closed the file. "But that does beg the question if you exist in my reality, does everyone?"
"Master, I have finished searching for the answer, but I have run into a small snag."
"Show on screen." Said Spike. It was a video file, but the weird thing was it was marked as 'For Spike'. Spike sighed as he started the video.
Suddenly a fat man with a long red beard was on the screen. "Spike, if you’re watching this, you’re going to need to know a few things. I made this file while I was waiting for life to start on a new planet in a reality nearby while I'm getting used to my new body. The first thing is yes, every reality will at one time have a version of every living creature in it, I know a few realities where you are a god, a few were you are a prince, a few you’re a bounty hunter, one where you are running a daycare, but a majority of them are where you are a dragon or dog, sorry. Second, that means that you will come across those you are quite familiar with, but they will think you’re crazy if you just go up to them and talk like old times, so here's a list of all creatures in this reality that will know you."
"Printing in progress." Said Cally.
"Lastly, I just want to say, if you do something, like I don't know, get a mare pregnant, you have to know that until we figure out how you got here, and how to send you back, it is very unlikely that you will get to see them grow up, so wear a damn condom. This is your Uncle Life, have a good one Spike." The video ended.
Spike sighed as he was not ready to get that much info dumped on him. 'But what was that part about getting a mare pregnant?' Thought Spike. 'How would that even work?' Suddenly the list of all creatures that will have memories of Spike popped out of his joint. Spike grabbed the paper and as expected it was short as hell.
Celestia: your mother.
Luna: your aunt.
Cadence: your cousin.
Queen Chrysalis: had a fling with this reality's Discord and stole a minimal portion of his powers, allowed her to have a link.
Dragon Lord Torch: Discord got bored and attacked the Dragon Lands before he met Celestia, ended up with him creating the Blood Stone Scepter, you'll see it when you do.
Pinkie Pie: I don't know how.
Spike looked at the list. "Ok, that was more than I was expecting, but Old Man Torch, maybe I can talk to Ember. But Aunt Chrissy, that one, I was not expecting." Spike looked at Twilight. "Um Twilight, is there a reason why Pinkie Pie would know me?" Asked Spike.
Twilight groaned. "Spike, I'm going to save you a lot of time, it's Pinkie Pie, don't question it." Said Twilight.
"Master, incoming call. Master, incoming call." Said Cally as Spike's hand started to buzz. Spike looked at his hand and made a phone shape with it so he could talk to whoever was calling him.
"Um... Hello?" Asked Spike.
"Spike, Sweetie, it's your Aunt Harmony, I'm sorry for not doing this in person, but I got a feeling when you stepped into the castle. The integrality switchboard is kinda crappy, but I got through. Listen, I have talked with Life, and Death, and we have come up with a way to send you back home."
"Really that's great, when?"
"That's where the bad news comes in. Discord is the only one of us who really doesn't work 24/7. But if the three of us use our magic sparingly, we should be able to send you back in 10 years, 6 if we can get most of the Discords to agree."
"6 years, but Dad said it would only be around 1?" Yelled Spike.
"Spike, don't yell. But your father, as much as I hate to admit it, is the most powerful when it comes to raw magical power. If we got all the Discords to come together and help, then yes, he alone could send you back in little over a year, but going off the recent polls, it's not looking good." Said Harmony.
Spike sighed. "Do you have any good news?" Asked Spike.
"Well, I can make your stay in that reality a little more comfortable, head out side." Said Harmony.
Spike shrugged as he started walking out of the room, leaving a very confused Twilight to follow.
When Spike and Twilight got outside nothing was going on. "Umm... Aunt Harmony, what are you going to do?" Asked Spike.
"Oh, nothing, maybe add a day to the time you'll have to stay, but compared to what I can do, it's not much." Said Harmony.
Slowly an acorn fell from the large crystal tree castle, it looked like it was the same type of crystal, but aside from that, it was the size of a normal acorn. "Take that seed and plant it somewhere nice. If you ask me, I'm thinking a little to the left, there is a nice little rocky hill with a nice waterfall. I'll do the rest." Said Harmony.
Spike shrugged. 'Might as well, I got nothing to lose.' Thought Spike as he started walking left with Twilight following behind. She was just following to see how this would end, she had never seen her castle drop an acorn, but if it has anything to do with Discord, there was a 27.89463216875% chance it was not going to end well. Yes, she calculated the possibility.
When Spike and Twilight reached a cliff face, they noticed a waterfall running into a small pond, but the weird thing was that in front of the pond there was a single crystal flower. "Spike, please place the acorn into the flower and take a few steps back. Also, just for reference, you’re at the edge of a place called the White Tail Woods." Said Harmony, but then she gasped. "Uh oh. Spike, it looks like we're about to get disconnected, be a good boy and tell Dissy that I'm going to keep an eye on him." Said Harmony as she hung up the call.
Spike looked at his arm. "So, it's also a phone, neat." Said Spike. Spike looked at Twilight, who was looking at him.
She shrugged. "What, I'm just as clueless as you at this point." Said Twilight.
Spike sighed as he wasn't sure what was going to happen, but curiosity was getting the better of him. Spike walked over to the flower and placed the acorn inside it. The flower closed around the acorn and got sucked back into the ground. Spike looked at Twilight. "So, what happens now?" Asked Spike.
Twilight looked at Spike. "Why are you asking me?"
Spike shrugged. "I'm human, you're the all-powerful alicorn princess." Said Spike.
"But I'm not the one who is related to Discord...Wait, is the ground shaking?" Asked Twilight.
Spike didn't even notice it but yeah it was. "Wait, I think Aunt Harmony said something about taking a few steps back." Said Spike. The ground started to shake even more violently. Spike didn't know how bad it was going to get, so he used his arm's strength enhancement and picked up Twilight. Once the purple alicorn was in his hold, Spike promptly got his ass out of there.
Author's Note
Part one, next chapter will see everyone's fave Party Pony dropping in for a party.
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