Inside the chamber of a strange castle, an anthro stallion, with brown poofy hair, and a yellow pelt, wearing a pharaoh’s helm and an Egyptian shendyt would have been knocked back into a pillar, dropping a shining cutlass he had at hand. His body was covered in cuts and bruises, and his eyes, though tired, had a fiery determination instilled in them. He looked around at his fallen comrades, especially to a Diamond Dog in strange biker punk wear, who would be face down, yet she stilled groaned in pain, turning her face to the stallion and reaching a hand out to him.
“C-.. Creation...” She croaked, her hand dropping in exhaustion as she struggled to keep her eyes open.
“Carboni, you need to rest...” The stallion uttered, looking up in the air. “Seer, I need you to get everyone out of here.. I’ll handle this guy..”
“Pharaoh, I can’t leave you here! I can get us all out!” The disembodied voice shrilly retorts, before Creation holds his hand up to silence her.
“Just do it.. I got this!” He said, as he would stand up again, grabbing his sword and rushing towards his adversary, who would be clad in a typical black cloak. The figure would smile as the stallion jumped into the air, holding his hat.
“Perso- Agh!” He chanted before the figure launched a tendril of darkness out of the cloak, holding Creation in the air. Creation drops his sword to try and use his hands to try and pry the tendril from around his throat. The figure would get close to Creation, bring the warrior to his face.
“Ah, just like so many other... Always trying to resist, always trying to fight... Just like the light..” The anonymous villain monologued tilting his face to get a better look at Creation, humming in delight. “Though many of them fought either as quadrupeds or fully clothed...”
He chuckled and let Creation fall to the ground, only to push him over and to step on his chest with a scaly foot, dogging small cuts into the stallion’s chest, who would groan in pain.
“You look like you really want to say that magic word your teammates just love to say... What is the word? ‘Personal?’ ‘Personality?’ Oh, wait... Persona, yes Persona! Too bad though.. You’re not going to get the chance to say the word again... Not once I snuff out your light...” The figure says teasingly, before he begins to laugh maniacally, a black essence leaking from his cloak, almost like tentacles, and began to spread rapidly, engulfing everything in its path.
“Hello?! Can anyone hear me?!” Proclaimed a mare, dressed in an outfit reminiscent of a gypsy, trying to come in contact with her teammates within the stronghold. She would then look towards the sky, and beyond the horizon in the world they were in, and stared in shock.
“Oh no..” was the only thing she could utter until she, along with the world were covered in darkness, only leaving the cloaked figure, who would be smiling to himself with a toothy grin.
“Another light... Snuffed out... Oh, my dear Doctor.. We will encounter again.. And, when we do, you will fall to my power...” He claimed, opening a portal and walking through. Meanwhile, a quadruped horse, with a colorful scarf, a brown trench coat, and a cigarette in his mouth would look at the scene through one of his monitors, before sighing and dropping his cigarette, stomping on it to snuff it out.
“DIT-Z, activate the “Crisis” protocol. It’s time to assemble our Champions..” The stallion with a British accent commanded, turning away from the monitors and beginning to walk away.
“Yessir, you got it!” said a perky, robotic voice, pulling up a candy symbol and a messages saying ‘Calling In-Universe Agent..’
CRISIS IS HERE.
In the beginning, there was nothing but darkness... A single black abyss... But soon, that abyss was ruptured by an explosion... An explosion of life... An explosion of light... And, thus the multiverse was born. One world becoming two, two becoming four, four becoming eight, multiplying to an infinite number. But, the light’s prosperity was challenged. Challenged by Chaos... Hatred... And, war... To combat these darknesses, the Age of Harmony began... Individuals that represent the best of all living beings rose to the occasion to fight back the darkness and to spread light and harmony throughout their worlds. Though, at this time, in this CRISIS... Their wills and resolves will be tested in the ultimate battle between light and darkness...
EQUESTRIA-LEAGUE
Canterlot Palace
Celestia, at least this version of her, would be lounging within her quarters, writing a letter to her faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. While doing so, a loud thunderous boom would sound throughout the air, causing her to look up at the once clear and sunny skies, now dark with brewing clouds, red bolts surging through them. She takes a deep breath looking over to her letter and scribbling over her once calm and friendly words, now with a small urgent message.
My faithful student,
It seems that our world is at stake. Though, I fear that Equestria hasn’t seen a threat quite like this one. Hurry, gather your friends, and prepare to defend yourselves against a threat.
From, Princess Celestia.
“I sure hope that the Dragon Mage and the League of Harmony are ready.. Because, it looks like we have no time to prepare for what’s coming...”
EQUESTRIA-52
In the Hall of Justice..!
“Hall of Justice, calling into Hall of Justice, can you read me? HALL OF JUSTICE!!” said a high-pitched voice, that belonged to a pink mare, wearing a black mask and a pink hooded jacket, running along the rooftops of Manehattan, throwing banana cream pies at strange shady figures following her, all of her attempts at hitting them missing.
“We hear you, Pie-Er!” said a calmer, yet agitated voice that belonged to a purple mare, wearing a strange green outfit, emerald green light surrounding her as she created a bubble around herself as she was flying in deep space, red bolts of lightning chasing her. “Unfortunately, we happen to all be under attack at the moment!”
“More like under siege! We’re stretched thin, so, unfortunately, whoever’s close to you is all you got!” said another mare with an orange pelt and a long blonde mane, wearing a blue suit with a flowing red cape, thin red lasers tearing through only what could be described as.. demons.
Meanwhile, a purple alicorn with raven black hair, and a lightning bolt cutie mark would be flying at blindingly fast speeds, a look of slight worry on his face as he charges towards his “opponent”, a wall of complete and utter darkness. Tendrils writhing from it and grabbing any unfortunate souls that had either come to close or were too late to escape from this. This only fueled his need to stop this wall in its tracks.
“Oh, Discord.. Give me strength...!” He prayed, his horn glowing with radiant energy as he and the wall collide in a bright burst of light.
EQUESTRIA-LANTERN
“Alright, Lantern, you got this... Let’s start the light show! Yee-haw!“ said Applejack, who would raise her ring to the sky, shooting a beam of green light to create a shield, slowly stopping the tendrils of darkness from touching her planet. Soon, more beams of light, all different colors began to assist the shield’s stability. Twilight Sparkle the Yellow Lantern, Rainbow Dash the Red Lantern, Spike the Orange Lantern, Pinkie Pie the Blue Lantern, Fluttershy the Indigo Lantern, and Rarity the Star Sapphire (or Violet Lantern).
“Darling, did you really think that you were gonna do this on your own?” cooed Rarity, smiling at the Green Lantern, who would give her a confident grin back. Little did these Lanterns know, their shield began to crack..
EQUESTRIA-SUPER
“Batmare, hold on! Wonder Mare and Supermare are on their way!” a dark green pegasus with a strawberry mane and a black mask cried, holding onto her friend’s hoof, Batmare, a purple mare with a red mane and black suit with yellow boots, her torso being entangled in strands of darkness.
“Black Canary, if you hang on any longer we’ll both be pulled in!” Batmare retorted, though Black Canary didn’t budge, still trying to pull Batmare away from the oncoming darkness, though her efforts were for naught, as the tendrils took one good pull, and they were both absorbed into the abyssal wall.
EQUESTRIA-MOON
A navy blue, almost indigo alicorn flies up towards the distorted skies, her horn shining bright with powerful magic, as she attempts to chase the clouds of darkness away, being successful at first. Her nebulous hair waving in the harsh winds, Her eyes filled with determination to destroy this storm that could bring harm to her kingdom.
“I hope my student is alright... I fear what she may have to face in the close future..” She said to herself, unaware of the vortex of darkness that was beginning to slowly form around her, tendrils beginning to pour out.
EQUESTRIA-THREE
A cyan-pelted earth pony with a rainbow-colored mane would be sitting down at a white table, sipping tea outside a shop which was in the shape of a cupcake, would look up at the dark skies and gasped.
“Oh my stars! What terrible weather for tea! How can my friends and I have our cupcake party now with a thunderstorm on the way?” She said, pouting her bottom lip in a child-like fashion.
The time for preparation is far gone. Now, CRISIS is upon us all. May Faust have mercy on us, and show us the way... It is time for the CRISIS ON MULTIPLE EQUESTRIAS..
Equestria-Heroes
It would be a starlit night in Manehattan, and surprisingly, not a lot of people were stirring in the night. Meanwhile, in an alleyway, a blue portal would open, and out came that same gruff stallion would come out, a short cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He would part his lips ever so slightly to let the bud fall to the ground, stomping on the slowly dying flame, letting out a sigh and scanning his surroundings.
“DIT-Z, this is the right universe, correct?” he questioned to himself, until he pulled up one of his hooves, showing a silver watch with a black screen and a yellow line going across.
“Yes, Doc! This universe houses variants of the Elements of Harmony as the Power Ponies, along with such colorful characters such as Anar-D, the Blue Comet, Slapstick, and many more. This is also the home universe to the Acarnus Crisis as you called it. I believe you cataloged this one as Equestria-heroes, named after the-” the Bostonian voice rang from the watch, the yellow line fluctuating based upon the pitch and volume of the voice.
“Thank you for the exposition, but we don’t have time for that DIT-Z. We need to contact-”
“Me, I presume?” The brown stallion would turn to see.. Himself. Well, another version of himself. This one was clean and shaven, looking much younger as well. His brown mane however was still just as messy as the mane on the much more mature version of the tan stallion.
“To be honest... I anticipated an arrival.. But, not from a universal dopplegänger... What business do you have here?” said the younger stallion, walking towards the older one, a soft smile growing onto his face.
“I’m here to warn you. I’m guessing you’re ‘The Doctor’ that I’m looking for. I’m th-”
“The Third Doctor, yes. I’ve heard about you from other versions of myself. I must say though, you look like-”
“I’ve been through hell, yes.” The Older ‘Doctor’ would turn away from his younger counterpart, keeping his serious face. “A Crisis is coming. It threatens all life and existence as we know it. I need your help. I need you to gather your forces and prepare them. When the Darkness comes, it’ll be a difficult battle.” He said, his voice foreboding and cold, squinting his eyes a little.
“I’m guessing you mean all the heroes? I’ll do so, but... From what I’m guessing.. There will be large stakes.” The Doctor stated, looking down at the ground in thought, before nodding. “Alright, I’ll make sure that everyone gets the memo.”
The Doctor turns away from the older bronco starting to walk off. He was getting ready to jump back through time, until-
“Wait..” He turned back to see that the Older Doctor was holding something out to him. It was.. A cigarette?
“Oh, sorry, I don’t-”
“Not to smoke. Light it in case of an emergency, it’ll come in handy.”
The Doctor headed the senior traveler’s words, taking the role of paper and supposed tobacco, before disappearing in a flash of light. After the Doctor disappeared, DIT-Z would speak up once more.
“Why did you come here? For extra backbone for our Multiverse Task Force?”
“No.. He’s an essential player in my plans. Especially if the Harbinger Protocol fails..” He would open another portal and began to walk towards it,
“You should have more faith, Doc.”
“That’s why you’re here, DIT-Z. Now.. If I am correct, one of our champions should be at these coordinates. Ready?”
“Ready, Doc!”
He would hop through, disappearing as if he was never there. However, a figure in a red cloak would have been watching. He would nod to himself and would walk into the streets, disappearing in some strange fog that rolled in.
Equestria-Mane
A cream-colored mare with a mane holding shades of pink and blue would be sitting next to her marefriend, a mint-colored mare with a pixie-cut mane with white and light teal stripes in her hair. Where would they be sitting? On a bench in a park, enjoying the sunshine.
“Bon Bon, I’m so glad that you could take some time off from S.M.I.L.E today, it’s such a nice day to just sit down and relax with my favorite marefriend!” the minty mare said, nuzzling Bon Bon, who would giggle.
“Lyra, stop! I thought we were relaxing, not getting all mushy.” The cream mare giggled, pushing away Lyra’s face, who would grunt softly and tried to place her face back against her partner’s cheek.
“Yeah! The mushy stuff is how I relax! Now, let... Me..” Lyra’s eyes would begin to dilate slowly, before eyes would close and she would slump against her, snoring softly.
“Lyra..?” Bon Bon would look over to her partner who wouldn’t respond, only with soft breathing. She would hold her lover close, shaking her softly. “Come on, Lyra... Wake up, stop playing around!”
She would begin to get worried, shaking her a little more hastily. When she saw that her partner was put into some sort of deep slumber, she let Lyra lay down on the bench, looking at her with a panicked expression.
“I have to go get help, I-” She exclaimed before she would feel a strange jolt throughout her body, causing her knees to buckle, and her head to pound. She closed her eyes tightly, wondering what this pressure was. The ringing in her ears, her pacing heart-beat, the pain to open her eyes. Something about her was.. Changing.
"Not the... Harbinger... Protocol..." She would try to stand up, mustering her willpower, everything she learned from the Agency.. As she siphoned all of her energy, she would feel something snap within herself, and fluorescent blue light would begin to surround her, covering her in the foreign energy, which would then close in around her and in a bright flash of light, both she and Lyra disappeared from the scene.
REDACTED LOCATION
The Third Doctor would arrive in some sort of metallic room, though it seemed that whatever details were once there have disappeared. No decor, no surroundings, just a big metallic room, with a stone floor, the only object in the room being a strange spherical-esque object in the middle of the room, connected with huge tubes of wires and gas lines.
“Hmm... The existence around this location is definitely draining. No color, detail, or objects.. All except this metallic chamber. This universe is trying to keep whatever or whoever's existence alive with all of its ability."
"Considerin' the person in that chamber, I wouldn't blame the universe for trying to protect her. She's been through so much.." DIT-Z commented sorrowfully.
"Well, tribulation is a necessity for. living.. Besides, she's taken a long enough nap and reality needs her as we speak.. So, start the Mental-Link Virus, DIT-Z..." The Third Doctor commanded coldly, holding the watch towards the black glass of the metal pod.
"Are ya' sure, Doc? Is she really one our Champions?"
"...If she isn't... At least we'll have a damn good technician.."
