Entering The Multiverse

As Equestria was being taken over, Celestia was taken captive by the changelings and cocooned, but not all hope was lost.

Somewhere in the Everfree Forest

“Ughh, where am I” Said Henry as he checked his surroundings, he took notice that he was in a forest. The forest around him was very deep, as it looked like it went on for miles. That’s when Henry’s thoughts were interrupted by A scream, one that sounded like a girl, She was falling out of the sky, Henry quickly flew up and caught her, one thing he noticed was the red hair, he began to remember who this was, ‘Hey, its that red-haired girl from the complex, what’s she doing here, and why is she wearing a Top hat?’ Henry questioned as he landed. That was when she woke up in his arms, and quickly punched him.

“Ooww, what was that for? I just saved your life” Henry asked with a slightly annoyed expression and tone.

“You deserved that for abandoning me at the complex, You heartless bastard” She said, With a rather angry expression on her face.

“Abandoned you? I don’t even know who you are, we never got the chance to interact with one another, as far as I know” Henry stated, rather confused.

“Wait, you don’t know who I am?!” She asks with a shocked expression.

“All I know about you is that you were waiting for transfer just like me in the complex, and after they moved you to a cell, I never saw you again.”

“How come?” She asks with curiosity

“Well, after I got transferred, I got help from the toppat clan in escaping, but was later betrayed by my partner Reginald, which is my spine and hand are artificial body parts, I later got revenge on Reginald, and I proceeded to live my life from then on.”

She seemed really shocked that this Henry was betrayed by his own member of the Toppat clan, much less the ex-leader, she almost felt sorry for him, but refused to believe it.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Henry asking her, “I never got your name, what was it?”

“Ellie, Ellie Rose.”

“But why did you punch me when I saved you?”

“Cause were I come from, Reginald and the other members of the toppat clan and I decided to vote you off cause I told them how I helped you get up to the vents, and you left me behind, and afterwards, he voted you off for not having any dignity.”

“Typical Reginald, what happened next?”

“Well, you and three other loyalists took an escape pod, killing Reginald and the Right Hand Man on the way down” Henry showed a smile on his face, “And I took over the Toppat Clan, Fighting against you and the three loyalists.”

Henry was actually surprised to hear this… him betrayed not once, but twice, “Wow, I really don’t have a good track record with others, but i’m sorry about leaving you behind in that timeline, I probably wouldn’t have done that in the first place had I asked for your help” He said wholeheartedly.

What happened next caught Henry off guard, cause Ellie had thrown herself onto Henry in the form of a hug, she looked up at him and said, “Thank you, it means alot.” She smiled at Henry, and Henry smiled back

2 hours later

“So you’re saying you escaped the wall, but were dropped into the cold water by Reginald? I can’t help but say You deserved that.” Ellie says with a chuckle

“Its alright, I deserved a lot of things, Being arrested, Shot, Punched, Kicked, the list goes on and on” Henry says, remembering all those times he had those things happen to him.

It was at that moment that another portal opened up, this time dropping someone out of the portal, Henry reacted quickly and flew up to save him, catching him and setting him down on the ground.

“Do you know him, Henry?” Ellie asked with a confused look.

“No i don’t thi-” Henry then notices the headphones, “Wait, I know this guy, this is Charles Calvin, he shot me in a hamster ball onto the Toppat’s airship back when they hired me to take them down”

At that moment, Charles slowly opened his eyes, first spotting Henry “Henry? Is that you, where are we?” He asked with as much confusion as Ellie.

“Charles, this may sound weird, but I’m not the same Henry you know.” Henry said, revealing his cybernetics to Charles.

Upon hearing this, Charles Bombarded Henry with questions, which Henry went through the explanation one more time for Charles.

“You were betrayed by the Toppat clan and dropped into the water? Why did you side with them anyways?” Charles asks worried.

“I thought I could trust them after helping them out, but I was wrong, needless to say, I did get my revenge in the end” Henry said, clutching his only flesh fist.

“Well, did you take their rocket down also?”

“Oh yeah, the airship had crashed right into the rocket, destroying it and pretty much leaving them stranded on earth”

“Oh, that’s good” Charles than looks at Ellie, “Who are you?”

“I’m Ellie, In my timeline, i’ve taken the position of leader in the toppat clan after henry’s demotion, I’m currently ruling the Toppat Clan with an iron fist in my timeline”

Ellie and Henry then looked at each other, and asked Charles in unison, “What happened in your timeline?”

“Well, I had just rescued Henry up from the Wall, and Me and him teamed up to take down the toppat clan, the mission was a success, and about a week later, I was going to Henry’s house to hang out with him” Charles explained.

Charles finally brought up the question, “Where are we?”

Ellie was just as confused as Charles, “Yeah, where are we Henry?”

Henry scanned his surroundings, and made a conclusion,”It appears to be some kind of forest, that goes on for miles”

Charles spoke up, “Any way to get out of this forest?”

Henry checked again and found no exit, “Not for a couple 5-10 miles, I estimate”

“So you’re basically saying we’re stuck in this forest?” Ellie asked worriedly

“I’d say we should find an exit, but its almost night,” He points towards the setting sun, which was soon replaced by the rising moon, “So I suggest we rest up tonight and head out as soon as everyone’s read-”, but just before Henry could finish, he noticed someone falling out of the sky, who was swooped up by a cyborg just like him, and soon after swooped down to their location.

“Henry, Ellie, what are you two doing here?” The man with the two top hats said, the other cybernetically enhanced one staying silent.

Henry wasn’t too happy to see them, Ellie was shocked at what she was seeing, and so was Charles.

“What are you two doing here!? I thought I killed both of you!” Henry said with a puzzled yet angry expression, ready to pummel Reginald right there.

“Whoa, what ever do you mean Henry? We work under you” Reginald said, rather startled and confused.

“Yeah, that was until you betrayed me when you dropped me off the airship at the complex” Henry said, now just angry and not confused.

“The complex, you mean the Wall in Russia? But you came to our secret jungle base with Ellie, we never picked you up from the complex, let alone with Ellie by your side” Reginald explained, still confused.

“So you mean you’ve never seen this before?” Henry said, exposing his Cybernetics.

“Whoa, those are rather nice cybernetics, but no, I’ve never seen you have cybernetics before”

“How do I know you’re not lying?” Henry stated, keeping his attention on Reginald.

That’s when the Right Hand Man decided to speak up, “Henry, he’s telling the truth, I’ve been using my lie detector the whole time, and he hasn’t lied once”

Henry then decided to calm down, and stated calmly, “Alright, I believe you, but how did you guys get here?”

Ellie chimed in and said, “Yeah, I also thought you guys were dead when an escape pod from the airship came crashing down on top of both of you, how are you guys here right now, and what happened in your guys timeline?”

Reginald was too exhausted from falling that he said, “Right Hand Man, I’ll leave the discussion to you”

The Right Hand Man didn’t hesitate to explain, “Well you see, we were working on our rocket project for the orbital space station, and then Henry and Ellie show up, and shortly after, the government launches an attack on our base, Henry and Ellie helped the clan get into space in time. After that, Henry remained the leader of the clan, with Ellie joining as the Right Hand Lady,” Which made Ellie smile at Henry, “And me and Reginald were made commanding officers of the clan, performing many heists across the globe.”

The Right Hand Man paused, then continued, “But it was after a week, that during one of our raids at the museum on earth,” Which made Henry remember him stealing the diamond, “we were having the loot beamed up to the station, with us being beamed up behind it, until we were both sucked into a portal that appeared as we were going up, and now we’re here”

Reginald then finishing the explanation by saying, “And that’s our story, so what about all of you?”

“Well, I think it would be better if me, Ellie, and Charles all explained our stories all one at a time” Henry concluded

Henry was up first, explaining how he was betrayed by Reginald, and dropped off the airship at the Wall, he continued by saying how he then seeked out revenge against Reginald and the clan, with Reginald cowering behind The Right Hand Man, Henry continued by saying he put an end to the Right Hand Man, with The Right Hand Man staring angrily at Henry, but nonetheless, Henry continued explaining, saying that he eventually stapled Reginald to the ship for him to go down with the airship crashing into the rocket, that was, until Reginald had shot Henry in his artificial spine, Henry concludes by explaining him surviving, and Reginald dying, which only made Reginald cower more.

Next was Ellie, who started by explaining how she had been left behind by Henry back at the wall, yet she managed to escape on her own and hitch a ride up to the airship, starting a mutiny amongst the clan against Henry, she continued by saying that Henry had been denounced as leader of the clan, with Henry fleeing the ship with three other loyalists, finishing off with the fact that she was elected the new leader and rules it with an Iron fist, surprising The Right Hand Man, and bringing a smile to Reginald’s face.

And last but not least was Charles, who explained how he rescued Henry from the Wall, with the two of them teaming up like they did when they got Reginald and The Right Hand Man arrested, with both of them wondering who had taken over in their place, with Charles saying it was some Toppat named Sven Svenson, disappointing both Reginald and The Right Hand Man, Charles continued by saying that Henry found his way to the top of the rocket, stopping it from taking off, and getting the last remaining members of the clan arrested, which made Reginald cry, and The Right Hand Man glare Charles down with an angry expression, Charles continued by saying how he and Henry were promoted to Special Covert Ops, and would continue to be not only good friends, but partners as well.

Reginald then asked, “Is there any way out of this forest?”

“Not for at least 5-10 miles, but we’re setting camp here tonight due to the moon” Henry said, pointing to the now glimmering moon.

“Which is why we’ll need some firewood for heat” The Right Hand Man pointed out, which was good because at that moment, Three wolves coated in what looked like wood showed up, ready to eat them, The Right Hand Man was about to blast them with his laser, but Henry stopped him, explaining to him that they would be ignited and on fire within first contact, so Henry, Ellie, and The Right Hand Man all squared up, ready to kill the wolves, while Reginald and Charles got behind the three of them for cover.

After 30 minutes, The wolves seemed to have died, prompting Henry to set up the campfire, using the leftover logs as a mean of furniture, once the campfire was set up, Right Hand Man ignited the campfire, with it spreading warmth all around the campfire. Henry and Charles sat together to make up for lost time, while Ellie was being praised for keeping the clan alive by Reginald and The Right Hand Man. After what seemed like an hour, everyone got comfy and drifted off to sleep.

Henry was busy dreaming, reminiscing of what had happened to him, he was having a nightmare, then he was dropped off the airship, but to his surprise he was rescued by a lavender blue unicorn, who had set Henry down on solid ground, far away from the wall.

Henry was really shocked to see this and said, “Who are you, and why did you save me?”

The lavender unicorn spoke, “Greetings Henry Stickmin, I am Princess Luna of Equestria”

Now Henry was really shocked, “Okay first, how do you know who I am? And second, what is Equestria?”

Luna answered, “I’ve seen every one of your “scenarios”, I’m quite a big fan of you, even though my sister doesn’t think so, and second, you and the others are on a Planet known as Equis, which is the planet you are currently on”

Henry was now calm, and asked, “But why were we all brought here? We each have our own lives to get back to.”

“And you all will, in due time, but we need everyone of you to help, which reminds me,” she then brings Ellie, Charles, Reginald, and The Right Hand Man into henry’s dream

All of them were shocked when they entered, saying things like “Is this Henry’s dream?”, Why are we here, Right Hand Man?”, “Why does henry dream of Russia?”, “Stay close to me, Reg!”

But they soon set their eyes on Luna all asking in unison, “Who are you?”

“Greetings all, I am Princess Luna, the planet you are currently on is known as Equis, and you are all currently in Henry’s dream, but when you got here, you were all in the Everfree Forest.”

Ellie was the first to say something, “So what exactly are you, you look kinda like us with the legs, hands, and obvious private parts, but then there’s the hooves, the tail, the wings, the horn, the flowing mane, and then there’s the muzzle, is your race some kind of Human/Pony race?”

The Right Hand Man also pointed out, using his x-ray vision, “And what’s with the mysterious mark on your flank? The ponies back on earth don’t have those”

“The right term would be Anthropomorphic Pony, we share some features of common humans, but with the obvious features of a pony, and the mysterious mark on my flank is called a cutie mark, it symbolizes a pony’s special talent, or something they excel at.” Luna said, rather embarrassed by The Right Hand Man’s question, but decided not to argue with him, due to his cybernetics.”

That’s when Charles decided to chime in stating, “Well, back on Earth, we have ponies, but unicorns and pegasi are considered to be myths to humans, but we’ve never seen a pony with a horn and wings, could you explain that to us?”

“Here in Equestria, there are four different races of ponies, there are Earth Ponies, who have no magical abilities and cannot fly, but do possess their own talents, which make them special. Then there are Unicorns, who have horns on their foreheads, which allow them to cast spells and use magical artifacts and tools just by using magic. After them are the Pegasi, who simply possess the ability to fly, with some of them being able to manipulate the weather, and the last race are The Alicorns, which are a combination of the other three races of pony, who possess the strength of Earth ponies, the magic of Unicorns, and the flight capability of Pegasi, they are commonly Female, and are often seen as a form of Royalty”

“Now onto the thing you probably all want to know, is why you’re all here. Well, allow me to explain. You see, one of Equestria’s greatest enemies are the Changelings: Nasty, bug-like creatures who want nothing more than to soak up your love and drain you of your strength so that you’re no longer a threat to them, but the reason you were brought here was to free us from their capture, cause all resistance has been subdued by the Changelings, and I promise you all safe return to your timelines when this is over, do you promise to help us?”

“Yes, I’d be happy to help” Henry agreed

“I would do anything for a pony, they are such majestic creatures!” Ellie agreed in an enthusiastic tone.

“As a Special Covert Ops agent, It’d be my duty to lend a helping hand” Charles agreed

“Count me and The Right Hand Man in, the only payment we need is a ticket back home” Reginald agreed, with The Right Hand Man nodding in approval

“HUZZAH! Then it is settled, when morning comes, you will all travel from Town to Town, freeing every one of them from Changeling rule” She puts her hand in front of her, opting for everyone to do a “Hands on” Type of thing.

Henry, Ellie, Charles, Reginald, and The Right Hand Man all placed their hands in the middle, and did “Hands on” into the sky

And so begins their quest to free Equestria