Repo in Equestria

Nathan lies on the floor bleeding out when he hears a voice calling his name, thinking that it belongs to his wife as he sings to his daughter. When the song ends, he feels relieved that she will be able to explore a world she never knew, happy that she managed to save him. His breathing slows as his eyes slowly flutter closed, hearing Shilo start to weep as he has one final thought before leaving his body behind, 'I wonder what shall become of me when my life ends, I only hope it is a place far better than this one is.'

Moments ago in a different dimension in the universe, somewhere on a peaceful planet called Equis... An unknown spirit's POV

A relatively young spirit watches the events through a crystal when she shakes her head, releasing a sigh thinking, 'What a sad thing for a world to suffer through, so many lives lost because of an epidemic of internal organ failures around the world, crippling it for several years. It would be horrible if something like that happened to our world, perhaps I should take precautions and bring somepony to help prevent that from happening here. Perhaps this Nathan deserves a better life, a second chance may provide just the opportunity he needs to have a better life.' She looks to her child, the Tree of Harmony, and asks, "What do you think about mommy's idea sweetie?" She then listens to the young crystal tree as it rustles a few branches in reply, then giggles and says, "I do suppose it is a little bit of a risk, though I have every intention to lock that one away within him. However, I shall make preparations to bring him here, I really wish I didn't need to deal with Discord ever again..."

In Discord's realm of chaos, moments later

Discord looks upon Equina with a frown as he taps one hoof on a floating rock with his arms crossed across his chest saying, "It is not a pleasure to see you after so many years, Equina. Pray tell...what has you coming to me?"

Equina looks up at him and then says, "Hello...Discord. I can assure you I am not here by choice, but by necessity. I have been a bit curious about realms outside of our own universe, I have found a few but only one caught my eye with a rather sad history involving a race that lives there called humans." She then begins to tell him about the world she saw.

He listens with a frown on his face as she tells him about a world she has been watching for a while, about how a strange epidemic caused nearly every human life to perish.

She looks at the Draconequus and sees a spark of interest in his eyes and says, "I worry for the fate of the ponies that live on our world. If something like that were to happen here, there would be nopony to stop it and the races on this Planet would perish and become extinct."

As she finishes her tale, he raises a claw to his chin and says, "As much as I would enjoy the chaos that would cause, I don't find death very amusing. I will agree with you that something must be done as a precautionary measure, so what can I do for you?"

Equina sighs and asks, "What I am asking of you is to use your magic, and bring doctor Nathan Wallace's body here so I can return his life and soul to him. I will then ask that he use his knowledge to protect Equestria from whatever caused that horrible epidemic, will you agree to my request?"

Discord thinks on it for a moment, trying to figure out how he can get some entertainment out of this and snaps his fingers, creating a small red box that appears beside him, creating a leg with a hoof that bucks an idea into his head. His eyes roll backward until a lightbulb appears on the back of his eyes, making an audible ding as the bulb lights up. He smiles as his eyes snap forward, holding up a clawed finger saying, "Very well then, I will bring him here...on one condition though."

She sighs and hangs her head slightly, knowing that he would want something out of this request, and asks, "What is the condition Discord?" while fearing what the condition might be.

He claps his paw and claw together once, interlacing his fingers together saying, "Bringing someone's body from another dimension is simple, my condition, is that you have to grant him three wishes."

Equina scowls at him and says in annoyance, "I am not a genie!"

Discord chuckles and says, "I know that you aren't but you are able to do what I am implying. So what will your choice be, Equina?" he then crosses his arms and drums his fingers along his forearms eagerly.

She looks off to the side while considering whether she should agree to his condition or not, then finally says, "Fine then, it's a deal Discord. Now please do it before I change my mind."

He claps with glee and prances in place saying, "Oh goody, goody! Now let's work some magic!" and then rolls his arms up and shakes them back down saying, "Ahh...much better now." and snaps his fingers to bring the body to his realm, only to have nothing happen for a couple of seconds. He then pulls out a magnifying glass and holds it in the air and examines something saying, "Hmmm...how odd." another second passes as he then tosses the magnifying glass away saying, "Oh so that is why it didn't work, let's do it the hard way then..." He then quickly claps his paw and claw together twice, saying, "Clap on!"

Equina watches as a white hole shows up in his dark realm and spits out a body wearing a black, full-body suit made out of a strange material. She looks at the human closely to see that they are a little past their prime with light tan skin, off-green eyes, and greying black hair, shaking her head saying, "I really shouldn't do this but it would be unfortunate if he were to pass away as he guards Equestria against that epidemic...but I shall make him two and a half decades younger." She then casts a spell to temporarily heal the wound in his upper body and remove the aged appearance from his body saying with a sigh, "Now, I will restore the life and soul to his body."

Discord watches as she focuses on her spell, clapping silently while thinking, 'Oh, I'm going to have so much fun watching the chaos this one wreaks on the world.'

Nathan lies on the floor, feeling the pain in his body from where Rotti shot him. His eyes slowly flutter open and look around to see nothing but blackness and sits up slowly saying, "Sh-Shilo, are you here?" He turns his head around to scan his surroundings, but doesn't see her anywhere and calls out to her, "Sh-Shilo, Marni! Are either of you there?!"

Equina sighs and steps forth saying, "I'm sorry, but they are not here."

The doctor's head turns towards the feminine voice and asks, "Wh-Who are you and where am I?" then sees a pure white horse with a horn and a pair of wings, having a wispy, flowing, see-through, silvery mane and a pair of bright blue eyes and adds, "And what are you?"

She stands before him, looking down into his eyes saying, "I am Equina. I am what is known as an alicorn pony, and you are in a pocket-space dimension that belongs to an...aquaintance of mine. Let me clear up some of the confusion for you. I have been watching your world from afar, mister Wallace. You were on the stage, singing your goodbyes to your daughter Shilo when you died from your wounds. The fate your world has suffered makes me fear for those that live in the world I watch over, so I had you brought here, hoping that you would accept my request for you to use your skills and knowledge as a highly-skilled doctor to prevent that same thing from happening here. If you should accept my offer, I am prepared to grant you three requests. However, if you do not favor my request, I can return your body to where it was and allow you to move on to be with your wife."

Nathan slowly pushes himself up into a sitting position and rests on his legs while turning the offer over in his head, finding himself having difficulty in making a decision, he says, "Although I find myself wanting to be reunited with my wife, I honestly have no clue what I should choose..." then places his hands on his thighs to support his upper body.

Equina looks at him curiously and raises an eyebrow saying, "Well, even though they are not here with you in body, do you know what Shilo or Marni would want for you?"

He chuckles lightly as a small smile crosses his face and sighs saying, "I do...they would both want me to use my talent to help others in need."

She then continues to look at him curiously, saying, "What shall your answer be then, mister Wallace?"

Nathan smiles as he thinks fondly of his surviving daughter and his deceased wife, then takes a breath saying, "I shall accept your request."

A happy smile crosses Equina's face as she then brings her eyebrow back down saying, "Thank you, now what shall your three requests be? Do note that you can ask for anything, except to bring the dead back to life, ask for more requests than the three you have been granted, and can not ask for me to make anypony fall for you."

Needing to think about it, he slowly tries to stand up when he feels a sharp pain in his left leg where Luigi cut him and grunts saying, "Before I choose, could you treat my leg and tell me more about this world?"

She shakes her head slowly, saying, "I'm sorry but I will not do that, for it will interfere with my plans. Nor will I take the time to properly inform you about Equis because time is short, so you will have to learn what you can after you arrive. I will, however, tell you some basic information. Magic and sorcery are real, the only real difference between the two is how magic is used. There are four types of ponies, each of them has its own special magic, and every individual pony has their own unique talents. Now please, think of what you want your choices to be and tell me so I can send you on your way."

Nathan raises his right hand to his chin and places the side of his thumb under it, then rests his fingers over his mouth while he thinks it over with himself, 'I wonder what I should ask for...'

Internal discussion between Nathan's dual personalities

Repo appears inside of a dark space, wearing a black PVC leather jacket, a matching apron, and wearing a pair of gloves the same color and material as the jacket. In his right arm, he carries a black PVC leather helmet as he looks around at his surroundings when his other half shows up.

Nathan finds himself in a strange place and looks around the blackness surrounding him wearing a pair of square, black-framed glasses, a black silk vest with a black shirt having light grey speckles underneath it, and a pair of black trousers with a pair of black loafers. He then sees his other half standing in front of him with his black hair slicked back saying, "It is quite strange for us to see each other, don't you think?"

Repo looks at Nathan with a sneer and a dark chuckle saying, "It is indeed, but let's cut right down to the heart of the matter. The first request should be obvious, it would prove quite troublesome for us to guard this world if we were to eventually die in a few brief decades. After all, we will need to study the anatomy of whatever creatures call this planet home if we wish to offer them our services..."

Nathan brings his right hand up to his mouth in thought, pacing slowly as he thinks of a response saying, "That does have strong merit to it, but what to ask for with the other two..." he then pauses his pacing for a moment to look over at Repo and offers his idea saying, "Well, I would suppose that being able to use magic might prove useful."

Repo taps his fingertips on the side of his helmet and grins saying, "As do I, though if there were different classifications of magic, it would benefit our skills greatly to be able to use them all." Just then an idea occurs to him and smirks saying, "As for the last one, we can't perform our duties without our tools to perform the required services."

Nathan smiles and nods saying, "Quite right, though I don't know how we'd carry it all...unless..."

Repo finishes for him with a sinister grin saying, "Unless we would have our bag enhanced with magic to carry everything we would need...and more."

Back in Discord's realm of chaos

He returns from his inner thoughts and removes his right hand from his chin then places it back on his right thigh, looking over to Equina then up at her face saying, "After thinking it over, I have come to a decision. As for the first request, I ask for immortality."

Equina sighs and asks, "I do not see the wisdom in granting such a request, what is your reasoning behind it?"

Nathan shrugs his shoulders and sighs dejectedly saying, "Well, my reasoning is that it would be disappointing if I were to die in a few decades, leaving your world vulnerable to said epidemic if I was not around. Keeping your world safe from it will be an eternal duty in itself."

She taps her right forehoof on the ground, taking a few moments to think it over before letting out a sighing groan, saying, "I am hesitant to grant that request, however, I do see your point..." She looks off to the side, hoping to find something that would provide evidence against granting it then turns back to him saying, "Very well, although I am hesitant to do this...your first request is granted."

He smiles and says, "As for the second request, I ask for the ability to use all types of magic."

Equina narrows her eyes and says, "I can grant you the magic that can be channeled by two types of ponies with horns, however, I will not let you use the magic that is inherent to some. Such as one's inherent magic enabling them to fly and walk on clouds, there's also the other's bodily strength."

With a brief, swift nod he says, "That is agreeable, it would be rather strange to see a wingless human in the sky, lounging on a cloud like an angel or even having the strength to reduce a mountain to gravel. Now, for the last request, I would ask for my surgical bag to be enhanced to allow it to carry whatever I would need to assist a pony in the event of an emergency. Would it be too difficult to include bringing all the tools and equipment I use as a doctor here, and placing them into the bag?"

She nods her head saying, "I shall grant that request as I find no issue with it, however, I will have to defer to the annoying acquaintance of mine about your tools and equipment." Looking to her left, she calls out, "Discord, come here."

Discord snaps his fingers together and rises up out of the floor in a lounge chair, snacking on some black seeds and saying, "You called for me?"

Nathan turns his head and looks at the strange creature standing a few feet away from the white Alicorn mare as he hears her say, "I did. Is it possible for you to use your powers to bring mister Wallace's tools and equipment from his previous world here, and then place them all into his surgical bag after I enhance it?"

The draconequus smiles and nods his head saying, "It is indeed, all I have to do is snap my fingers."

Equina then blinks and takes a breath saying, "Very well, please bring it all over including his bag so I can enhance it after I fulfill the first two requests." and begins to channel her magic into her horn, turning her head to face Nathan saying, "I shall grant you Immortality now, however, your wounds will heal like a regular pony's. If you receive a mortal wound and start to bleed profusely, you will enter a state of unconsciousness until it is treated and healed."

Discord watches her cast the spell with a smile, then waits a few moments before concentrating on Nathan's belongings and snapping his fingers. He then watches as everything appears off to the side of him, then looks over at Equina saying, "Done, now it's all on you. He then fades away into the darkness to watch how it all plays out.

She walks towards the bag and picks it up with her magic, then empties it onto the floor saying, "Apologies, I need this bag empty to be able to enchant it to have endless space inside."

Nathan watches as she casts the spell, then collects everything and puts it into the bag saying, "There you go, that fulfills your final request. Before I send you into your new world, I shall seal away that darkness in you within an unbreakable cage inside you to ensure the safety of this world's inhabitants. In a few moments, your injury in your upper body will return because I only healed you for a short time. After having said that, everything is ready. Enjoy your new chance at life, Nathan Wallace." then casts a spell to send him away.

Equina then returns to the cave she was in before to watch how his life unfolds, watching through a large crystal as he appears out of a bright portal in midair and lands in the middle of a field covered by deep snow. She then makes herself comfortable on the ground saying to her child, "The plan has been set into motion, let's see how things turn out from here, shall we?"

Somewhere in Equestria

Nathan lies on the ground, with his body face down in snow a foot deep. With a bit of a grunt, he pushes himself up off the ground and looks around to his right, seeing a few trees scattered around. He then turns his head to the left and sees a small glimmer of hope in the form of a few windows with light coming from within, when he feels pain coming from his abdomen that causes him to groan in discomfort. With his lower left leg useless and the bullet still inside, he has no choice but to crawl to the dwellings with the glowing windows and ask for help. He then looks around his body for his bag, finding the handles belonging to it a couple feet away lying on its side. Making his way to it on his hands and knees, he stands it up and zips it closed. As he places the handles on his left forearm, he begins to crawl toward the windows through the cold snow as the wind begins to blow in from his right.

Making his way west toward the dwellings despite the cold temperature and the chill of the wind, snow begins to fall from the sky and blow into the side of his face. He begins to feel the cold very slowly getting to his body when the snowfall becomes heavier, causing him to briefly lose sight of the dwellings.

Meanwhile, inside their cozy home, a middle-aged couple sit around the fireplace as the husband rubs his wife's growing belly with a hoof saying, "Oh I can't wait for our foal to get here, I'm glad we got plenty of wood to last us until the snow is taken away."

The wife then smiles and nuzzles her head into her husband's neck, sighing happily saying, "Me too dear, this is the best Hearth's Warming gift you could have ever gotten me this year." while placing her hoof over her husband's on her belly.

An hour passes by as the happy couple talk about what is to come when three slow, heavy bangs are heard on the outside door. The sound startles the husband and wife as he replies, "I w-wonder what that noise is, should I go check it out?"

The startled wife shivers a little and shakes her head saying, "No, it might be a timber wolf!"

Nathan finds some way to get into a half-sitting, half-kneeling position as he tries knocking again. As a few minutes pass by, the couple inside talk back and forth in hushed tones as he decides to try again. He bangs on the door again and calls out to those inside, weakly saying, "Can you...help me...please? It's...so cold...out here." He fights to remain conscious so he can tell them what needs to be done to fix him.

The husband looks at his loving wife and lays his right hoof on her right cheek and gives her a pleading smile asking, "Did you hear that honey? Monsters and evil beasts don't speak and certainly will never say please in a nice way. Whatever said that must really need our help, what do you say?"

The wife looks between her husband and the door, hearing a heavy thunk against the door which causes her body to jerk while looking at the door warily and saying, "W-W-Well...i-if you s-say so. I don't see any reason why we can't check it out, so go ahead and answer it, but be careful."

He smiles at her and rubs his muzzle against her affectionately saying, "Thank you, dear, that is another thing I love about you." and then kisses her before getting off the loveseat and heading toward the door.

She watches nervously with a smile as her husband stands behind the door, placing his hoof on the handle before applying pressure to the latch and pulling on the door a little. She says, "EEK" as something startles her by suddenly pushing the door up against her husband's body, and continuing to lean against it. She looks at the creature, covered in a strange material, and sniffs the air cautiously to get their smell.

The husband stands his ground against the door, managing to maneuver his head around to look at his wife and sees her smelling the air asking, "Well honey, what is it? What do you smell?"

The wife smells the air a bit longer, trying to determine if the creature is dangerous, and says, "I'm trying to figure that out, I don't recognize the smell coming from it." She is then surprised by the overwhelming metallic smell of fresh blood, and then gasps saying, "There's fresh blood, so I think that makes him dangerous."

He nods his head saying, "Okay then, I will get this door closed." and begins to push the door closed again.

Something doesn't seem quite right to her, so she gets up off the loveseat and heads towards the door saying, "Hold on dear, something is different here. I don't see this creature moving...at all. Let me get a closer look okay?"

The husband feels unsure about it but trusts his wife's sensitive nose saying, "Alright, but be careful, I have no clue what is on the other side of this door."

She walks up to the creature and gasps when she sees a pool of reddish liquid below him and quickly says, "Let go of the door, this creature is hurt! We need to get it inside, now!"

The husband backs away from the door and lets it open all the way, letting the creature lying against it fall to the floor as his wife uses her magic to pull the creature inside and out of the cold so he can close the door.

She carefully drags the creature inside and looks to her husband saying, "Okay dear, you can close the door now."

He closes the door and looks at the creature lying in their home, the light from the fire gives him a good look at what it is. He notices the creature has four limbs, a smooth, shiny furless coat darker than the night sky, and a youthful light tan furless coat with a black mane covering the top of its head. He then looks at his wife as she looks at the creature closely and asks, "What do you think it is honey, and why is it covered in blood?" Many more questions fill his mind but he holds them back, for now, to keep from distracting his wife.

The wife looks at the strange creature's strange coat, spotting a few things that seem to be holding it in place saying, "I think this may be a noble because it is wearing a fancy outfit similar to the ones that upper-class ponies do, let's see if I can figure out how to take it off..." Looking at one of the things holding part of it in place, she smiles saying, "Okay, these things here need to come off first because they are attached to the other. And those are just buckles that hold the main part on." then begins to figure out how to operate the strange devices holding the pieces in place over the upper limbs of the creature. As she discovers how to operate them, she smiles and pulls them off before setting them aside. Moving on to the main part of the outfit, she uses her magic to unfasten the buckles, freeing part of the outfit.

The husband watches as she continues to work on the outfit, managing to undo the buckles and discovering a new type of fastener that snaps together. When he sees her start to use her magic to try to pull off the top piece while holding him up, he steps in and uses his head to help hold him there saying, "Here you go honey, now you won't struggle so much when you try to take it off."

The two work together to pull off the remainder of the outfit, struggling for a little bit to remove the top part of the outfit. Managing to get it off of him, the husband holds the middle part around the outfit's neck in his teeth as his wife lifts the creature bit by bit to pull it out from underneath the body.

After getting the outfit off, the mare sees another outfit under it saying, "I can't believe there is another outfit under that one, that outer layer must have been worn to protect the inside layer." She then inspects the layer and discovers that it is a softer and lighter material, then uses her magic to lift the piece up higher to see where the blood is coming from, saying, "They have a bad wound dear, can you fly over to the castle and ask Star Swirl the Bearded for help while I do what I can to figure out where else they are injured?"

Unwilling to leave his pregnant wife at home with a strange creature, he stands his ground saying, "I will not leave you here alone with that thing in our home, we should move it outside in case it wakes up and wants to attack you. Only then will I go for help."

She shakes her head and looks at her husband with a stubborn look in her eyes saying, "You are overprotective, I understand and adore that about you, but this creature needs help or it will die. With this terrible injury, I highly doubt they can even open their eyes. Just look at how much blood they lost while knocking on our door, it is quite a large amount. If the creature stirs, I will put him outside okay? Just please go and ask for help before it is too late to help this creature."

The husband sees the look in his wife's eyes and sighs in defeat saying, "I know that look you're giving me, it means that you are set on something and whatever I say or do will not change your mind. Alright, just promise me you will protect yourself and our foal if that creature makes a move against you, I will be back in a bit. I love you, honey." He then goes up to his wife and kisses her before heading for the door and leaving the house, then closes it behind him and takes off for the castle to get Star Swirl's help.

The wife takes some pieces of fabric and lays them over the wound before putting a blanket over the creature, not really knowing what else she can do to assist the creature in staying alive and worries for it saying, "Please hurry dear, I do not know how long this creature can stay alive..."

She looks the outfit over again and sighs saying, "At least this is softer than what that piece was made of, it appears that these strips are holding the lower part up but the pieces at the bottom need to come off first."