A Boy and his Watch
By TheAlienBrony22

A Hell Coming to the Homestead,
Part 4

[Ponyville, Sweet Apple Acres.]

"So what yer tellin' me, miss Pie, is that you, my two eldest kin, and three other fillies made friends with that human feller that passed through here a few years back, and all of a sudden you have an inclinin' feeling that this feller you befriended is in danger, and want me to wake up my kids to tell them to go all the way to canterlot, just to save some city boy from some kind of monster that may be ready to cause chaos?" Bright Mac asked, the exhaustion and the sheer confusion in his voice was carried in his southern drawl as he stared at the frenzied and panicking pink pony at his doorstep.

"Eeyup! And I need them now more than ever! If there's one thing I don't want right now, it's a friend who can't fulfill their end of a Pinkie Promise, and I really can't wait that long to see him again, but I know that he needs help, he needs his friends! Please, mister Mac?" Pinkie asked with a pleading smile.

Before Bright Mac knew what his answer was, he was already heading upstairs to wake up his two older kids while Pinkie sat at the table, anxiously waiting.

Pinkie bounced down the road while an exhausted and well equipped Applejack and Big Mac trotted after her. Before the two could ask where she was going, considering they passed the train station, it was obvious that Pinkie was going towards a hot air balloon.

"Look, I need you two to get Fluttershy and Rarity, I'm going to go get Rainbow. We'll meet at the train station, then we go to Canterlot!" Pinkie proclaimed. Before Applejack or Big Mac could even fathom or argue about the situation, the hot air balloon was already high up in the air, and Pinkie was making serious headway for the rainbow maned mare.

"Ah consarn it... Okay, here's the plan. Ahm gonna go get Fluttershy, and you can go get Rarity. Meet back at the train station as soon as yah can!" Applejack stated.

"Eeyup." Mac responded. He fixed his new Fauxhawk mane style a bit and trotted off towards Rarity's place, while Applejack made her way to Fluttershy's.

[The lone Cottage]

As the night slowly went by for a sleeping yellow pegasus, there was a knock on the door that frightened her, but inevitably lead her to answer it. Once she opened it up, she saw Applejack, tired and exhausted as she wiped a bit of sweat from her brow.

"Fluttershy, ah don't mean ta interrupt you and your sleeping hours, but ah need your help. Ben might be in a lotta trouble right now, and Pinkie's wantin' all of us up right now so we can go tah Canterlot and help. Ah know I'm askin' a lot of yas, but can ya do a mare a solid and lend a hoof, please?" Applejack asked.

The yellow pegasus was very groggy and not all there at the moment, considering she was still waking up, but all she needed to hear was that a friend was in trouble, and who would she be if she didn't show a bit of kindness to a friend?

"I-I'll be right out. Just-" She yawned lightly as she tried to wake herself up. "Just let me feed Angel real quick and we can get going." Fluttershy mumbled quietly.

[A home among the Clouds]

"Pinkie, can you stop pulling me by my tail and tell me what's up already!?" Pinkie stopped a couple feet from the hot air balloon as she let Rainbow Dash go, the exhausted blue pegasus stretched her stiff body out as she looked unamused at the pink pony. "Jeez, Pinkie, I didn't think it was possible to get a rug burn from being dragged across clouds, but here I am, feeling a painful sensation on my torso. What is your problem!?"

"My problem!? Dash, Ben's in some serious trouble, and he needs us, his friends! Right now, Applejack and Big Mac are going to get Fluttershy and Rarity so we can go to Canterlot, I came after you for that same purpose!" Pinkie stated firmly.

"You're telling me the shapeshifting dude who survived death all that time ago, needs help? Sorry Pinkie, but there's a lot I'm willing to believe, but that's not one of those things. Come on, the dude fended off a small pack of timberwolves, and lived to tell the tale! No regular pony can do that, let alone successfully, so what makes you think I'm willing to believe that Ben needs my help, let alone OUR help right now-"

An unusual warbling and screeching sound echoed through the air, cutting Dash off from her rant. It was faint, but it was audible, and based on context clues, and the direction it came from, it definitely seemed like something was on its way, something ancient... something evil... something purely vile.

"Okay, fine, I'll lend a hoof, Pinkie." Dash gritted. Pinkie smiled as she and Dash made their way back down to Ponyville in the hot air balloon.

[Carousel Boutique]

"I must say, Mac, you look wonderful darling, and might I just say, the way your red coat just shines is just perfect. Oh, here I am rambling again. So, my hard-working companion, what is the reason for this early visit? I would assume it is important, non?" Rarity asked with an earnest smile on her face, sipping on a cup of tea.

"It's Ben, he might be in trouble, more trouble than I was in a few years ago. Everypony's gettin' together to go to Canterlot and help in any way they can. Ah know this isn't your expertise, but ah know Ben would do what he could to help get us outta trouble, it only makes sense to try an' do tha same for him. Please, Rarity?" Mac explained.

Rarity looked like she was thinking about her answer, then that warbled screeching sound echoed out. Rarity thought about it for a moment, and nodded her head. She grabbed a notebook and a pencil, writing down a note and setting it on the door as the two ponies quickly trotted off to the train station.

[Ponyville Train Station]

Pinkie and Dash waited patiently, but anxiously for the others, and soon after, Rarity, Mac, Applejack and Fluttershy were present.

"Ok darlings, let's make this quick. I do need to return to work at my parent's boutique in the morning, after all." Rarity stated, walking forth.

"Ok, but here's a question, who even has the bits to get six tickets for a ride to Canterlot, anyway?" Dash asked Pinkie.

"Somethin' tells me she didn' think that part all the way through. Either way, ah don' plan on wakin' up this early for nothin'. We're gettin' to Canterlot, one way or another." Applejack said.

"It's not that I didn't think about it, it's mainly the fact that I had that figured out ahead of time," Pinkie said with a smile, turning her head and waving. "Thank you again, Mr. Nightlight!"

The ponies looked over to see Nightlight, standing with an exhausted but enthusiastic Pear Butter holding a baby filly in her arms, Granny Smith and Bright Mac, while two other blue pegasi waved and cheered on Rainbow Dash, causing her to slump down in embarrassment. Chiffon Swirl and the yellow stallion by her side waved them off as well.

"You crazy kids better stay safe, and tell my son I said hi!" Nightlight called out.

"Ahh, our little Dashie's no wonderbolt yet, but she's gonna be a hero! I don't know which is better, but I'm so proud!!" The blue pegasus stallion cheered, wiping his tears.

"Ah guess while it isn't farm work, ah did teach those two to look out fer their own, so ah guess ah brought this on mahself then, heheh." Bright Mac said with a smile, tipping his hat.

As the ponies waved goodbye to the older ponies, the six of them got onto the train as it left for Canterlot.

[Unknown Cavern]

Gemstone, Venus and Shining walked carefully through the next hallway, finding that it spirals downward, leading to what looked like the epicenter, the core of this whole monstrous place.

What they hadn't expected was for there to be nopony else around. They walked right in to a huge chasm, a cavern that looked artificial. They heard a warbling gurgle, and immediately could tell they weren't alone. Two more of those mutant ponies trotted out from the shadows as they pushed a unicorn towards the heroes.

It was Trixie, but something was clearly wrong with her. She didn't look like the other ponies, but she seemed to be fighting off whatever this was, even if it was just her delaying the inevitable. Her legs buckled, probably weak from not moving much and being locked in one single closed space for a few days. She coughed and sputtered, spitting up that black goo as the two ponies backed away into the shadows.

"Yeesh, she doesn't look too good. We gotta help her." Shining said.

"No, it's too late. Her body is failing, her life energy is waning. Even if one were to purge every last atom of that sludge from her body, she'd still die from natural causes. We need to face the creature behind this." Venus countered.

"I won't let a clearly living pony be turned into one of those monsters, I'm not sure what you are, where you came from, or why you're even here, but I'm going to do my job," Shining turned towards the diamond golem, who looked melancholic. "Ben, help me out here!"

"Don't waste your energy and effort on her, she's too far in to have a chance at surviving this," Venus turned to see the melancholic hero. "She's at death's door step, Benjamin, let her have some solace in knowing she won't have to suffer like others have already."

"P-Plrk! P-Please... h-help me..." Trixie whimpered weakly, trying to reach a hoof out, only to slowly fall unconscious.

Ben was at a massive fork in the road. Either help Shining, kill Trixie, or let her turn and deal with the monster behind this whole nightmare. Gemstone sighed, tapped the badge, and in a flash of red light, reverted back to Ben. He kneeled down and held Trixie's hoof, and he reminisced on the one thing that pushed him to do more with his powers.

He remembered when he failed to save that stallion in time, and it just made him feel like it didn't matter, like he couldn't change that in the future. Then he reminisced about when Mac was trapped in a hole, surrounded by timberwolves. He put his own life on the line for someone he barely even knew, but the difference was that Ben was determined to make sure he didn't make that mistake again. He looked at Trixie, seeing the pain and agony she was in, it just made him remember why he wasn't going to give up.

Ben didn't know what to do for her, but he was willing to try anything. Anything would do right now.

"Omnitrix has detected Critical levels of Genetic Damage. Shall we attempt to repair?" A new voice chirped out.

The three heroes looked towards where the voice had come from, and for a moment, Ben thought he was hearing things, until it spoke out again.

"Omnitrix has detected Critical levels of Genetic Damage. Shall we attempt to repair?"

[The Last Train to Canterlot]

The train chugged along, several ponies were onboard, but the six ponies among them were really hoping to get there soon. Dash, Pinkie and Applejack discussed a private plan while Rarity and Fluttershy both fell asleep in their seats. Mac was polishing a woodcutter's axe that he brought along with him. He wasn't gonna rely on brute force alone, he needed to channel that strength through a viable weapon.

He looked at his reflection in the axe's blade, and he look determined. "Don't you worry, partner, we're on our way." Mac whispered, putting the axe back where he had it.

[Unknown Cavern]

"You can talk? You could talk, this whole time!?" Ben yelled in shock.

Ben looked at the device that flashed between green and yellow, all while repeating the same phrase and question, almost like it was expecting an answer.

"Omnitrix has detected Critical levels of Genetic Damage. Shall we attempt to repair?" It stated.

"What does that thing mean by 'Repair'? Is it actually gonna fix her, or...?" Shining asked, not wanting to tread that line of saying that she might die.

"It doesn't matter, we need that device right now. Ben, forget about the unicorn, it'll be right there when we're done, you can worry about it later," She turned around to face them. "Right now, we have a much bigger problem to deal with."

"Both of you, just stop! Shut it for like a second, and let me think!" Ben yelled.

A warbling and gurgled screech rings out, several black and slimy tendrils slowly creep out from the dark opening as several huge white eyes open up and look down at the individuals who are within its domain.

"Bro, we're running out of time, what is there to think about? We need to do something about this mess, but if that watch is saying it can fix her, undo whatever this is, we need to take that chance. We're too deep in this place, every soldier we have in the guard is fighting off those mad ponies back up top, even Celestia is getting in on that fight, and we're low on able hands right now. I'm willing to let you make this choice on your own, but make it now!" Shining exclaimed.

He turned around, facing a couple of the tendrils and firing off a few magic blasts to hold them off, but his magic didn't seem to have an effect. Venus bound some of the tendrils together, but they just kept squirming out of her grip. "Benjamin, help us even the odds and fight with us!!"

"No Ben, save her life, then help us! We need all the help we can get!" Shining countered.

Ben didn't know what to do, but maybe this watch knew what to do. It called itself the 'Omnitrix'. That was a familiar word, and for a moment, Ben seemed to know what to do.

"Yes, please! Repair her, fix her, save her!" Ben responded quickly. The Omnitrix chirped and beeped, cycling to an icon of a unicorn. The Omnitrix enveloped the whole cavern in a bright green light as the creature roared out in apprehension, retreating into the darkness it was dwelling in.

[Within the Omnitrix itself]

Ben's eyes fluttered open, finding himself floating in some kind of huge green void with black bubbles floating around.

"Woah... this is insane," Ben looked forward, grimacing. "But I know what I gotta do, now."

Ben floated forward, seeing a huge unconscious Trixie, now looking more like the infected and mutated ponies. Ben got up close and saw a huge glob of that black goo constantly growing from her head, and proceeded to confidently grab a whole handful of it. Soon enough, the goo started to overwhelm Ben. He tried to hit the watch, but the goo had covered it up. He could feel the goo seeping into his skin as he struggled to get away. The goo began to fill his lungs, he couldn't breathe.

Ben was soon enveloped within the goo, until a flash of green light enveloped everything.

Ben's eyes snapped open, seeing a huge puddle of that black goo now being dormant and harmless on the ground. He flicked the goo off of his hands and looked at Trixie. She shuddered as she carefully found her footing and held onto Ben to keep herself steady.

"Better late... than never... T-Thank you..." Trixie weakly uttered.

Ben held the Unicorn in his arms and carried her over to the cavern's entrance. "Trixie, stay right there. As soon as we're done here, I'll treat you to a good home cooked meal, my treat."

"W-What?! You're gonna let me stay right here on my own?! B-But I can't stay down here! What are you even gonna do against that thing?" Trixie asked, baffled by how Ben was willingly walking back towards the beast that was causing so much trouble.

Ben looked back towards Trixie, gave her a smile and a thumbs up. "I'll do what I was always meant to do with my life. Be a Hero. And despite how my watch can't tell time, you know what time it is, Trixie?" Ben asked.

Trixie raised an eyebrow and just saw his smile turn to a smirk. "It's Hero Time."

[Canterlot]

The six ponies trotted off the train as soon as it came to a stop, bolting past many other ponies as they saw smoke and fire off in the distance. "That's gotta be where Ben is, Dash, get ahead of us and see what we're dealin' with!" Applejack stated.

"Don't think you can give me orders, AJ, but can do!" Dash flew upwards and towards the smoke. She couldn't believe her eyes at the sight she was seeing.

She saw several guards fending off what looked like zombies covered in a black goo, and she saw Celestia fighting back against them. Dash was excited, but at the same time worried when a thought came to her. If Pinkie said Ben needed help, and Celestia's involved too, just how bad is this whole situation?

Dash flew back down and got in front of the five other ponies. "Not gonna lie, we're facing the literal trotting dead. Full on zombies, everypony, no joke. Celestia's getting involved, too. Who has a plan with getting inside the theatre without facing the zombies?" Dash asked.

"Just leave it to good ole' Pinkie, but we may want to help out with saving Canterlot from the zombies too. Who's gonna be the--" Pinkie was cut off by Mac, charging towards the theatre with an axe in his mouth.

"Leave it to mah brother to charge in with no plan. Ah'll keep an eye on him, you girls need tah get to Ben, ASAP! Ah'll see ya'll on the other side!" Applejack stated, trotting after Mac.

Pinkie stretched the front of her mane out, only for it to whirl and act like a drill. No one knew how she could do that, but they decided to go with it as Pinkie drilled through the ground, and the others followed.

[Unknown Cavern]

Ben ran to Shining's side, and in a flash of green light, was replaced by Fourest Fighter. He grabbed the tendrils and pulled them hard, tearing them off as he chucked them back at the monster in the dark. In another flash of light, Fourest Fighter was replaced by a Dragon, who spewed flames onto another set of tendrils that Venus was holding off, sending them back into the darkness as the monster reeled and screeched in dissatisfaction.

"Shining, you need to get Trixie out of here, bring her back to the house, I'll take care of this on my own. Venus, it's time to bounce and follow Shining. This big black mass wants out? I'm gonna make it want to never leave, or hurt anypony else again!" The dragon stated firmly.

In another flash, A huge overgrown bug replaced the dragon. This big bug was known simply as Skunksquito, and the bug flittered upward, shooting and firing gunk at the creature, causing the creature discomfort.

Shining watched as his brother changed forms constantly. Venus looked to the stallion, then back at Ben. The both of them decided to move out. Trixie was carried out by Venus while Shining put his guard training to use, casting another shield spell on himself and battered through the monstrous ponies that got in his way.

Ben changed from Skunksquito to Ghooligan, slicing and throwing the tendrils back. Ben changed from Ghooligan to Starburner, unleashing a barrage of fireballs and few flamethrowers at the beast directly, listening to it roar and screech as it retreated more, while still staying on the attack. Starburner changed into Beelzebeast as he physically tore and mauled the tendrils wildly, yet the beast refused to back down.

Beelzebeast changed into a black gooey golem with green patterns all over it. Ben called this one Cyberpunk. Due to the lack of actual technology to use, Cyberpunk resorted to his secondary ability, firing a green laser from his singular eye, lacerating and burning off a few more tendrils.

Cyberpunk changed into A bipedal fish monster with attributes coming from an angler fish, a piranha and a shark. Ben simply called this one, Halibite. He knew he wouldn't last long without water, so he fired a few light blasts from his angler antenna, then getting up close to bite and tear off tendrils. Halibite then transformed into his Unicorn form. He charged up his horn and blasted several large magic bolts at the creature and its tendrils.

In another flash of light, Ben transformed into a slim and sleek blue raptor-like creature with a black suit over it, with a white stripe in the middle. Ben didn't have a name for this one, but Spike called this one Speed Demon. How appropriate. Speed Demon rushed up the walls, using its claws to slice up and eviscerate the tendrils.

In one more flash of light, Ben transformed into his smartest transformation, a wise whisker-faced amphibian, dressed in some kind of white and black scholarly robe with the badge being on its back. Ben had no name for this one, but Twilight decided to call it Smart Toad. Charming.

"Let's see, this shoggoth-like creature seems to be very intent on invading other creature's minds and bodies like a virus, but from what I've experienced, enough light will blind this creature. Something I won't be able to do after this last transformation, using Starburner like that could possibly overload or overwhelm this watch's functions, it could take me nearly years to figure out how to properly work around that... hold on a moment, something's coming back to me," Smart Toad closed his eyes and rubbed his temple as the tendrils began to close in. "Aha! of course, why didn't I make this realization before? I wasn't able to originally become a Unicorn or a Dragon, but after Twilight and Spike came into contact with the device, I must've somehow scanned or sampled their DNA. I managed to get a sample of this shoggoth abomination not too long ago, so I should be able to access this creature's abilities!"

Smart Toad reached around and twisted the dial a few ways, before popping the core up and pulling it back down, letting another flash of green light shine out into the room.

In Smart Toad's place was some kind of creature, but it looked nothing like the shoggoth that was trying to kill him.

The creature seemed to resemble that of a slug, but also resembled a rolypoly. The creature had slime oozing from its body, a sickly green slime. The creature itself was armored in some kind of orange shell, segmented into parts as it also seemed to be wearing a pair of black pants. It had a huge pair of hands, a huge mouth with sharp teeth and big green eyes. The watch's emblem was firmly planted on the creature's left shoulder, or rather, it was on the shell that covered the left shoulder.

"Oh come on, I actually wanted to stand a chance, what's this big thing supposed to do?" The creature wondered.

Before anything else could happen, the ground above Ben gave way, and Ben instinctually tucked and rolled out of the way, only to see Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy carrying Pinkie and Rarity.

"Pinkie darling, promise me you'll never drill into the ground again, especially when I am around, so much dirt is in my mane..." Rarity whined.

[Canterlot Streets]

Shining and Venus burst through the ponies and saw Celestia and Time Crunch fending off the monstrous ponies. He also saw two other ponies, one being an orange mare and the other was a much bigger and physically capable red stallion with an axe.

"Venus, you're still apart of the guard, and I still outrank you, so I'm gonna give you an order, and I want you to follow it exactly. Go take Trixie back to my parents' place, tell them you're with me and Ben, ask them to look after her, and come back to help me fend these monsters off. We need to get Ben more time, do I make myself clear?" Shining ordered.

"Yessir, I'll be back before you know it." Venus said, rushing off in one direction.

Shining rushed over and buck kicked one of the former soldiers away from Celestia. "Your highness, are you alright?" Shining asked.

Celestia smirked and stretched her wings out, leering confidently at the monstrous ponies. "Tis' but a scratch, my little pony. What's the status on your brother, and what was that pony you were with?"

Shining sighed, buck kicking another pony away. "It's a long story that's way too complicated, but to make it short, they're here to help. Ben is currently fighting the source of the goo that's making these ponies into monsters on his own, he wanted us to get out of there in case something happened. What are these things, your highness?"

Celestia sighed. "They're Eldritch Parasites, a race of dark, heartless body invaders that assimilate any creature into its mass to feel whole, when it'll never truly be whole. I encountered these creatures once, it was a dreadful and horrible day. I thought I had banished every single one, but I knew better to think one wouldn't try to escape and try to seek revenge," Celestia brought Time Crunch and the two new ponies close, creating a golden shield around them. "I just wish I could've helped the ponies that were afflicted so long ago."

"We might be able to, your highness. I saw one of the ponies, a recently turned one down below, that watch Ben has. It fixed her, it cured her. I don't know exactly how it did, but if we were to try and stop the monster itself, maybe Ben could cure every single pony that was affected afterwards." Shining stated.

Celestia wondered if Shining's words held any real weight, but before anything else could be deliberated, red energy entrapped and bounded the monstrous ponies. Venus had returned, like she was ordered, only now Trixie was by her side, sporting a star patterned cape and magician's hat.

"I thought you took her back, like I ordered!" Shining said.

"I did, but there was a complication. She woke up, and now she hungers for revenge. I think she's still in a bit of shock, so she may not be aware exactly of what's going on, but she's still willing to lend a hoof. Please tell me we have a concrete plan this time?" Venus asked.

"Wait, these gunk covered ponies are being added to some other monster?" Celestia nodded worriedly. Applejack bit her lip. "Oh Apples..."

[Cavern of the Eldritch]

Ben rolled and swerved, leaving behind a slime trail as he traversed the walls with ease, but he wasn't doing anything to this freaky monster. Dash and Fluttershy were trying to stop the creature in their own way, but that wasn't working and it was almost getting them killed. Pinkie and Rarity seemed to be following Ben's lead, attacking the beast and the tendrils it produced. While it slowed it down, it wasn't helping anything either, it was just delaying the inevitable. The ponies and the strange bug slug retreated to the entrance to try and rethink their strategy.

"This is hopeless, this is the only alien I haven't tried yet, and I don't know what this thing does. By the time I turn back to my normal form, I'm not gonna be able to transform for another few days after that constant plan of changing forms on the fly. Really drains this thing like you wouldn't believe," Ben unrolled and looked at the ponies. "Also, what in Celestia's name are you girls doing here?! It's chaos down here, and it's probably not that much better up top."

"Well first of all, your dad says hi. Second of all, I had a feeling you were in trouble, so I gathered our friends and we came here to help you! I just wish we knew what were dealing with." Pinkie explained.

"I appreciate the gesture, really, but this is a dangerous fight. This isn't like what happened with the timberwolves, it's not just one pony's life on the line... it's all of Equestria that's on the line. Look, I know it's crazy, but I really don't want to see you girls end up like how so many other ponies ended up, oozing a black goo and becoming mindless monsters. I got one more idea up my sleeve, but you girls gotta high tail it out of here, okay?" The girls looked at each other, then back at the creature. "Don't worry about me, it's gonna take a lot more than some overgrown O&O Final Boss to take me down. Now go!"

The slug bug rolled back towards the monster, and in a flash of red light, Ben returned to normal, letting the monster reach for him, lifting him up in one of its tendrils as the ponies made their way through the Catacombs, dodging and weaving past the mutant ponies as Ben saw the beast open its ginormous set of jaws.

"Hope you're hungry, freakazoid, because I'm gonna show you what happens when you mess with my friends and my family! Bottoms up, you gangly goo factory!" Ben exclaimed, falling into the jaws of the beast.

[Outside the Canterlot Theatre]

Dash dashes through one of the unopened doors, breaking it down and launching it towards one of the mutant ponies, knocking it to the ground as it lays unconscious. Celestia and Shining are keeping their shield spells up, but the mutant ponies are really trying to break through it.

"Ok, this is the final stand, girls! Let's show these freaky hoof draggers whose boss!" Dash proclaimed.

The ground rumbles. Canterlot can feel something shaking the ground beneath them. Before anypony could realize what was happening, a huge explosion of green light shot outward, enveloping the whole entire planet, spreading far, wide and spreading fast. The mutant ponies caught in the blast were returned to normal, but completely unaware of what exactly occurred. The theatre was blown to bits, a few small pieces of what initially looked like debris was sent flying from the explosion, and those that weren't infected or under the control of that monster down below were practically fine. The theatre rooms revealed no pony actually watching movies, they were recorded and set up to sell a lie.

"Woah... I think Ben really pushed it, but hey, I think all of Equestria is saved now, right?" Pinkie asked.

Celestia and Shining let the shield down and looked downward at the huge hole that let to the cavern. Ben was just barely visible, but he was out cold, and the Omnitrix was emitting a shade of red so dark, it's gonna take far longer for it to recharge. There wasn't a single sign of the creature anywhere, but the night was won. No one was really sure what exactly Ben did down there when Dash, Flutters, Pinkie and Rarity went back up, but a bunch of cured ponies came out of the catacombs, each one unsure of what exactly was going on.

But to Celestia, one thing was for sure. Celestia may have never taken Ben on as a student, that position was happily filled by Twilight... but Celestia always had a plan for everything, and her plan for Ben, was shattered to pieces, reduced to dust, and burned to atoms.

[???]

"What in the Multiverse was that horrendous creature!? Are you trying to break yourself out or are you doing this at my expense!?"

"Oh come now, Paradox, this wasn't my doing. There's only so much I can do in stone, besides, while in stone, you forget, my limit is Ponyville. No further, and of course, no closer."

"Shenanigans, you foul atrocity against nature and order!"

"Please, I've never Shenanid once, how can I Shenan-again?"

"You're a horrible comedian, your jokes are just as tasteless and as dull as your chaotic capabilities!"

"Please, don't insult the writer like that, he tries his best, even if he seriously needs to sleep."

"RRgh!! I will get Benjamin Tennyson to come forth from the damning slumber that is Amnesia, and you won't be able to stop me!"

"And it seems we really have a role reversal, gents, ladies and those of you in-between. Well, Professor How, Where and sometimes Why, I've had enough of our conversation for now, so... scram!"

Paradox vanishes in a snap of his fingers while Discord summons a TV, a comfy recliner, a bag of fresh popcorn and some hot cocoa.

"I hope you fine readers weren't planning on staying, I only have so much food I can prepare in here. But, I am willing to let you all stay for a while, after all, Season One is on it's waaay!~" The draconequus said in a singsong tone. "In any case, stick around for the Epilogue if you so wish, I usually just skip them, it's just after filler."

Author's Note

What the hell- That wide bit of empty space is there again! Just when I thought I had fixed it, for the love of...

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this part, because the Epilogue is coming up, and it's gonna try to fill in the blanks of what exactly happens at the end. Where one character goes, what happens to another, that sort of thing.

Also, feel free to comment down name ideas for the Unicorn and Dragon Transformations. I have a name in mind for what this other new alien is, so dw about that.