The ultimate surprise in Equestria girls

Sunset smiled softly as Scootaloo rushed from window to window, looking around before she saw a necklace in a window. Benjamin noticed her looking at the necklace before she looked at the amount of bits it cost and walked away with a sad look, he grinned a bit before walking into the store when no one was watching.

“Where should we go?” Scootaloo asked with a grin.

“Why don’t you pick, I haven’t even heard of the Crystal Empire before so I don’t have any ideas of what they have here.” Sunset said to her with a smile.

Scootaloo hummed a bit as Rainbow grinned. “We haven't eaten, how about we grab a bite to eat first?”

“Yeah that sounds good.” Scootaloo said with a nod.

“Ok, what do you think Ben?” Sunset smiled, turning to look at Benjamin but frowned. “Where'd he go?”

“Yeah where did he go?” Benjamin asked from her other side.

Sunset jumped a little as Scootaloo laughed. “That's not funny!” Sunset said with a frown.

“Sorry, I grabbed something from the store back there.” He said with a chuckle. “So I figured I'd have a little fun.”

Sunset was still frowning at him. “Jerk.”

“Sorry. But I am ok with some food.” Benjamin chuckled. “I'm starving.”

“I do miss hay burgers…” Sunset said softly.

“What is a hay burger?” Benjamin asked, arching an eyebrow as the small group began walking.

Sunset blushed a bit. “It is the same as a hamburger but with fried hay in the form of a patty instead of meat.”

Benjamin blinked a bit. “Huh, sounds tasty.”

“You want to try one?” Sunset asked him.

“Sure, I'll try almost anything once.” Benjamin said with a shrug, as Scootaloo paused In front of a shop with a poster of some ponies in uniforms. “You like that poster?” Benjamin asked her.

“Yeah, they kinda look like the wonderbolts.” Scootaloo said as she looked at the poster more.

“They probably are this world's wonderbolts.” Benjamin chuckled a bit, before walking inside and coming back a few minutes later with a rolled up poster. “Here ya go kid.”

Scootaloo frowned a bit. “But…I didn’t pay for it.”

“I did, consider it an apology for what Argit did.” Benjamin said with a smile.

Scootaloo crossed her arms and thought about it. “Well…ok I guess, but don’t go getting me a ton of stuff…”

Benjamin chuckled softly. “You got it kid, anyway let's get food.”

“Yay food!” She ran ahead.

“Wait! Don’t get lost!” Sunset said as she tried to chase after her.

Benjamin chuckled a bit as he turned to Rainbow. “She's one rambunctious kid.” He said before they started running after Scootaloo as well.

“You don’t know the half of it.” Rainbow said as she easily kept up with him.

“I bet you've got some stories about the stuff she's done.” Benjamin chuckled a bit as they reached Sunset and Scootaloo.

“Yeah, one time she tracked down where I lived and met my parents, they totally embarrassed the heck out of me.” Rainbow said with a small groan.

Benjamin smirked a bit. “Oh yeah, I saw that in the TV show. The pony version anyway.”

“I was in the show!?” Scootaloo asked in awe.

“Yup, all three of you were. The storylines following you three were some of my favorites.”

“Really?” Scootaloo said before she looked nervous. “Um…can I meet pony me?”

“The one from here? I don't see why not, we'd have to go to Ponyville for it. But if you mean the one in the Equestria Twilight is from, you'll have to wait till the portal opens again.” Benjamin said with a small grin.

“Both actually but here would be good.” Scootaloo said before her stomach growled.

“Sure but food first.” Benjamin said as they walked inside a restaurant.

Sunset followed him inside. “I hope the food is like how I remember.”

“I wonder if they even have hay burgers here.” Benjamin mused. “According to the TV show and Stanley the empire had been gone for a thousand years or so.”

“Oh…no wonder I never heard of it.” Sunset said as they walked up to the counter.

“Hello table for four please.” Benjamin said to the mare behind the counter.

“Of course, just the four of you?” She asked with a smile.

“Yes ma'am.” Benjamin nodded as she led them to a table.

“Do you want menus or do you know what you want?” She asked as they sat down.

“Do you have hay burgers by any chance?” Sunset asked.

“Yes we do.” She said with a smile.

“I'd like three please.” Sunset said with a smile.

“I'll take three as well.” Benjamin said as Rainbow chuckled a bit.

“We'll need menus if you don't mind.” She said,

“Right away.” The mare said with a nod and walked off.

“Can you eat hay now?” Benjamin asked Sunset. “Being human and all now”

“I…completely forgot.” Sunset said with a small frown and placed a hand to her belly. “I tried once but I got sick.”

Benjamin nodded a little. “That's because humans can't digest hay, but I have a fix.” He said holding up his Omnitrix to Sunset. “Splice target with unicorn DNA.” He said before a yellow beam washed over her, a surge of magic enveloping her hands.

Sunset’s eyes widened as she felt magic again. “M-magic I…I have magic again.”

“And you will from now on, unless you want me to remove it.” Benjamin said with a shrug. “But now you should be able to eat hay and digest it even if it'll be a little slow.”

“Ok, thank you so much. Being cut off from my magic made me feel naked.” Sunset siad with a smile to him.

Benjamin blinked a bit before smirking at her. “That's not a sentence I'd ever thought I'd hear. But I'm happy I could help.”

“There's mostly hay…” Scootaloo said with a small frown.

Benjamin looked the menu over and pointed at a few items. “There is a meat section there.”

“There is?” Rainbow asked, looking at the lower section of the menu. “Whoa, they do. Want some hot dogs squirt?”

“Yeah that sounds good.” Scootaloo said with a nod.

The mare came back with six hay burgers before smirking at Rainbow and Scootaloo. “What can I get for you?”

“We'll take two hot dogs and some wings please.” Rainbow said with a smile.

“Alright.” The mare said with a small gulp. “That will be ready in a few minutes.”

“Thank you.” Scootaloo said with a smile, as the mare walked away. “She seemed scared.”

“Well duh, they're vegetarians.” Benjamin chuckled, using his Omnitrix to shift into a unicorn, his mane being orange with a light gray coat as he took a bite out of a hay burger. His eyes widened in surprise before he took more bites. “This is the best thing I've ever had.”

Sunset giggled and smiled as she watched him. “You really like them?” She asked before taking a bite of hers.

“Yeah, these are really good…” Benjamin said before frowning a little. “I hope I won't get sick when I turn human again… eh I'll deal with that later.” He said taking another bite.

“You sure do like taking risks.” Rainbow said as she watched him eat.

Benjamin shrugged a bit. “Growing up I was never allowed to do anything, my parents would always force me to do extra curricular stuff. Or doing hobbies that would make it look better on a college resume and stuff. When I got here I decided to actually have fun and live my life the way I wanted to. Besides, I'm pretty sure my watch will convert the food into nutrients for my body when I turn back… maybe.”

“Huh, that sucks.” Rainbow said with a frown.

“That was the most tame thing they did to me, but anyway. Yeah I like taking some risks, but I never go overboard or put another's life in danger purposefully.” Benjamin shrugged more, before taking a drink of complimentary water the waitress has brought while they chatted.

“Man, sorry to hear your childhood sucked.” Rainbow said with a frown.

Sunset frowned at Benjamin as well, as he looked down and off to the side. “Yeah well, that's water under the bridge now…” He said softly as the waitress brought the hot dogs and wings.

Sunset reached for his hand. “You don’t have to hide from your past.”

Benjamin jerked his hand back from her, making her frown at him with a sad look. “Sorry… but it's too hard to talk about right now…” he mumbled, looking away.

“I understand.” Sunset said softly.

“This is delicious!” Scootaloo said after taking a bite.

Benjamin sighed and smirked softly. “It is that good huh? They probably have a personal chef for the meat stuff.”

“Most likely, ponies don’t even like thinking about meat.” Sunset said softly.

Benjamin glanced at Sunset for a moment before looking back at Scootaloo. “Did you figure out where you wanna go? I can make a suggestion I think you'd probably like.”

“I thought we were going to a place called ponyville.” Scootaloo said.

“Oh, right. Guess I forgot about that.” Benjamin said with a slight shrug. “But I'm not sure if my Alicorn form can carry us all.”

“Why not grab a cloud? I know a cloud walking spell then you can push the cloud with us on it.” Sunset suggested.

“Huh, I've never touched a cloud before… that'll be interesting.” Benjamin said with a grin.

“You could just take the train.” A male voice said from another table.

Benjamin looked over at the man and rubbed his chin a bit. “We could, but we have to be back here in two or three hours or so. It'll be faster to fly.”

“Oh, sorry I can’t help.” The man said before turning to face them.

“S-Sunburst?” Sunset asked softly in shock.

“Sunset…?” He asked in shock as well.

Sunset flinched a bit and looked down. “Y-yes and no.”

“Yes and no?” Sunburst asked in bewilderment as Benjamin patted Sunset’s shoulder.

“We'll go pay the bill, you catch up a little.” He said with a smile.

“But…” Sunset said, unsure.

“He's your brother, no matter what.” Benjamin said with a small smile to Sunset before he, Scootaloo, and Rainbow walked up to the front counter.

“Sunset, what happened to you!” Sunburst asked with a frown. “Where's your horn?... Was that your coltfriend?”

Sunset blushed and leaned her head back. “What!? N-no! He is just a new f-friend , that's all.” She placed a hand on her forehead. “And…my horn is missing because…well it's complicated.”

“How complicated?” Sunburst asked with a small frown. “I know you don't have a lot of time to talk.”

Sunset looked down at the table. “I am not your Sunset, I am from another Equestria, more than that, ever since I ran away from Celestia I have been living in a world where everyone looks kind like I do, no horns, wings, or even magic.”

Sunburst blinked a few times in confusion before tapping his chin. “So… multiverse theory.”

“Yeah pretty much.” Sunset said with a nod. “Um…question, how many alicorns are in this world?”

“Three, why?” Sunburst asked, confused.

Sunset sighed and looked around. “Ok look, there is going to be a new alicorn soon, you want to help your sister right?”

“Of course I do, but what do you mean a new-” Sunburst started to say.

“Shhh, look.” Sunset started to say before she sighed. “Stay close to the castle and when there is a royal meeting you need to be in the castle and follow Twilight Sparkle through a magic mirror.”

“A… magic mirror?” Sunburst asked, frowning a little. “Is… is my sister in trouble?”

“I…she is in a very dark place because of her own choices… Twilight will help but…I think you would too.” Sunset said softly.

Sunburst frowned more as he looked at his table. “I'll do what I can… I just hope it isn't too late.”

“It isn’t…she will need to learn a tough lesson but…she will be happy there.” Sunset said softly with a gentle smile.

Sunburst nodded with a sigh, before grinning at her. “Thank you for explaining everything, maybe we can talk more the next time you're here. But for now don't keep your coltfriend waiting.”

Sunset bushed and smacked Sunburst's arm. “He isn’t my coltfriend!”

Sunburst laughed and shook his head. “I've missed you Sunset.”

Sunset pouted before she smirked. “Well I don’t miss changing your diapers, little brother.”

Sunburst blushed and huffed. “Yeah yeah, I was getting you back for all those jokes about me and Starlight when we were kids. Even if you aren't the same Sunset I grew up with, you're close enough.”

Sunset sighed and smiled sadly. “I am sorry about that, but honestly, you two were so cute together, did you ever end up asking her out?”

Sunburst sighed softly and shook his head. “No, after I was accepted into Celestia's school we… lost contact with each other.”

Sunset sighed and slapped her forehead. “Dummy, she liked you!”

Sunburst blushed a bit and crossed his arms. “Maybe where you're from, but… how could I possibly have known?” He asked, neither of them noticing Benjamin walking over.

“How could you have…Sunburst, she was practically flirting with you daily!” Sunset said while covering her face. “Just…try to write to her.”

Sunburst sighed and frowned. “I could, but I don't know if she's even still living there or even…”

“If she moved, maybe her family knows where she moved to.” Sunset suggested before placing a hand on Sunburst’s hand. “You know how mom won’t stop bugging you till you give her grand foals.”

Sunburst groaned. “And what about you? You know she'd be ecstatic if you had some kids.”

Sunset blushed and rubbed her arm. “About that…I kinda…am still a teenager…so…probably not a good idea.”

“A teenager?” Sunburst asked in confusion.

“The mirror portal she used to go to her new home made her younger.” Benjamin said, now human again as the two jumped.

Sunset frowned at him. “Don’t sneak up on people!” She sighed and looked down. “More like time kinda moves slower there, at least until I messed up. For me only a few years have passed since I ran away.”

“Really…?” Sunburst asked with a small frown.

“Yeah.” She looked down. “So…just expect your sister to be mad and hurting, even though she is hurting everyone around her.”

Sunburst hummed a bit. “Does that make me the older brother now?”

Sunset rolled her eyes. “Only technically.”

Benjamin chuckled softly. “Your age might catch up to you a bit though, since I mixed your DNA with a unicorn like this.”

“Probably not. Canterlot High's time moved slower than Equesttia’s. I left when I was a teen and when I came back to steal the element of magic years had passed.”

“Yes, however you have unicorn blood now as a human. So if unicorn DNA ages faster than humans it'll balance out a little.” Benjamin explained with a smile.

Sunset raised an eyebrow. “How does that make any sense? Why would ponies age faster than humans?”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow. “Have you not noticed ponies grow faster than humans, the DNA is naturally designed to grow faster.”

“They are?” She asked, confused.

“Yeah? Just like dogs and cats.” Benjamin said with a shrug. “Or cows and so on, they grow faster.”

Sunset frowned at him. “Did you just compare ponies to animals?”

Benjamin paused a bit as he saw the look Sunset was giving him. “Um… evolutionary speaking no, biologically speaking… yes? I'm not trying to be mean or anything, it's just… biology, you already look slightly taller and older since I mixed your DNA.”

“How long do humans live for?” Sunburst asked.

Benjamin shrugged a little. “About… eighty or minty years depending on health and how healthy we eat.”

“Ponies can live up to two hundred years.” Sunburst said with a small frown.

“Lifespan doesn't necessarily have to do with how fast you age. For example, I read an article that giant totus’s reach maturity after around six or seven years, but can then live for hundreds.” Benjamin said with a small shrug. “All I was trying to say is that now that you're part pony and part human your age may start catching up to you to an extent.”

Sunset crossed her arms and sighed. “If I start aging faster and become an old woman before my friends I am gonna kill you.”

Benjamin rolled his eyes. “Oh please, if anything you'll probably just end up two or three years older than them.”

“From what Sunset explained, it sounds like she was aging the same but the world she is staying in moved slower than Equestria.” Sunburst said, frowning a little.

Benjamin shrugged a bit. “Maybe, that's why I've been using if, and maybe. Everything I've said is just theoretical, well… Aside from the animals aging faster and such, those are just fun facts from my world.”

Sunset sighed and shook her head. “Do we need to go?”

“Yeah we probably should, you ready to?” Benjamin asked her with a grin.

Sunset looked at her brother. “Remember what I told you.”

Sunburst nodded once before smirking. “Ok, and when you get back to your Equestria… introduce your coltfriend to mom and me.”

Sunset groaned and blushed bright red. “He isn't my coltfriend!”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow as Sunburst started laughing. “Ok, ok. Just had to get one last jab in.”

“Jerk.” Sunset said before pushing Sunburst.

Sunburst laughed again as Sunset got up. “Thanks for talking with me and explaining everything sis.”

Sunset smiled a bit. “Even though you aren’t my brother, it was good talking to you.”

Sunburst nodded and smiled softly. “I hope you can reconnect with your brother and family, have a safe trip.”

“Thank you.” Sunset hugged him before whispering. “And get a marefriend before you end up a crazy old wizard.”

Sunburst huffed a bit before smirking and whispering. “And make sure you get birth control with your coltfriend.”

Sunset groaned and walked away. “Bye Sunburst.”

“Buy Sun shine!” He said, making Sunset blush red as Benjamin raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk.

“Sunshine huh?” He asked.

“Oh yeah that was her-” Sunburst started to say.

“Nothing! Let’s go!” Sunset started to push Benjamin out of the restaurant.

“That was her childhood nickname because she was a bundle of Sunshine!” Sunburst said loud enough for them to hear, just as Sunset pushed Benjamin out the restaurant and onto the ground when she accidentally tripped him.

“Thanks a lot.” Benjamin mumbled a bit.

“S-sorry.” Sunset said sheepishly and held out a hand to help him up.

He groaned a little as he took her hand and got up. “It's cool, not the first time a woman has pushed me around.” He said with a joking grin.

Sunset looked at him with a sad frown. “I am sorry to hear that.”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow. “I was making a joke about ex girlfriends.”

“Still…” Sunset said with a frown.

Benjamin shrugged a little bit. “Um, anyway. I had a better idea to get to Ponyville. Do you know how to teleport?”

“Of course I know how to teleport.” Sunset said as she crossed her arms. “I mastered the spell before I left.”

“Then why don't you teleport us?” Benjamin asked.

“Are you nuts?” Sunset asked before she rubbed her forehead. “That would take a ton of magic, more than any unicorn could pull off alone. Not even Starswirl could teleport that far.”

“Oh, what if I used my Alicorn transformation? Could you walk me through teleportation?” Benjamin asked.

“Maybe…” Sunset said while rubbing her chin. “An alicorn would have enough magic…”

“How hard is it to teleport?” Benjamin asked, arching an eyebrow.

“Pretty hard.” Sunset said while rubbing her chin. “I could try to explain it but a book on it would be better.”

Benjamin sighed and shrugged. “Oh well, since we don't have that I guess it's the cloud thing… unless one of the princesses could teleport us.”

Sunset looked nervous. “Celestia could for sure.”

Benjamin noticed her nervous look as Scootaloo and Rainbow ran ahead back to the castle. “You know if you're still too nervous to talk to her, we can have her teleport those two while we fly.” He said to her.

“N-no we can ask…it is just…it feels like we are wasting her time.” Sunset said with a small frown.

Benjamin hummed softly, before smiling softly at her. “Don't worry, the worst she can say is no. And if she does, we'll fly.”

“I guess…” Sunset said with a small sigh.

Benjamin patted her shoulder. “It'll be ok, I know you're worried because of everything. But I'm sure she'll be happy to help you.”

Sunset nodded her head and started walking. “I…told Sunburst about when I am going to come here…I hope he is able to help his sister.”

Benjamin smiled a little bit. “So do I, you've been through so much you deserve some happiness.”

Sunset hugged herself and looked down. “But I did so much bad…I threatened to take over Equestria.”

The orange clad boy frowned a little bit before gently setting a hand on her shoulder. “But you've also begun your own redemption, you saw the way you were hurting others and are making an honest effort to change. You're doing everything you can to be better and now helping another version of you do the same, you deserve to be happy just like everyone else.”

“Maybe.” Sunset said but she did smile at him.

He smiled back at her. “You do, everyone does. And you have friends that will always be there to help.”

“I know…it will just take some time to…believe it.” Sunset said softly before looking ahead.

Benjamin nodded a little. “Yeah… you and I are in a similar boat when it comes to that.”

Sunset looked at him and was quiet for a moment, just before she was about to say something Stanley walked up to them. “Yo, Celestia said she and Luna are about to leave.”

“Oh, ok. We'd better ask them to teleport us to Ponyville fast then.” Benjamin said with a grin.

“Yeah, I am debating if I want to go or not.” Stanley said as he followed them to the castle.

“Have you been to Ponyville?” Benjamin asked Stanley with a smirk. “That's where the pony versions of all the girls I'm here with live, except for Sunset here.”

“No idea.” Stanley said with a shrug.

Benjamin shrugged a bit. “Ok.”

“What is it like?” Stanley asked as he walked with them.

“Usually a quiet, small town.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

“Huh, I passed over a small town when I ran away from the princesses.” Stanley said while scratching his chin.

“That was probably it.” Benjamin said with a smirk, noticing Sunset was quiet. “You ok?”

“Huh? O-oh, yes I am just worried about seeing Twilight.” Sunset said softly.

“Remember she hasn't met you here yet.” Benjamin said with a small frown.

“I know, telling Sunburst about me is one thing but what if this Twilight changes how she behaves because she meets me?” Sunset said while looking at Benjamine with clear worry on her face.

Benjamin hummed a bit before smiling softly. “We can use the ID mask again, just introduce yourself as Gwen.”

Sunset looked down. “I guess what can work.”

“I know lying doesn't feel right, but not all lies are bad.” Benjamin said with a small frown. “After all, if she acts differently to the Sunset she'll meet later thinking she's you. It could change everything.”

“I know.” Sunset said softly before she sighed. “I’ll use the mask.”

“Maybe when we get back you can write to the Twilight from our world, I'd love to meet her.” Benjamin said with a slight smirk.

“I think she would like to meet you too.” Sunset said before she pointed at his watch. “She would love to see that thing too.”

“Not gonna happen.” Benjamin said. “She'd end up activating the self destruction mode.”

“It can self-destruct?” Sunset asked him, surprised.

“Yeah, as a precaution in case it falls into the wrong hands.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

“And you aren’t the wrong hands, mister Mad Ben?” Stanley asked sarcastically with a laugh.

“Oh haha.” Benjamin said, rolling his eyes. “I'm better than the original Mad Ben.”

“Good, I would hate to see your world turned into a wasteland.” Stanley said with a groan. “Then I’d have to clean it up or something.”

“Why would you have to clean it up? You didn't do anything.” Benjamin said as they got to the throne room after minutes of walking.

“Duh, because I am the main character of this isekai.” Stanley said, as if it was obvious.

Benjamin raised an eyebrow at him before shaking his head. “Anyway, hello your majestys.”

“Greetings again, did you come to see us pff Sunset?” Celestia asked with a soft smile.

“W-well y-yes but um.” Sunset said with a nervous blush.

“We were wondering if you wouldn't mind teleporting the four of us to Ponyville. Scootaloo wants to meet her pony counterpart.” Benjamin said with a small smile.

“Make that five, I may as well stick around him to keep him out of trouble.” Stanley said with a sigh and scratched his head.

Celestia hummed a bit as Benjamin rolled his eyes at what Stanley had said. “Of course, but how will you return?”

“Can you make a Teleporter?” Benjamin asked Stanley.

“Maybe.” Stanley shrugged before he held up a potion. “I was just gonna run back.”

“I guess that could work.” Benjamin said with a nod.

“I did it before…kinda.” Stanley said with a shrug.

“I guess so, and technically I could upgrade the train.” Benjamin said with a small smirk. “I wonder why I didn't think of that before.”

“Upgrade the train?” Celestia asked.

“One of my aliens can merge with and improve most technology.” Benjamin explained. “So I can merge with the train and make it faster.”

“Yeah but won’t you time out?” Stanley asked.

“Maybe, but I should be able to get us back fast enough before that.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

“Ok, but if you change back I am not stopping the train for you.” Stanley said before folding his arms behind his head.

Benjamin shrugged. “That's fine, at that point I can fly.”

“Right, but can you fly and fight off mobs?” Stanley asked him while pointing at the moon.

“Yes, Jetray and Astrodactyl have lasers and other weapons.” Benjamin said with a grin.

“Alright.” Stanley said with a nod.

“Are you sure you'll be ok though?” Sunset asked Benjamin with a small frown.

“Yeah, heck I could probably use a transformation to race the train and still win.” He said with a small smirk.

“Wouldn't be much of a race if you used Jetray, seeing as he can travel at light speed or damn near it.” Stanley said as he looked around.

“That's only in space.” Benjamin said before bowing to Celestia. “Sorry, we got side tracked. Would you mind teleporting us?”

“I do not.” Celestia said with a smile.

“Thank you ma'am.” Benjamin said again as Celestia smiled a little wider.

“You are quite polite, enjoy your time in Ponyville.” Celestia said, as her horn began glowing before the five of the humans were warped away to a small town.

“Ugh, that did not feel like an ender pearl teleport.” Stanley said as he stumbled and rubbed his head.

“Because it wasn't.” Benjamin said, shaking his head as they looked around. “Seems like she teleported us to the middle of town.”

Stanley looked around and frowned. “Oh…yeah I flew past this town when I was on the run, and met a gray woman with crossed eyes.”

“Must have been Dizzy doo, or Derpy as people have called her.” Benjamin said, pulling out the ID and programming it before slowly putting it on Sunset's face. Her appearance shifted from a red head with bacon-like hair to pure red as her clothes shifted to a pair of gray pants and black shoes with a red shirt and black overcoat. “Remember your name right now is Gwen.”

“Right.” Sunset nodded.

“Eh, I didn’t stick around, I was on the run from the guards, remember?” Stanley said with a shrug.

“Fair enough.” Benjamin said with a small smirk. “So considering we just popped up out of nowhere, and are obviously not ponies… five.”

“Five?” Rainbow asked, confused.

“Four.” He said counting down.

“Um. What's he doing?” Scootaloo asked.

“Three.” He continued.

“I'm worried.” Sunset said with a frown.

“Two.” Benjamin said before pointing to the side where they saw a group of six mares running towards them. “One.” He said as the group arrived.

“Huh, they look like your friends but…you know, ponies.” Stanley said before he shrugged. “I am gonna sit this fight out.” He walked over to a bench and sat down.

Benjamin looked at the ponies and waved. “Hello.”

“Who the hay are you?” The pony version of Rainbow asked while glaring at the group.

“I'm Benjamin, this is Gwen, and our Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo.” Benjamin said with a smirk as the pony's eyes widened in shock. “And before you go off, we're from another dimension.”

“Changelings!” Pony Rainbow shouted before she flew after human Rainbow.

Human Rainbow yelped before she ducked underneath her pony counterpart. “The fuck is a changeling!?”

Stanley groaned and started to stand up. “What is with ponies and jumping to conclusions?”

Benjamin shrugged a bit before he grabbed pony Rainbow's fist glaring at her when she tried to punch human Rainbow. “Knock it off, I said we're from another dimension! If you don't believe me, write to Celestia, she's the one who teleported us here!”

“Yeah right!” Pony Rainbow said as she struggled, Stanley walked over and started placing spider web blocks around her.

“There, now she isn’t going anyway fast.”

Benjamin sighed and pinched his nose a little before looking at Twilight. “Just write to Celestia before I kick her flank.”

“Like you could!” Pony Rainbow said as she flapped her wings and tried ro move but was slowed down heavily by the webs.

“We don’t know who or what you are…” Twilight said.

“I already said our names, and that we're from another dimension. We're humans.” Benjamin said, rolling his eyes. “We came here because Rainbow and Scootaloo wanted to meet their pony counterparts, gotta say not the best first impression.”

“No kidding, Pony Rainbow is a jerk.” Scootaloo said with a frown. “Applebloom and Sweetie Belle aren't going to believe this.”

“How do you know our sisters’ names?” Rarity asked with a look of horror.

Stanley facepalmed and groaned. “For the last time, they are from another dimension. Pay attention or I'm sticking you all in web blocks!”

“Another dimension…” Twilight muttered in confusion, tapping her chin before her eyes widened. “Wait you mean-!”

“Yes, multiverse theory is real.” Benjamin said with a frown. “This is the Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo from our dimension. And this is Gwen, and my name is Benjamin. We're guests of Stanley here and of the crystal queen.”

“Crystal Queen? Do you mean Cadence?” Twilight asked, confused.

“No, he means the real ruler of the empire.” Stanley said with a frown.

Twilight looked even more confused before Benjamin sighed and pinched his nose again. “This would have been so much easier if Celestia came with us. Ok, Before the Empire vanished Queen Amore, the queen of the empire was mortally wounded and Stanley here gave her a magic item to help her heal. She became encased in stone, and was recently freed once she was fully healed.”

“Basically that yeah.” Stanley said with a nod.

The ponies stared at them in shock and confusion. “I… need to write to Cadence.” Twilight said with a frown.

“If y'all are from another dimension what's mah nickname fer mah family?” Applejack asked, crossing her arms.

“Why that question of all things?” Scootaloo asked, arching an eyebrow. “How could we possibly know that!”

Benjamin walked over and whispered in Applejack's ear, making her eyes widen. “Ya…Ya do know it…they are legit.” Applejack said in shock.

The ponies eyes widened in shock as Human Rainbow raised an eyebrow. “How do you know her nickname?”

“I'm from a dimension where you're all a TV show, remember?” Benjamin asked her, arching an eyebrow.

“A TV show? What is a TV?” Twilight asked.

Stanley groaned and lowered his head. “Damn, there is no tv here?”

“TV is…” Benjamin started to say before rubbing his head. “The best way I can describe it that you'll understand is a magic box that shows other realities as entertainment.”

“Dude, you are gonna make them think we are gods.” Stanley said while rolling his eyes. “TVs are entertainment devices where we show moving pictures, they are a bunch of still images taken rapidly to mimic movement.”

Twilight rubbed her chin. “I see. And there was entertainment of us?”

“Oh yeah, you guys are famous in my home dimension.” Benjamin said with a nod.

“I never saw it myself.” Stanley said with a weak shrug. “But from what I have seen of this world, it was probably a baby show.”

“What's that supposed to mean!?” Both Rainbow's and Scootaloo yelled angrily.

Stanley pointed at the ponies. “Because they are so colorful and besides Sombra I haven’t heard of any other crime or bad guys, though I have only been awake for a few days.”

“You've got a lot to learn man.” Benjamin said. “These six have stopped an Alicorn from making it eternal night, which would have killed all life, stopped Discord, an all -powerful spirit of chaos and befriended him, and helped stop Sombra before he could take control of the empire again! Plus in other realities I've seen them take on deities and other crap!”

“Huh, it still seems too girly for me to watch.” Stanley said with a shrug.

Benjamin shrugged. “I thought so too until my niece got me into it.” He said looking at the main six. “I bet you have a ton of questions.”

“More than I can out.” Twilight said while looking between the two men,

Benjamin chuckled a little. “Well we don't have a lot of time, Scootaloo here just wanted to meet her counterpart.”

“I still think you're changelings.” Pony Rainbow said as she was close to the edge of the web blocks. “Somepony get me out of this!”

“Well technically I can transform like one.” Benjamin said, before walking over and grabbing Pony Rainbow by the arm and pulling her out of the webs the rest of the way.

“If you had a DNA scan, I don’t know if you got one while you were running around.” Stanley said before adding. “Also those web blocks were the only thing keeping her from attacking us.”

“I did, much to their anger.” Benjamin said with a gentle chuckle. “But anyway, what questions do you have?” He asked the ponies.

“How did ya get here?” Applejack asked.

“Why did you come here!?” Rainbow demanded.

“What are you?” Twilight asked.

“Ok, so. Me and Stanley here are displaced.” Benjamin began. “We were people who got items of some kind and were forced to go to different versions of Equestria. Stanley was sent to this one, while I was sent to one with humans, that's our species by the way. And as for how we got here, displaced people can use magic items to summon each other to their worlds called tokens. As far as we know only the displaced can use them. And again, we're here because Scootaloo and Rainbow here wanted to meet their pony counterparts.”

“Yeah, and you're a jerk.” Human Rainbow said with a frown to her counterpart.

“Wanna say that again?” Pony Rainbow said as she got in Human Rainbow’s face.

“You're a jerk!” Human Rainbow said again, pushing her counterparts back a little as Benjamin groaned.

“Will you two knock it off before we put you both in a time out!” He said.

“Nah, let them kiss and make out, it is clear they like each other.” Stanley said with a smirk.

“What!?” The two Rainbow's yelled in shock, with blushes as Benjamin sighed and pinched his nose more.

Stanley smirked a bit and started to laugh. “Stopped your fighting, didn't I?”

The two Rainbow's glared at him, before each one punched him hard in the arms. “Jerk!” They both said.

“Ow!” He said and backed away from them. “Whatever.” He mumbled and walked away.

“Did you two really have to punch him? He was just having a little fun.” Benjamin said with a frown. “You could have handled that without violence.”

“I know but he was rude and got on my nerves.” Human Rainbow said.

“Buck you, I am tired of ponies assuming I am into mares!” Pony Rainbow said.

“Whoa, chill. He wasn't assuming anything. He said that to get you two to stop fighting, because we all know how stubborn you two are.” Benjamin said with a frown, before looking where Stanley went. “Honestly with everything he's been through it's a miracle he's cracking jokes.”

“What do you mean, what has he been through?” Fluttershy asked, sounding worried.

Benjamin started telling them everything that Stanley told him that happened since the minecraftian’s arrival to Equestria. “And that doesn't even include the fact he helped me fight off an alien in our dimension.”

“That…is sad but if he was innocent of any wrongdoing he should've stayed and explained himself to the princesses.” Twilight said with a frown.

Benjamin rolled his eyes. “Oh sure, because he was in that kind of state of mind after fighting off Sombra and then being attacked. And by that logic the princesses should have asked him who he was before attacking.”

“He… has a point darling.” Rarity said with a small frown.

Scootaloo looked around and frowned. “So where am I…er my pony self?”

“She's probably at sweet Apple acres with the other crusaders.” Applejack said before humming. “Oh, why didn't our counterparts come with ya?”

“They did, they're at the Empire. Queen Amore gave them all bits to buy souvenirs. Truth be told, I didn't even think about asking them if they wanted to come here.” Benjamin said, rubbing his head. “But again, you can write to any of the princesses and ask if everything we've said is true, while we head to Sweet Apple acres.”

“You aren’t going anywhere unsupervised by a few of us!” Pony Rainbow said with a frown.

“No duh.” Benjamin said, rolling his eyes before pointing at Applejack. “It's her farm, we're not just gonna trespass.”

“He does have a point Dash.” Applejack said as she tipped her hat back.

Pony Rainbow grumbled a bit as she crossed her arms angrily as Benjamin rolled his eyes again and looked over to where Stanley had gone. “Hey dude! We're going to the apple farm, ya coming?”

“Do whatever you want, I am gonna build a small hut for me here.” He said and walked further away.

Benjamin frowned a bit as he mumbled. “Hope he doesn't need a building permit.” He said before nodding. “Alright! We'll be back in a bit!”

Stanley just waved as he walked off. “Geez, that man is sad…” Human Rainbow said with a frown.

“I wonder why.” Sunset said with a small frown. “He's alone in a new world, and has had to deal with all that. And when he cracked a joke to try and make some new friends, two of which were in his eyes gonna start fighting. He gets punched twice.”

Benjamin jabbed a thumb in Sunset's direction. “Listen to her, she's the smart one.”

Fluttershy frowned a bit. “I…I could go keep him company.”

“Are you comfortable with that?” Benjamin asked her, archingher, arching an eyebrow.

“Well…he just needs a friend and I helped Discord make friends…maybe I can help him.” She said shyly.

Benjamin nodded once. “Alright, good luck.”

She nodded softly before flapping her wings and flew after Stanley. “If she gets hurt I'm gonna-” Pony Rainbow said, clutching her fists.

“Oh knock it off, Stanley is a nice dude. He even helped Benjamin fight off an alien invasion that destroyed most of our city!” Human Rainbow said, shaking her head. “When he was supposed to be relaxing.”

Pony Rainbow huffed and looked away as she crossed her arms. “Whatever.”

“Did you say alien invasion?” A small reptilian boy asked, hiding behind Twilight.

“Yeah, we have aliens in our world.” Benjamin said with a small smile to the kid. “I can transform into a few if you want to see some Spike.”

“R-really?” Spike asked.

“So you are a changeling!” Pony Rainbow yelled angrily as Benjamin rolled his eyes.

“Firstly yes I can transform, but it's thanks to this watch on my wrist. Secondly, even if we were changelings, don't assume all changelings are evil just because chrysalis ordered her one hive to attack.”

“There are other changelings out there?” Twilight asked, worried.

Benjamin shrugged. “There might be, I know of a few dimensions that have multiple hives of them. But every dimension is different.” He said as Twilight wrote everything down. “Now, what kind of alien do you want to see? Something big, small, made of fire, a fish, what?”

“Something cool!” Spike said, stepping out from behind Twilight.

Benjamin laughed a bit. “That's kinda up to opinion, how about you pick?” He asked, kneeling down and touching his Omnitrix showing Spike all his scans.

“Whoa.” Spike slowly came closer and looked at the omnitrix. “Shinny.”

“uncatologged DNA detected.” The watch beeped, as a yellow light washed over Spike from it.

“What was that?” Twilight asked, frowning as she pulled Spike away from Benjamin.

“Oh, sorry. My watch lets me scan DNA that's not human and transform into it. I can become a dragon now.” He explained.

“Cool! Which one is that?! Spike asked as he looked at the watch again.

Benjamin shrugged a bit. “No clue, but if you want to pick one just touch the top with two fingers and it'll scroll through. Stop at the one you want for a few minutes and pull your fingers away, an hourglass dialpad will pop up and all you have to do is push it down.” He said as Twilight wrote everything down.

Spike did what Benjamin said and scrolled through the options but then he frowned. “I can’t tell what any of these look like.”

Benjamin chuckled a bit. “I know what each one is, but for you it'll be a surprise.”

“This one.” He said and pointed at one of the holograms.

Benjamin's eyes widened a bit as he looked slightly nervous that didn't go unnoticed by all the girls.
“You don't want a different one?”

“Uh Spike-” Twilight started to say.

“Nope!” Spike said excitedly, having the hourglass pop up before slamming it down.

“Oh poop.” Benjamin mumbled, a bright orange light engulfing him before he grew to the size of a mountain with a white body and orange bladed arms with a giant frill. “Waybig!”

“Holy Celestia!” Pony Rainbow shouted.

“He's huge!” Spike said, before they heard terrified screams as Ponies began running all over the place.

“My bad, I should have locked this form.” Benjamin said with a sigh, reaching up and touching the hourglass on his chest and returning to normal.

“That was cool!” Both Spike and Pinkie said at the same time.

Benjamin chuckled softly. “That was a To'kustar, they're born in galaxy clusters.”

“Applejack, what was that big monster!” A young voice yelled as three small ponies ran up to them.

“That was him.” Applejack said, pointing at Benjamin. “Girls, meet Benjamin, Rainbow Dash, Gwen, and Scootaloo.”

“Wait what?!” Pony Scootaloo asked, looking at her counterpart.

“Sup.” Human Scootaloo said with a grin.

“There are two of ya?” Applebloom asked before the three fillies’ eyes widened, sucking in a huge amount of air to yell.

“Not just them.” Benjamin said, pausing their scream. “You all do, but the others are back in the crystal empire.”

The three let out their breaths before Sweetie Belle asked. “So…you aren’t changelings?”

“Nope, we're humans from another world.” Benjamin said with a slight grin. “A parallel world to this one, most of the stuff is the same but small differences, such as no fur all over our bodies.”

“Weird.” Applebloom said before Applejack pulled on her ear.

“Don't be rude.”

Human Scootaloo laughed. “But it is weird, none of us ever thought any of this was possible until Benjamin showed up.”

Benjamin simply shrugged. “All I've done is-”

“Saved our town.” H-Rainbow said.

“Saved Argit from those knights.” Sunset said with a smile.

“Saved Fluttershy and us from that dude with the gun and knife who had been molesting her.” H-Scootaloo said.

Benjamin looked down at her. “You knew?”

“You guys we're exactly quiet on the stairs while my friends were arguing over the pizza.” Scootaloo said with a shrug. “But it wasn't any of my business so I didn't say anything.”

“Wait, someone was molesting Fluttershy!?” The ponies asked in horror.

“Yeah but don't worry, I got rid of him for good.” Benjamin said with a serious look.

“Yeah, he sent the guy to some kind of superjail.” H-Rainbow said with a laugh.

“Superjail?” Rarity asked, arching an eyebrow.

“An interdimensional prison called the null void. It's where aliens that are the lowest of the low are sent. Honestly the dude is probably a pile of scat by now.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

Applejack and Rarity covered their sister’s ears while frowning at him.

“What? You can't expect me to believe that Applebloom isn't used to that kind of talk from living on a farm.” Benjamin said, arching an eyebrow. “and I used the least nasty word I could think of. But the end is the same, the guy is gone. And good riddance.” He said, glaring off to the side at the ground as his fists clenched.

“Well as…true as your words are, it is still indecent to speak of such things in such a way around foals.” Rarity said while still frowning.

Benjamin continued to glare off to the side before sighing softly and pinching the bridge of his nose. “Fine, sorry.”

“Are you ok?” Sunset asked with a small frown.

Benjamin stayed silent for a moment as he held his nose still, before sighing again. “Fine.”

Sunset still looked worried but chose to remain silent for now. “So what now?” P-Scootaloo asked, arching an eyebrow.

“Do you want to play?” H-Scootaloo asked her counterpart.

“Heck yeah, let's go play soccer or something!” P-Scootaloo said with a grin, as the kids ran off to the side to play.

Benjamin watched them go for a moment before turning and walking away. “I'm going for a walk, I need some time alone.”

“O-ok…I guess I will go look for Stanley.” Sunset said, looking at Benjamin sadly.

H-Rainbow raised an eyebrow at Benjamin as he walked away, before looking at Sunset. “What's up with him?”

“I… don't know…” Sunset said sadly.

“His attitude changed completely when talking about that guy.” P-Rainbow said with a raised eyebrow.

“Perhaps some past trauma?” Rarity guessed.

“Maybe…” Sunset said with a frown. “He snapped at our Pinkie the other day in a similar way, when she accidentally used the nickname his ex-girlfriend used for him. I have the feeling he has a lot of trauma.”

“Great, so a guy with a powerful magical artifact is unstable.” P-Rainbow said with a groan.

“He doesn't seem unstable, maybe he just needs someone to talk to!” Pinkie said with a bright smile.

“Maybe…but he said he wants some alone time.” Sunset said with a sigh.

Rarity smiled a little. “Perhaps, but darling sometimes a boy wants someone to talk to. They simply won't admit it.”

“Do you think so?” Sunset asked.

Rarity nodded a little. “Of course darling.”

“Then, if it is ok with you all I will go check on him.” Sunset said with a soft smile.

“Cours sugar cube.” Applejack said with a small smile, tilting her hat up. L

Sunset nodded before running after Benjamin.

Rarity giggled a little. “She likes him.”

H-Rainbow frowned at that before looking where Sunset had ran, crossing her arms as she thought about something. “So…what now?” Pinkie asked with a smile.

“How about we watch the kids play and talk?” Applejack said with a smile, as the group began walking to where the kids were.

Meanwhile Sunset ran through town and into the forest where Benjamin had gone, rushing through the forest until she came across a clearing where Benjamin was sitting on a log near a lake.

Sunset slowed down and watched him as she walked up to him. “Benjamin?”

Benjamin’s head turned slightly to look at her, as she saw tears in his red stained eyes. “Yeah?”

She came over and sat down next to him. “I am sorry you are hurting.”

Benjamin sighed and hung his head a little. “That's nothing new, I've been like this for eighteen years.”

Sunset reached her hand over to place on his. “You can talk about your troubles with your friends.”

Benjamin sighed softly again before looking away. “It's… not a happy story… none of it.”

She frowned a bit more. “Well…if it was happy you wouldn’t be upset.”

Benjamin sighed more as he covered his face. “Fine but… you have to Pinkie Pie promise not to tell anyone else until I'm ready… I don't want others to pity me.”

Sunset nodded her head. “Ok, I promise.” Benjamin looked at her as she smiled softly, beginning the motion for the Pinkie Pie promise. “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”

Benjamin took a breath and let it out with a sigh. “M-my niece… Amanda… s-she was… n-nine… a-and.” He croaked up. “She was raped and killed… s-she was like Scootaloo is to Rainbow. She followed me around everywhere and we did everything together… m-my family blamed me for it.” He said tears falling down his face as Sunset stared at him in horror. “I-i was an accident, and they always blamed me for everything. T-they even tried to say I did it to her, even after the DNA test came back negative… they made my life a living Tartarus…”

“I…I have no words.” Sunset said before she hugged him. “I am so sorry that happened to you and her.”

Benjamin shook a little as he croaked out a sob. “T-the worst thing they ever did to me… in high school back home. I finally got the courage to ask out a girl I liked for a long time, and she said yes.” He said, shaking violently as fat teardrops fell down his face. “I-i asked her to marry me, and she agreed. O-on our wedding night… I found her cheating on me with my brother. T-the whole time they were together behind my back, the only reason she was with me was because they wanted to torture me as much as possible.”

“That…that monster! Noone should go through that!” Sunset said, still holding him.

Benjamin choked out a sob again, hanging his head. “I-i was stupid to think she'd like me.”

“You weren’t stupid, everyone deserves to be loved.” She said as she closed her eyes and hugged him tighter.

Benjamin sighed softly as he let her hug him, sitting there silently. “You don’t have to hold all this in, you can tell the others when you are ready.”

“I-it's… just too painful…” He whimpered softly, hugging himself. “I ran away to escape all that, and got my Omnitrix thinking it was just a replica.”

“But now you have a new life, new friends, and a new chance far away from those who hurt you.” Sunset said as she rubbed his shoulder. “You don’t have to forget or forgive, but you can move on, if you choose to.”

“That's easier said than done…” Benjamin mumbled softly as he stared at the ground. “Sorry you got wrapped up in my drama….”

“Hey, I came to you and asked. So if anyone is to blame it is me.” Sunset said with a soft smile.

Benjamin chuckled softly and smiled at her a little with a sad smile. “You really do embody Empathy don't you?”

Sunset blushed and looked away. “I don’t know what you mean.”

Benjamin laughed a bit. “Come on, you just sat here and held me, letting me get my pain out… you're the most empathetic person I've ever met. Thank you.”

Sunset blushed more and shyly looked at the ground. “You are welcome, but I didn’t do much, just be a shoulder for you to lean on.”

“Maybe, but most of the time that's all someone needs.” Benjamin said, looking at her with a small smile. “So thanks… Sunshine.”

Sunset blushed even more and pushed him. “Don’t call me that!”

Benjamin laughed a bit. “Aww, but it's cute.”

“Jerk.” Sunset said with a blush and huff.

“I'm serious, it is cute.” Benjamin said with a smile. “I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, and I'm not making fun of it. Considering you literally just brought sunshine to me in my darkest moment so far, I feel like the nickname fits.”

Sunset stood up and took a few steps away, hiding her face. “Y-yeah sure, whatever you say. D-do you want to go back to the others?”

“Yeah I guess we should, are you ok?” He asked, standing up with a raised eyebrow.

“Y-yeah I am fine.” She said, not looking at him.

“Alright, let's go.” Benjamin said, rubbing the back of his neck. “And um, sorry for embarrassing you if I did and ruining the moment.”

“I…it’s fine, I am not used to boys being kind to me unless I am…was manipulating them.” Sunset said softly as they started walking back.

Benjamin frowned slightly. “Seriously? No one's been nice to you since you changed?”

“Well…not really.” Sunset said before she sighed. “I still get mean looks or the comment ‘no offense’ after someone talked about something I did…”

Benjamin frowned deeper, before gently setting a hand on her shoulder and pulling her into a side hug. “I'm sorry about that, but you'd better get used to it. Because I'm not gonna stop, I know you've changed for the better and I'll make sure everything else knows it too.”

Sunset blushed more but smiled. “Thank you, just don’t go buying me flowers.”

Benjamin blushed a little. “Ha, yeah ok. You don't seem like the flower kind of girl, more like a motorcycle ride to see a car show or something.”

“Well… you are partially right but flowers are still tasty.” Sunset said before looking away shyly. “Besides, what mare doesn’t enjoy getting flowers?”

Benjamin chuckled softly. “Ok, you got me there. But I feel like that should be something someone who likes you more than a friend should do.”

“I suppose, but that will be after a long time, after all everyone at the school hates me.”

“Not everyone.” Benjamin said with a slight grin to her, as they reached Ponyville again.

Just before they could make it past the trees however an arrow flew past them, and they heard the sound of bones clanking together.

“A skeleton.” Benjamin said with a frown.

“How is it moving on its own?” Sunset asked as she hid behind him.

“Because it's from a video game, in real life I'm assuming it's cursed or something.” Benjamin said, touching his Omnitrix. “It'll burn in the sunlight if we can get it out there, but stay close, they're really good-” An arrow flew through the air before striking him in the shoulder as a skeleton with a wooden bow walked out from behind a tree as he held his shoulder. “Shots.”

“Benjamin!” Sunset glared at the skeleton before her hands became involved in magic and two trees on either side of the Skeleton were ripped out of the ground and slammed together crushing it.

Benjamin stared at the spot in surprise, eyes wide before looking at her. “Dang, you're strong.”

Sunset blushed and looked away embarrassed. “Well…I was Celestia’s student before, remember?”

Benjamin smiled a little. “Yeah I know, and I can see why. You're very talented.” He said, before pulling the arrow out of his shoulder.

“We need to get you to a doctor.” Sunset said as she grabbed his good arm and started pulling him.

“I'm not sure the pony doctors here will know how to treat a human.” Benjamin said with a slight shrug as blood dripped down his arm. “If we find Stanley he should have something to heal me.”

“Fine.” Sunset said as the two headed back to Ponyville.

Benjamin winced a little as he looked at his bleeding shoulder. “Damn that thing got me good, in the game this would probably be about a heart and a half maybe.”

“It was close to your heart?” Sunset asked, worried.

“Huh? Oh, no. In the game Minecraft, where Stanley gets his abilities and those mobs from, your health is shown by ten hearts. When I say it would have done a heart, maybe a heart and a half that's what I mean.” Benjamin explained.

“Oh, I am not much of a gamer.” Sunset said with a small blush. “Sorry.”

Benjamin chuckled softly. “It's ok, if I could get a copy of the game maybe we could play together. It's an endless game where you can build and do anything you want.”

“Really? Sounds interesting.” She said as they passed a few ponies.

The ponies stared at them for a moment as Benjamin nodded. “Yeah, it's fun, there are a couple of bosses you can fight but otherwise it's just nearly endless possibilities.”

“Wow, so Stanley has the powers of the player or something from that game?” She asked as they looked for their friends.

“Basically yeah.” Benjamin said with a nod, wincing more as his bad shoulder got bumped.

“Where are they?” Sunset asked as she looked around, getting worried.

“They're probably near the edge of town, the two Scootaloos, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle did say they were gonna play.” Benjamin said as they started making their way to the edge of town.

Sunset looked around before she saw a new wood cabin being made by Stanley. “Stanley!”

Benjamin smiled a little as they approached him, seeing Fluttershy nearby who gasped at the sight of them. “Oh my, what happened!?”

“A skeleton shot him.” Sunset said with a frown.

“Dude, what the hell?” Stanley asked as he jumped down and looked Benjamin over, reaching into his backpack. “A lame skeleton got you?”

“Ok, first of all we didn't know where it was. We were leaving the forest and it came out from behind a tree and shot me.” Benjamin said, rolling his eyes. “I'm just lucky it didn't hit my eye or chest since I didn't have a totem of undying out.”

Stanley rolled his eyes and pulled out a bottle and gave it to him. “Potion of healing.”

“Thanks, honestly it's a good thing Gwen was there. As soon as the skeleton shot me she used her magic to rip two trees right out of the ground and crushed it with them. It was really cool.” Benjamin said before drinking the potion as Sunset blushed at the praise.

“Huh, magic seems useful.” Stanley said with a sigh. “I wonder if I can learn it.”

“Maybe, with enough time.” Benjamin said, rolling his once injured shoulder as it began healing.

“You were able to pull two trees out of the ground? That's amazing!” Fluttershy said to Sunset with a smile. “You must consider Benjamin a deer friend to use that much power.”

Sunset blushed and looked away. “He is a friend…and it wasn’t that much power.”

“Really? The only pony I know that could have done it is Twilight. And even then it'd be a challenge for her.” Fluttershy said in surprise.

Sunset looked at her surprised. “Really? But…it was just an overcharged telekinesis spell.”

Benjamin chuckled a bit. “I bet Twilight could do it with more practice.” he said, glancing at Sunset for a moment. “Fully grown trees are probably pretty heavy for a unicorn to lift.”

“O-oh right, of course they are.” Sunset said nervously.

“Here.” Stanley gave Sunset a potion too. “You probably burned through a lot of magic, this may help.”

“Thank you.” Sunset said, drinking it slowly before sticking out her tongue. “Oh yuck.”

“No one said they tasted good.” Benjamin said with a chuckle.

“Yeah…don’t ask what they are made from.” Stanley added.

Benjamin shivered a little. “Yeah, gross. Anyway, have you seen anyone else? We should probably start heading back soon.”

Stanley shrugged a bit. “I have been making my little base here for whenever I am in town.”

“Alright, want any help?” Benjamin asked. “Might be a good idea to have an ender chest here.”

“Yeah, I am making a few to link to different towns.” Stanley said with a small shrug. “I am almost finished with the outside.”

“Alright.” Benjamin said with a nod.

Stanley looked over to the forest where a beacon beam was shining. “I am wondering if I should make a beacon here too.”

“Why not move that one half way between here and there?” Benjamin asked.

Stanley shrugged and looked back at Benjamin. “Because I would have to break the old one down.”

“Fair enough.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

“So….” Stanley turned to look at Benjamin. “What shall we make the inside look like?”

Benjamin shrugged again. “No clue, you could put down carpet and other stuff.”

“Yeah…how about a trapmat the door so anyone who isn’t me will fall into it?” Stanley suggested.

“Not a bad idea, but maybe put something soft beneath or make it so they can get out if it's say a filly or someone trying to sell you cookies or something.” Benjamin said.

“I was thinking of putting it on the inside, so if they break in it traps them.” Stanley said as he opened the wooden doors.

“Ah, ok then.” Benjamin said with a nod, as a ball flew over and bounced off his head sending him to the ground.

Stanley started to laugh. “That was freakin hilarious.”

Benjamin groaned as he sat up, while Sunset knelt down. “Are you ok?”

“Yeah…” Benjamin said, shaking his head as the two Scootaloos and the rest of the group ran up to them.

“Sorry Benjamin, we didn't mean to hit it that hard.” H-Scootaloo said with a small frown.

“It's fine.” He said, shaking his head more as he slowly got up.

“Are you sure? That ball knocked you down hard.” Stanley said, still chuckling a bit.

“Yeah I'm sure.” Benjamin said, holding his head a bit. “Just not my day.”

“Here.” Stanley pointed inside. “I will make some wool seats for everyone.” He walked inside.

Sunset frowned more as a large bruise formed on Benjamin's head as they all walked in, while H-scootaloo frowned more. “Are you sure you're ok Benjamin?”

Stanley looked over as he placed a few wool blocks down in the middle of the room. “Yeah, I've dealt with worse.” He said, crossing his arms.

“Welp, welcome to my temporary home.” Stanley said before sitting on one of the wool blocks and sighing. “Still need to set some things up and make sure to boobietrap the house.”

“Not a bad place.” Benjamin said, looking around a bit as P-Scootaloo frowned more.

“Your forehead is starting to swell.” She said, “Sorry about hitting you as well.”

“It'll be ok, and I'm fine.” Benjamin said with a slightly annoyed tone.

“I could give you a few snowballs but I don’t think they are cold, I never noticed.” Stanley said with a shrug.

“Eh It'll be ok, when we get back I'll put some ice on it.” Benjamin said with a small shrug.

“Alright.” Stanley said before he looked at the women from his world. “Unless I am here I don’t want anyone in my house.”

“Alright, but you should have gotten a building permit.” Twilight said with a small frown. “It's a good thing this land is technically outside of Ponyville’s jurisdiction.”

“Duh, why do you think I built it so far out? One, to stay away from everyone, and two, so I wouldn’t need any permits or other red tape.” Stanley said with a roll of his eyes. “Besides, this isn't even my main house, it's going to be a back up for whenever I'm near this town.”

“Alright.” Twilight said with a small nod.

Stanley sighed and leaned back only to fall onto his back. “Ow…fucking…” He grumbled as he got back up. “Look, I am still adjusting to being in a whole nother world, and the only human I have met is this guy.” He thumbed at Benjamin. “So don’t expect me to be all buddy buddy with a ton of aliens right away.”

The ponies frowned a bit. “Well… that's understandable.” Fluttershy said softly.

Stanley looked at Benjamin. “Do you want another potion of healing?”

“No, I'm ok. We should probably head back now anyway.” Benjamin said with a small smile.

“Alright, mind taking me back to the empire?” He asked before looking at the ponies. “After I set a trap.”

“Sure, and do you guys have anything metal and spare parts lying around?” Benjamin asked the ponies.

“We have a small junk yard.” Pony Rainbow said with a shrug.

“Is the scrap free or would I have to pay for it?” Benjamin asked, standing up.

“No pony is using it.” She said with a shrug.

“Sounds free to me.” Stanley said as he broke the wood block in the middle of the room and started digging down. “Don’t mind me, just wait outside.”

“Ok, I'm gonna build a car.” Benjamin said, standing up and walking outside.

“A car...can I keep it?” Stanley asked after a moment.

“Sure!” Benjamin called from outside as Sunset and H-Scootaloo followed him.

“What's a car?” P-Rainbow asked her counterpart.

“A vehicle.” H-Rainbow said.

“Like a carriage?” P-Scootaloo asked.

“Kinda except it runs by itself.” H-Rainbow said with a small grin, before frowning. “But they're really hard to build, how the heck is he gonna do it?”

“P-probably like that.” Sunset said as she pointed to Benjamin as he was a small red alien moving around the junkyard, grabbing things and putting them together.

“Whoa.” H-Rainbow said in surprise. “That watch is handy.”

“Is that what he can do?” Twilight asked with a starry eyed look. “I wonder what else he can turn into.”

“Who knows, so far we've seen this one, that big one, he said he has a dragon, we saw him become a living pile of goo, two super fast creatures one that looked like a dinosaur and one that looked like a cat. A ball thing, and an Alicorn thus far.” Sunset started listing off the creatures Benjamin had become.

“Wait, he can turn into an alicorn!?” Twilight shouted, eyes wide.

“Sure can!” A squeaky voice called from the junkyard, as they turned to see a large metallic vehicle shaking and barely standing on its wheels as Benjamin turned human again.

“Uh dude…are you sure that is gonna hold together?” H-Rainbow asked, looking unsure about getting into it.

“Oh I'm not done yet.” Benjamin said, touching his Omnitrix again before turning into a black and orange bipedal creature that began merging with the vehicle. In an instant the entire machine was covered in black and orange lines, as the body contorted and reshaped itself into a more stable form.

“What in the name of Equestria?” Twilight said, staring in shock.

“Surprised?” The machine suddenly asked, as it moved on its own over to them.

“How are ya doing that?” Applebloom asked in wonderment.

“This form is called a galvanic mechamorph. Or Upgrade as I call him, it lets me fuse with any technology and well, upgrade or repair it.” Benjamin said, as the lines slowly retreated from the vehicle leaving the metallic bus shiny and new looking as he returned to normal. “Also as for how many transformations I have, I have over a million.”

“A…million…that…but…how?” Twilight said as her hair started to frazzle.

Benjamin smirked a bit. “It's a big universe Twilight, though some of those transformations are probably subspecies of the same race.”

“Like the different kinds of pony?” H-Scootaloo asked.

“Yup, which I can also transform into.” Benjamin said as Stanley came out of his house.

“Just a few last touches.” Stanley said before he placed a pressure plate on the inside of the door, closed the door and placed a sign next to the front door. “There.” On the sign it read, ‘do not enter or face your doom.’

Benjamin blinked once before turning to the pony CMC. “No going in there to get your danger facers cutie marks or whatever.”

“Aww.” The three said hanging their heads as their siblings smirked a bit.

Stanley dusted his hands and smirked as he walked over to the group. “Now anyone who tries to fuck with my shit gets what they deserve.”

“Cool, everyone that's going to the crystal empire to meet your double climb aboard.” Benjamin said, getting into the bus as the four kids rushed in.

“Note that I will not be driving anyone back, so you'd be stuck there.” Stanley said as he walked into the bus.

Benjamin rolled his eyes as the ponies looked worried for a moment. “Relax, you've got the train to bring you back.” He said, starting the bus with a roar of the engine.

Stanley leaned back in his seat. “Yeah, but do they have the money for it?”

“Dude, you could spare a single bar of gold. It's not like you really need it anyway.” Benjamin rolled his eyes as the ponies got on the bus slowly.

“I could, but why?” Stanley asked with a raised eyebrow. “I don’t know them, if they made the foolish choice to go somewhere with no way back it's their fault.”

Benjamin sighed a bit as he rubbed his eyes. “Alright, fine. I'll give you guys some gems to sell.”

“Thank ya partner.” Applejack said, tipping her hat back.

“You big softy.” Stanley said with a chuckle.

“Better than making unnecessary enemies.” Benjamin said as he started driving.

“Weee!” Pinkie said with a smile.

“Eh, I would rather not be in a harem anime situation.” Stanley said with a shrug. “So I will avoid groups of women here.”

Benjamin blinked a bit as he glanced at Stanley from the rearview mirror. “Do you think this is all a game or something?”

“I mean…kinda, my friends said there is no way back but there has to be. So this is just a temporary thing. In fact I bet if I kill Jean I'll be able to go home.” Stanley said with a smile as he folded his arms behind his head and leaned his head back.

“Jean?” P-Scootaloo asked, looking confused as Benjamin glared forward at the road.

“The ender dragon.” Stanley said before he pointed up. “The last one, found only in the other dimension known as ‘The End’ and once defeated she leaves an egg behind for the player as a reward.”

“What!? You want to kill an endangered creature!” Fluttershy asked in horror.

“To be fair, it's not sentient, attacks everything and is technically enslaving the end.” Benjamin said with a shrug.

“Yeah.” Stanley said before adding. “The thing is locked on a floating island, surrounded by pillars that will heal her, and attacks anything and everything that gets near. So it may be the last one, but it can never die until someone destroys those towers and finishes her off. Even if the ender dragon isn't sentient can you imagine oh hell like that being stuck to live forever.”

“T-that's horrible.” Spike said with a frown.

“Yep, oh and there is also the fact that once you go to the end you can't leave till you kill her. One way trip.” Stanley added.

“Unless you die and respawn.” Benjamin said. “That's the beauty of the ender chest.”

“Yeah, but that is in the game, I am not gonna risk dying to see if I respawn.” Stanley said with a sigh.

“Fair enough, also you realize there's no guarantee you'll go home if you kill the ender dragon right?” Benjamin asked, sighing a little bit. “Also, this is taking longer than I imagined, anyone mind if I speed things up?”

“I don’t mind, I like to go fast.” P-Rainbow said.

“If you are doing what I think you are gonna do, make sure to give us seat belts.” Stanley said before crossing his arms.

“Alright.” Benjamin said, pulling over to the side of the road and turning into Upgrade again before merging with the vehicle.

“A-are we technically inside him now?” Rarity asked, sounding a bit grossed out.

“Only if you think about it that way.” Benjamin's voice came from the ceiling as a large single circular eye appeared. “Please. Don't.” He said, as the bus began shifting into a plane.

“I bet she just wished it was the other way around.” Stanley said with a laugh.

Rarity blushed bright red. “Excuse me!?”

“Please don't start anything.” Benjamin said with a sigh.

“Hey, if I can piss them off enough that they will avoid me, then I win.” Stanley said with a smirk.

The ponies glared at Stanley as Benjamin sighed, before the new airplane took off into the air. “Well anyway hold on tight.” He said making seat belts around them all, before suddenly blasting off at high speeds and breaking the sound barrier.

“Weee!” Pinkie Pie and the two Scootaloos cheered.

“Whoa!” Applejack said, holding onto her hat.

“You just broke the sound barrier as if it was nothing!” P-Rainbow said in shock.

“He is a jet right now, of course he can break the sound barrier, you act like it isn’t a common thing for aircraft to do that.” Stanley said while looking at her.

“It's not.” P-Rainbow said with a frown.

“You gotta remember they don't have a lot of technology here.” Benjamin said.

“Oh…well I am sure they can catch up to humanity.” Stanley said as he leaned back to relax.

Benjamin groaned a bit as the group flew through the sky back to the empire.

Chapter end. [/]