Something to change everything
Chapter 5: Unexpectancy.
Previous ChapterNext ChapterDuring the middle of the night, in a particurally empty part of land near Ponyville, one could see the angel-winged alicorn form Brendan standing over a massive summoning circle. "I received Celestia's messages, using the information she wrote, I was able to observe him from my plane of existance, he might not deserve his base back but... fluff it, I'll give it back because I want him to have some level of good things. He'll find things are... slightly different this time though." Brendan raised his hoof and chanted some ancient language before he stomped his forehooves in the summoning circle and brought Bad Guy's home base right to him. He disappeared later that night.
Bad Guy awoke with a groan, it was 6 AM, a time he never woke up at.
He got out of bed, brushed his mane and tail, making sure to include the spike parts of his tail, and went out for a trot... then he realized everyone was looking at something. Going over to the rest and floating above them... he saw what.
"That's... MY BASE?!" Bad Guy floated towards the entrance and gave it a little open. Suddenly, the familiar interior of his base let him see it was just as he had lost. The Mane 6 and the CMC, a trio of fillies made up of Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo, trotted up as a way to get a closer look. "I have no clue how you're here, my base, but you're here. No worries, your master's here," Bad Guy said in a cruel smirk.
All ten entered the building and the first thing they saw was how... dark it was. Color-wise, not lighting wise. Then a small group of animated puppets walked through, "Marionettes, what has occured at my base in my absence?" Bad Guy said commandingly to the puppets as they spoke in a tounge only Bad Guy understood, "So those pesky heroes tried to ransack my place did they? Were any stuck in here when the base teleported here?" He asked as one of the puppets nods.
"Uh, darling, we're here," Rarity said, alerting Bad Guy and the Marionettes which immediately looked ready to fight.
Sweetie Belle raised a hoof before saying something in the Marionettes' language which made them calm down. "Did I... really do that?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Bad Guy was dumb-founded. She had just told the Marionettes that the group of 9 native ponies were no threat as they knew him personally. "How... did you learn Puppetese? I didn't teach you that as far as I know," Bad Guy said as the Marionettes left the room. Sweetie Belle shrugged.
Every single pony in the room was just shocked. "What're the chances Sweetie Belle gets a Cutie Mark in monster talking?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Quite high," Twilight answered as Sweetie Belle smiled at the idea.
"Guess it'll all depend on if she's a natural at it or something. I don't know how Cutie Marks work internally, just an evil guy, not a know it all," Bad Guy said as he started trotting deeper into the place as the group realized something... they just teleported to a room with purple glass panels everywhere. "Ah, yes, this room. Ahem." Bad Guy said as the strange Demon Chair... thing turned around to look at the group.
"Bad Guy... you have returned but... what are you and who are they behind you?" The thing said.
"These are my allies in this world. The purple unicorn mare is Twilight Sparkle, the white unicorn mare is who I was living with the last few months and is named Rarity, the white unicorn filly is Sweetie Belle and she's the only one I'd consider a friend, no offense to you, Demon God, the cyan pegasus mare is Rainbow Dash, the yellow pegasus mare currently hiding from you is Fluttershy, the orange pegasus filly is... hold up..." Bad Guy gets a piece of paper out, "'Rainbow Dash's number one fan' Scootaloo, the pink heavily bouncy mare is Pinkie Pie, she loves parties. And lastly is the orange mare with a stetson hat, Applejack, and her little sister, the yellow filly with a pink bow, Apple Bloom. These are the 9 I know the most in this land we call home since I live with two of them and the rest of them are friends with one or both of the others," Bad Guy finished explaning.
The Demon God just stared baffled. "Ah, should I... go back to my base form?" The Demon God asked as Bad Guy nodded. The Demon God went from something fused to a chair to a more... normal being. Regal, yet dark. "This better for those of you who know not what demons are like?" The Demon Lord asked.
The ponies who came in the castle were surprised by the shift but it wasn't that horrible since he at least looked normal. "I'd say so, now... I heard the base got ransacked, mind telling me who did the ransacking and who got caught?" Bad Guy asked as the Demon Lord nodded.
"It was one of the small animatronics, the kid in the blue shirt with the two purple stripes, and the blonde kid, unforunately, the blonde kid is the one we caught," the Demon Lord explained as Bad Guy gave him the order to guide the ponies around... well, except Sweetie Belle since she made it adamently clear she was going to be with him as long as she was awake.
Bad Guy and Sweetie Belle entered the dungeons, what seemed like a pegasus colt was trapped in some iron shackles. He had a blonde coat color, brown eyes that were facing the ground, and a brown mane. "Who's there? I don't remember any equines being a part of Bad Guy's army but... heck if I know anymore. I expected these things to have half a brain but... they had more," the colt said, dejected.
"Did you really think my army would use just half of their brain when my base is being ransacked by you and your idiotic friends?" Bad Guy said watching as the colt lifted his head and saw the sight. "Helllooo there... Jacob."
The colt, now revealed to be Jacob, suddenly had a defiant face visible before he saw Sweetie Belle and Batty, who had joined them somehow, getting ready to attack if Jacob makes one wrong move. "Why is that filly defending you, Bad Guy?! Have you corrupted her or lied to her?!" Jacob assumed.
"Quite the opposite, actually. I've been an open book to her, telling nothing but the truth and she willingly choses to defend me," Bad Guy said but Jacob didn't buy it. Then the iron shackles unlocked and Jacob tried to stand on his back hooves but he immediately falls onto his forehooves as well, "You'll get used to it, Jacob," Bad Guy said. Sweetie Belle was struggling to hold her laugh back.
Jacob looked upset realizing that they were struggling to not laugh. "It isn't funny! I will seriously take my Overpowered Controller and slam it into your faces so hard that you'll wish you didn't laugh!" Jacob threatened but his small size made it hard to take him seriously. "Wait... why am I so short? Before I wasn't much shorter than Bad Guy, why is he now several feet taller than me?" Jacob asked as Sweetie Belle got out a mirror. Jacob immediately thought it was a joke. He soon realized, no. It wasn't.
"Listen, it'll be okay, you'll just have to get used to it, Bad Guy got used to it fast, maybe you'll be the same!" Sweetie Belle said, attempting to calm Jacob down.
Then all of the other ponies reached the dungeons, "And thissss is the dunge- Masssster, why isssss he free?" A snake named Slitherin asked.
"I'll say it, because of Sweetie Belle I'm less like who I was before I lost. Still evil though," Bad Guy said with a hint of a smirk. That smirk faded when he saw the look on Pinkie Pie's face at seeing Jacob. "Pinkie, no. First off, I do not want your bright as Brendan's wings party decorations in my base and secondly, Jacob needs time to come to terms with his situation," Bad Guy stated causing Pinkie's smile to droop.
It took Jacob several hours but he eventually came to terms with it. Jacob started digging through a chest and found his equipment. A foreign controller, a shirt made from foreign, yet fine, materials, a hat with a feather on it, and a series of little bonus accessories. "Hey, where's my crafting grid?" Jacob asked.
"It'ssss getting repairsss. It got messssed up in your sssscuffle," Slitherin said.
"But... why are you repairing it?" Jacob asked.
"I spoke to my monsters about it before you and your friends rudely stormed this place. We want to create our own version to assist our troops in battle since we lack the items you did and instead, only I had them but that was through summoning. An infinite number of monsters spawn here some my minions have no qualms killing each other just for materials," Bad Guy explained causing everyone in the room to have a look of knowing.
"They're repairin' it ta learn how it works, right?" Applejack asked as Bad Guy nodded.
Jacob just looked slightly upset at the prospect of all the monsters in the base having a crafting grid. "Bad Guy. You got me into this, you'll get me out," Jacob commanded.
"Would if I could but I have no idea how. I didn't bring my base to Equestria, nor is it sentient," Bad Guy replied.
Jacob spent the next few hours storming out and realized just how far off he was. No chests randomly sitting out, no monsters roaming the streets, heck, there weren't even weapon shops like most places had back in his home world.
Jacob had found a nice field to sit in and rest, he looked at the wings on his sides and... was confused as to why he became a pegasus. Taking his pocket pack off, he looked at the controller sticking out and sighed. Grabbing the cord of the controller with his mouth he twirled it around before doing a striking motion and hitting something invisible... hitting something invisible?
Jacob looked through his bag for one of his buttons and found it, the dispel button. He pressed it and the invisible foe became visible. Well "foe" is the wrong word, but rather a filly. The orange pegasus he saw back in Bad Guy's base. "What? Did Bad Guy send you after me or something?" Jacob asked but the filly shook her head.
"No... I... uh... just noticed you didn't have a cutie mark like me and my friends and was kinda wondering if you wanted to join my friend group the Cutie Mark Crusaders... or CMC for short. I'm Scootaloo," the pegasus filly, Scootaloo asked.
Jacob was confused, cutie mark? He did notice that Bad Guy and the Mares had marks on their flanks but... why would he need that? "I'm sorry... the importance of what a "cutie mark" is, is lost on me. To me, it just sounds like some magically acquired tattoo that doesn't really matter," Jacob explained as Scootaloo's eyes widened.
"Cutie marks show a pony's special talent! They're only the most important thing around!" Scootaloo explained.
"So a cutie mark show what you're naturally good at? Okay. Thanks for the information but I'd rather not a butt tattoo tell me what I'm good at and instead experience tell me that because I'll tell you, I'm good at battling monsters but unlike others, I was no natural," Jacob said, not leaving room for debate.
In the Pocket Dimension...
A kid with brown hair and a rather casual attire stared at the empty locale with Dan. "Dan... things are getting worse, first the Ultimate Trimmer disappears, then my brother and Bad Guy's base disappear, we need to do something about it," the brown haired kid said.
"Yes, Brendan, I know... but what can we do, we haven't gotten any clues as to what's happening... do you think the god with your name has something to do with this?" Dan asked but Brendan, the normal kid one, just shrugged.
Author's Note
Oh shit. Jacob and Brendan(Not the god one) have been seperated!
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