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Nimbus was not sure how to respond to that question. In fact, it felt like he should think deeper what explaination he should give to the doctor without being busted the next day. Nevertheless, he doesn't have much time “I think so?” it was an unsure reply. Nimbus hoped the doctor would buy his explanation. He then remember one thing, “Can you bring the pegasus who took me in to this hospital tomorrow? I feel the need to express my gratitude.“

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“My kingdom was indeed small; the previous rulers planned to expand into unclaimed territories before 'shifting their eyes at us'” she emphasized the phrase with a grim tone in her voice, meaning whatever she meant is too unpleasant to be brought up, although it proved to be useless when Flurry Heart would brought informations about Glory and her kingdom. The Queen of Thestral Kingdom would raise a brow at Flurry and a small frown of slight disagreement. It was easily forgotten when Starlight expressed worries for the Bloodthirst Thestral and she has good reason why, and what Glory heard sent shivers  to her bones and made her legs tremble. Starlight told them that an influencial organization ironically named SMILE did not like...outsiders to their world; this world. Apparently, they started off as a small organization, probably a small group, then they grew in numbers by recruiting more until they grew so big they have become influencial to places they are present in. It reminded Glory of the Loyalists who wants to take back the Capital city to put the previous rulers back to their throne and continue the genocide. SMILE is even able to recruit one of the school's teachers, much to Starlight's rage. Glory frowned. Even here, death followed her, wanted nothing more than to take her soul. Fortunately for her, she was in safe hooves. It is also revealed the unconscious mare was an outsider just like her.

Glory was curious who was this CMC-they to be precise.

“I am forever in your debt, Doamna Glimmer. I do not know what a dorm is but I have no problem living with a stranger under the same roof as long as they do not pose a threat to me” Glory replied.

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Thunder did not allow her emotion to spill out at seeing the earth pony mare smacked the stallion, although she did want to. Laughing was a rarity to her ever since leaving Cloudhaven. On the other hoof, there is nothing wrong for a stallion to be interested with a mare...as long as they did not took their interest to a dark level of 'excitement'.

Remember what she said to the workers about trying to not any mistake? Well, the cream mare took it to literally pulling Thunder's head as if it was effective to decapitate her than freeing her in one piece. The earth pony was not finished, and 'tortured' her some more just to find more ways to get her off the power armor, even going as far as to stood on her armored back; it does not hurt but Thunder did not like being disrespected.

So when the mare announced she has found a weak spot, Thunder's flicked with curiosity. She was abour to lecture her on the structure and design of her power armor when the mare begin...shooting her? Thunder a squeak out and her body trembled by the first few shots — besides, fear is a powerful emotion that even the most happiest pony would be reduced to a ball of shaking fur — then she realized she is still alive and she couldn't feel metal hugging her body, not mention she can now move.

Hearing the smug voice of the perpetrator, Thunder turns her head to the pale sandy yellow earth pony mare with dark blue mane with a hot pink streak. Sweetie Drops, which Thunder deduced is the name of this agent, was able to dismember a thick and tough power armor. How? that should not be possible, how did she do it? Her shock faded away when her ears caught the voice of the raider pony, who was being the led to them.“

“Using your looks to charm yourself out of this, horse-meat-in-a-can?” Buckshot smirked, apparently trying to lighten up the mood even for atleast for a few seconds.

“Sounds tempting. But I wouldn't dream of that.” came Thunder's nonchalant reply.

their little friendly moment was brought to an end, when Sweetie Drops gave them two decisions which apparently did not sound fair: join, or be locked in some cellar and waste away. Thunder was caught off-guard by this, she would expected to be detained knowing she was a soldier; not to mention her previous hostilities between the raider mare moments after finding themselves in an unfamiliar place, but to be confined until death wasn't one of the scenarios playing in her head. She was not the only one who have this thoughts playing in her head. Obviously, Buckshot wouldn't be very happy about their predicament. Fortunately, Thunder spoke before the raider could spat out profanities, “How do we work for you?”

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Stormlight took the form and begin filling while trying her best not to be distracted by Derpy's tears of happiness and Thought Sender's stare which she found uncomfortable. She eventually finishes and gives the form to Sender “I'm done, sir Sender.“ she shyly replied.

In the form, it would reveal information about Stormlight: She was a mare in her early 20's who was raised in Vanhoover before moving to Ponyville, her previous work position was working in Cloudsdale Weather Factory, and her guardian was Ire Heaven. Sender had apparently hired an outsider, a mare who was not a local to Ponyville.

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Pan is not bothered when Applebloom touched his face, closing his eyes which was his only sign of reaction. He really hope his family is safe.

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Silver was more shaken than nauseous, his body shaking as he stood up. He glared at Shallow “You could have told me you would do that.“ he chastised her.

As they enter the mart, Silver would look, checking aisles one by one while conversing with his companion “So, what was life back at your world?” he questioned.

...

As it turns out, and obviously, mas are not sold in grocery stores but they are able to buy food, Silver did not mind missing out the map for now as they have to go back to Blu.

Trouble was brewing. When Silver saw their othsr companion gallop to the direction of Ponyville without anything to conceal his appearence and identity, he knew something must have forced him to come out of hiding. And there it was, a giant bear larger than a two-story cottage invading the Sanctuary. Earlier, Silver recovered his armor along with the sword, which is now levitating in a green aura; the blade was still covered in zombie blood as Shallow had forgotten to clean it “That is huge!” he turned to Shallow, “it's too big, we have to retreat!”

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Nimbus would instinctively blink from the sudden bright light hitting his eyes. He did not like the doctor's action but did not complain. He was more knowledgeable about flying than medical procedures, it could be possible this is regularly done to patients and he is ignorant about it. you will get away without suspicion if he knew what he is facing; answering blindly will only result in whatever fate is awaiting him at the end of the finish line.

“I can feel pain in different parts of my body: my back, chest, head, and legs. But they are more tolerable now thanks to your colleagues”

As he speaks, he tries to look for anything unusual about the doctor, searching for anything out-of-place that may suggest spying. After all, it's better safe than sorry.

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Starla, or Starlight, as Glory assumed due to Flurry's incomplete greet earlier, told Flurry that she needed her help with the unconscious mare, begging to heal and take off the choker on her neck, which was revealed to be the reason why is mare is unconscious. The problem with the choker is designed, or magically designed to lock to the neck; it comes with great difficulty to remove by the victim as well as to those who tried removing it. She hoped the last guess does not apply to the item.

The removal of the choker took them less than three minutes, freeing Iffy from whatever magic is in the item, and the sleep's restraint.

Glory silently listens as Flurry and Starlight continue their conversation, smiling when the two huddled in a hug. The headmare would eventually notice Glory before introducing herself.

“Back in my kingdom, we never had any meetings with figures from the outside of our territories. I am Queen Glory Bloodthirst, mare to King Silver Shield 'Silverblade' Bloodthirst of the Thestral Kingdom, and a proud mother to three foals,” Glory gave Starlight a bow, “It is a pleasure to be in the presence of a wise mare, Doamna Glimmer (Doamna is a Romanian version for 'Ms' honorific title.)

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Silver scrunched his face with disbelief but he came to accept Shallow's ability very quickly. He was still worried considering Twilight's resemblance to the...other...Twilight. He hopes no one would see the image. “I got a lot of questions, but I'll set them aside for now. Let's roll.”

Before coming out of hiding, Silver decided to take off his armor out of caution.

Stepping out of the shadows of the trees was like trying to talk into a field of nails and thorns. He paused to look at passerbys and see if they noticed his entrance out of the forest and their reaction; no one seems to mind or they haven't noticed him. Good. Silver  casually walks into town.

After asking for directions to a few locals, he, Shallow, and Twilight arrived at Ponyville hospital, a three-story building. He went inside acting as if in panic.

...

Having put some of the hospital staff about an emergency, doctors and members of the emergency room staff took Twilight off Silver's back and brought her inside the ER room while one of the doctors decided to give questions to Silver.

“A tree branch fell on her,” Silver told the doctor, “she was knocked off and I'm concerned what damage she might have took by the impact.”

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Surface power armors were heavier compared to the ones used by pegasi and the Grand Pegasus Enclave. However, both, if disabled by an a grenade designed to disable robots and power armor, would trap their uses inside with little chance of getting out. Thunder Light did not want to starve inside while ponies surround her trying to think a way of removing her from her armor. Her eyes would look at Buckshot's direction with jealously as the unicorn is being managed by a single pony. Lucky her. If only her superiors bothered to teach her how to remove the power armor and not just the helmet. she did remember in order to wear the armor, the back should be opened, allowing the user to lower themselves into the power armor. She is not sure how to open the back thanks to her lack of knowledge.

Meanwhile, the workers standing by the downed pegasus would notice the barbed stinger tail, the wing blades, and a strange weapon each on Thunder's sides. Fortunately for them, she wasn't hostile. If she was, it would be difficult for them to put her down.

Thunder tried to move, this time she was succesful for atleast moving one her legs an inch but did not make anymore progress beyond that. “I don't know how to remove my power armor, not its no longer functioning. But I do know how to get the helmet off” she would give them the instructions, “All of you heard that clear? Good, don't make any mistakes. Make one sloppy mistake and one of you will end up taking my head; I'm sure your superior over there is moree than displeased if that happens.”

If the workers are able to remove the helmet, they would be greeted by an attractive pale tangelo orange face of a young mare with pale crimson mane, very light cerise eyes staring at them.

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“Okay?” he raised an eyebrow, unconvinced. He remember Applebloom explaining that there was a organization dedicated to hunting down...dimensional trespassers; her answer implies she is a member of said organization. He almost froze but stopped himself from showing his surprise. Even here he was not safe even if Applebloom did told him he was welcomed.

“I don't have anywhere to go, and if this organization is currently on high alert in this area, then I can't go anywhere,” he let a chuckle, a chuckle not because of amusement, but a memory which reminded him of what happened to him and his family back before they become rulers, “It's funny because me and my family werence refugees, hunted down because of a senseless rumor that drove the whole kingdom into trying to wipe us out; now it's happening again.”

He fell on his flank “because I became a trespasser even if i did no fault to deserve it.”

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The sudden hug spook Stormlight, but the poor mare would find herself I'me to move until Derpy finally let go of her. She immediately shot the ditzy pegasus a smile though it came out differently than she intended.

Stormlight would find herself stepping the office of a pony she also recognized. When asked by Thought Sender, she replied “I guess not but she did recommend me to work her as I need to find a job to earn some bits.” so she can start a new life without her friends. It was a dreadful thought that lingered in Stormlight's life. Here, she is in Ponyville, her identity reduced to nothing and now she has to start from scratch to get a new home and bits for herself without the support of her friends, and if they do exist, would they recognize her? 

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Glory kept her head straight as she and Flurry walked in the hallways of the school; however, she stealthy moved her pupils to eye at the different creatures who are students, all of them new to her eyes, having not met any of them before nor mentioned in any literature scrolls. It was amazing how diverse this kingdom was compared to hers, which only comprises thestrals and the ibex tribes that live in the Ibex mountains. Here? There was this bird-like creature, an insect-like creature with horns insect wings, and even this one big...furry...thing? It was really big, Glory assumes this creature lives somewhere with a cold climate due to a large number of furs on its body.

“They certainly did a wonderful job” a small smile graced her lips. If only her kingdom's previous rulers had been smart and intelligent.

They would eventually reach their destination, with Flurry the one to knock on the door, then open it. Glory was about to bow, knowing her place as an alien in an unfamiliar land when she was met by a room that appeared to have been visited by a tornado. And laying on a desk was a wingless-hornless green mare with a yellow mane as yellow as hay. The mare's eyes are closed shut and she was unconscious. She wore an article of weird blue clothing with one yellow streak and a choker on her neck. She also saw some...contraption attached to one of the mare's forelegs.A purple-horned mare was examining the unconscious green mare. From the condition of the room, it appeared some scuffle had occurred inside.

Flurry yelled with bewilderment in her voice, and Glory froze between choosing flight or fight as her response. But the horned equine did not give them any time to react, she would encase them in her magic and levitate them inside. Hearing a long bang, Glory glanced behind her to see the door closed. The horned mare would give a short explanation that gave little information about what is going on, only confirming that something happened to the unconscious mare laying on the desk on the premises of the school or somewhere around it.

In Starlight's perspective, the unfamiliar face standing beside Flurry Heart was a thestral with red sclera, wearing a silver crown and horseshoes.

Iffy Quizzy, the unconscious mare on the desk, was in a deep state of sleep. Whatever was in the choker, it was certainly designed to keep its victims unconscious for a long period. Starlight would have also noticed the small machine on her left foreleg.

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Nimbus carefully crouched behind a bush, making sure he doesn't drop Twilight. He hasn't been to this town yet but it was known for being the home to the elements of harmony: This town is Ponyville, home to not only the elements but the Princess of Friendship. He almost felt the irony of hiding princess Twilight from the general public if it weren't for her being from another world.

After being asked by Shallow what to do, Silver turned his eyes to look at her, his gaze examining her body from head to tail. He frowned. “We must do something about your fish-tail- Oh, uhh, no offense, Shallow. And our Twilight as well. If what you and Blu are saying about this SMILE organization is true, taking our Twilight to the hospital is incredibly risky even before we even arrived there. He glanced at the town before turning to back to his companion, “We must not stand out from the general public if we don't want to be caught. I only had to take my armor off then I'm just like any other pony they would see wandering about, except if this town is too small. Our major problem is both you and Twilight easily stand out of the crowd." His horn flared to life, a green aura envelopes Twilight and she was gently settled down on the ground. Silver paused at the sight of his saddlebag sporting a few blood smears before opening it, “Ah, there they are." He took out not only one but FOUR coin purses. Silver emptied the other three of their bits before proceeding to fill the other, “I hope the Generosity bearer doesn't mind making a simple cloak...” he muttered to himself.

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Another...dimensional trespasser? Pan couldn't find a hoof of whatever she is trying to say with those foreign words. What he can understand, fortunately, and unfortunately for him, is being hunted down by an organization for being a trespasser. Trespassing what?

Applebloom's answer to this mental question is to dress him in some kind of...pheasant's clothing and coining him the name 'Apple Pan'. She told him everything about his new identity, that he was Apple Pan and is a distant cousin of hers. He can feel his wings pressed against his sides by the clothing which does not have holes for his wings.

He was about to ask her what was going on when he was interrupted by the knocks on the front door. Judging from Apple Bloom's action of shushing him, it was probably not good. He decided to move out somewhere where he will not be seen through the front door or any of the windows in the room. His ears would catch a tiny conversation before turning into what he presumed to be a one-sided argument. It ended with a yell from whoever was outside.

Hearing the door being closed, he returns to Apple Bloom, staring at her.

...

Now, it's not the time to get into a scuffle with the same here who took care of a pony alone using a less diplomatic, yet unharmful option. He was visibly shaken when she spoke to him, only relaxing she laughed and gave him a more comfortable question.

“Well, uh, yeah, you really sound intimidating when you raise your voice" he answered nervously. “Who was at the door?”

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Rolling her eyes, Buckshot tossed her shotgun to the nearest unicorn worker. She's getting tired of this diplomatic thing. Even before becoming a raider when she was still earning as a caravan guard, diplomacy was a no, no to her unless, that kind of stuff is up to the merchants she's protecting. “Does that answer enough for you?” she asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm. She knew what they were doing. What? Is she going to act all stupid and brainless? The most logical decision to make in this situation is to surrender and hope for the best they would give you atleast a few hours to regret every poor decision she has done in her life before saying goodbye to the living world and greeting the afterlife.

Thunder said nothing, the immobilized pegasus mare lay silently in her power armor.

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Stormlight was noticeably hurt when Turner assumed that she was a fool, but it quickly faded when his second theory is that she may be a time traveler. Stormlight is not a believer in time traveling but she did hear her friends discuss time-traveling several times...including times when they expressed their hidden desires to someday be able to achieve time traveling to change their past. She ignored his other statement, feeling it wasn't worth it to be stored in her brain.

Stormlight was beginning to feel butterflies in her stomach when Time Turner began to express his desire to know more about her world, fortunately, Derpy came to her rescue, saying Stormlight needed some job if she were to stay here. Already, Stormlight expressed her wish to get a position in the Cloudsdale Weather Factory but decided to find out whatever this other job was. You know you can't deny when your host is all kind and sweet to you, just like the Derpy she came to know.

She was taken outside of their home, and Stormlight already recognized Ponyville. There was some difference but she couldn't put a good of what it was.

Was she really in the same Ponyville where she and Ire moved into? The town looks the same but it was...different

Soon, they arrived at the town's postal office. Stormlight knew this is where Derpy worked as the town's courier. And here, she realized this was going to be her new job.

“Well, this did appear to be as easy as pushing a cloud. I'm up to getting this job, I guess,” she replied.

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It was too fast...too fast. His mind was having difficulty processing his newfound information. Nimbus' confusion grew. However, he knew had to listen to her. At the same time, lying to a doctor with serious injuries is tough and he wouldn't easily get away from hiding his identity. He would eventually be questioned sooner. He can't escape his situation; he was trapped.

Still, that doesn't mean he has to be suspicious of every doctor and nurse who come inside his room to check on him. He did not want to be suspicious and concerned until the right time comes. And boy, it did come.

Name, age, where he lives, and how did he got all those injuries.

“Stormy Showers, 25 year old, and I live in Manehatten,” why choose Manehatten? A big population meant a slow progress of trying to find 'Stormy Showers' family, “I live with my father a younger brother. My mom...she...passed away five years ago.”

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Seeing most of Shallow and Blu's discussion are mostly between them and does not have to do with him, Silver decided to stay out. He wasn't up to having bad blood with someone too early, knowing these two ponies are currently the two individuals who he has to stick to since all three of them are being hunted down by a big bag organization. He did give Shallow a nod of approval to Blu when asked to take care of Twilight. He gave Blu a look of sympathy.

Silver was a bit curious about who Mr. Bear is, assuming he is not a member of SMILE because it appeared both of his companions trusted this mysterious individual. He did not get the clue, even when they arrived at an animal sanctuary built by the forest limit of the Everfree, that Bear is not a pony.

As he and Shallow are about to part ways with Blu, Silver decided to speak up to the shark-pony hybrid, “I need a map. If possible, let's try to find one or atleast a history you know that contains a map.” he turns to say his goodbyes to Blu, “We haven't interacted much but I'm pleased you didn't choose to pounce at me unlike your sharp-teethed pal here,” he briefly shot a smug smirk at Shallow before continuing, “Farewell, my friend.”

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Glory nodded and allowed herself to be pulled into a gentle hug. It reminded her of her husband hugging her after accepting his engagement. Oh, how lovely and gentlecolt he was to her when they were young and before the killings broke out.

When Flurry told her about her abilities, Glory smiled. Truly, this mare is gifted with a powerful ability to manipulate emotions coming from the heart and mind.

...

Glory flew with Flurry Heart for some hours just to go to a place called School of Friendship to meet with a wise mare, Starlight Glimmer. She hasn't used her bat wings for a while due to her life in the castle, she has evaded several assassinations on separate occasions when she left the premises of the castle. For her, it was refreshing to use her wings despite the strain of flying for miles. And when she looked down.

Woah...

Compared to her kingdom, the land below her is vibrant. There were no scars of war, just peace, and harmony, something which is only just a distant dream when you live in her nation.

When they arrived at a settlement where the school of friendship is located, Glory stared in awe at the numerous houses and their equine residents. As far as she could tell, some have horns, wins, and those who have none, but none of them are like Flurry, who has both wings and a horn. As long she observed the locals who don't have to worry about being invaded, Glory felt very jealous. It was this kind of life her subjects, her family, and everypony in the Thestral kingdom deserves to have, and not fighting over misconceptions and discrimination. If only they can peacefully end the conflict with words instead of swords and bloodshed. If only...

She was amazed by the architecture of Flurry Heart's kingdom once more, this time by the lavender exterior of the School of Friendship, which was built beside a mountain. The entrance door of the school was between two small waterfalls which provides water to the pond surrounding the building. Glory's attention was not broken when Furry mused about the librarian and a clothed earth pony mare entering the Everfree Forest.

“Your kingdom...you have a wonderful kingdom, Flurry." She spoke to the young princess, not taking her eyes off the school.

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When the librarian stopped, Iffy stopped. Why did Miss ESQ stop? Mmm, was it probably because she did not her new name? “Mm? Why did you stop, Miss ESQ- huh?”

What Iffy does not expect to happen is ESQ turning around and rushing at her with some odd round item in her mouth. ESQ did not even give her much time to react before putting on the mentioned item on Iffy's neck. The stable dweller opened her to speak, but when she tried, she suddenly felt a sudden sharp spike of something from the item, traveling throughout her body in milliseconds. Iffy only managed to let out a pained yelp before collapsing to her ground, her unconscious body kicking on the ground for a while before going still.

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Pan's smile turned into a frown, worry replacing his casual attitude. “Huh? What do you mean?” he is certainly not within the territory of the Loyalists as no ponies like Apple Bloom ever live in his kingdom even before the war, let alone the houses the mare lived in. What was this new danger he has to avoid? Was it because of his high status again? “What's going on, Miss Bloom? Is someone out there trying to look for me with Ill intentions?”

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Buckshot narrowed her eyes “Hey, it's not my fault that I'm defending myself from you trigger happy ponies. I did everything I was told to do and tried surrendering, but some (Censored) thought my surrender isn't worth a (Censored) to keep me alive!” she yelled back her reply.

This time, Thunder decided to back up with the mare's statement, knowing what happened and that everyone who doesn't know the truth deserves to know the truth “Some of your soldiers decided to open fire at a disarmed individual despite her compliance to surrender. The mare with me hasn't fired her weapon, only retrieving it to defend herself just in case she has to. If you want us to surrender without causing a fight, you must act more diplomatic than this!” she added. If she could just walk up to the mare and offer her hoof...ugh, why can't this be simple? “And I am going to say this again: I don't pose any threat to anyone, and i need help. I can't move a (Censored) limb because my power armor is deactivitated!”

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Stormlight look with awe at the room, she had not seen Time Turners lab before, let alone aware of its existence. She turns her attention to Time Turner, confusion coming back.

“I don't know what's happening but I guess I had to give you two a reintroduction. i'm Stormlight, I was originally from Vanhoover before I moved to Canterlot when I was send to study in Canterlot Academy, then I moved to live in Ponyville along with my best friend, Ire Heaven. I worked for the Cloudsdale Weather Factory, I can list off the names of the workers who live here in Ponyville if you want to. I guess...” Stormlight made sure to reveal all information about her life in Ponyville, which is spoken in her next set of statements, “Other than Iree, I have a few friends. They also live in Ponyville: Writer Rhyme, Windy Breeze, and Moonlight Starburst.”

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Nimbus gave Cozy a smile of his own in response to hers. He had thinking about Thunderchief, his squad, friends, and family aince arriving at the hospital before the her arrival. He was worried for them, and he is wondering where the hay he is now as he could not recognize the hospital.

His smile dropped when Cozy asked him to tell her what happened to him. “I don't know” there was a tone of uncertainty in his voice, “It started off like any other day, everypony was about their business, foals walking to their school; I was heading to Shorebreeze Academy, a place where we teach pegasi a lot of acrobatic tricks, and where I hang out and spend time with my squad and Thunderchief. Then—” his expression tightened slightly, grimacing, “me and my squad are all gathered at the meeting room, discussing some important topics before class started for the trainees we were supposed to teach whoen the building started to shake. There were cracks everywhere, on the floor, wall, all the way up to the ceiling. Dust are falling, and one of my squadmates, Speedy Skies, was knocked out by a falling part of the ceiling. I told my other squadmates to take her to the hospital. Me and Thunderchief decided to evacuate the whole building. The shake ended 15 minutes later.

“When the shaking stopped, we finally saw the extend of the damage. It turns out the school wasn't the only one shaking, the whole town was apparently affected by the shaking. No structure doesn't show signs of damage, everything suffered structural damage. I had to check on my parents. I met up with Thunderchief at the hospital, told me a lot of ponies were injured but no deaths are reported so far. I...” he suddenly paused, falling silent for a seconds before continuing, “I-I asked her about Speedy's condition and she said her condition is stable. That was the last time I remembered before finding myself struggling within water.”

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“Should we just find another place to hide,” Silver had been listening to Shallow and Blu's conversation the entire time, he was bothered that they're going into what he assumes to be a hostile territory thanks to the information Shallow revealed. He decided to give some ideas for them, hoping they found one of them useful, “I'm afraid it may not be a good idea to go to go somewhere where an assault took place. But if you all are still convinced to go there anyway, at least try sneaking at night. Darkness means reduced visibility, low chance of getting attention, and low population of ponies wandering outside.”

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Buckshot did not fly up, she's a unicorn. I'm referring to my pegasus character, Thunder Light, who couldn't fly up because of her power armor.

Speaking of Thunder Light, she's still in the spot where she appeared, immobilized.

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Silver listened to Blu's explanation regarding where he was and what to avoid. While not having any obsession with reading books, it helped him learn a few things while protecting him from boredom: fiction, worlds that do not exist but have a life of their own revolving around the characters If those stories with scenarios that are almost impossible to believe; one of those scenarios is time-traveling. Shimmer was not too talented; nevertheless, she was still a powerful unicorn but time-traveling wasn't one of her perks. What if something went wrong the moment she made the quick decision to use a teleportation spell on him?

Oh, by the way, not only he was now in another world, but he also has to deal with another threat worse than zombies, as Blu calls them. There was some big-bad organization ironically called SMILE who are out hunting down time-travelers and killing them. Silver was not sure whether the last one is true, or just Blu's paranoia of getting caught as it turns out he and Shallow Shade are on the run from the organization.

Wait a minute. He glances at the unconscious on his back. If Princess Twilight are with Blu and Shallow, doesn't that mean she's also on the run?

Oh, and not forget the myst Shade was talking about. He'd question them about that matter once they're safe.

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Sadly for the Iffy, she did not have a concept of what a dangerous forest may look like or what creatures may lurk in the dark, for Iffy is a mare who enjoyed a lot of privilege, doomed to become a test subject ever since she was born. “Librarian's your name? I bet Miss ESQ fits you more, you can me ODT from now on. But if you want to know my REAL name, I will not hesitate to tell you, I promise!” she shattered loudly as she followed the librarian close behind her tail.

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Something whizzed by Buckshot, displacing air that touches her left cheek. Her eyes shot open and glances behind. Whatever projectile that was shot at her, it was bigger than any ammo she know. The tip was a triangular-shaped iron but most of its body is wooden. It is still capable of killing, probably even posing more threat than any ammo except for shotgun rounds. Buckshot immediately rushed for her shotgun, which was laying a distance away from where she was.

If she can facehoof, she would have done so before rushing to find cover or simply fly high up. Thunder, still immobilized but protected by her power armor, looks on at the panic with a dumb look on her face “Is this what my distant ancestors do in situations like this?” she muttered to herself.

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Stormlight lay on her stomach, shaking as she cower. Why is Derpy acting as if she hadn't known her? She's just as confused as the latter, which only increased when Time Turner came into the scene. He also acted as if he hadn't known her too, what is going on!?

“None of you know me?” she asked softly, trying not to provoke the two friends.

~~~~

Nimbus was heavy but still light enough for Cozy to carry him. It would still left her exhausted for a while. Speaking about exhaustion, he tried to answer her questions but could no longer find the strength to speak, stuttering as he tried “T-Thunderchief is m-my...”

He was still conscious when he was taken to the hospital, where he was placed in an emergency room and Cozy was not allowed inside but a doctor was brought out to give her some explanation about Nimbus Fairwind and diagnosis.

His injuries was worse than seen from the outside. Nimbus was suffering several broke fractures, near-drowning and dry drowning. It is also mentioned that during the procedure, the stallion had coughed out a number of foreign objects from his body: glass fragments, dirt, and lot of unidentified debris. Miraculously, the operation was able to stable his condition and that he will be soon moved to another room and allowed visitors.

When Cozy enters the room, Nimbus laid on the bed. He was covered by bandages all over his body. He did not smile when he noticed her but still pleased to have other company other than doctors and nurses who occasionally come to visit him. “I don't know. I just feel empty and lost.” he spoke in a hushed voice, “It's funny that I was just in another hospital before I found myself struggling inside the body of a water.”

~~~~

Glory's ears moved backward, falling flat when Flurry's statement reached them, she was new to this, this was her first time talking to a fellow ruler who is not a member of her family, let alone a bloodthirst thestral. On the other hoof, maybe she should have expected that Princess Flurry would find her history too unsettling to believe. “It does not matter if you believe or not, what is undoubtedly the most believable truth is that I am lost in your land and has nowhere to go and nowhere to go back to my kingdom; I am effectively displaced from my herd.” she closed her eyes, trying to hide the brewing emotion rising in her heart.

~~~~

When his host asked a question, Pan quickly gave her a reply “I'm Pan Bloodthirst, ma'am. A proud chef working and a brother to two sisters, and offspring to the best parents in all of Thestrals!” he told her with a high sense of pride with a bit of patriotism. While he may be against war and becoming the next king of his country, not to mention the persecution, he has compassion for his country which will never be erased.

“Nah, I ate very early, but I would like to try out whatever food you have!” he said with a bright smile. He did not want to disappoint his host, Apple Bloom must have some kind of food that can only be found within her culture, “Give me all you can and I will try them all out!” his sharp fangs would briefly be seen by Apple Bloom as he spoke.

@Kujamih

Surprisingly for the librarian, Iffy only froze with a smile still on her face. But deep inside the stable dweller, she wondered why the pony called her with weird initials? Mmm, maybe ponies here are named with short initials. Ah, that must be the case then. She was no longer Iffy Quizzy.

She was now...ODT!

ODT...or Iffy Quizzy had not been listening to the librarian until the mare told her to follow her. Iffy unfreezes and began disregarding the librarian's personal space by moving her face too close, “Ooh, are we going somewhere? Can you tell me where are we going um...” she retract her head, putting a hoof to her chin as she pondered for something Then, a lightbulb popped on top of her head (not literally) “Miss ESQ?”

It looks like the librarian's handling of the ODT came off easily. Meanwhile...

~~~~

Thunder and Buckshot's profanity exchangement competition was interrupted by the superior officer. Buckshot's immediate reaction was to point her shotgun at the officer, much to Thunder's dismay, the latter yelling “For crying out loud, you'd find yourself laying on the pool of your own blood before you can pull the trigger!”

Buckshot paused, eyes twitching with annoyance at the annoying armored mare while thinking whether fighting the officer and her buddies is worth taking risks. It is obvious she can't take on all of them due to their numbers. She may not want to admit it, but she knew that the armored pegasi was right. Then, she remembered what Cards told her.

Groaning, she dropped her shotgun in defeat, even kicking it far enough for her magic to reach “Okay, okay, fine. You get to take me and do anything you want with me. Just make it quick.” she closed her eyes, preparing for the worst.

Thunder rolled her eyes, her expectation widely different from the one running in the raider's mind. “You don't have to fear anything from me. I actually need some help since I can't move in my depowered power armor” she told the officer.

~~~~

Nimbus happily accept the mare's help, mainly because he felt too nauseous to even deny. He was still strong enough to speak but his voice came out like he was out of breath.

“W-Where's Thunderbird?” he moaned, asking the mare before falling into coughing fit, then wheezing. He could feel his chest aching. And despite his uniform he still wore covering most of his body, his stomach was noticeably swelling. Unknownst to him, he was having a near-drowning situation.

~~~~

Stormlight knew Derpy, she was very kind and sweet, friendly with a bit of clumsiness added to the mix. She also know Derpy's friendship with Time Turner, and her job as the town's local mail courier and had once worked at a shop. So why is Derpy accused her of being a thief? “A-A thief. Oh no, I would never steal somepony's stuff!”

Stormlight defended softly with a meek tone, “and you know me, Ditzy. I'm a resident in Ponyville and you know me. Please, this is all just a misunderstanding!”

~~~~

Glory was surprised when it turned out the ruler was smaller than her, maybe she's just a young mare who was recently crowned and she only been ruling her country for years after becoming a queen. The winged-horned-equine would introduce herself as Princess Flurry Heart. That title threw her previous belief regarding Flurry's royal status.

After sitting on a chair, Glory would answer Flurry's inquiry “My arrival here is unintentional, I have no plans to visit a country I don't know exists. I was at the royal castle where me and my family now lives after a successful coup thanks to the resistance forces my husband led to seize the capital and to overthrow the incompetent king and his family for the betterment of the nation and my tribe, who are still brutally persecuted by those who are still loyal to the previous king and sought the destruction of my kind for lies and crimes our tribe has never committed.” she took her silver crown and placed it on the table, oroving her queen status, “I am Queen Glory Bloodthirst. Me and my family rule the Kingdom of the Thestrals, most who know me simply call me by my name Glory. You may call me Glory if you wish.”

~~~~

Pan followed the mare into her home despite the obvious fact that she is not a thestral and that she did not recognize him as some kind of royalty, he was flattered and thankful for her generosity. He was disappointed and distressed when she told him he was the only one to trespass her farm, meaning his family was not here in the first place. It does not make sense? How did he got here if his family had not even been here!?

He hoped his family is safe wherever they are.

He smiled at Apple Bloom's offer “Thanks, Miss Bloom. I'll be forever in your debt.” he thanked her politely.

@Kujamih @Illiad Easle

His concern did not waned even after the shark-pony hybrid's stomach aches stopped. He hoped the virus was truly dead, if not then he has to take matters into his own hooves.

Silver's eyes widened once again when he mentioned the name one of Equestria's princesses, Princess Twilight Sparkle, who happens to be the one who cushion his fall and taking most of the force, knocking her unconscious immediately. He quickly glanced at the unconscious mare and was about to bow down and apologize when he noticed a difference. Twilight was missing her wings.

He approached her downed form began inspecting. Where are her wings? Did he knocked them off and ceased to exist? What will Princess Celestia would do if ahe found out he was responsible for hurting her student!?

“Am I going to be banished to the moon for this, Miss Shade?” he asked the sharp-pony hybrid who introduced herself as Shallow Shade. His voiced was filled with despair her he accepted his inevitable fate, “Can I atleast inform her about the outbreak before receiving my punishment? All of Equestria has to know to prevent the virus from spreading.”

@Kujamih @Illiad Easle

Although Silver was pleased that the shark-pony hybrid knew the blood is tainted, he quickly turn from calm to panic as she started licking him, “Wait, but the blood is infectious. Whatever's inside the blood can turn you into one of them. One of the local scientists who believed me when I presented a string of deaths connected to the virus even said it is infectious enough to infect an entire hospital in just one day!”

The blood on Silver was dark red, deoxygenated blood. But inside the blood are thousands, if millions of tiny microorganisms whose forms are eerily familiar to the shape of the sword wiggling as the infected blood is licked out from Silver's drenched armor and body. At some point, Silver was driven to paranoia at the thought of getting infected due to a mere drop of infected blood on his fur, but it turns out the virus transmission is through biting, and the infected liquid of any kind entering through body openings, especially wounds.

@Kujamih

A scream shook Thunder out of her thoughts and tried to fly, only to fall flat on her face.

“Ouch!” she yelped. What's going on, why is her armor not obeying her all this sudden? Wait a minute....

...

Writer, you dumb-headed [Censored]!

Thunder cursed in her mind. She was accompanying a group of odd but friendly wastelanders, helping them travel to what remained of Manehattan safely as possible. That was her duty as a soldier, but to protect them, her protection has conditions: one, they must keep her alive; and two, they must point the barrel of a weapon at her. The only male member of the group decided to just do that because of his apparent ignorance with guns and point the weapon at her face, although unintentionally.

“No, no, no, don't even dare try doing that, [Censored]s!” a rough feminine voice yelled out, “I'm not going down without filling one of you my bullets!” The speaker seemed to be standing beside her downed form and she could hear the quiet hum of a unicorn's magic. Either the mare's a wastelander with no proficiency with diplomacy or a stinkin' raider. The mare was emitting a smell mixed in with dried blood and the smell of not bathing for several years. Opening her eyes, Thunder decides the unicorn is a female raider, judging by the mare's appearance. Then raider was a light brown unicorn mare, she has emerald eyes, and a very kept mane and tail of darker shade, there are small patches of scars on her head, chest, and her legs of old injuries the mare sustained during her years of raiding countless caravans. Held floating by her magic is a double-barrel shotgun. Looking in the direction where the gun's muzzle is pointed, she saw several ponies either running or pointing their horns and their weapons at them. Thunder and the raider are both outnumbered, so Thunder tries to diffuse the situation by trying out good-old diplomacy.

“Lower your weapon, ma'am”

...

Buckshot was not very happy. She had only agreed to join only because of the small band of raiders she now calls friends because she needed safety in numbers and resources. Sure, she warmed up to them and decided to make friends with one, but she never asked to find herself in an unfamiliar place with one of the travelers she and the group are planning to attack. Worse of all, she was surrounded by a large number of strangers. She may not be the first to pull the trigger in her group, but when it comes to situations like this, a prey's instinct kicks into action.

Her ears swiveled hearing the winged pony's order. She glanced at the armored mare and spat out with the fire of despise in her voice “Why am I going to listen to you, pony in a metal can!? You think talking to them can get us out of here!?”

The armored mare's mouth frowned, which was the only part of her head not obscured by her helmet. She can still feel the glare through the insectoid-like orange visors. “What you are doing is only increasing our chances of getting killed. Use your (Censored) head!”

“Oh shut your (Censored) mouth, (Censored)!” Buckshot cursed.

~~~

Stormlight wasn't so sure what happened to her even as she look at the mare whom she immediately recognized as Derpy Hooves—although she prefer to call her by the name of Ditzy Doo as she thought Ditzy's the mentioned name offensive—she can easily remember that she was at Cloudsdale weather factory helping out moving the clouds when a loud boom of thunder deafened her eyes, and every fur on her body standing before finding herself plummeting before landing safely on the bed. She eyed Derpy, then at the bed, then at Derpy “H...How did you know I was falling?” she asked.

~~~

Glory Bloodthirst cannot remember what happened after a bright flash took her from the huddled pile of bodies that was her family. Her yellow pupils, along with her red sclera, stared at the pink winged...horned equine. She wasn't quite sure what to call it as she has never seen it before. But seeing the crown and the regalia, she knew that this mare in front of her was a ruler of a kingdom, its existence unknown to her own country and its previous rulers. Glory also noticed that she was sitting on what appeared to be a table made of out...shiny reflective materials.

She got off the table but did not take her eyes off the pink winged-horned mare. Glory did not want to create a diplomatic mess by accidentally insulting this ruler so she gave her this question: “Where am I?” she asked calmly, looking around the room like a lost foal.

...

In another place, one of Glory's family members is doing the same thing in a similar situation. Pan woke up in the middle of what appeared to be some kind of fruit farm surrounded by trees with odd red fruits hanging on their branches. He was tempted to try them out but the suspicion of walking in the properly of somepony's land and his carnivore-only diet made him pause. He then realized one thing: his family was nowhere near him.

“Mother? Father?” he began calling out for his family one by one, his movement growing more uneasy and agitated as he did get any answer as seconds goes by, “Elise, Chichi? Father!? Mother!? Chichi!? Elise!? Please answer me!” he spread his leathery-bat-like wings and took off to the sky. He glanced down at the ground below him and saw nothing but trees, trees, and trees. Whoever this place must be wealthy to have a big tree farm. Wait a minute, if this was somepony's property, why can't he just look for a house to see if the owners are there? Maybe his family was found and taken inside. Besides, who would deny shelter to the royal family? Coincidentally, a house came into view as he was contemplating. He made a quick decision; he glided back to the earth, landing a few feet away from the home, the wooden structure was painted bright red.

As he was making his way to the door, his nose caught a wonderful aroma coming from the door. Oh, I hope he is not interfering with anypony in their lunch. Halting in front of the door, he gave three gentle knocks, “Ah... Hello? I'm sorry if I'm intruding somepony but can I have a word with you?” he spoke apologetically, “I am lost on your farm and I don't know where my family is. Do you happen to pick up a family of three mares and a stallion?”

~~~

The first sensory retained is his ability to feel the state of his body; which is rewarded with a sudden shot of agony coming from all over his body, from his head to his hind legs. His eyes shot open and began kicking his legs.

He was underwater.

Nimbus Fairwind was a good swimmer, but the pain serves as a distraction from calming him. He was confused, he needed to get his head above water.

Nimbus desperately swam towards the surface of the water while trying to ignore the pain. He could see his memories flash in his eyes but he rejected them.

Thunderchief...

His snout broke through the surface of the water, Nimbus was finally free from the mercy of the water. He shook his head, his damp mane flopping back and forth. He opened his eyes.

A sky greeted his eyes but there was no hospital, no houses, just him floating on a small body of water in the middle of a green field.

The pegasus swam, reaching for the land despite being boggled by the unexplainable change of location. No, where was this place? He could not see the sea, where is he!?

“Where in the hay am I?” Nimbus muttered. He was surprisingly calm.

~~~

She took a random grey book out of a bookshelf, examining it. The title on the cover read 'Fallout Equestria'. She looks up from the book to glance st her vibrant surroundings “Blue, red, yellow, green, orange, brown, purple...” a smile slowly grew, “So many colors. Ahahahaha! How is there so many colors in one place?!”

Iffy does not care if everypony around her thinks she's weird or odd for her antics. The energetic earth pony mare galloped around the library, laughing and repeating names of colors like a mental hospital patient on the run. Iffy could not help it, the place was so lively and happy than anywhere she had been before. She came across a window as she was trotting by and decided to check it out. Lo' and behold, there was a green garden, and...and...what is that big blue and yellow circle thing on the ceiling!?

A voice saved her from a possible memory overload. Looking behind, pony decided to inquire about whatever Iffy wants. “Yes, I actually have a question: where are we?” she asked.

@Illiad Easle @Kujamih

It was then Silver Chary realized why they were acting so aggressive. He lifted a hoof and saw splotches of blood covering it. He looks back at the two ponies with him. Regaining his composture, he spoke “These are the blood of monsters I have slaved who brought a terrible outbreak in my town. I am only one of the few town guards who are left to evacuate the last remaining survivors who couldn't get out.” he explained calmly.

@Kujamih @Illiad Easle

Silver's eyes widened, realizing just how serious the situation he found himself in. He saw the other pony pointing some odd-looking crossbow at him, who ordered him to step back. He was about to comply when he saw the sharp-pony hybrid rushed at him. Silver is able to take a few steps back before he was tackled to ground. He laid on his back, gritting his teeth, and frozen as the hybrid hold him down. He was afraid, but at the same time, he was also confused. “Hey, hold your tail, ma'am. I am not here to hurt anypony!” he told her.

You only need to change the Windy Breeze multiverse to OCLifeverse; the worlds of Dead Equestria, Afterbefore, Princess of Unknown Kingdom, and Fallout Equestria: Rotting Lilies are connected to the world of OC Life.

8 hours ago, Illiad Easle said:

@Kujamih @Windy Breeze

I'm confused, how many new characters are being added now? Because it sounds like Windy is going straight to seven simultaneous characters. That is a fairly overwhelming shift in the action economy.

I'm not opposed, just concerned that this might be too much all at once.

I can agree with you. I admit it will be a bit difficult and a overwhelming not only for me but to you guys, but I will try to keep up without causing confusion.

1 hour ago, Kujamih said:

@Windy Breeze let me fix a thread...

Let's call it "Into Limbo: Worlds Colliding."

This is where we post your characters that has no involvement yet with the others. Once they do we put them back there. And once they don't we put them back here. Problem solved!

What do you guys think? @Illiad Easle @-Buttercup-

While I found it difficult to understand what you are trying to explain due to my mental disability, I do found it a good idea.

@Kujamih

When her consciousness returned, Iffy Quizzy was not expecting to be in some other place instead than the room where she found this funny machine with a ring-shaped contraption. She was quite very curious when finding anything alien or unknown to the knowledge of Stable 55's population but she's not afraid.

“What is THIS place?” she was in a dim-lit room filled with books and old science-stuff. In fact, there was a lot of books in this one room compared to what she have seen in her room or anything in her Stable. As she stood up, dust began entering her nose, making her cough heavily as her body rejected the fine, dry powder from blocking her nostrils. “Eugh, too much dust, I should not stay here too long or I'll get more of these funny tingling thingies in my nose.” she muttered to herself.

She began looking for an exit. She found and door and opened, only to see a staircase that lead up to the unknown “I wonder if I'm simply stuck in one of those lowest and forbidden levels?” she tool a moment to think about making her decision before coming into a conclusion, “I have not seen anymore doors except this one, plus the Overmare is going to have hot-head if she finds out I'm out of my room!” she giggled at the imagery of her Stable's overseer's head smoking like a kettle filled with boiling water. After taking a few more moments to scratch at her yellow mane before walking on the stairs.

The volume of light grew as she enters the other side. What she saw shocked her to the core.

She was now in a room filled with a lot more books, many of them displayed on shelevs; there are ponies too but none of them wore the stable 55 uniform issued to everypony living in the stable, some said ponies have those strange appendages on their sides, and all of them are now staring at her. Last and not the least, she does not recognize them.

Error: Iffy Quizzy's brain is overwhelmed by too many new files of knowledge popping up in her brain and could not function smoothly. Do you want to enable the cooldown mode?

YES    NO

Her mouth hung open and the jaw dropped to the floor.

@Kujamih @Illiad Easle @-Buttercup-

Silver Chary groaned in pain. When his egghead friend, Summer Shimmer, told him she would drop him somewhere else safe, he didn't expect she would do it literally! She just has to add insult to his already injured hoof that was suffering from sprain after tripping on...whatever it was while he has chased by those things.

Then, he heard a voice. It was very authoritative. Yup, he must have landed somewhere he shouldn't be in, probably inside Canterlot Castle or...

That though gave him enough energy and pain resistance to rise and sit on up his rump while completely ignoring the aching coming from his chest. He could see his blood-soaked sword laying a few distance away in front of him, but it did not matter to him. He looks behind.

Zombies ponies? Yes, he thought those monsters are just creations of somepony's mind, those very same monsters are now taking over his town, turning every single resident into zombies one by one. Yeah, it was acceptable, even more, acceptable than seeing a half-shark pony hybrid. Silver Chary stared at the pony hybrid with disbelief “What in Celestia's bright sun...” he muttered.

What he had not comprehend is that he was covered in blood. Blood of the monsters he slayed in an attempt to save the life of the friend, the same friend who sacrificed her life just to save him when they were both cornered in her house.