The Unity Crystals glowed brighter and brighter as the Mane 6 poured their cutie mark magic into them, and after a few seconds, that blinding light filled the room, and when the glow ended, the Mane 6 had disappeared, heading into their next adventures.
All the ponies could see were bright colors as they tumbled through time and space, but they didn't mind-- they were way used to this by now.
Within a few small moments, another portal opened, and the ponies crashed with a harsh landing upon the ground.
Sunny was the first to groan, shaking her head to clear the dizziness away. “We really have to get a hold on this 'traveling through portals' thing, cause sometimes we land perfectly, and then the next thing we know...”
“...we land in a huge heap,” Hitch groaned. “Yeah, I get what you're saying here.”
Zipp eventually squirmed out of the pile to look and see where they ended up... and what she saw caused her to gasp. “Guys... you might wanna come see this.”
The other ponies stood up and gasped as well. They seemed to be in some sort of city on earth, but all the homes and businesses were built on columns that allowed the buildings to be elevated into the sky.
The clouds seemed to be a little ways below, meaning that this city probably never got rain or snow from this point.
Misty looked outside with wonder before noticing that they were in some sort of hallway in an apartment building. “Does anypony have any idea what this place is?”
“No... I've never seen a place like this before,” Hitch said before inspecting the sidewalk they were beside. “And I've never seen a sidewalk that moves before either.”
“And I've never seen cars that fly before! Look at that!” Izzy pointed out, causing the ponies to gasp as a rocket-powered car flew past the building they were in. “Guys... forgive me if I'm wrong,” Zipp said, her excitement growing more and more by the minute, “but I think my theory was right! The Unity Crystals DID teleport us to the future, just like I thought that they would!”
“Hey... do you think they still have real dogs in the future instead of robot ones?” Misty asked before pointing down the hall. “Cause there's one right there, and he seems to be on the trail of something.”
When the ponies looked in the direction Misty was pointing in, they saw the dog in question-- he seemed to be a large gray and white Great Dane with a futuristic green collar around his neck, and he seemed to be sniffing the ground heavily, like Scooby did back in their time.
Sunny was the first to step away from her friends and call out to the dog. “Hey there, boy. Where did you come from?”
The dog looked up at Sunny upon hearing her voice, and happily barked and rushed to her, licking her face and causing Sunny to laugh. “Well, he's definitely a friendly dog, that's for sure!”
“Do you think he lives in one of these apartments?” Zipp asked as she inspected the dog's collar. “I don't see any kind of identification on his collar.”
“Huh... you're right,” Sunny said with a frown before turning back to the dog. “What's your name, boy?”
“Astro!” called another voice from down the hall. “Astro, where'd you get off to?!”
“George!” the dog, now known as Astro, barked and ran down the hall, only to collide with his owner and give him a bunch of snobbery kisses.
The ponies saw that Astro's owner seemed to be an older man with reddish-orange hair, a white shirt and blue pants, laughing but trying to push the dog off of him. “All right, all right! Down, boy!” he said, pushing Astro off of him gently. “We were really starting to get worried after you rushed off like that-- what was do important that you activated Supreme Sniffer Mode?”
“Uh... that was probably us,” Pipp admitted as the Mane 6 approached, letting the man yelp in surprise before falling backward on his rear end. “Sorry, we didn't mean to scare you,” Sunny apologized. “We just got here and we found your dog, who I'm assuming is Astro.”
“Heh... yeah, that's our dog,” the man chuckled as he stood up. “Welcome to the neighborhood. I'm George Jetson. Me and my family live just down the hall.”
“Pleased to meet you, Mr. Jetson. I'm Sunny Starscout,” Sunny said, shaking George's hand, “and these are my friends-- Hitch Trailblazer, Misty Brightdawn, Pipp Petals, Izzy Moonbow and Pipp's older sister, Zipp Storm.”
“Nice to meet all of you folks,” George said as she shook the ponies' hooves. “So, how did you hear of Orbit City? Are ya gonna be staying here for a while?”
“We're just visiting,” Zipp admitted. “As for how we heard of this town, well... that's a story in itself. Is there someplace we could go to talk?”
“I can do you something better,” George told them. “Why don't you join me and my family for dinner tonight? You can tell us how you got here, and get a full stomach in the process.”
“That is so generous, thank you!” Misty smiled gratefully. “We would be honored.”
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“Well, here we are,” George said as he and Astro led the ponies into their apartment by the moving sidewalk. “Apartment sweet apartment.”
“Whoa whoa whoa!!” Misty cried, trying to maintain her balance until she hopped off. “Phew... that was a crazy ride.”
“We don't have sidewalks like this back where we're from,” Hitch said, “but if we did, I would have to write some sort of rules and regulations for them. You know... just in case someone were to get caught breaking the rules.”
“Sure, Hitch...” Zipp nodded with a smirk. “Sure sure sure.”
“George, did you catch Astro? Who are these ponies with you?”
The ponies turned to see a woman, presumably George's wife, approaching them with intrigue and curiosity. She was a beautiful woman with Uranus auburn hair, a purple dress, purple leggings pearls earrings and two bracelets on each wrist. “Ah, perfect timing! Janey, go get the kids and Rosie,” George told his wife. “We've got some guests for dinner tonight.”
“Ooh, tres chic!” Pipp said as she snapped a few pictures. “You have an amazingly amazing home, Mrs. Jetson!”
“Oh, why thank you,” George's wife, Jane, said with a smile. “Kids! Rosie! Your father has some guests he'd like you to meet!”
Within just a few minutes, the rest of the Jetsons arrived to meet their dinner guests.
Then, to the ponies' surprise, there were two young, quiet winged leopard cubs waiting with the family as well, sitting at Judy and Elroy's feet.
“Everyone, I'd like you to meet Sunny Starscout and her pony pals,” George introduced. “Everypony, I'd like you to meet my wife Jane, my boy Elroy, daughter Judy, our maid Rosie and our little leopard pals, Vega and her brother Orion.”
“Wow, real ponies!” Judy said, approaching Pipp and looking at her wings. “Your wings are so soft! Is there a special kind of conditioner you use?”
“Actually, yes!” Pipp said before giggling. “I think you and I are gonna get along just fine, Judy.”
“Nice jetpack, Elroy!” Zipp said as she inspected the jetpack Elroy was wearing. “Is it fast?”
“Faster than I think you could go with just your wings,” Elroy challenged playfully. “Wanna have a race after dinner?”
“Oh, you're so on!”
Sunny and George watched how everyone seemed to connect rather instantly... well, all except the two leopard cubs, who seemed a little unsure of how to interact with the ponies until Sunny kneeled next to them. “Hey there, cuties. You don't have to be shy with us.”
“Um... we're sorry, Miss Sunny. We've just never been around many ponies,” Orion apologized in a soft tone. “But... you guys seem really nice,” Vega said, brightening a bit. “Where did you guys come from?”
“Why don't you dears tell us about that over dinner?” Rosie asked. “I'll set up a few more chairs at the table.”
“Izzy and I can help you with that,” Misty volunteered before she and Izzy followed Rosie and the leopard cubs away. “To be quite honest, George,” said Sunny, “after you hear our story, I... well... we might need to stay for a little while longer than we anticipated.”
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We'll get back to the Mane 6 and the Jetsons in a bit.
Right now, we need to get to a very crucial part of our story, taking place 100 years before this night occurred.
You see, WWE is a worldwide wrestling entertainment company, whose sole purpose was to entertain millions with hard-core wrestling action.
Sometimes, after one of their television broadcasts, some of the WWE wrestlers, also known as Superstars, stayed with some of their VIP fans in order to sign autographs and get pictures...
...and this included some of the flying leopard WWE interns/Superstar trainees.
None of them knew where they had gotten the star tags... they kinda just appeared on their collars one night while they were sleeping.
But one thing they did know was they had to have them for some reason.
Now, back to our story.
The cubs were playing in the ring while their mentors (Alicia Fox, Roman Reigns, Jimmy and Jay Uso and Seth Rolins) were signing autographs for fans, when Big Show, a seven foot tall wrestler, confidently entered the ring and caught the attention of several fans. “Yes! Ha ha ha ha... I'm the Big Show,” he decreed. “I'm the future champion! Aha ha ha ha!”
Many fans began to murmur about how huge Big Show was, and eventually, one fan managed to squeeze his way forward. “Excuse me. Big Show! Oh! Oh! Can I have your autograph?”
Big Show looked down at the fan with a suspicious look. “You want my autograph?”
“Um... yes?”
“You want my autograph?”
The fan gulped nervously at this. “I-I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t.”
That's when Big Show took the paper, happily signed and gave it back to the fan, a proud smile on his face. “You just got the signature of the future WWE World Heavyweight Champion.”
“Wrong, Big Show,” Seth Rollins decreed as he stepped into the ring, past the cubs as the spotlight fell on him. “Everyone knows that I am the undisputed future of WWE, and I will be the champ.”
“But... Seth, you don't have the championship match tomorrow night,” Amiri pointed out. “Big Show does, against the reigning World Heavyweight Champ.”
“Well, not one of you fellas are gonna be the champ when I hold the title.”
Everyone looked toward the giant screen in the arena to see the current title holder, Sheamus, on the screen with his leopard trainee, named Clover, who had green and black spots, a green pelt, black feathers on her wings, blue eyes, a black collar and a star crystal on the collar as well.
Amiri gasped upon seeing Clover while the crowd cheered for Sheamus. “You guys! It's Clover!”
“Clover! Sheamus!” Brooks waved happily. “Good to see you guys!” Jaya said with a smile. “Hi there, everybody in Denver!” Clover said cheerfully. “Oh, it's so good to see you guys again!”
“In case you haven’t heard, Big Show here has earned himself a match with me tomorrow night on Smackdown,” Sheamus told the crowd. “And he thinks he be takin’ my title away from me.”
Suddenly, the entire crowd of fans erupted into boos... even the fan Big Show gave his autograph too, causing Big Show to glare at the fan with disappointment. “I mean... Well, you're okay,” the fan said nervously, “but… Sheamus is better?”
And wasting no more time, the fan quickly ran off to avoid Big Show’s wrath. “Tomorrow night, you're going down,” Big Show promised Sheamus with a growl. “You better find something else to hold your pants up, because you can kiss that championship belt goodbye.”
“Well, Clover and I are just waiting for you in Albuquerque, big man,” Sheamus spoke. “Yeah!” Clover nodded enthusiastically. “Bring it on!”
“Nobody is bringing anything, anywhere tonight.”
Then, the chairman and CEO of WWE himself, Mr. Vincent McMahon, emerged from the tunnel, causing all the fans to go crazy again, and causing confusion among the Superstars and the leopards, wondering what was going on. “Big Show, Sheamus,” Mr. McMahon began, “as Chairman and CEO of WWE, and your boss, I must postpone tomorrow night's match on SmackDown.”
Needless to say… everyone around gave shocked reactions.
“What?!”
“What…?!”
“WHAT?!”
“A massive snowstorm is just about to hit the Denver area. The highway patrol is closing down all roads,” Mr. McMahon clarified. “Big Show… I'm afraid your title match will have to wait.”
“Not again, McMahon!” Big Show said angrily. “I've waited a long time for my chance to get the title. I'm not letting a little frozen water get in my way.”
He began to walk back toward the tunnel, his mind officially made up. “Big Show, wait a second!” Jaya said. “The bus won’t be able to drive if there’s a snowstorm out there!”
“Who said anything about driving?” Big Show called back before he vanished from sight. “He’s not gonna try and fly there… is he?” Amiri asked. “He won’t be able to see anything in front of him if he does!”
“You know Big Show, Amiri,” Brooks sighed. “When something gets in his way, he’ll be sure to try and get past it somehow.”
“All we can do is hope and pray that he makes it through the storm safely,” Jaya agreed, causing Clover to sigh upon the screen. “I sure hope you guys are right.”
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Turns out, Amiri was right-- Big Show was using a plane that he had found to fly over Denver and get back to New Mexico for the match, and at the moment, Mr. McMahon was trying to snap him out of it. “Big Show, please!” he said over the radio. “You gotta turn back.”
“Forget it, McMahon,” said Big Show with a smirk. “I'm going to be World Heavyweight Champion tomorrow night. And nothing will stop me.”
Suddenly, the plane started to freeze up from the snowstorm and the plane started to go down. Big Show tried to pull the plane up but he pulled off the steering wheel instead, causing him to growl in frustration. “Dumb technology.”
“Big Show! Turn back!” Mr. McMahon tried to say before the signal got cut off, prompting Big Show to angrily burst through the top of the plane as it went down due to the ice and snow coming from above. “You want a piece of me, gravity?! You think you can take me down?! Let's get it on!”
And the last thing Big Show remembered was screaming at the top of his lungs as the plane went down into the storm.
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“And so, the Unity Crystals teleported us to Orbit City for our next mission,” Zipp finished up the story of how they got to this point while sitting around the Jetsons’ dinner table. “So, we kinda need a place to stay until our mission is over and we can get home.”
“So… I think that pretty much covers it,” Sunny said. “Now you know EVERYTHING about our past adventures in the last year.”
The Jetsons, Vega, Orion, Astro and Rosie sat a little slack jawed for a few moments, never hearing of such things in all their lives.
I mean... another world of talking ponies? An evil fire alicorn? Magic? Being sent to parallel worlds to solve problems and defeat evil? It was a lot to take in for a futuristic family like the Jetsons.
George eventually shook his head and turned back to the ponies after a moment. “Sorry about that, Sunny-- you’re the first ponies we’ve known personally here in Orbit City, and we never expected such a wild and crazy story to come from me inviting you guys to dinner.”
“But we can’t throw them out after what they just said, Dad!” Judy argued. “I mean, they’re really space-tastic!”
“And besides, didn’t you hear the part about an evil leopard bent on traveling between worlds?” Elroy added. “They could be in big trouble if we let them go out on their own.”
“Elroy, I doubt Allura would even know about Orbit City,” Hitch patted the boy’s shoulder, “but… he is right. Evil like Allura shouldn’t be messed with, and if evil were to come here, we’d have a better chance at protecting you all.”
“Well… we do have that extra room in the back,” Jane pointed out. “They could always stay in there until they have to go home.”
“But what about when I have to go to work?” George questioned. “And when you kids go to school?”
“Well… I-I had a thought for that,” Vega raised her paw timidly. “Maybe the ponies could come with us to work tomorrow, as sort of an… apprenticeship program like I’m in right now.”
“And I was gonna spend the day with Jane and Elroy tomorrow before the science fair started,” Orion shrugged, “so... it kinda works out.”
“And, we could all pill our weight and help around here,” Sunny agreed. “At least... consider the offer.”
George considered this for a moment, looking at each member of his family, and them at the ponies.
They seemed generally sweet and warm-hearted, and they did volunteer to put themselves in danger if trouble were to arise.
And he could always use some company while he and Vega were at work.
So, he eventually sighed and smiled. “How could I say no to ponies who clearly need a place to stay?” he asked, causing the ponies to cheer while George turned to Rosie. “Set up the back room for our guests, Rosie-- tomorrow, they're going to get the full Orbit City experience!”
As Rosie wheeled off to prepare the back room for the Mane 6, none of the newfound friends had no idea of the future adventure that was in store for them...
...and the possible danger that would come with it.