The Super Avatar of Equestria

I stood on top of the train when it was down on the planes of grasslands heading towards Ponyville. I was slowly working my way towards the engine, I had seen the fireworks from a wagon in Ponyville, and heard the booms with my air bending.

I kept moving, using my ki to keep myself on the train. I was only two cars away from the engine. I leapt over to the next car. I was figuring out how to speed the train up as I made my way up to the rear of the engine. I hop down into the back of the engine compartment.

“Excuse me.” I say as I walk up to the engineer.

“Yes? What can I do for ya?” He asks.

“Just wondering what the record time to Ponyville from Canterlot is.” I tell him

“That would be about three hours.” He says with a sigh, “But that was when this ol’ girl was brand new.” He rubs the side of the engine with his hoof.

“How good are the brakes?” I ask him.

“They can stop this train in five minutes at top speed.”

“So that would mean ten at double.” I say as I bring a hand up to my chin.

“What are you thinkin’ about?” He asks me.

“I’m thinking of getting your old girl to break her own record.”

“And you think you can do it? How?”

“I’m the Avatar. I can do anything.” I tell him.

“So how are you going to speed this ol’ girl up to that speed?”

“All she takes is fire and water. I can break the air in front of her, and she does the work.”

“You’re tellin’ me you can get us to Ponyville in less than three hours?”

“Yup, all I need you to do is handle the brakes, and keep the boiler open.” I tell him.

“Well, you’re welcome to try.” He says as he opens the boiler. I could feel the heat coming from the fire. I take a deep breath in, and breathe out flames into the boiler, increasing the heat three fold, I then gather water from the air, and put it into the boiler. I jump up to the engines roof, and thrust my hands forward, making tornado force winds fly forward, pushing the train to move faster.

I jump back down, and throw a continuous flame into the burning coal. I watch as our speed increases to fifty percent faster. I continue to throw flame into the engine, making us move faster. We were hauling ass towards Ponyville at double speed. I give out a whoop of excitement. I look at the engineer.

“We’re goin’ to make it less than two hours at this rate.” He tells me, “But there’s one problem. The wheels will melt if I even so much as touch the brakes.”

“How much time till we need to slow down?” I ask him.

“How fast can you stop this train?”

“Five minutes if needed.” I tell him, “Seven on a regular day like this.”

“Well, in ten minutes is when we need to start slowin’ down.” He tells me.

“Alright, I’m going to the caboose. Just yell stop when we need to. Trust me, I’ll hear you.” I tell him. He nods, and I start on my way back to the end of the train. I decided to use the inside of the cars like a normal person. So I just speed walked my way to the back of the train. Cadence was in the second car to the end, so I could stop there for a few seconds.

I enter Cadence’s car, and walk over to her.

“So, why did you speed the train up?” She asks me.

“A piece of the timeline that I want to change is in Ponyville. I need to be there soon, or we may have a problem.” I tell her.

“Oh, how big is the problem?”

“Tiny right now. I need to get the potion before night though, so I can deal with the problem when I’m not liable to get pissed.” I tell her. She nods her head in understanding.

“Okay, how are you Misty?” She asks. Misty was my new pet name that she made when we were alone for the first few minutes on the train.

“I’m happy that I can get this potion. It will save me from a lot of headaches in the future.” I tell her, “And it will keep me from scaring you so often Cady.” I made sure to use her pet name as well. She giggles, and gives me a quick kiss. I pull away.

“I need to be at the back of the train to stop it soon.” I tell her.

“Okay.” She says as I give her a hug. We part, and I turn, and head to the caboose once more. As soon as I was at the back of the caboose I heard the engineer. I take in a big breath of air and let it out. I turn towards Canterlot, and pull the wind from the front of the train over it at hurricane speeds.

I could tell we were slowing down significantly. I stopped the winds, and I could hear the brakes of the train activating. I just walked back inside since my job was done. I enter Cadence’s car, and sit down next to her.

“Well, I’m going to be hungry when we get back home.” I state to Cadence.

“We ate on the way out of Canterlot.” She tells me.

“I know. I’m still going to be hungry if I think what is going to happen happens.” I put an arm around her, and she leans into me.

“And what would that be?” She asks.

“Sorry, I’m not telling you about the events I know of.” She playfully snorts, and I poke her in the ribs. She giggles, and I do it again. In no time at all I’m torturing her with tickles, and raspberries. I’m laughing like a villain, and Cadence is failing to push me away from her. I let up, and give her a few seconds to calm down. I then dive right back into tickling her.

“Stop it, ha ha-ha, stop, I’m going to pee.” I stop tickling her, and let her get up from the awkward position we were in. I look out the window to see the train is pulling into Ponyville. I stand up, and walk over to the cabinet that held my sword. I open the doors, and pull out my sword; strapping it to my waist on my left side.

“So what are you going to do while I go ask for the potion?” I ask Cadence.

“I was thinking about visiting Twilight. I haven’t seen her in so long.”

“That’s a great idea Cady” I tell her with a smile, “I should see Apple Bloom while we’re here.”

“May I see her too?”

“Of coarse Cady, she might have made some friends that I might be able to teach.” Cadence chuckles and I do as well.

“I would love to have more students to teach. I would have one hell of a dojo.” I chuckle at my antics. The train screeched to a stop, and we both got off of the train.

“I guess I’ll drop you off at Twilight’s, then head to Zecora’s.”

“Okay, will you pick me up when you head to Apple Bloom?”

“Yeah, I will. See you later.” I tell her as I stop to give her a hug in front of Twilight’s Library. She accepts my hug, and I wait for Twilight to open the door.

I smile as she does, and she smiles to me.

“Hello Avatar, what brings you to Ponyville, and who is this?” asks Twilight as she gives me her hoof to shake.

“It’s nice to see you Twilight, and please just Artermis, and this is Princess Cadence. I think you should now her. She was your foal sitter after all.” Her face lights up.

“Cadence!” She says before she tackle hugs her. Cadence and Twilight were laughing; I just stood there with a smile on my face, with my arms crossed.

“Artermis, save me!” Cadence playfully screams. I just laugh, and air bend Twilight off of my love. She yelps as I do so, and then I keep her in the air.

“What should her punishment be my lady?” I ask with a strong old English accent.

“Hmm, how about a minute of tickles?”

“An excellent choice my lady.” I make small air currents pass over Twilights body, making her burst into fits of laughter. I give her small breaks every now and then. I am playfully evil when I let her rest.

“That is good enough my love.” Cadence tells me. I nod my head, and set Twilight down. She lets us in, and I just stay where I was.

“Not coming?” She asks. I shake my head.

“I have a few tasks I need to have done before I relax.” I tell her. She nods, and I turn to leave, but I feel a hoof on my shoulder. It was Cadence.

“Be careful.” She says as she hugs me. I hug her back.

“You be careful as well.” I tell her as I pull her in for a quick kiss. We pull away, and I leave her with Twilight. I walk off towards Fluttershy’s cottage, knowing it had an entrance to the forest. As I walked through Ponyville I am noticing a lot of positive attention going to me. I am waved to, or given friendly greetings. I inevitably run into Pinkie Pie.

“Hey Artermis, I didn’t know you where coming to town, I would have thrown a party for you.” She says as she bounces along side me.

“Hey Pinkie, I’m hear to do a few things before I go off on a mission for the Princess.” I tell her.

“Ooo, can I help?” She asks with a huge smile that shouldn’t have fit on her face. I sigh in defeat.

“Sure, can you go tell Rarity that I will be coming to buy some clothes later?” She nods and bounces off. I’m passing through the market, and see Apple Jack at her stand. I walk up to the stand. Apple Jack sees me, and waves. I return her wave and walk a little faster.

“Well howdy Artermis. What can I get cha?” She asks with her southern drawl. I chuckle and say, “I need something to travel with. Maybe a turnover?” She nods.

“Well here ya go.” She says as she hoofs me a small to go box.

“How much gold do you want for this?” I ask her.

“Aw ya don’t have to go and pay me this time, I got ya covered.” I just shake my head, and bend a big chunk of gold out of the ground.

“Then take it as charity.” I tell her as I take out my sword.

“What are ya going to do with that blade?” She asks a little cautious.

“I’m not going to hurt anyone, just cut the gold into smaller pieces.” I tell her as I throw the gold high up into the air. I jump up after it with my bending, and slice it eight times with my sword. I land, and sheath my blade as the gold stacks into her coin box as small bars. She counted the pieces. I pick up my turn over.

“How did ya’ll just make ten small bricks with your sword?”

“This blade I specially forged to be stronger than steel, and sharper than a piece of hair.” I tell her.

“And how did ya’ll afford that there blade?”

“I got it in my previous life as a personal gift to myself since I had gotten a huge bonus at my job one year.” I tell her as I pull the blade out and hold it so the blade was pointed to the ground.

“That blade must be a might heavy for how long it is.” She says eyeing my sword.

“It’s actually only ten pounds.”

“I don’t believe you. Anythang that’s made of metal is at least heavier then that.”

“Don’t believe me? Here hold it.” I say as I hold the blade’s handle out to her. She grabs it with her mouth. Her eyes widen before she sets it down on the carts counter.

“What is it made of?” She asks.

“It is made of two metals that aren’t even from this world. It is made of Aluminum, and Titanium.”

“Aluma-what now?”

“Aluminum and Titanium are two ultra light metals that are very strong. Humans have the ability to mix the two together making them even stronger.” I say as I sheath my sword, “I got to go, but I’m going to stop by the farm later to see Apple Bloom.”

“Alright, see ya later Artemis.” She says with a nod. I just smile, and leave. I eat my turn over as I walk.

I make it to the edge of town when I see a rainbow colored tail hanging from a cloud. I smirk and fly up to the cloud using my ki. I am eye level with Rainbow dash, but she’s taking a nap. I come up under the cloud, and poke my head through. I am inches away from her belly. I take in a deep breath, and blow raspberries on her stomach. She wakes with a start, and immediately starts laughing. I duck below the cloud, and hide under it.

“Alright, who the hay did that?” I heard Rainbow ask. I just suppress my giggles.

“Stupid cloud.” She says before she kicks it into vapor. Her eyes widen when she sees me.

“Artermis! Was that you who tickled me?!” She asks with her jaw on the ground. I just burst out laughing, and catch myself from falling.

“Dude, that so wasn’t cool.” She says as she hovers in front of me. I just grin at her.

“You know, we never got to race.” I tell her.

“You saying you want one right now?” She asks me all serious.

“Eeyup, I want a race to Twilight’s, then around town hall, and finish at Fluttershy’s” I tell her.

“You realize you’re going to lose right?” She asks me.

“Is that your way of saying you want to bet me something? Because if so I’m game.” I tell her.

“Sure, since I’m going to win. What do you want?”

“I want to take you on my travels tomorrow. I’ll get someone to fill in for you on the weather team.”

“Alright, and if I win,” She blushes lightly, “I want a kiss from you.” I blush at this but nod my head anyways, “Alright, you want to start us off?” I ask her.

“Sure, ready… set-go.” She says as she does good on her last name. I just smile, and let her get ahead by a little. I wait five seconds before charging up my ki, and rocketing forward. I pass by Rainbow in a couple seconds, and fly around Twilight’s house, and then I head towards town hall. I am passed by Rainbow before I got there. I just laugh and add more ki to my speed, doubling my pace effortlessly. I zip around town hall with Rainbow right beside me.

“Ready to lose?” She calls over the wind as we fly towards Fluttershy’s cottage.

“You can’t keep up.” I shout back as I burst forward. I could see a mach cone forming around me. I just fly right under the speed of a rainboom, making sure Rainbow does it first. I hear the explosion of her sonic rainboom, and she soars past me. I just double my efforts, and break the barrier twice. I whiz right passed her, and stop in front of Fluttershy’s cottage with a big pulse of ki. I stand there breathing hard as Rainbow Dash lands next to me with her jaw dropped.

“I… lost?” She asks with complete disbelief. I just nod.

“Yeah, you did, but now I’m exhausted and hungry like crazy.” I say as I sit down. I hear Fluttershy’s door to her cottage open, before I am tackle hugged. I hit my face on the ground, thanking that I thought of landing in the grass. I’m being squeezed to death by Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash is just laughing at me. I sit up, and turn to face Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy… can’t… breathe.” I choke out to her. She let’s go, and I take in gulps and lungfuls of air. I look up to Fluttershy, and hold my arms open when I had caught my breath. She jumps into my arms, and I hug her back. I feel something hit the back of my head, and guessed it was Angel, Fluttershy’s pet bunny. I smirk as I air bend him into my view. I laugh as I see him attempt to get free, but only ends up spinning around.

Fluttershy lets go of me, and sees Angel floating next to her. He was still struggling to get free of the air that was holding him up. Fluttershy giggles before she grabs him. I let the air return to it’s free flowingness, and look at the small bunny.

He jumps out of Fluttershy’s grip, and bites my wrist, opening my veins.

“Aah! You stupid, fucking, bitch of a rabbit!” I yell as I grab my wrist trying to stop the blood from pouring out of it. Fluttershy faints and I smack the rabbit into the pond below.

“Whoa, Artermis are you okay?” asks Rainbow Dash.

“I will be, but I need to close this, don’t freak out.” I tell her as I ready what is left of my ki. I get a small ball and put it on the wound. I groan as the wound closes, and heals over into a large scar. I stare at the scar with all the hate I could muster. I sigh, and stand up. I pick up Fluttershy before I water bend the demon bunny up onto the ground. He runs at me again trying to bite me, but I just bitch slap him to the side.

“Learn your place Angel or I will make you learn.” I tell him with a glare that would melt rock. He nods his head and runs away from me. I just snort out of anger before I head into Fluttershy’s cottage.

“Dash, will you make sure she’s okay while I go get something I need?” I ask the cyan Pegasus.

“Yeah, but where are you going?” She asks.

“Do you know the zebra Zecora?” I ask her.

“Yeah, she comes into town sometimes, and scares everypony.” She tells me.

“She is a potions master, and I need a potion to suppress anger.” I tell her, “So I’m going to go ask for one.” She looks at me like I had just grown another eye.

“I’m not letting you go in there alone.” She tells me. At this moment Fluttershy came to.

“Huh? What happened?” She asks as she sits up on her couch.

“You fainted after your bunny bit me.” I tell her.

“I’m so sorry he did that! Are you okay?” She asks in a normal voice, which is shouting for her standards. I just nod my head. She calms after that.

“Artermis, you can’t go into the forest to see Zecora alone. I won’t let you.” Rainbow says as she lands in front of me.

“I never said you couldn’t come along.” I tell her.

“I’m not taking no for a- wait what? You’re not going to put up an argument?” She asks dumbfounded.

“No, I don’t see the point in arguing if you’re just going to follow me anyways.” I tell her.

“Hey I wouldn’t follow you.” I just give her a deadpanned look.

“Okay fine, I would, but I’m still coming with you.” She says. I just shrug and look at Fluttershy.

“Oh, I’ll wait here for you. The forest is too scary for me.” She tells me. I just give her a soft smile.

“That’s okay. We’ll be back soon.” I say as I head for the door. I get hit in the back of the head by another carrot. I see Angel bunny sitting on a birdhouse.

“What did I tell you?” I ask him. He just sticks his tongue out at me and runs away. I sigh and leave Fluttershy’s cottage. Rainbow fly’s next to me as we enter the forest. I keep my left hand on my swords hilt.

“So what is this blue plant?” asks Rainbow, about to touch one. I air bend her up and away from it.

“That is a flower called poison joke. It has the effects of poison oak, but it makes something happen to you if you touch it. I touched it once, and I had black skin for a week before it wore off.” I tell her.

“What would happen if I touched it?” She asks.

“Well, lets just say it takes what you love the most about yourself, and makes it the exact opposite of what it is. So you would become Rainbow Crash.” I tell her.

“Thanks for warning me.” She tells me, “So what’s up with the sword?” I smile at this.

“I have this old girl for protection in case I run out of chi, and ki. I’m also faster to react with it than I am with my powers.” I say as I pull out the sword with a high pitched ringing.

“Wait it has a name?” She asks. I chuckle.

“Yes, I named it. Its name is Tenshi no ken. It means ‘sword of the angels’ in a foreign language in my world.” I tell her.

“That’s a cool name.” She tells me, “Can I hold it?” She asks. I just hold the handle out to her. She grabs it with her mouth like Apple Jack did. She mouths it back to me.

“Wow its light.” She says as I sheath it. I chuckle.

“I paid extra, well a lot extra, to make it this light.” I say as I step over a log.

“How much did it cost?” I think about this.

“We have a different kind of money, so about… seven thousand five hundred bits.” I heard her jaw hit the floor.

“How did you have that much money?” She asks, “That’s almost two crystal bits.”

“Well I had a job that paid about ten bits an hour, and I only got paid every other week, and I worked twelve hour shifts, so I just saved up, and bought it, that and the Christmas bonus helped a lot.”

“What’s Christmas?” I thought she was crazy for a moment before I remember that this world doesn’t have Christmas.

“Well back on earth it was a lot like Hearths Warming.” She just accepts it with an “Okay.” And we continued on in silence. I could see a light coming from what I hoped to be Zecora’s hut, and started towards that. Once we were in the small clearing of Zecora’s home I stopped.

“Okay time to shape shift.” I say as I will myself into my silver Pegasus form.

“Whoa! How did you do that?” asks Rainbow a little scared.

“Just an ability I have.” I tell her.

“But not even the Princesses can do that.”

“Yeah, but I’m not a pony, remember?”

“Oh yeah.” She says. I just sigh and walk up to the door of Zecora’s hut. I knock a couple times. I hear movement from inside the hut before the door opens to a zebra.

“Who are you two? And do I not scare you?”

“No you don’t scare me, and I’m Artermis. I came looking for assistance with a problem I have.” I tell her. She eyes me for a while.

“Come inside, and let us confide.” She tells us and steps aside. I walk in, but see that Dash is hesitant to follow. I just groan and walk out then push her in. I make Dash take a seat, and sit next to her. Zecora keeps staring at me, like she knew I was in a different form.

“Something wrong?” I ask her. She walks up to me. She was a foot away from my face.

“You are wearing a guise, are you hiding a surprise?” She asks with a hoof under her chin.

“I keep myself in this form so that I don’t scare others.” I tell her, “You’re the first who saw through it.” She steps back from me.

“I guess I’ll shift back into my real body, just please don’t freak out.” She nods her head so I will myself back into my human body. I could see that Zecora was unfazed by my transformation. I sit back down, and look up to Zecora.

“So the legends are true, humans are real, though they may be far and few.” I nod, and Dash finally gets out of her fear.

“Wait, you’re not an evil enchantress?” asks Dash. I exhale noisily and slap the back of her head.

“No she is not. Everypony in Ponyville is just scared of the unknown.” I tell her.

“What your friend says is true. I would never harm you.” says Zecora with a sad expression.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were nice.” Dash says to the Zebra.

“I am wondering why you are here human, are you here for a potion?” Asks the zebra.

“Yes I am actually. I need a potion that suppresses anger and sadness. I would be grateful if you could make them. I am willing to pay in a large sum of gold as well.” I tell her. She nods and gets to work on something.

“If you are to receive this special brew, I have a task I need you to do.” Zecora tells me.

“What would you have me do for you?” I ask her.

“I would like you to take me with you on a trip, for I have a few opportunities I can not skip.” She tells me. I think about this for a second.

“Well, I’m going to the Zebra Empire tomorrow. You’re welcome to come with. I plan on being there for a few weeks.” I tell her. Her eyes light up with a gleam of happiness.

“I would enjoy a trip back home for a while. I have a list I need to compile.” She dashes into a back room before coming out with a quill and ink well, along with a long piece of parchment.

“Well, when you are finished with my request, and your preparations. Meet me at the train station in Ponyville at the end of the day. We will be sleeping at the castle tonight. Then we will leave in the morning.” I felt like I was forgetting something, “Oh, and Dash you are coming along because of our bet.” She groans.

“Don’t give me that crap. I know you need a vacation to an exotic environment. So be happy I’m taking you with us.” I tell her. She perks up the word vacation.

“I guess this won’t be too bad after all.” She says. I turn to Zecora.

“We will leave you to your work, and I think Dash here has earned another race from me.” I tell Zecora. She nods and we exit the hut.

“Another race huh?” Dash asks me.

“Yeah, but this time I have to use my wings.” I tell her as I shape shift back into my Pegasus form.

“Where are we going?” She asks me.

“Apple Jack’s farm, if I win you have to follow me where ever I go in the empire. If you win I’ll give you that kiss you wanted earlier.” I tell her as we ascend above the trees.

“You do realize that you can’t beat me with just your wings, right?” She asks.

“Who says I can’t try?” I ask her with a grin. She smirks.

“If I win you have to take me on a date.” I just shake my head at that.

“Sorry Dash. I already have a Princess I have to take on a date today.” I tell her.

“Wait, a princess? You’re going out with Celestia?” She asks. I just burst into laughter. I calm down after a few seconds.

“Oooh, that’s a good one Dash. But no, not Celestia. She wishes she had me though. I’m actually with Princess Cadence.” I tell her.

“I don’t think I know a Princess Cadence.” She tells me with her eyes squinted.

Crap I promised Cadence I would get her to go see Apple Bloom. I thought to myself.

“I actually have to change the finish line to Rarity’s. I promised I would take Cadence to the farm to see one of my students.” I tell Rainbow.

“It doesn’t matter to where we go. I’m still going to beat you.” She tells me.

“We’ll see.” I tell her as I get ready. She sees me, and gets herself ready.

“I get to start us this time.” I tell her, “Ready… Set… GO!” I shout the last word and we bolt off towards Rarity’s boutique. I am following right behind Dash, and she starts to pull away. I just give myself a small boost with my air bending and keep up with her. She is still speeding up, and I’m still behind her. Half way to the boutique I slow down, and start using my actual muscles to fly. I am winded by the time Dash lands. I land next to her, well actually kind of crash next to her.

“Okay… You win… I’ll give… you a kiss… when I… catch my breath.” I tell her.

“Ha, told you I’d win.” She gloats to me. I just stand up and shift back into my human form. I catch my breath then look to Rainbow. I blush a bit, but keep true to my word. I softly grab her chin, and pull her face closer to me.

“Hey, what are you doing?” She asks as she pulls away from me.

“I was giving you your kiss that you won.” I told her. She blushes at this, and looks away from me.

“Can we do this somewhere else? Like, not in public?” She asks me.

“Sure, follow me.” I tell her as I walk over to a playground.

“I said not in public.” She tells me as she walks next to me.

“Now who said we will be seen by the public?” I ask her as I head over to an empty spot off to the side. She hesitantly follows me. I got her to follow me over to a small clearing in the park. I then slam my fist onto the ground, making a sort of rock tepee. I left a small hole in the top so that we could see each other. I chuckle as Dash looks at me with surprise evident in her eyes.

“Now we aren’t in public.” I tell her. She blushes at me, and I kneel down in front of her.

“Can I give you your prize now?” I ask her. She blushes harder, but nods anyways.

“You’re acting like this is your first kiss.” I tell her as I sit down against the wall of the rock tepee.

“No you’re not my first. It’s just that I think I have…” Her voice trails off, and I look at her with a bit of concern in my eyes.

“If you don’t want my kiss Dash, we can go to Rarity’s.” I offer her.

“No, I want the kiss. I just kinda fell in…” She mumbles the last part. I look at her with a sense of confusion. What is she so hesitant for? I thought to myself, she’s acting as though she fell in love-. I immediately found the reason why she was being so shy.

“Dash, did you fall in love with me?” I ask her.

“NO… Maybe…yes.” She tells me. I just let out a long breath, and pull her into me. I hug her close.

“I feel like I should return your feelings, and I would be lying if I told you I didn’t love you back, but I would have to ask Cadence about this.” I tell her, “She will decide if you can be with us, and if so I will be very happy, but if not I will be sad along with you.” She wraps her hooves around me.

“I… I do love you Artermis.” She tells me as she brings me into a kiss. It was tender and sweet. I could feel the love behind her lips. She pulls away after a few seconds. I give her a warm smile. I am willing my little friend to stay flaccid. I obviously failed for Dash’s wings pomfed.

I blush a very bright red. Dash does the same but her blush was a little purple because of her coat, I just look away from her to avoid the awkward situation.

“I guess you do love me.” I hear her say. She hugs me tighter, and I just hold her closer.

“We should head to Rarity’s so I can get my clothes made.” I tell Dash. She just holds onto me tighter. I smile at her.

“I will carry you back to the boutique if you don’t let go.” I tell her. She is still holding onto me. I just sigh and turn into my silver Pegasus form, but quite a bit bigger than before. I air bend Dash off of me, and then put her on my back. She wraps her hooves around my neck.

“I can make my mane cover you if you want.” I offer her. I feel her nod, and so I will my mane to turn into an ethereal blanket of deep purple and gold. I make it so my mane envelops Dash, and my tale grows out into an ethereal flowing mass as well. I take my right back hoof, and stomp it, making the stone tepee return to the ground. I am given a few stares of bewilderment, but I just shrug them away, and start on my way to the boutique.

I made it to the boutique with Dash on my back. I knock on the door.

“Just a second.” I hear from behind the door. I wait a few minutes before Rarity opens the door.

“Oh, and who may you be?” She asks as she sees me.

“Rarity it’s me Artermis, may I come inside?”

“Artermis? Yes, come on in.” She says as she steps to the side. I barely fit through the doorway.

“What brings you here Artermis?” She asks me.

“Well, I need some more clothing for my human form, but I need to put somepony down before I shift back into my regular form.” I tell her.

“Somepony? I don’t see you carrying anypony.” She tells me. I turn so that my right side was facing her. I make my flowing mane part for her to see Dash still hugging my neck.

“Aww, you look so cute Rainbow Dash.” Rarity comments.

“Promise you won’t tell anyone.” says Dash as she gets down, and sits on the couch nearby.

“I promise.” Rarity tells her.

“Pinkie pie promise?” Dash asks her. Rarity does the motions, and Dash relaxes. I just sigh as I shape myself back into my human form.

“So what were you thinking for clothing dear?” Rarity asks me.

“I was thinking of a few Ideas, but I need at least three sets of clothes for my quest that Celestia gave me. For this quest I need something that can keep cold temperatures in, and heat out.” I tell her.

“Where are you going that needs such clothes?” She asks me.

“The Zebra Empire, I have a task to complete there, and I will be there for a while.” I tell her as I stand up onto the pedestal she put me on. I stood with my arms held out, and my legs at shoulder width. She is taking my sizes down on a piece of paper, and I am doing what she asks.

“I’m assuming you would like something white for this trip?” She asks me. I shudder at the mention of that color.

“I have a bad past experience with that color, so no.” I tell her. She nods her head.

“Any color preferences?” She asks.

“Well I like the darker shades of all colors, but considering I will be in extreme heat I guess pastel colors will have to do. I would like the clothes to look like what I have on with a few additions if possible.”

“Anything you want I can make.” She tells me.

“Okay, well I would like a hood for the bad weather. I would like a cape that can hold sharp objects. And I will need a new belt to keep small blades on.” I tell her.

“What are you going to do over at the empire?” She asks.

“I won’t say for the safety of your lunch.” I tell her.

“What could you possibly do to make me do that?” She asks.

“I’m not going to tell you.” I say with a flat tone. She puffs her cheeks out, and I just snort at her cuteness. I then sigh and let out a chuckle.

“What is so funny?” She asks me.

“You’re just like Dash. You look cute when you’re mad.” I tell her. She blushes, and walks away.

“I have what I need. Come pick them up before you leave.” She tells me. I just shrug and walk up to Rainbow. I sit down next to her.

“So, do I get to carry you to Twilight’s or are you going to walk with me?” I ask her.

“I like it when you carry me.” She tells me. I give her a warm smile. I stand up and turn back into the large Pegasus with a flowing mane. I lie down on my stomach, and let her get on me. I make my mane conceal her before I stood up. I exit the boutique and head to Twilight’s tree of a house. I walk there with a few hellos to and from the townsfolk, and a few looks from the mares around. I just keep walking, and make it to my destination. I enter the home, and put Dash on another couch.

I shift back into my human form. I see Spike come downstairs to see who had come into the library part of the tree home.

“Oh hey Artermis, why are you here?” The young drake asks.

“I’m just looking for Cadence so we can go see Apple Bloom.” I tell him.

“Well let me go get her for you.” He says as he heads back upstairs. A few moments later Cadence and Twilight come down with Spike trailing behind.

“It is nice to see you again Artermis.” says Twilight. I kneel down, and she hugs me. We let go of each other, and I hug Cadence next with a small kiss as we parted.

“So how did your errands go?” asks Cadence.

“Well, I managed to recruit two more ponies to come with us. One of them is Rainbow Dash over there,” I say as I gesture with my head, “and the other is a zebra named Zecora. She is coming with us as payment for the potion, and to visit her home land. Dash lost a race with me, and said she would like to come with.” I tell her. She nods.

“Okay, I see no problem with that.” She tells me. Dash clears her throat, and I look at Cadence with a small pleading look of ‘can we talk in private?’ in my eyes. She nods towards the kitchen and we both head over to it. I close the door behind us.

“So what do you want to tell me?” She asks.

“Rainbow has a question she would like to ask, because she said something to me that I would like to happen, but if it makes you unhappy I will drop the subject.” I tell her.

“Well what does she want?” She asks me.

“That would be her question not mine, let me go get her.” She nods so I exit the kitchen, and wave Dash over. I take her back into the kitchen.

“So Rainbow, Artermis says you would like to ask something. What would it be?” asks Cadence with a smile.

“Well, um, you see Ikindafellinlovewithhimandwaswonderingyouwouldn’tmindsharinghimwithme.”

“I need you to slow down. I couldn’t understand you.” Cadence tells the cyan mare.

“I fell in love with Artermis, and was wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing him with me.” Dash told her in a regular pace. Her cheeks were bright red despite her coat.

“Did you know about this?” Cadence asks me. I hold up my hands.

“I just found out earlier today.” I tell her.

“And where were you after she told you?” She asks. I could see her anger in her eyes.

“We went to Rarity’s to let her get my measurements for my clothes she is making for me.” I respond in a soldierly voice. She looks me over trying to see any sign that I was lying to her, but she wouldn’t find any for I told her the truth. Her gaze turns to Dash to see what her body was telling Cadence.

After a few moments Cadence sighs.

“I will allow her to be in our relationship, but only her. If you bring another mare to me I will make you a gelding, understood?” She asks me.

“Yes dearest.” I tell her. She smiles at me, and turns to Dash.

“I hope you understand as well.” She tells her. Dash nods, and Cadence surprises Dash with a kiss. My jaw hits the floor, and I was sure I would have to heal it later. I sat there staring in awe of my now two mare friends. They pulled apart, and the both hug me. This snapped me out of it, and I returned their hug. We all pull away at the same time, and exit the kitchen.

“So are we all good?” I ask my two mares. They nod, and I sit down in the middle of the couch. Cadence sits on my left, and Dash on my right. I see Twilight with her nose in a book. I look to both of my mares with a finger up to my lips. They both nod, and I stand up. I will myself into Celestia’s form, cutie mark and all, and walk up to Twilight. I make sure my shadow covers her lightly. She looks up to me, and I give her a warm smile.

“Princess! I didn’t know you were coming to visit.” Says Twilight as she bows to me.

“Twilight Sparkle my faithful student. I am here to just spend some time with you. We haven’t seen each other for a while now, and I thought it would be a good idea to spend the rest of the day together.” I tell her in a perfect mimic of Celestia’s voice. Twilight seemed nervous at this.

“Something wrong my faithful student?” I ask her. I could hear stifled giggles coming from the couch. I keep myself in character.

“No nothing is wrong, I’m just unprepared, and I don’t have any refreshments and…” Twilight goes on to explain why she wasn’t prepared for a visit. With each reason I could feel my resolve melting away. Eventually I loose my grip on Celestia’s form and burst in laughter as I shift back into my human form. I could hear Dash and Cadence laughing as well.

“Ugh, Artermis don’t do that!” Twilight yells at me. I just laugh harder. Twilight’s mane starts to smoke, but I don’t see it. Twilight bursts into flames, her coat turning white. I am shocked with a spell she fires at me. I look up to her with a deep grin.

“You want to play that way huh?” I ask her. She just snorts at me. I stand and start to form electricity with my chi. Twilight sees this and grabs me in a telekinetic field. I am stopped, and the built up electricity shocks me, burning my everything. I scream in pain. I am dropped to the floor, and Twilight starts to worry. I am lifted by Cadence’s magic gently.

“Twilight…” I groan to the lavender mare. She doesn’t hear me. I cough, and some smoke comes out of my lungs.

“Twilight…” I groan louder this time. I am about to say her name again, but Cadence puts a hoof to my lips.

“Twilight!” Cadence Shouts for me. Twilight turns towards Cadence with a sheepish look on her face. I cough again, and take in a deep breath.

“Twilight, do you know healing magic?” I ask her. She nods her head with a whimper. I wince as I reach my hand out to her.

"Put your hoof in my hand.” I tell her. She does so, and I channel my chi into her. Her eyes widen as my spiritual energy enters her body.

“Use that to heal me.” I tell her as I drop my hand.

“But I don’t know how to use this energy.” She tells me.

“Just use it like you would with magic.” I groan as the adrenaline starts to fade, and my pain starts to increase. I see Twilight light her horn, but her magic was a bright blue instead of light lavender. The same blue flows over my skin and starts to heal the burns away. I sigh as my pain melts away, and I am filled with strength once more.

After a few minutes my body is healed and slightly sore. I am set on the ground. I sit up, and check my body for any scars. I didn’t have a single scar. I start to use the last of my ki to heal the soreness away, but only numb it down to a slight ache. I stand, and look at Twilight. I kneel down in front of her.

“I’m sorry for taking my prank too far.” I tell her. She shakes her head.

“No I’m sorry for over reacting.” She tells me as tears start to well up in her eyes. She is about to turn and run upstairs. But I catch her by two of her hooves. I pull her back to me, and give her a hug.

“Don’t worry about me Twilight. I’m fine and I forgive you for what you accidentally did.” I tell her, “But it is up to you to forgive yourself.” Her tears are falling onto my shoulder, but I keep her in the embrace. She starts to whimper, and I start stroking her back.

Cadence comes up and joins in on the hug. Eventually Dash sighs and joins in as well. Twilight stops crying, and I pull away from her.

“I knew you could do it.” I tell her as I ruffle her mane a bit. She giggles at this, and I smile. I stand up, and back away from the young unicorn. I shift into my Pegasus body, and make my mane flow, along with my tail. I sigh as lay down on m stomach. Dash hops onto my back, and I hide her with my mane. I look to Cadence and say, “I think we should pay a visit to Apple Bloom.” Cadence nods and I look at Twilight.

“Twilight, would you like to come with us?” I ask her. She shakes her head slowly. I just give her a warm smile, and stand back up.

“Well then we will be heading out to Apple Jack’s if you need something.” I tell her. She nods and levitates a book over to herself. I sigh on the inside, and open the door for Cadence. She walks out, and I do the same.

“What was that?!” Cadence asks me with worry, and anger evident in her voice.

“I’m with Cadence.” I hear Dash tell me through my coat. I sigh.

“That was what happens when I am forced to keep the lightning I generate in my chi. If I can’t release the lightning I am shocked by it. Luckily I was using a very small charge; otherwise I would have needed to go to the hospital or the morgue.” I tell them.

“I don’t want you to use your lightning ever again unless it is your last resort.” Cadence tells me with a stern stare.

“Of coarse dearest.” I tell her with a nod. I start walking towards Sweet Apple Acres, when I remember the reason I had sped the train up.

“Hey Dash?” I ask Rainbow.

“Yeah?” She replies.

“I saw fireworks on the way here, what was that?” I ask her.

“That was a jerk unicorn that made fun of all of us. She calls herself the ‘Great and Powerful Trixie,’ but she is just a show mare that wants attention and trouble if you ask me.” I hear a snort of anger come from Dash.

“Where is she? I think she needs to learn not to be rude to others.” I tell Dash.

“She has a wagon over in the town square.” Dash tells me. I spread my wings, and look at Cadence. She nods, and we take to the air. We flew to the town square at a leisurely pace. I land and see the afore mentioned wagon. I lie down and let Dash off of my back. I stand and shift back into my human form. I take my sword off of my side, and lay it gently on the ground. I then walk up to the wagon.

“Oh Trixie!” I call out to the show mare, “I believe you said you can do anything better than anyone else. I’m here to prove you wrong.” The wagon opens and the said show mare comes out of it.

“What’s this, a challenger for Trixie?” She asks with her eyes closed. I just stay silent. I walk over to Cadence. I look her in the eyes.

“Can you lend me a bit of energy? I am going to use my bending, but I am running low on my chi.” She nods and lights her horn. I could feel magic making its way into my body. I just guide it to my tan tien, or the center of my spiritual self, and make it change into chi. I nod my head when I had enough to do what I had in mind. Cadence stops, and I walk back over to Trixie.

“So what do you think you can do that the Great and Powerful Trixie can not?” Trixie ask me.

“I can control the elements, I doubt you can.” I tell her. She just snickers at me.

“Do your best.” She tells me. I smirk and ready my power. I jump thirty feet up into the air, and make a giant ball of compressed air to throw me back down at the ground. I hold my fists down as they collide with the ground. I hit the ground and make a small crater, but created a giant stone obelisk with my earth bending. I stand up, and thrust my hand forward at the obelisk, making flames fly over and around the stone tower. I make the flame heat up the stone so that it is glowing when I stop. I pull a huge chunk of the obelisk over to me. It is glowing a bright orange white.

I hold the slab of rock above the ground, and compress it with my other into the shape of a great claymore sword. I keep the stone sword in the air before I pull water from the moisture in the air. I put the claymore of stone into the giant blob of water I had. I let the water steam off of the sword as it cools the stone down. When I was done cooling the sword, it had turned into a shiny bronze color.

I make the rest of the water I had return to the air. I then take the giant sword into both of my hands, and use air bending to help me hold it up. I jump ten feet into the air, and land with the sword stabbing into the ground. I let go of the sword, and look at Trixie. I stand up, and make the rest of the stone obelisk return to the earth. I look back to Trixie.

“There… top… that.” I tell her as I sit down; exhausted from using all of the available power I had left. Trixie just stares at the stone sword I made with her jaw on the ground. I manage to stand up, and walk over to Cadence. She lets me lean on her for support. Dash was holding my sword for me. I ruffle Dash’s mane, and make her giggle. I grab my sword from her and manage to put it back on. I had caught my breath, and stopped leaning on Cadence. I walk back up to Trixie.

“Can you do better?” I ask her. She shakes her head to get out of her stupor.

“Of coarse I can. Be amazed by the power of Trixie.” She says as she lights her horn. I just stand there, knowing she wouldn’t be able to do a tenth of what I did. I watch as she grabs hundreds of small rocks, and holds them together in the shape of a short sword. She starts a small fire under said bumpy weapon. She is slowly making the rocks glow and melt. She looses her grip on the molten stone, and it falls to the ground with a plopping noise.

“I can’t do it?” Trixie asks herself. I walk up to her.

“I wasn’t expecting you to be able to. I use an ability that shouldn’t exist in this world, but does. I used an energy that wasn’t magic. I used my chi to do everything I did.” I tell her. She looks at me with a confused expression that had anger in it as well. I kept my left hand on my sword in case she decides to get physical, and lash out at me.

“Trixie demands that you teach her this ability.” She tells me with arrogance deep in her voice. I narrow my eyes at her.

“No.” I tell her.

“Trixie orders you to teach me.” She tries again. I am becoming irritated by her attitude.

“No!” I say with more force.

“Trixie wants to have this ability.” She tells me. She pushed the last button.

“I told you NO!” I shout at her, “Someone who thinks they are better then others shouldn’t even think they have the right to a power like mine. I use this power to protect this country, and protect its citizens. I use this power to keep balance in the world. I only teach this power to those who have learned humility and humbleness. You know nothing about these traits. You may have had a shitty life before this, but you still have a planet to live on. You have a place in the universe to call your home.” I could feel tears welling up in my eyes, “You still have a family to return to. You still have something to call your own.” Tears are falling from my eyes, “I lost everything because the deity of my world decided to test the human race. He let us destroy ourselves. I was given a second chance at life in a world I don’t belong in. I was given a second time to suffer in my living hell. I don’t have a family, I don’t have a home, and I don’t have a place in the universe anymore.” I was letting my tears fall freely now. I collapse to my knees; sobbing in my self distress.

I look up to Trixie who is looking at me with pity. I just stand and walk away from her. I will myself into the form of a black alicorn, and fly away; leaving my dear ones behind. I fly as fast as I can to a dark mountain off in the distance. Crying all the while I was flying. I didn’t notice when I broke the sound barrier, I didn’t notice the forest passing under me. All that mattered was that I get to the mountain and let my pain out.

I made it to the mountain; my tears still falling. I shifted back into my human form, and fall to my knees and sobbed my heart out. I didn’t know how long I was there because I cried myself to sleep.