Soul Crossing: The Cursed Book

Chapters

Prologue: The Book
Chapter 1: Awakening
Chapter 2: Calling

Prologue: The Book

My name is Daniel Diaz, but everyone calls me by my last name, Diaz. I'm a searcher, someone that has the objective of finding the truth no matter what, and got some experience behind me. I practice swordplay, martial arts and magic, all for self defense in this world of dangers, I use a silver saber and a big black cape that covers me entirely.

I live in a world where is normal to travel between worlds, and we do it using the Soul Crossing, the most powerful kind of portal that exists. Thanks to this, there are a lot of different races, some you can find in certain worlds and not in others.

But I'm not here to talk you about my place or the worlds of the Soul Crossing, I'm here to tell you something that I promised to keep as a deep secret. But someting happened recently and now I've got no other choice. Even so... it will be the same, I can't help it.

This is not my story, it's the story of someone else...

It was going to be a normal day that time, I was finishing a sandwich in Jaztenia´s, Sekmeth´s kingdom capital, park, when I got a message delivered by magical means... and with that I mean it popped abode my head and hit me. It was just paper, didn't hurt, but was annoying.

The message asked me to go to the library close to where I was in that moment. Minju wants something I thought. The librarian, Minju, sometimes asks me to do certain things. The major part took me a while to understand until I finished the task, others didn't had a clue. How it wasn't the first time I just went there, to see that old man.

Every time I receive something from him, he always waits me close to the entrance of the library, inside of it. As normal he was using a wooden staff with no decoration and a white old tunic. Smiling, while looking at me with his tiny eyes through those big glasses. A common old man from Sekmeth indeed. At least, that's what he wants you to believe.

"Welcome, Diaz, I see you received my message" said still smiling, walking towards me.

"Well, it fell in my head, so there's no way I could miss it" I crossed my arms proving how annoyed I was about that message system.

"Well, well, It's nothing to be concerned right now" Minju stopped in front of me, looking up to see my face "I need you to find something and someone"

Please, don’t let it be princess Quini's underwear and another clothes thief, for the Creator´s sake, that's Kinory´s job I thought, I still remember about some of the cases I've worked for the kingdom. Sometimes I don't know what's Kinory, the princess's personal bodyguard, is doing in is job. I had enough searching for the princess's underwear, trying to get information and clues was annoying when started thinking about me as a pervert.

"Someone stole a book from the library" Minju said, his voice got a more serious tone.

“Thanks! They only stole a... wait, what? A book?!”

"A-a book?! " My voice cracked for a while, repeating what passed through my mind.

"Yes, nothing special, an ordinary book, nothing to worry about" he said.

Liar, when someone stoles a book from you, YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT I pressed my teeth trying not to get angry while he tries to hide from me something that became obvious a while ago. Minju always has some weird books in his library, some magical, and others that can change your perspective about the history of the universe, always gives me the creeps.

"Okay, tell me something about the guy and the book" I said, there's no way I was going say no "I'll go and see how I can retrieve it"

"Okay, you'll find him in the illusion's forest, to the North West of the Capital" said smiling in an annoying way.

... I'm going to kill him one of these days... If I don't kill myself before... I thought, not believing what I just heard. My hand turned into a fist and literally lighted on fire (remember that I practice magic)

"And how the hell do you know where he is?!" I asked furiously.

—There, there, Diaz, he left a note— Minju said that with a smile that probed he knew how I was going to react. While enjoying my surprise, he takes a piece of paper out of one of the pockets of his tunic and hands it to me.

Annoyed, I take the paper of read it pressing my teeth.

"I need to see the person that controls fire, just then I’ll return the book. I’ll wait on the forest, North West of the city.

-Mobhrun”

"Odd…" I said when I finished reading. First, I noted the signature. Why would he do that? I can imagine three reasons. The first one being that no one knows who it’s him, Mobhrun it’s an odd name and the first time I read it, even in this world with estrange names. The other one, which could be connected with the first, it’s that he doesn’t care about people knowing who he is. The third one, a nick name, maybe the mot obvious. The other weird thing it was the book, it seems like he only wants to talk with me and then return it… but why steal it? And why return it? ...there’s something in it, clearly important, there’s no way anyone, namely Minju, could fool me about that.

"I suppose you noticed something, Diaz" Minju was looking at my face, it’s easy to know when I’m thinking about something —Well, good luck, and remember to bring me the ordinary book.

Ordinary, my ass I repeat, there’s no way he could fool me And that was a very lame and obvious try, what the hell?

I didn’t try to ask any question about the book, the only think I asked was how it looked. A book with a black leather cover, there’s nothing written on the cover and it’s magically protected, so time can damage it.

Being a searcher it’s not only finding the truth, but it’s our main job. The other things we do are search for lost objects an people, thieves, murderers, bounties and a lot of other stuff. But you aren’t only searcher naming yourself as one, you must travel to a city that you must discover where is located, pass a test (a difficult one) and then make a pact that you must find the truth, no matter what. With this, you’ll get some benefits too, but I’ll get to that later.
This time I had the information where to find what I needed, obviously, this was more difficult than what it seemed to be.

The Forest of Illusions, on the west side of the capital, has his name for many reasons, but the one we know it’s the real one is the fact that people disappeared when Jaztenia was founded, reasons are still a mystery, but there were reports of human forms moving between trees and the constant feeling of being watched.

I didn’t lose any time and take North West from the capital thinking if it was really something there. As long as I knew there was nothing, but I had to continue and try to find that person. Then I’ll see what’s on that book and why that person wants to see me.

20 minutes later, I was thinking that maybe I was going to get lost if I didn’t turn back. Walking was getting annoying and I got bored. Didn’t find any creature from the forest in my way… Then I stopped when I realized something, it was really odd that n creature attacked me, and the forest was very quietly, no birds singing, just the wind moving the leaves from the trees… something was in the air, something cold, something that, somehow, I thought I felt it in another place, just didn’t remember where.

Every step the sensation grew more intense, I was used to it, it didn’t affect me as I advanced, but the chill that passed through my back probed how nervous I was in the moment, what was causing it was close.

When I got to a clearing I found myself with a person that was looking a tombstone in the middle. The sensation disappeared in a second. I stopped looking what I found.

The tombstone was empty, nothing was written on it. The dirt appeared to be moved recently. Maybe some days ago someone was buried there. Why not on a graveyard? Why here of all places? The man, standing still, was staring at it, maybe he knew the person buried there… it had something to do with the reason that took me there?

The man had some strange robes with patterns between brown and blue tones. Touching the ground, they were very dirty with and I couldn’t see his hands. His hair was large and brown, I just noticed that the wind stopped because it wasn’t moving at all.

"I was waiting for you, Ignus Soul " he suddenly spoke. Clearly, he didn’t knew my name, just the nickname someone from Jaztenia gave me.

"I know… what do you want from me?" I asked looking at that person, ready for anything.

"It’s not polite to present yourself before start making questions?" Mobhrun turned around and I saw a perturbed smile on his face for a second" You know my name, but I’ll introduce myself again: I’m Mobhrun, a pleasure to make your acquaintance" he bows.

"Daniel Diaz, a pleasure too" I say and bow "Now, I need to know why you want to talk with me"

"I’ve heard about you, Mister Diaz" starts walking towards me, and stops midway", about your powers, the fire control because of the cha…"

"Don’t think I’ll use my power for you, unless it’s a good reason" I answered and took my saber under my cape", and I need to see that book"

He smiles again, and takes a book with a black leather cover from his robes. Stretch his arm and looks at me.

A trap, but I’ll follow him I needed to take answers from him and see what’s in that book. It was clear he wasn’t going to give me the book that easy. Maybe that wasn’t even the book that he stole and it was a fake.

I started walking towards Mobhrun. I was paying attention to every move he made, and I noticed the left arm (the other one was holding the book), wich hand I couldn’t see. Stretched my arm when I was in range to take the book, but I used my left hand, and then…

In a fifth part of a second, I saw a knife coming out from the left sleeve of his robe. With my right arm I took my weapon stopped the attack. My sword struck his blade and I jumped back some steps, putting myself on a safe range.

"I supposed this was going to end like this" I said while pointing my saber towards him "I want that book, know"

"Come and get it, Chaos flame! I need your power!"

You wont get it… never I thought. I was going to finish this quick, so I just ran against him.

Just one strong and fast hit with my sword against his knife and I could disarm him. I was going to attack him with a hit with the grip, but he managed to hit me with in the face. It was more powerful than I expected, he even managed to make me throw my weapon and get on my knees. I stood up, making sure I wasn’t bleeding. It was a painful hit.

"Do you want my power?" I said looking at him "Then, I’ll give you a taste!"

Started running again towards him. I made a fist with my hand and lighted in fire with magic and when I was in range, I attacked with all my power.

Mobhrun made something I wasn’t expecting, there was no way I could predict what he did in that moment. He put the book in the way of my fist, laughing, and I punched the book.

A white light blinded me off. I couldn’t see anything and I felt that I was flying in some direction. Left? Right? I had no clue, but I knew what was going on. We were traveling to another world, and the mystery was where.

The light faded out, and I opened my eyes to see my surrounding. We appeared in an open area. In the distance I saw some trees and something that seemed to be buildings. The fauna was something that I never saw. That was an unknown world, for me at least.

But, for a damn second, I forgot about something important.

Suddenly, Mobhrun was in front of me, and I felt a pain and a heat in my stomach. I put my hand on what was there. He stabbed me with a knife. I saw his face, he was smiling again, made it to catch me by surprise. I was quickly losing strength, there was nothing I could do. Mobhrun takes out his knife and I fell down to my knees, slowly losing consciousness. I press the injury trying to stop the bleeding, but it wasn’t working. I fell to the floor, staining the green grass with red. Everything was fading T-the knife was… poisoned? I thought, I was feeling how my body was getting paralyzed.

Then, Mobhrun said something.

"Thanks to you, I’m back" he said "I hoped that our meeting could last longer, but I see it wasn’t possible. Well, I got business in this world, so I’m going"

I listen him walk, and stops close to me. I tried to see him, but I wasn’t able to move my head. He crawls. He says something more.

"Welcome to Equestria"

Then, I fainted…

Chapter 1: Awakening

“Daniel! Daniel, answer me!” I heard in my mind a known voice. Maybe it was from a friend of mine called Donovan. I wasn’t sure in that moment. Maybe I went to a place we call the dream’s room. A place where I can talk to anyone that I know that tries to contact me using his unconsciousness while sleeping. Useful when you are in another world.

For some reason, I wasn’t able to make contact with who was calling me. Maybe someone took me out. I don’t know. I only was thinking about the reason I was there… a spontaneous portal, a very rare occasion occurred in my fight with Mobhrun.

When I regained consciousness, I quickly opened both eyes and looked to my surroundings. I was in a bed that wasn’t big enough for me. The room was some kind of bedroom. A window on my right side was open, and a light and pleasant breeze passed through. My things were close to me, in top of a table. My sword, the bag (that it’s always hidden because of my cape, which wasn’t there) and my saber were lying there, like waiting for me to grab them up and go.

I remembered how I was attacked and why. I had to go after him.I was going to take my things and go. But then I realized something: Someone took care of me and healed my wounds for who knows how many days. In that moment it seemed like I was almost completely healed. At least, I had to say thanks.

I put my clothes on, my cape wasn’t there, equipped the sword in my belt and put my bag. Then I went out of the bedroom while looking it a little more. It seemed to be a girl’s bedroom. “Maybe it was a girl who took care of me” I thought crossing my arms. Then I noticed my left. I was able to see the lower floor and there was some kind of library, maybe a private one.

While going out, I almost struck my head with the door’s frame. I had to stoop a little to pass with no problems. Maybe the race of this world is smaller than an average human? Well, I’m kind of tall… but I don’t have problems like this in my world

Outside the bedroom I found myself with some stairs. Downstairs with the library full of books and a pedestal by a wall. Close to me was what seemed to be the main door, obviously smaller than me. Am I in a library? Someone lives here? Please, I don’t want to see someone that’s like Minju… still, saved me

I started reading some of the books names. I wasn’t familiar with any, some were written in a language I couldn’t read and others seemed to be about magic. “A book about running? Really? Oh, there are about adventures too! I love those” I thought while looking at them… Then I realized something… how I could read some of the book titles? They were in the language we talk in the worlds of the Soul Crossing’s List! Maybe this world was in it in the past? Or is it now? Well, I’ll get answers when I met who took care of me.

My examination was interrupted when the main door opened and a voice talked behind me.

“Oh! You are awake!” a girl’s voice said.

I turned around to see who talked, and my surprise could only be described by saying that I got frozen, I couldn’t answer, almost screamed because of it and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was the first time I saw something like that. But, my surprise was not because I saw another race, I’m used to it, but the problem is that every one of them has humanoid form. Who was in front of me had an equine form, and was purple with big eyes that matched, she had a horn in her forehead, maybe she was more likely an unicorn… but in my world we all believed unicorns didn’t existed. A small purple dragon was with her.

“W-what’s wrong?” she asked.

“Maybe he can’t talk” the dragon said.

“I can talk!” I managed to answer somehow while recovering my composure “S-sorry, it’s only that I’m not used to…” I stopped to start thinking “How do I continue this phrase?! Think, ya stupid messed up mind!“ I thought nervous trying to not insult her.

“Oh, it’s about Spike? Don’t worry, he is my assistant, and it’s still young to be that scary, don’t you think?” she was laughing while looking at her companion

“Hey! I’m still here!” the dragon complained.

How can I put this…? Well, this isn’t going to be good, but here it goes I was thinking how I could say that I’ve never seen a horse kind race in my entire life… I think I sometimes worry so much about trying to not sound racist in any way.

N-no… I’m not used to… you…” I said while pointing with my finger to her…because I’ve never seen any race like yours” I’ve seen horses, but never a talking one... neither purple.

“Oh!” she got close to me, her companion did the same, looking me astonish “You’ve never seen a pony before?”

… Really? Pony? Really? I expected another name... for some odd reason

“Not really… well… from where I come they don’t…” In that moment I stopped talking. What was I doing? I couldn’t reveal just like that the existence of other worlds… well, it couldn’t be helped, seemed rather obvious.

“Well, I suppose it’s normal, I’ve never seen anything like you either… this might be the best discovery In who knows how many centuries” she said very excited “Being asleep for a week and a half it’s not healthy”

“I slept for a week and a half, eh? And, who knows what could have done Mobhrun in that time!” what was doing in that moment was worrying me.

“Well, I think I’m going to leave these things in the basement” the dragon took some bags that were hanging in the back of the purple pony, and went with all that weight trough a door that was behind me.

I looked at him while he went to some stairs behind me. He did the same when passed by my side, maybe suspicious about me. If that was the case, I understand the reason.

“So, tell me, what’s your name?” the pony asked while getting close to me, smiling “Mine is Twilight Sparkle, nice to meet you”

“I’m Daniel, but everyone calls me Diaz, it’s a pleasure too” I bow while introducing myself “And thanks for taking care of me”

“It was nothing” she nodded “It’s kind of weird, but a good thing, that you can speak my language, even with that accent of yours”

Why everyone points my accent? This is what I get for coming from a Spanish family I thought, recalling several moments when someone noted my way of talking. Even I know it’s very weird.

“So, what are you? Sorry if I was a little rude, but I’ve been wondering that since I found you unconscious”

“I understand” I wondered for a while if it was sure to tell her, but I didn’t found any reason to hide anything “I’m a human, I’m from other world” For some moments I thought I shouldn’t tell Twilight about the other worlds, but I found it unnecessary to hide it from her. It was very clear that there never were any humans in this world.

“It doesn’t surprise me, I’ve never seen any other human before” she seemed concerned for some reason “And you say you are fro anther world? Why did you come to Equestria?”

“It seems I ended here for accident” Equestria, uh? It’s the same name Mobhrun said… wait, it’s that some kind of pun? Seriously? “A portal appeared when…”

Something flashed through my mind in that moment. I remembered something very important. Since that moment I believed that a spontaneous portal appeared between. But spontaneous portals, for some odd reason, are always blue… but the one that brought us here was white! And the only portals that make a white light are the same that are used on the Soul Crossing. I was wrong in something? It’s impossible to make appear an SC portal from nothing. A drawer must create the portal by printing something in a special stone block that must be in the floor, and then impregnate it with magic. No condition was met.

”W-what the…?!” I said when I had that revelation. I started sweating when I opened my mouth in surprise.

“W-what’s wrong?” Twilight asked, I seemed to have sacred her.

“First I thought I was brought by accident” My face became more serious this time, I closed one eye and looked directly to Twilight with the other “But it seems it wasn’t like that. Maybe this was premeditated”

“But why someone would try to take you here of all places?” she asked “And why all that out of a sudden? What makes you think that?”

“I-I’ll explain you everything” I returned to my normal self “From where I come, it’s normal to travel between worlds. But the only way do it is using a portal called Soul Crossing and the destination must be connected to it. Otherwise, it’s hardly impossible”

“So, that explain why you aren’t that surprised of being in another world” she said. I was used to travel to unknown worlds “Well, you got scared because of me”

“Y-yeah, sorry about that” I apologized, and then returned to what I was saying “Well, there is a very rare occasion when a Spontaneous Portal, like we call them, appears under certain uncommon conditions. They always shine in blue” or at least, that’s what I’ve heard.

“And did you see a blue light?” she asked, maybe she knew where I was going.

“The Soul Crossing’s light is white” I said and stopped for some seconds “I saw a white light this time, and I’m sure about that”

I started walking in circles with mi left hand in my chin, something very normal when I’m concentrating, just like I was in that exact moment. This was premeditated, he knew that we appeared in Equestria, it wasn’t a coincidence.

“And how do you make one of those portals?” she asked, looking how I walked from side to side of the room.

“You need to born with the skill and must pass a test to know if you can. For the creation of the portal you must use a special stone to draw the portal in a prepared floor made of blocks of the same material” I started simplifying the process, which was much more complicated “You must draw something in the floor and then impregnate it with magic, then the portal appears and it’ ready to use”

“And I suppose there was nothing like it when you were transported here with the other human?” she asked, her face seemed to be concentrating “What happened when that occurred?”

“Well, I had to retrieve a book from Mubhrun, who brought me here, and take it back to the library of the city” I crossed my arms and stopped from my walking “I found him, but he didn’t want to give it back, so I had to take, but it was a trap and made me use my magic. He used that book to top me, my magic touched it and then the portal appeared” The book… maybe that was it… but how? It was impossible!”

My head was filled with interrogations because of the many mysteries that were upon me. I like them, I’m always willing to resolve them and find the truth behind them. But this time, something felt wrong, a bad feeling started to annoy me.

First, who was Mobhrun? Why did he want to bring me here? Assuming that was premeditated. Second was the portal, I know I wasn’t wrong about the color of the portal. And third, how could I speak with Twilight? That world clearly wasn’t connected to the Soul Crossing, and I doubt it was in the past.
relazing
“So… you say Mobhrun brought you here for some mysterious reason?” by looking at her face, I could say Twilight was thinking “But, why here?”

I didn’t answer. From what I said t her, maybe she got the same conclusion as mine: Mobhrun knows about this world. But how? That was the question that was troubling us in that moment.

“I want to be sure about this” I said while putting my hand in my chin “Were there humans before here, in Equestria?”

“No, from what I know” she looked at the books in the shelves “I’ve read a lot of history books, and in none of them they name humans”

He knew about this world and, somehow, he managed to make a portal to appear and transported us to Equestria. Maybe he was in that world before, there’s no other way to understand this. But something like that couldn’t go unnoticed, unless he managed to avoid being seen. Why? Maybe there’s something he wants.

I tried to make conclusions. If that was the case then he managed to come here and go back… or maybe he was sent? There was no way I could discover that without evidence. If could go to Jaztenia’s library I could make some investigations about portals and… wait… I can’t…

Then I realized something that didn’t pass thought my mind before. A chill passed though my back, my muscle became rigid, my mouth opened and I started sweating. The reason it’s that I’ve heard many stories about people that goes to not connected worlds to the Soul Crossing without preparation and “Drawers” never made it back. I was in a situation like that. Even knowing that Mabhrun maybe made it back from Equestria to the SC wasn’t enough to calm me. Nothing assured me that it was going to be that easy, and maybe… I was stuck there until new advice, and never could get back to see my family or my friends. Even if I made contact with them using the sleeping method or a message system, the portal wasn’t going to be easy to create. Only Drawers can know how to draw a portal to certain world, and I wasn’t in one.

I was going to say something when I noticed that Twilight was looking at me like waiting to me to do so. Maybe my face went pale and my body was a proof of how I felt in that moment. But, something didn’t let me do it…

“You are awake!” I heard a voice from behind me, taking me out of my thoughts.

I turned around, but with the surprise I wasn’t able to avoid tripping with my own feet and find myself sitting in the floor in seconds, looking at who yelled at me. It was a pink pony with blue eyes, with a sponged mane and a great smile, she didn’t had a horn.

“OHOHOHOHOH! Thisisgreat! Youweresleepingforaweek! Thisisamazing! It’sgoodthatyouareallrightandthatcanbeaverybadsign” she talked very fast, I almost couldn’t understand what she was talking.

“Pinkie! How did you get here?!” Twilight asked kind of scared.

Her name is Pinkie? What’s wrong with the names around here?! More importantly, what’s wrong with her?! I just was looking at the pink pony with the surprise written all over my face.

“I had a feeling that something INCREDIBLE was going to happen!” Pinkie said, in a second she moved in front of Twilight and their faces got very close, making her step back “IwasveryexcitedsoIdecidedtocomebutIwantedtogethereasfastasIcouldsoIjustcameandgotinsideusingtheopenwindoinyourroom!”

…Why do I feel that the word “sugar” has something to do with this whole situation? I couldn’t stand up, trying to understand everything.

“Well… I understand…” Twilight said, her face said the contrary.

“Oh! I know! Maybe you are from another world! This deserves a WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY! No! A WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA PARTY!” somehow, she got more excited, and then started running to the entrance “I must get everything prepared! And invite every pony from Equestria!”

In that moment, a blue pony with wings and a mane that looked like a rainbow opened the door, stepped aside… more like it flied off the floor to avoid Pinkie’s run, and was looking surprised at her to the outside of the library.

“T-twilight!” I shouted when I realized something. We couldn’t let Pinkie say anyone about myself “W-we need to stop her, quickly!”

“R-right!” Twilight reacted “Rainbow no time to explain, catch Pinkie Pie and take her back! Please!”

“Uh? Oh! Okay!” who I presumed it was Rainbow went flying as fast as she could “Pinkie Pie! Come back here!” the door closed when she went through

I stood up, trying to understand what happened with the confusion and the phrase “What the hell did just happen?” written all over my face. I looked at Twilight, trying to say something, but nothing came out from my mouth.

“Eeerrr… sorry about that” Twilight was smiling when she said that and got close to me “That was Pinkie Pie, it’s usual with her these kind of situations”

“Well, it doesn’t matter” I was looking at the door. Someone has to put her a straitjacket, if you ask me. “Your friend can surely catch her?”

“Rainbow Dash? Don’t worry, she is the fastest pony I know” she said. For her expression, I could say she was confident in that.

“I hope she does, I don’t want to think the confusion she’ll cause if every person around here knows about a human” Rainbow Dash?... I think I want to scream very, very, very loud…

“Me neither” Twilight said, and then her expression changed to a surprise one “Oh! I remembered something! There was something like a big cape abode you. We couldn’t take it with you here, it was very heavy, I couldn’t even make it levitate with my magic”

“Oh, it’s not that heavy” I smiled because I knew why she couldn’t take it “The cape is enchanted, only I can take it. It has other characteristics, but that’s the most notable”

“Oh! That’s why! I knew I could feel some magic coming from it” she smiled “Did you enchant it?”

“No, it was something like a friend who did it” An old man that makes me search for books and that I’m going to kill “It’s very useful… and I need it back, so I have to go get it”

“Well, I suppose we could go in the night” she said, nodding her head “I want to ask you about your word, I’m kind of curious about it”

“Well, I got no problems with that… but…” I closed one eye when I was talking “Why are you helping me that much? I’m thankful, but it’s just… kind of weird. I mean, it’s the first time you ever see a human, you don’t even know anything about my race”

“I don’t know, it’s just that I thought you might need help” she looked to other side “If you ask me, one of the first things that passed through my mind was that, maybe, you were lost”

I didn’t say anything. It’s just that it was weird all the help she seemed to be willing to give me. I still remember the first time I learned about the Soul Crossing and the other races, back when I still was in my home world. I was scared, and didn’t react well, trying to make myself think that was false and everything was going to be normal again. What a way to lie to myself, isn’t? It didn’t took me so long to accept everything, I even started working in something like what I’m do right now. Maybe it’s because I’m a big coward that tries to hide it.

“Well, you don’t seem so shocked to see a pony for the first time” she said, maybe she guessed part of my thoughts

“It’s just that in my world there are more races than humans” I said, getting out of my mind “And I already passed through the “trauma” of discovering another race. And sorry for my reaction from earlier, you kind of got me by surprise”

“Sorry ” Twilight laughed with her hoof in her mouth, trying to hide it.

Then, the door opened, the blue pony from before, Rainbow Dash, was pushing a cart that was transporting a tied up Pinkie Pie with some globes and party hats. When she put t in the middle of the room, some streamers were shot from inside the cart. Pinkie looked at them smiling.

“Don’t ask” Rainbow said.

Crap, now I really want to know what happened.

“Why did you want me to go after her? You don’t know how dif…” then, Rainbow Dash looked at me, she was surprised “Wow!” she flies towards me gets n front of my face, staring directly at me “That thing you found woke up!”

“Twilight, it’s looking directly to my eyes, I don’t like it” I say as a random reaction “And I’m not a ‘thing!”

“And can talk!”Rainbow was surprised, she returned to the floor, with the mouth open.

“Of course, silly! For what do you think it’s that mouth for?” Pinkie Pie said, still in the cart.

Eating, maybe? Not something I find worth to say.

“It’s incredible! Isn’t it, Rainbow Dash? He even speaks our language!” Twilight said “He was telling me things about his world”

“So, you came from another world, huh?” then, she points at me with her right hoof, in a threatening way “What do you want here?”

“Nothing, I was dragged here” I said with crossed arms. Is she interrogating me?

“Rainbow, he doesn’t seem to be planning anything bad” Twilight said “He just fell into a trap”

Why do I feel like a stupid? I thought.

“Well, I hope that’s true” Rainbow said, flying in front of my face.

Even if I felt hostility from her, it wasn’t something I could blame. I understood why, but I hoped she finds that I wasn’t going to do anything bad. It’s normal, and it’s not the first time I pass through something like this, I’m used to this. Then, for some reason, it occurred to me that maybe it was just her personality.

“Twilight, I finished cleaning everything downstairs” I heard the dragon’s voice coming from the stairs

“Oh! Sorry for not helping you Spike! I got carried away asking questions to Daniel” Twilight said.

“It’s nothing, you always get carried away with things like this” Spike said, getting closer to everyone “You worried that much that he didn’t woke up making you taking care of him for hours, that it’s normal that you act like this because he woke up”

“It’s that true?” I asked “I must repeat: Thanks” I said and bow.

“N-not like that” Twilight seemed to be embarrassed “I just healed your injury, that’s all”

“So, are we going to eat as we planned? I’m getting hungry” Rainbow returned again to the floor and looked at Twilight “But, what are we going to do with him? We can’t take him out”

“Oh! Why don’t we bring the food here?! He must be hungry too!” Pinkie said, for a moment I forgot about her, she was still tied up “We make it quick, and then we eat everything here… like a party! But a small one…”

“Well, Rarity it’s in Canterlot, Applejack it’s very busy and Fluttershy it’s taking care of some animals” Twilight said “It’s just us this time”

It took them awhile to decide what to bring, they even asked what I wanted. I felt a little uncomfortable in the start, but they managed to convince me to accept the food. I just had to wait for them. They asked me if humans eat hay or flowers, the answer was obvious and then they asked me if I liked salads. The only option I had left, so I couldn’t refuse it. Even if I had the choice, I could eat whenever they brought me, always when it’s suitable for a human to eat. Anyway, I was

"And why don't you say that he is some kind of experiment, like... I don't know" Rainbow suddenly suggested was thinking what to say "Like you were trying some new spells in some monkey or something"

"... do I look like a monkey?" I asked, with a serious look on my face. Sadly, it's very close.

"I prefer not to alert anypony" Twilight affirmed "Just wait here. Pinkie, care to give him some company?”

“Okie dokie loki!” Pinkie answered. Suddenly, she jumped out of the cart, leaving the rope that had her oppressed behind, freeing herself like nothing “I’ll wait here with him!”

When Twilight, Rainbow and Spike went out of the library, talking, I noticed that I was getting hungry. Well, I was sleeping for a week and a half, how could I not been wanting to eat something?

Even so, it seems I ruined Twilight's plans. For what I could notice, she was going to eat out with her friends. Or maybe I just made her change them a little, because she still was going to eat with them, but with a new guest and in her home, if it was her home.

When the door got closed, I found myself with Pinkie Pie staring directly at me with a smile. Even if it seemed to be cute, it was kind of frightening for someone like me when someone stares at me without saying anything. I tried to say something, but didn’t find anything to say.

“You are very tall, did you know that?” she suddenly said “And you talk kind of funny”

“From where I come from, we all talk like this” I answer. Why everyone has to say something about my accent?

“So everypony in your world must be funny!” she exclaimed, still smiling.

“W-well…” … ‘Everypony’? I’ve been hearing that for a while…

“Is someone coming for you?” she asked “It would be fun to meet other human, if all of them talk like you”

“N-no, not everyone from my world talks this way” And why are we talking about this?! I don’t want this torture! I was getting nervous for some reason, maybe because I wasn’t used to someone like Pinkie Pie “A-and... I doubt they’ll come soon for me…”

“Why? You don’t have any friends in your world?” she asked, her expression changed from happy to concerned.

“N-no, I got friends… but I don’t even know how did I get here” I grabbed my left shoulder “The process to create a portal to this world it’s kind of difficult, and I can’t give them the information they need to start. Even if they try randomly, it might take them years to find out the information they need, and that if they find it”

I closed my left eye and stared the floor, while pressing my shoulder and recalling the sentiment that was interrupted by the pony in front of me a while ago. It was true that with a lucky strike they would find the way to take me back, but the odds were against me. There exist, in theory, infinite combinations to draw a Soul Crossing portal, and only a few has been found. Not something I could trust that will work. The other part it’s that I can’t make portals, so I don’t know which it’ the information that it’s needed and how they get it… maybe this was all his plan. Maybe Mobhrun wants me to go after him and ask how the portal was created… But then, it could be just a trap, maybe there was no going back home, where everything that I love belongs and the only way to spa with my friends was...

Then, something came back to my mind. The Magical Message System! How did I forget about the MMS?! I quickly sat down on the floor and opened the bag that I was carrying. Searched through the things that were in the big pocket, didn’t mind about the smallest ones because I never used them. It didn’t took me long to find a small transparent glass tube with golden decorations and a D written by me in the top of it. The tube was empty.

“W-why is this empty? I’m sure I recharged it the day I was sent here” I said looking at the flask.

“What it’s that?” Pinkie asked confused by my actions. She was still smiling.

“This flask it’s used to store a liquid that it’s used to send written messages” I said while making sure it was really empty “You wet a portion of the message with this and then set it in fire while thinking in the person that you want to receive the message… but it’s empty…”

Then I crossed my sight with something else that was in my bag. I took it and I found it was another flask for the Message System… but why? Since when I have two? I didn’t remember I had both flasks. Why would I have more than one? It didn’t even have my D written in top of it and it was dry too.

“You were going to send a message to your friends?” she asked.

“Yes but it’s useless now…” the phrase I’m useless with no friends passed through my head like a train. Stop thinking like that, Daniel! You know you will find a way… somehow… “If only I knew how to make more...”

Even if I knew how to make more, maybe the ingredients didn’t exist in that world. I sighed while putting everything back on the bag and closing it.

I knew that soon I had to think about everything and try to understand what was going on. But I decided that I better worry about that later, when I get some information about the Equestria and try to work with it. But I was sure I wasn’t going to get so far, not without getting answers from Mobhrun.

“Well, I believe your friends will try everything to come for you. Because friends are always here for you, so they must be worrying about you. And don’t worry, they’ll find a way…” and she keeps like that for I don’t know how much time. I will say that the biggest mystery that I haven’t resolved yet it’s the reason why my brain didn’t explode then.

I tried to remember certain things, tough. First: when I met with Mobhrun, we were in front of a tombstone, meaning someone was buried there. The dirt seemed to be moved recently so whoever was there didn’t have much time. Second: there was only dirt and grass there, no kind of special floor block, not even a drawing for a portal, so something else made the portal appear. Third: The book. Mobhrun claimed that it was his, so why did he stole it? What was inside concerned me. Fourth: He knows about Equestria, but how? Clearly it wasn’t the first time he was there. And fifth: What is he up to? He was searching for something there? Didn’t had a small clue about his motives.

Obviously, it wasn’t going to be the last time I was going to cross paths with him. I needed to ask him things and try to get answers out of his mouth ASAP. But, maybe he wasn’t going to be so cooperative, so I had to be careful to find him and don’t get stabbed again.

The day was easy. When Twilight, Rainbow and Spike returned we had lunch. The only think I could eat was salad and the desert that was some kind of pie. Obviously, they asked me things about my world and what I was going to do. The answer was clear as crystal “I have to find a way back to my home world” I said when asked. Twilight said that maybe she could do something to help. I doubted, but didn’t say anything. I asked about Equestria, and from what I could get, it was pretty much like my world, but with ponies and other sentient races. I too learned about the four kind of ponies that existed: Earth, Pegasus, Unicorn and Alicorn. The last one seems to be a combination of Pegasis and Unicorns. And too about the princesses, Luna and Celestia and their power over the moon and the sun, respectively. Those seemed to be the most important pieces of information I could get.

Something that I wished was that things were as simple as they were going. Obviously that was impossible; knowing that another human with unknown motives was on the world being able to do what he wanted gave me reasons to believe that things were going to fall apart. I always hate when I’m right about something like that…

“Everything we know, even the ones we know for a fact, might be a big lie”

-Minju, talking with a missionary in the year 1523 (Earth’s time)

Author's Note

Well, writing everyday almost and, when you are ready to release the first chapter after editing by yourself, the internet uses Troll seems to be Super Effective if you ask me. Well, this it’s the first one and I hope you enjoy and comment any opinion and mistake that I obviously did and didn’t saw.

I will say this: This is the first time that I write a complete chapter of a story in English and I will continue with this. I’m really confident in my story, so I hope you enjoy it and help me to improve, both my English and narrative.

As a last comment: Spanish is my first language.

Chapter 2: Calling

"Why it's not working?" I asked looking at my hand astonished.

Twilight and I were going for my cape, in the middle on the night in the same day, when no one… or no pony… was around. I was trying to cast a flame in my hand because she asked me to show her some of the magic from my world while walking.

“… I don’t think… maybe Mobhrun sealed my magic after he poisoned me?” That seemed to be the most reasonable answer.

“Y-yeah… that must be” Twilight answered, for some reason her voice shacked.

“Geeez… I hope I won’t need it” If I have to, I’m screwed.

We stopped when we found a black thing lying in the floor. It was close to a forest and I could see some lights coming from a building like a tower or something on the side of a mountain.

“This is your cape” Twilight said.

She tried to take it with her hoof and magic. Both failed completely and I smiled looking how good worked the enchantment, even with unknown magic. Then it was my turn and without problem, I managed to take it, wipe out all the dirt (at least he one that I imagined it was there because I couldn’t see it), and put it on my shoulders and close the button that’s in the neck my neck. The cape covered all my body.

“Who did that must be a genius” she claimed “You know, by making the cape to only let you take”

A freaking genius, and that’s what scares me.

“Well, I suppose we should go back” I say “I need to figure out what I’m going to do to find Mobhrun”

“Do you think he knows how to go back?” she asked looking at me.

“Maybe, maybe not” I answered looking the lights on the mountains “By the way, what’s there?”

“Oh? Those lights? That’s Canterlot, where the princesses live” she started looking at eh lights too “I used to live there, but I moved here, in Ponyville”

That must be the capital, something I must remember well I start looking in all the directions if no one is close to us to see us in that moment. For some reason, that place gave me memories of Sekmeth. You could see the palace from a great distance because of its height, a golden tower in the middle and lights that could be seen from the other side of the mountains so that no traveler would get lost on his way to Jaztenia. But I was dragged out of my memories when…

“It seems you are in some problems, meow” I heard a voice I could recognize on my back.

I turn around at the same time as Twilight, so we could see who was talking. I looked directly at it while Twilight just looked in front of her because she didn’t know, in that moment, who said that, was a cat.

“N-not you!” I complain while looking at a brown cat with yellow eyes and some kind of gem in his forehead “It’s enough without going back to my home!”

“Why are you so bad with your familiar, meow?” the cat said.

“It’s a talking cat?!” Twilight said surprised when he looked at it.

“Yeah, more like a talking pest, if you ask me” I cross both arms while looking at the cat, clearly annoyed.

“My name is Linag, young lady, Diaz’s Familiar, sadly” he bows and sits down.

S-sadly? Sadly?! If you weren’t immortal I’d kill you right now! I stare at him more annoyed. Every time that cat appears it’s a great headache accompanied with a great desire to cut him with my sword was present. Sadly it’s immortal, and I knew trying ended in a failure. The biggest problem is that he appears when I less need him to annoy me.

“What are you doing here?” I asked.

“I’m just here to give you support while you are trying to go back to your home” he says while scratching behind his left ear “You are so useless without me”

“In other words, you are here just to annoy me”

“Much like it, meow” he answers “You two better go back soon, I saw a couple of ponies, one purple and the other red, walking in the night close to where we are right now. They seemed to be quite a couple of two love birds if you ask me, meow”

“A purple and a red ponies? I wonder if those two are…” Twilight seemed to be concentrating.

“We’ve got no time for that, we better go back now!” I say while scratching my right cheek.

“Oh! Y-you are right! Let’s go!”

We took our way back. Even if hat cat was a pain in the ass, the information he gives me always is accurate and I know I can trust him in that fact. It’s just difficult to work with him… so difficult that I can see me committing suicide.

“So, you have a familiar?” Twilight asked

“Yes, but this one appears when he wants” I said while looking at Linag who was walking in front of us. Since when are you around here? he seemed to know the way to Twilight’s home “Twilight, you said you were princess Celestia’s apprentice, right? Are you sure she haven’t sent you anything about the other human or something odd?”

“N-no, I haven’t received a message from her about anything” Again, for some reason, she was getting nervous.

… maybe… I better not press nothing here I had the feeling that she wasn’t being sincere with me, but on the other hand, I didn’t find any reason for why she would not tell me the truth.

We continued walking in silence, so that no one could hear us. We didn’t came across with the couple, bad for Twilight, she seemed interested in know something about that, maybe they were friends of her? Who knows.

In the library, I said to Twilight that I only needed a pillow and a sheet, and I‘ll sleep over my cape which was pretty comfortable for a improvised bed in the floor. She borrowed her bed for so enough time to make me fill bad for taking it. I never liked having favors from others, because I always finish with the urge to compensate them in any way.

“At least you are a gentleman” Linag said while I was preparing my bed “But you still will be abusing of her help and eat her food”

Why he likes to make me feel bad? I’ll have to find a way to compensate her tomorrow.

Now, the next part it’s just something that I remember that happened while I was seeping. I was called to the room of dreams. When I found myself there, I saw white buildings in the horizon, which made me know it was that place. And who called me? I could recognize it when a man with an elegant walk and very expensive clothes. This man was a friend of mine: Donovan, the errant prince from the dessert kingdom of Quatzal, found in the world of Cimarc. Someone very confident and who you can trust. On the other hand, he is a woman lover.

“Donovan!” I said “It was faster than I thought”

“Fast for you” he said looking at me with his usual smile “For us, it was more than a week. You got everyone worried”

“I can guess that” I press my left arm under my cape (did I fail to say that you appear there with the clothes you know you use regularly?) “Sorry for that”

“Don’t worry, my friend, we discovered you were fin some days ago but we couldn’t talk, you are fine now”

“Oh, you were the voice I heard, I see now”

“But, please, tell me that you are on a world from the list” Donovan’s expression changed, this time his attitude turned to a serious one because he clearly knew the answer for that.

“No, it’s not and it wasn’t connected in the past, let me tell you why I know that…”

I said to Donovan about Equestria and the other race. He was surprised because of the discovery of a new intelligent race that didn’t was from an anthropomorphic genus. Then, I told him what happened before I was transported to that world. And about Twilight and how she helped me while I was sleeping.

“But, I still can’t get why she helped me” I crossed my arms while closing my eyes “I just can’t get it”

“Oh, ‘dat’s’ very common of you, my dear friend” he said, trying to talk like me.

“C-common of me?” And don’t dare to copy my way of talking.

“You can’t trust people, at least not that easy” Donovan placed one of his hands on my shoulder “That’s you problem”

“And how do you know that?” I try to fight back with his affirmations, even knowing he was right.

“Let me ask you this: Did you tell to your equine friends about your curse?” He takes his hand away while smiling.

“I-I… no… I haven’t told them yet…” I looked away.

“See? How can you tell someone you don’t know in a world where no one knows what are you doing there that you have the Power of Chaos? Oh, and don’t forget that they don’t know about them either, even if one of them helped you” Donovan asked.

Some people say that I’m smart and that I can make difficult deductions. But Donovan is a freaking genius, everyone can assure that. He can see through lies, evidence, and even people just by looking at them for a while. Trying to hide something from him could end in a big failure if you take down your defenses in any moment, even just for a second.

“I just…” I didn’t know what to say.

“Sorry for making that psychoanalysis, we haven’t talked for while” Donovan steps back “And there are more troubles, the Hugalai Influence it’s taking more victims, at least that’s what the last investigation reported, and Ganil haven’t made advances in his research for a cure”

“The Hugalai Influence…” I repeat the name of the disease. That’s a pandemic disease that still doesn’t have a cure, and what causes it is still unclear, and very mortal. The symptoms are like the cancer until certain point with a tumor appearing in some place of the body with a constant energy lost. Luckily, it wasn’t contagious.

“That’s something that you should know, good it is that none of us is sick” Donovan continues “Don’t’ worry about us, we are fine just concentrate in returning home soon, I know you are wondering about everyone”

I nodded with my head while looking at Donovan with a confident smile. Everyone was waiting for me, all my friends. Even that old librarian called Minju.

“I need to ask you a favor” I say “Can you please ask Minju what does he know about Mobhrun? I’m sure he has something to say”

“So, you think Minju and Mobhrun knows each other” Donovan starts playing with his hair “I see what I can get, maybe I’ll ask the cute and good princess Quini to help me, you know how green is that old man”

There’s no need to be green to end confessing everything with the princess, I can assure that. Princess Quini de Vornia is the future ruler of Sekmeth and, maybe, the most beautiful woman from the kingdom. Trying to avoid temptation is futile with her, and I was once a victim of her “weapons” because I was trying to hide something I didn’t wanted others to know... my arachnophobia.

“I’ll appreciate any information” I said and bow.

“We are friends, stop with the polite manners, maybe you got Twilight dizzy with your bows” Donovan said laughing “And try not to fall in desperation if it takes you so much time to return because you don’t have any woman from our race giving you company for a while, if you know what I mean”

“Donovan, if you are insinuating what I think, I’ll kill you when I get back to Jaztenia” I closed both eyes and made a fist with my left hand.

“Just think” he continued mocking “You in a world where the major part is an Equine, and you, who only can see his female friends in dreams. I know how problematic that can get”

“… shut up” I didn’t want that “Maybe because you had a situation like that doesn’t mean it can happen to me” Right, I don’t know how to answer back. How common of me!

“… Touché” he said looking at the floor.

“Wait, what?” I was surprised “You passed through something like that?”

“I have to go now, see ya soon” Donovan started to disappear. He clearly didn’t want to talk about that.

“Hey! You can’t go like that! It’s my turn to make fun of you!” I say pointing at him with my finger.

Donovan disappeared on a white mist, leaving me alone in the room. For some reason I stretched the muscles in my arms with a closed eye, relaxing me completely. Maybe the meeting was short, but knowing I could talk with my friends was enough to for me to give me calm in my mind.

Something bad about leaving that room is that you wake up in the real world and it doesn’t matter the time it is in that moment. If I’m not mistaken, I woke up at 3 A.M. I was little annoyed because when I wake up is very difficult for me to sleep again. I just looked at the ceiling without moving or doing nothing. When I noticed something abode me I looked at the black ting that was sleeping at my stomach. It was Linag.

“Stupid cat” I said.

I tried to sleep again, but, as I stated before, I couldn’t. And this time something was in my head making it more difficult. Maybe… I should tell her… Maybe… But I didn’t know how she could react, what she could do. She is the princess’s apprentice, and even if I didn’t try to do anything against her, she could tell princess Celestia and that could be the end for me. Well, normal, how you could react if you encountered someone with a curse that enables him to use the power f chaos? In my world at least that means one two things: This person is a demon or has one inside of him. I’m the second possibility. But, it’s supposed to be gone right now… but the power it’s still with me.

Maybe it was better to tell her, the sooner the better. But the sensation of doubt didn’t want to go. It took me almost three hours to fall asleep again, but the doubt didn’t go.

Don’t exactly know at which time I woke up. If it wasn’t for Twilight I might have continued until 3 P.M sleeping with no stop.

“Hey! Wake up.” I heard Twilight while waking up “Don’t tell me you are going to sleep for another week”

“N-no, I’m awake…” I said while trying to open my eyes “I couldn’t sleep well las night… just that”

“Well, after all the time you were sleeping, I think is normal” she said looking at me while I was trying to wake up.

“M-maybe…” Nah… If you knew how much I sleep some times...

I yawned while standing up from my bed. I pick up my cape and put it around my neck, back to where it belongs. I see at my clothes for some seconds before closing it I wish I had clothes to change, I don’t like using the same things to days in a row… or weeks. I try to leave the subject, maybe I’ll find a solution for the clothes soon. Luckily, the material from which they were made is easy to clean and doesn’t keep odors. Then, we went downstairs. Linag didn’t seem to be close, I didn’t see him.

“So, want to have breakfast?” he asked smiling when I finished with my cape “I know, no hay or flowers, right?” she smiled, like laughing.

“Y-yeah” I answer “But I just feel that I might be taking so much advantage from your help”

“But what are you going to do if I don’t help you?” she asked concerned.

“W-well… I don’t think the money from my world works here… so I don't know” I scratched the back on my head “Maybe I’ll never understand why you are helping me, heh” and laughed.

“I already said it, don’t worry. I just want to help you” she said laughing too “And you can’t just go outside waling like nothing was happening”

“Yeah, you are right… but I have to compensate you somehow, I can’t just…”

I was interrupted in that moment. “Twilight!” we heard in that moment and some… pony went inside through the door. It was an orange earth pony with a hat and blonde mane and tail. She went to us running and stopped in front of Twilight. She was very worried and sweating.

“Twilight, we have a prob…” then she looked at me. I was doing so, but I was worried that she saw me “It’s awake!“ She shakes her head and looks at Twilight again” It doesn’t matter! Twi! Is Trixie! She is back and wants to see yah!” her accent reminded of a cowgirl “She is in front the Carrousel Boutique!

“Trixie?! And why is she back?!” Twilight asked surprised “Applejack, stay with Daniel and make sure no pony sees him!” she pointed at me with her hoof “I’ll go to see what she wants with me!”

Twilight went running outside the library. Who I this Trixie, again? I didn’t get exactly what was going on, but surely nothing good. Even if I wanted to know something, I just had to wait there with the other pony, Applejack, and my only actual source of information about the situation. From her reaction when she saw me I supposed she already knew about me.

But I didn’t have any time to ask questions, something didn’t let me make them.

“It seems that the presences from another world are affecting the course of this one, mew” Linag said, he was sitting in the stairs who knows how much time. Applejack’s mouth went open “You should… HAVE to go there, Diaz, meow”

“T-that cat is talking?!” Applejack asked.

“What do you mean with that, Linag?” I said “I can’t just go outside! The ponies can’t see a human!”

“If they don’t see you, they’ll see Mobhrun sooner or later” he looked directly at me with his yellow eyes “And… I’ve been feeling Black Chrysalis, maybe two, around here since very early today”

Only by hearing “Black Chrysalis” I felt that my body got paralyzed. Why something like that would be in this world? Mobhrun, that was the only logical answer. He brought one or more Black Chrysalis there. What are you thinking?! I thought, while pressing the fist that was already made in my hand. A chill passed through my back and my eyes opened wide.

We call Chrysalis to some kind of stone with magical power imbued with certain elemental power. There are Red, Blue, Green and Purple Chrysalis. Each one represents certain element: Fire, Water, Earth and Wind respectively. They allow the user to cast a spell, even if he or she doesn’t know how to use magic just pressing it in the hand. But there’s certain Chrysalis with a Black color that makes something different. It doesn’t gives you power; it frees energy that the body conserves. When you run or exercise until you get tired, you only used certain percentage of you total energy. But the Black Chrysalis lets you use it until is depleted and when that happens, you can die in the act. They still give you some power over every element and let you cast spells like a professional magician… and sometime it takes you into a trance giving you dark powers. They are forbidden in every world of my universe.

“Applejack! That was you name right?” I said while looking at the pony, she just nodded with her head when I yelled “I need you to take me where Twilight is going without being seen. Is important, I’ll explain to you in the way, but she could be in danger!”

I explained in the short way to Applejack what was going on. I had a bad feeling, and maybe Twilight was in danger, a danger created by humans. And not just that, maybe there were more Black Chrysalis around there in Equestria, and Mobhrun made his presence clear in this world. “It seems that the presences from another world are changing the course of this one” Linag’s words were repeating in my head. Is our presence… affecting this world?

Applejack and I were running as quick as we could without being seen. “Who’s Trixie?” I asked in the way, trying to get information.

“Trixie appeared in Pony Ville certain day” she said, choosing the direction we had to take “She ridiculed us, but Twilight managed to put her on her site. She was a mage and traveled from town to town, and always addressed herself as the Great and Powerful Trixie”

“In third person?” why, is she nuts?

If Twilight gave her a lesson, then she must have a grudge… I hope I’m wrong and that this Trixie doesn’t have a Black Chrysalis.

“There they are!”Applejack said.

I hide behind a wall so that no one could see me, but I could watch perfectly what was going on. A lot of ponies, with different colors and kinds, were watching the two that were in front of a building. One was Twilight, the second a blue pony with a hat and a cape with stars, maybe Trixie. They seemed to be arguing something when someone talked behind me.

“Hi!” I could recognize the voice clearly, surprise was that I didn’t heard her coming “You aren’t supposed to be out here, don’t’ you?”

I turned to see: It was Pinkie Pie again appearing on my back with me not noticing her presence... again. Who knows when she saw us, luckily didn’t call attention.

“I’m here because I have a bad feeling” I said and then returned to my watching.

“How do we recognize that Chrysalis thing?” Appejack asked.

“Chrysalis? I remember her, she a chang…” Pinkie said but was interrupted.

“Not that Chrysalis, Pinkie. Daniel says this is some kind of a stone with magic from his world”

I watched for a moment at Twilight and Trixie’s actions, and luckily I could hear what both were talking almost perfectly. While they both were talking, Trixie used magic and some kind of images appeared, like a video. I couldn’t see it tough.

“Do you see how’s been life for the Great and Powerful Trixie since you, Twilight, dared to embarrass her?!” she said in third person. She really loves herself “I even worked in a rock farm” R-rock farm? What?!

“Trixie, I’m sorry” Twilight said “I didn’t though things could go so hard for you, but I had to do something with that Ursa Minor”

“Yeah, right! You only did it to embarrass the Trixie!” Trixie said, hitting one hoof in the ground “And now she is going to retrieve her dignity!”

With magic, Trixie makes her hat float in the air, and a black tiny ball fell from it to the ground. For me it was no doubt: That was the Black Chrysalis, I could even feel that black and cold magic coming from it. I was going to act in that moment, but Trixie quickly smashed it with one hoof and a glass sound was heard by everyone that was there. Her cape started moving because of the magic aura that was surrounding her. Both eyes turned blood red and a gem appeared in her forehead.

“W-what’s this magic you are using?!” Twilight asked.

“Your doom!” Trixie said “Why don’t we heat things a little?”

Around the two ponies appeared a circle of flames more tall than me. I couldn’t see anything behind me, but some sound made me know that magic from both sides was being used. I got outside from my hiding spot.

“We need to help Twilight!” Applejack said worried, she was going to start running towards the fire circle.

“No! Is dangerous!” I said, stopping her “We need a pan for this”

“Yah got any plan then, partner?”

“…I go inside and improvise, that’s what I’m thinking” Not the best plan I ever had.

“I don’t think you’ll get very far with that” she said “Trixie’s magic seems to be more powerful... It’s like her power went over 9000!”

I couldn’t believe what did I heard, for some reason, I reacted with surprise when Pinkie said that. W-why… why do I feel that I’ve heard that somewhere else?!

“What’s the problem?” Applejack asked, maybe my reaction was drew in my face.

“N-nothing” I try to calm myself “I can get inside, my cape supports fire” And I can control it “I’ll try to see how’s Twilight and turn off the fire. If I manage to do it, help me to get that thing that appeared in her forehead out, that’s the only way we can stop her and get some answers from her, and I need them”

Both nodded and I turned to the wall of flames. I began running almost instantly and, when I was close enough, jumped while rising my cape with my arm so that it covers my face while passing through the flames. I went inside without problems. If it wasn’t for my cape and my affinity with fire I’d get toasted while trying to pass through.

Inside of the circle of fire, the temperature was very high. It was no problem for me, but maybe Twilight wasn’t going to resist for long enough. I saw Trixie launching fire balls with her horn, a very basic, but effective, spell. Wait… from what I know you don’t need anything to canalize the magic, just using your mind is enough. Twlight on her side was blocking with problems the spells with a magic field that was getting weaker every time a fire ball struck against it. Stop thinking and act, imbécil! I though.

I ran towards Twilight. When her magic field disappeared I managed to take my cape out and cover me and Twilight with it getting on my knees. I still felt the hit from the fire ball, but the cape took away the damage that the magic could have caused. Twilight closed her eyes when the field disappeared. She opened them when noticed that nothing happened and saw me.

“Daniel! What are you doing here?!” she asked surprised.

“You took care of me, I’m only trying to return the favor” I said with one eye close because of the pain from the fire ball. Trixie stopped shooting them.

“Who are you?!” Trixie asked.

“Twilight, there are four ways to stop this. I don’t want to talk about two of them” I said making obvious that both ways implied Trixie’s death “The only way to take her alive from this is taking that gem out of her forehead, or make her do it. Those are the only ways she doesn’t get hurt”

“I understand… but I don’t know how much time I’ll hold with the heat” Twilight said.

“Don’t ignore Trixie and show yourself!”

“Then, let’s make it quick” I said. I rose from where I was and return my cape to it normal state, covering my entire body “You complain too much, they haven’t told?” I said to Trixie. I turned around took my saber out of the scabbard and make it rest on my right shoulder “Now, who gave you that Black Chrysalis?! I want answers, now!”

“Hey, I thought you didn’t want to hurt her” Twilight said, clearly speaking about my saber.

“… is… just to create an impression, Twilight…” And now, is ruined. “Whatever!” I point the sword towards Trixie “Answer me!”

“… Pfffft” Trixie smiled Hey! Don’t *pffffft* at me! “You really thought you were going to impress me, human? Ha!” she laughed and walked two steps towards me “You won’t get answers from the Great and Powerful Trixie!”

“... but, the Great and Powerful Diaz got answers from you, even if they were obvious” I put down the saber “He just wanted to make sure something”

“What are you talking about?” Trixie stared at me with anger.

“You called Daniel Human” Twilight walked to my side “You knew he is one because you’ve seen others. So, other human gave you that thing”

“Correct” I point my face, smiling, with my finger in the right hand “The most probable: A human called Mobhrun”

I looked at Trixie while I was smiling. Even if the answers I got from her were obvious, I needed to make sure it was a human who gave her the Black Chrysalis. There was something else: Even being under the effects of the Black Chrysalis, she still was in control of herself. I still needed to know where he is, but that needed to wait.

“Hmph… It doesn’t matter” Trixie’s horn started to shine and three fire balls appeared over her “The Great and Powerful Trixie wants to show a lesson only to that purple pony, so please, step aside and don’t interfere”

I didn’t move. I just was looking at her with a serious face. I knew how strong the magic can get with a Black Chrysalis, so I needed to make a plan for getting close to her. If only one fire ball gets me, even I being strong against that element, it could be dangerous. Twilight’s magic is strong… how many fire balls she managed to stop with her barrier? She was going to be a major factor in the definition of this battle. I needed to keep her standing.

“So, you won’t go” Trixie said “Then you better burn!”

Trixie’s fireballs went against me and Twilight. “Avoid them!” I yelled while jumping backwards, avoiding one fire ball that was going towards my feet. I almost stumbled with a stone in the ground, but I managed to maintain my balance. Twilight avoided the second fire ball that was going against her, jumping aside. …wait! There were…! I noticed something late. There were three fire balls! But it was late, because the third one hit me in the back. I didn’t saw it coming.

“Dagh!” That fire ball got me by surprise and hit me hard. I closed both eyes, but managed to stand strong thanks to my cape.

“Daniel!” Twilight screamed, looking at me.

“I told you to step aside” Trixie said “And, if you keep mocking at Trixie’s way to talk, you’ll suffer more”

She is very strong… I must keep calm I opened one eye and looked at Trixie. I didn’t need to lose my temple. That was the last thing I wanted. I looked then at Twilight. She seemed to be very tired thanks to the heat. I have to find a way to stop Trixie I looked again at Trixie and, for some reason, smiled.

“You can’t control your demons, Diaz. It’s an illusion for you, a fake control over yourself”

-Linag talking to me about my curse