The Black Eyes of the Nightmare

Victor wakes up to the smell of salt in the atmosphere. He picks himself up, but it's difficult for him. He feels pain in his torso and some on his right thigh. He raises a hand in front of him, and it's blue, tipped with black claws. He's still in his transformed state. but he can't make out his surroundings. Victor starts to think about where he could be. The blurriness doesn't give a hint to a single building. He's probably not in New York anymore. He only remembers colliding with The Forbidden One, and then everything went black.

The blurriness in his black eyes starta to fade. He runs through a few thoughts as he examines his surroundings more clearly. Trees. Dirt. Flowers. Big rainbow. Wait, what? Victor looks at the sky. It's not blue. The clouds are blended with every color he can identify. Victor assumes he's not in Earth anymore, but he can't be in Vremena, either. Never has he seen this type of sky in the months he spent travelling that enchanted world.

Pain sears in Victor's limbs, but he walks it off. Whenever this kid goes beast, he feels invulnerable and unyielding, like nothing can stop him or slow him down. At least that's how he felt. The Forbidden One pulverized him. He was no match for that devil. He keeps looking around. More trees, still the rainbow sky, and something white lying over there. Wait! Victor runs over to a figure lying under a branch, disregarding all the pain in his body. It turns out to be Princess Celestia, and she's in a just as bad shape as her troubled friend. Her mane is messy, and her neck and right arm is covered with blood.

"Celestia!" shouts Victor as he grabs her bobbing head. He shakes her body, but she does not wake. He doesn't know what else to do, or either he's drowning in panic that he forgot about a better solution. "Come on, wake up! Celestia! Wake up! No! CELESTIA!" Victor, being mostly an optimist, tries to look at the bright side. He thinks she's is only sleeping. Thinks, that is. Victor clenches the white horse's head to his chest, right next to his beating heart. The beast begins to drip tears on the rainbow mane of his friend.

There's only one time Victor cried when transformed. It's a very rare because of the behavior he has that comes with the power. He goes back to the day he challenged the overlord. It was a stormy night, and he was fueled with nothing but hatred and anger. Groves killed the overlord, but he turned on his friends for the raw power. Victor remembers when he executed the Moon Fox right in front of him. He never felt so agonized before in his life. It was torture for him to endure all of it, and he was only a mere child. He cried to the heavens, pleading for help.

Wish granted. The Moon Fox left her legacy engraved within the boy from Earth. In his first few seconds transformed, Victor merely glared at Groves with shining tears running down his fur-covered face. It was the face of unleashed pain, and it was all aimed at the traitor.

Victor keeps crying, trying to deny the painful truth. Princess Celestia slowly raises her eyelids. They're very heavy. Looks like the painful truth will have to wait. She looks around, noticing the sound of Victor's crying. She can feel her ear pressed on his robes, hearing a faint heartbeat. "Victor?" she says softly.

Victor stops crying. He lets go of Celestia's head and smiles at the sight of her eyes. "Oh, thank God! You're alive," he says. It's also rare for Victor to actually look happy when transformed.

Celestia snuggles to Victor's chest. "I'm only glad you're fine." She notices they're in a forest. "Any idea what happened?"

"Not sure. Last thing I remembered was colliding attacks with the old guy, and then boom."

"Oh yeah. I ran after you..."

"Figures..." mutters Victor. "This can't be Earth."

"Or Equestria."

"Not even Vremena. Never seen nothing like it."

"Maybe we died."

Celestia's words hit Victor like an arrow. Could they have really died? They already know about the reincarnation process, but they're still the same beings they used to be. "No, we didn't," says Victor, stroking his hand into Celestia's mane. "If I did die, I'd be back in my normal state. Something freaky must've happened with the collision."

"That guy was tough," says Celestia, dissapointed.

"Yeah..."

Defeat. That's all that echoes in Victor's mind. No. It can't end that way. He hates to lose. "We should go figure out where we are, but I feel really comfy right now." He's also lazy.

"I feel fine as long as I'm with a friend," says Celestia, smiling.

"How much are you hurting?"

"I can still fly. No strain on my wings. You?"

"I feel sore all over, but I'll walk it off." Victor carefully grabs Celestia's head and gets up. "We're not done yet, you know."

Celestia also gets up, but fatigued by soreness in her limbs. She stretches them out a bit. It helps a little. Victor can see it. The sense of giving up. The Forbidden One is too strong for the sun goddess and a beastly mage, not to mention their other beastly friend and the raven. Celestia slowly spreads her wings. Victor starts to hover as she does, and they both take off a random direction.

"We gonna try to go back?" suggests Victor.

"To be honest, we don't have much of a choice," answers Celestia.

"I'm warning you. The longer I stay like this, the harder it is to control my anger. So hurry."

Nothing interesting passes by them. Only forest, forest, and more forest. The only interesting thing so far is the color of the sky, but back in Vremena, the sky is just as blue as Earth's. But Victor hasn't explored the whole planet yet. In his journey toward becoming an adventurer, he only covered about a sixth or seventh of the entire planet. Who knows. Maybe they could be in Vremena.

They reach the end of the forest and enter an ocean of sand. Shortly after, there's life ahead. Ironic how life was not found within the lushness of the forest. "Victor, do you see them?" asks Celestia.

"Yeah. One of them looks like-" Victor stops. His face is frozen with a blank expression. It's like he's a zombie. Celestia waves a hoof in front of him, but no reaction. "Those things..." mutters Victor. Celestia looks at what the direction her friend is looking at.

"What's the big deal? It's just a dinosaur, wolf, a big bird, and a...walking cactus."

"Celestia, I don't know how to say this." Victor makes eye contact with Celestia. "They're DIGIMON!"

"Digi-what?" says Celestia, raising an eyebrow. Victor watches some of his childhood heroes as they fight against a monkey wearing pajamas. He remembers that the villain is called Etemon, and he talked like Elvis. "Is this another world?"

"We're in another world, alright. Just like we're you're from, this is also a show." Victor puts a claw under his chin. "Now how are we gonna get out?"

"It's HIM!" shouts Celestia.

"Who!"

Celestia does not respond. Victor follows her eyes, seeing The Forbidden One, grinning at them. Victor growls, but that's all he can do. They're both worn out. "Looks like we both took a little detour," he says deviously. "I must be leaving now. My little pets need a little guidance." With that, he vanishes into a burst of energy. One of the Digimon gets distracted by it, but it just shrugs and returns to fighting.

"Damn, we're trapped," says Victor.

Without warning, Celestia lunges at Victor, throwing him to the ground. Victor starts to get angry about it, but then notices a large body flying over them. It's a blue wolf. Garurumon, thinks Victor.

Garurumon gets up and notices Victor and Celestia. He gawks at them with interest. "Uh, need some help?" says Victor.

"Oh, you better believe it," answers Garurumon with the same voice Victor remembered. "Who are you two?"

Victor shifts his eyes, then hatches an idea. Knowing Celestia and him are complete strangers in this world, they must blend in with the digital monsters. "I'm Magemon and this is Celestiamon."

Seriously? thinks Celestia.

"Well, nice to meet you two. I'm Garurumon," says Garurumon. The digimon turns back to Etemon. "This guy is really tough. What's your digivolution ranks?"

"Champion," answers Victor. Of course. He was never the boasting type.

"Feel free to jump in." Garurumon leaps away, reuniting with his other Digimon friends.

Victor turns to Celestia. "So how are we gonna get back to Earth?" he asks.

Celestia thinks for a moment. "Well, there IS one way," she says.

"What is it?"

"Remember when we worked on that arc? I've looked through the work of Starswirl the Bearded to achieve it, because he believed that there were other worlds out there. There is this one spell that allows multiverse travel, avoiding all the complex work we went through."

Victor is baffled. "Then why didn't we just use that in the first place?"

"Because it's highly unpredictable, and it's only limited to a couple, maybe a few beings at the most. The reason why we built the arc is to establish a permanent link with the other two worlds. That link must be why the three worlds are in the same galaxy now."

"I see." Victor lowers his head. "We were trying to avoid going somewhere else."

"Exactly. It took me forever to find this spell, and I thought it could be an easy way out of all the work, but then I notices that it came with a price. It was too alternate for it to be safe."

"But we don't have a choice..." says Victor.

"Then hold still." Celestia's horn starts to glow yellow. A circle of light surrounds the two, and it rises form the ground as a cylinder. Midway through the spell, Victor decides to turn back to normal. There's no telling how long he's been unconscious, so better to not take any chances. Celestia's and Victor's bodies glow to a light-yellow, and they vanish.

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Chaos reigns over the city of New York. Corvus and Jin both look up at the incoming swarm of monsters. Their red or black eyes glare at them, marking their prey. Jin is still in his transformed state, by the way. It includes a slight increase in height as well. Corvus is torn up. Most of her shirt's right sleeve is missing, along with half of one her trouser's legs. Those bare spots have blood either dripping or drying. Jin's only has scratches to worry about, along with the swarm of monsters.

"So, what do you figure happened to Vic, Celestia, and that other guy?" asks Jin.

"Uh, space-time rift in result of the collision?" suggests Corvus.

"Kinda stupid of Celestia to run after them."

"Can we talk about this later? It's two against thousands!" snaps Corvus. Jin is startled. Corvus is always so cheery and friendly. It doesn't seem right to him seeing her mad, but Corvus' anger also works as a reminder: This is absolutely not the time to mess around.

The Forbidden One appears next to them, making Jin lose all sense of happiness. "Where are they?" he says in a hostile tone.

The Forbidden One glances at Jin's feathered face like he doesn't even care. "Oh, they're both long gone," he answers blankly. "You will be, too. My pets are really fond of poultry." He laughs at his joke.

Jin growls at The Forbidden One. He starts to approach him, but Corvus puts her hand in the way. "Jin," she whispers. "I'll deal with him. You get the swarm." Jin nods in agreement and takes off.

"One against thousands? Oh, and I ponder about your brain size..." says The Forbidden One.

"Actually, I just evened up the playing field," says Corvus, giggling. The Forbidden One looks up, seeing fighter jets darting through the sky, drilling down the army of monsters. "It seems the military just arrived."

The Forbidden One chuckles with devious smile. "They can't save you..."

Corvus spreads her legs, positioning into a fighting stance. The Forbidden One rushes toward her, delivering nothing but punishment.

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The only upside for the ones in Equestria is that The Forbidden One is not there. The monsters swoop down, terrorizing the whole country. Buildings start setting on fire and explosions go off every few seconds. It's absolute chaos. Adam and Nick prepare to go out and fight, but Fluttershy gets in their way. Adam turns to her with a disappointed expression.

"What is it?" he asks.

"You can't go out there!" insists Fluttershy. "You'll get killed."

"Then what else are we supposed to do?"

Fluttershy does not know either. "Uh, wait for us to get ready?" she suggests. "With the Elements?" If Victor was here, he would have agreed with her in one second flat, maybe less. Adam and Nick loot at her with disbelief. This is the usual scenario for when non-bronies are tossed into Equestria. They underestimate the ponies' potential.

"OH, BUCK!" shouts a distant Twilight from her room.

Spike runs up to the voice. "What is it, Twilight?"

"The Elements are back in Canterlot! I forgot to take them home!"

Nick does a face-palm, while everypony else either groans or look down in despair. "So much for that force thing you ponies were talking about," he says. He turns to Adam. "Come on, dude."

Fluttershy politely moves out of the way as Adam turns to the knob. He opens it, only to feast his eyes on the Moon Fox, standing an inch away from him. She gives him a jolt. "Dammit, Fox! You almost gave me a heart attack!" shouts Adam.

"No time to cry to about it," snaps Moon Fox. The Mane Six and Spike are all glad to see her. She smiles to her Equestrian friends. "Looks like you all missed me."

"No kidding!" says Pinkie Pie. "The sky just kept swirling and swirling, Dashie kept getting hated on, and these two party poopers showed up!

Moon Fox glares at Adam and Nick. "Be nice, boys."

Nick notices that one of the Fox's seven tails is holding a chest. "What's in the chest?" he asks.

"The Elements of Harmony." Moon Fox presents the chest to the Mane Six, opening it with another tail. Twilight sighs in relief. "The two boys came with me to Equestria. I made a stop at Canterlot to warn Shining Armor and Cadence about the invasion. The military's being deployed as we speak. Oh, and I also snagged the Elements for you girls."

"So what's the plan?" asks Adam. The mares put on their corresponding Elements, feeling proud of themselves.

"Fight like hell," answers Moon Fox. "I don't plan on dying a second time."

The Elements of Harmony begin to glow. Adam and Nick are surprised by this. Strangely, the Mane Six are, too. "Who's doing this?" asks Rainbow Dash.

"Not me", "nope", and "wasn't me" is passed around the room. Moon Fox puts a claw under her chin.

"Hey, Fox," says Nick, "what are those necklaces doing?"

"Beats me," answers Moon Fox.

Adam, Nick, Moon Fox, and Spike watch as the Mane Six start to get consumed by their glowing Elements. Nick is beyond confused, while the other three are interested. The Mane Six are being dragged. Closer to each other. Their positions form a shrinking hexagon, and they touch. The light consumes them, and no one can make out who's beneath it. Moon Fox can feel a strong aura.

The light dims. Nick drops his jaw.

"Whoa," says Adam, astonished.

"Oh. My. God," mutters Moon Fox.

The light reveals an alicorn no one has ever seen before, with a long, spiky mane that fades into different colors like lights in a night club. The same goes for her tail. The alicorn's fur coat is white like Celestia's and her eyes are rainbow-colored. They gaze at the Moon Fox. The Elements of harmony fused the Mane Six into one powerful being.

"Well," says the Moon Fox. "This is new..."

"Indeed," says the alicorn, examining herself. Her voice sounds godly, and the Moon Fox can barely make out a fragment of each of the mane Six's voices. She notices that she's wearing a necklace that fuses all of the Elements' symbols. "I am Twilight Sparkle. I am Rainbow Dash as well. I am Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy. We never knew the Elements could do such a thing."

"At least you didn't have to do a ridiculous dance to fuse," jokes Adam.

"Ha! I see what you did there," says Nick, laughing.

"This is not the time for jokes," says the alicorn, glaring with her rainbow eyes. "So, do you two still think we can't help?"

"Not anymore," answers Adam.

"So, what are we supposed to call you?" asks Moon Fox. She sounds like she was holding in that question for a while.

The alicorn looks straight at her eyes. "Harmony," she says.

"Okay, Harmony." Moon Fox's ear twitches. "Wait, wasn't that grumpy dinosaur supposed to come with us?"

"Who? Twig?" says Adam. "He said he would catch up with us."

"We can't wait for him," says Harmony. "We must strike." She zooms out the door, leaving a shining rainbow trail behind. She curves up to the sky, drilling through a good number of monsters. It's like Rainbow Dash's nuke technique, but shaped like a drill.

"Damn," says Nick.

"Indeed," agrees Moon Fox, astonished by the power of the Elements of Harmony.

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Airships, magicians, and many species capable of flight spring into the sky over Peake City, all aimed to fend off the army of beasts. Edward looks at Groves, who's still riding on his back. Luna looks at him, too. The sky fills with strong beams of light and fire. It's like a firework display. Edward keeps glaring at Groves with his yellow eyes.

"Alright, Groves," he says, "let's see if we can truly forgive ya."

Groves responds with an evil laugh that echoes for miles. This scares Princess Luna. "Oh, Edward, you've been on the other side like me once. How did it feel?"

Edward's glare breaks. "Terrible," he says.

"And you wish to never come back, now do you?"

Edward nods.

"Then it's time to unleash the fallen angel," says Groves. He calmly lets go of Edward and falls down. Groves laughs evilly as his velocity increases to the acceleration of gravity (same as Earth's, if you're wondering). A black and red aura bursts from his body, allowing the power of the fallen lord to consume him. The aura dims, revealing Groves as the monster that once killed the Moon Fox.

Luna smirks at Groves. Her expression shows a but of slyness. "Thou hast unleashed a beast," she says. "Now it's my turn."  A dark blue, night-like aura consumes the body of Princess Luna. Edward can see a silhouette of her eyes, glowing white. Lightning strikes near Luna, as she reveals herself as the treacherous Nightmare Moon.

Edward whistles in astonishment. "That's one badass pony," he says. With that, he takes off into the sky to join the defenders. Nightmare Moon and Groves follow him, having the same intention. Edward breathes out an inferno of fire that consumes a large number of the monsters. Groves pulls out a fancy sword with a black blade and swings, cutting the air into a bloody red slash that rushes after many of the monsters. Nightmare Moon shoots a dark beam from her horn, pulverizing many as well. All three rush to get more, on their way to rally up with the rest of the Settlers.

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Back to Victor and Celestia. White light bursts open, revealing the two. They look around, hoping to have made it back to Earth. Very uncertain, though. Victor looks up, noticing their flower-shaped clouds in the sky, and they're multicolored. Celestia feels as if the atmosphere is wet. Very wet. Her mane flows in a different manner compared to the atmosphere in Equestria.

"Are we underwater?" asks Celestia.

"Then why can I breathe just fine?" says Victor.

"I don't know..." Celestia looks down. The ground is nothing but white sand. She also feels mich lighter than in the other worlds. Victor also studies his surroundings. He spots a few buildings, but pays attention to one in particular. As he runs toward it, he comes across a dollar bill on the sandy ground. Score! he thinks. He picks it up, and the bill looks like an ordinary United States dollar, but it has a clam shell on it. Victor smiles as he notices how cartoony it looks, too.

"We're in Bikini Bottom!" he says joyfully.

"Lemme guess. Another show?" asks Celestia, annoyed. She catches to Victor easily, with her weight reduction and all.

"Yeah."

"Then come closer. I'm trying the spell again."

"Wait! Lemme try something first!"

"Victor!"

Too late. Victor runs to the building he was paying attention to, a brown one with many flags hanging on it, next to a signpost reading 'The Krusty Krab'. He calmly opens the glass door and casually walks into the restaurant. The fish people all gawk at him. Victor ignores them and continues to make his way to the register. Squidward's pouting face waits him there, and he meets it with a fanboy-like smile.

"What're you so happy about?" asks Squidward in a moody tone.

"First time here, Squi- I mean, mister," answers Victor.

"Wonderful..." mutters Squidward, sarcastically. "May I take your order?" Obviously, he's not concerned about Victor's appearance.

"One Krabby Patty, with bacon," orders Victor.

Squidward turns to the window behind to inform his yellow colleague. "Spongebob, one Krabby Patty, bacon," he says.

"Coming right up!" shouts a familiar, high voice from the kitchen. Victor hears the spatula flipping and the patties sizzling on the grill.

"Um, I'd like it to go," says Victor in a hasty tone.

The kitchen door is swung open, and SpongeBob  is in front of Victor with his order. "WOOOOOOOOOW!" he yells. Victor doesn't even care if that split his eardrums. "I've never seen you before!"

"So you're SpongeBob."

"Ooooh, how do you know my name?"

"Uh, you're famous for your fry-cooking expertise," lies Victor. He knows him because he saw about a million episodes of his show in his lifetime.

"Oh, why thank you," says SpongeBob, flattered. "But you don't look like a sea creature." SpongeBob gets closer to Victor, staring at him with those big, hypnotic, blue eyes. "Maybe you're an ALIEN! Oh, I always wanted to meet an alien."

"Actually, I'm Mermaidman's apprentice," fabricates Victor.

"Ahem." Squidward gets Victor's attention, showing him an open tentacle. "Two ninety-nine," he says.

"Right." Victor gives him the bill he found. Five dollars. "Keep the change."

"Ooooh, how kind of you," says SpongeBob as he gives Victor his Krabby Patty. "Bye! Come back soon!"

"Nice to meet you, SpongeBob." Victor runs out of the restaurant, remembering about Princess Celestia. Oh, man, the thinks. She's gonna go all bitch mode on me for sure. But how could I let an opportunity of a lifetime go by? Irregardless, he continues to face the consequences. He sees Celestia, and she's not happy. Oh, balls...

"Okay, what the hell was that about?" asks Celestia, angry. Victor responds by opening the bag he's carrying, showing her the Krabby Patty. This only infuriates her even more. She is literally red with fury. "YOU KEPT ME WAITING FOR A GREASY HAMBURGER? OH, THE NERVE YOU HAVE, VICTOR! KNOWING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP THE FORBIDDEN ONE, AND YOU RUN OFF TO APPEASE YOURSELF WITH-" Fist in the mouth. Not exactly, but Celestia's mouth is full now.

When Celestia was letting out steam, Victor tore the Krabby Patty in half and shoved one half into the Princess' mouth. Celestia makes a naturally response by chewing the patty and swallowing. Her eyes grow until the iris and pupil hide the white. "Oh my," she says. "That is absolutely divine."

"You think I'd miss a chance to actually try out a Krabby Patty?" says Victor, squinting his eyes. He takes a bite off the other half. Same reaction as Celestia. "Holy mother of Christ! This is AMAZING!" He scarfs down the rest of the Krabby Patty and wipes his face. "Okay, now we can go."

"I'm still mad at you." Celestia's tone is stern. She performs the spell once again and they both vanish.

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Victor and Celestia reappear in a wasteland with blue grass and green sky. Victor gets an instant ide of where they are. It's dangerous to him, but exciting. Celestia looks at Victor's expression. Then she hears an explosion. The sky grows dark and a pillar of smoke erupts from a distance.

"Is this place familiar to you?" asks Celestia, worried about the explosion.

"This is Planet Namek," answers Victor. "From the Dragonball Z universe. There's guys in here that can destroy planets." Celestia turns to the direction of the smoke and explosions. A massive, white and blue ball of energy forms in the sky, and it grows. "This must be when Goku and fighting Frieza! That fight was so epic!" Victor jumps in excitement. He's about to witness the power of the Spirit Bomb.

He climbs up to a plateau, allowing him to see the full action. He can see the evil Lord Frieza beating Piccolo to a pupil while Goku charges the Spirit Bomb. The energy given off by  these beings give a ground a small tremor. Celestia flies up to Victor, letting her curiosity take over. "What is that giant ball of light?" she asks.

"Never mind that." Victor's excitement starts to get shrouded with uncertainty. "So why are we jumping randomly to other worlds?"

"I told you. This spell is highly unstable. We'll just have to get lucky." Celestia performs the spell again, and they vanish.

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The two universal travelers appear in a very pink room. It's so pink, it hurts Victor's eyes. It also hurts Celestia's eyes. They look around at all the pink. It gives Celestia a headache. Victor's heart stops to sight of a few ponies gazing at them. They're in a bakery, and all the customers have their eyes on the two newcomers. The ponies are like the ones in Equestria, with the cutie marks and stylish manes, but their eyes make them look braindead and their heads are thicker.

"Hi there!" greets one of them. "Wanna come to my dress-up party?"

Victor grabs Celestia's shoulders and shakes her. "GET US OUT OF HERE!" he yells.

"What? Why?" says Celestia, confused. The ponies keep staring at them.

"JUST GET US THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!"

Celestia does the spell as a response to her panic, and they make an exit with the explosion of light.

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When the spell transports them to another world, Victor is revealed to still be holding Celestia by the shoulders. He lets go and sighs in relief.

"What was that all about" asks Celestia, confused.

"You should've known better," answers Victor.

"Known what?"

Victor snaps his neck to Celestia, staring. "Don't you realize what that place was?"

"No."

"Generation Three! That's what it was! A place where all hell is unleashed on you..."

"What?"

Victor sighs. "Your show is what we call Generation Four. The last three are also My Little Pony shows. Generation One, okay. Two and Three, terrible. You should thank you for getting us out before it was too late."

Celestia roars with laughter. "Didn't you say we were for little girls?"

"Yeah...?"

"Seemed like that other world made sure of it."

"Oh, shut up. You're blessed enough to be in the good generation." At this point, Victor and Celestia take a look at their surroundings. They seem to be in Canterlot, seeing a palace and other fancy buildings. Wait, Canterlot!

"Yes! We're back in Equestria!" shouts Celestia, hugging Victor.

"Close enough," laughs Victor. "The similarity of the other world must've helped send us here."

Celestia's happiness is shortlived, though. She sees the swarm of monsters dogfighting with Equestria's military force. She can't really teel which side is winning. "This has The Forbidden One written al over it."

"Yeah, he did the same thing back on Earth, before we had that little accide- OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Victor grabs Celestia for protection, as he witnesses an alicorn drill through hundreds of monsters. The young boy is terrified by this new being, even though he doesn't know Harmony is on their side. He grabbed as a childish impulse, like a scared child running up to his or her mother's legs and wrapping the tightly. Celestia is one his mother figures.

Harmony swoops down, spotting Celestia. She lands in front of her. Celestia is impressed by her appearance, especially the fading colors in her mane. "Another alicorn? I wonder if more will crawl out..."

"That thing is frickin' volatile!" shouts Victor.

"Victor..." Celestia locks eyes with the boy. "Please let me go."

Victor lets her go, and turns to Harmony. "So who are you?"

Harmony smiles at Victor. "Don't you recognize that little pony you love?" she says sweetly.

"Fluttershy..." Victor's eyes widen. "FLUTTERSHY?"

"You're partially right. Yes, I am Fluttershy." Harmony's voice majorly gives off Fluttershy's soft, angelic voice for a moment. "But I'm the other five as well. Just call me Harmony."

"How did you six fuse?"

"Elements of Harmony."

Celestia chuckles. "It was only a matter of time," she says. "This only happens when the world is plunged into absolute chaos."

"It would be an honor to fight by your side, Princess."

"No," says Celestia. "I'd be honored to fight by YOUR side."

The Moon swoops down between Celestia and Harmony without warning. She turns to Harmony. "Come on, we need your help!" she says. Then she notices Celestia and Victor. "Shouldn't you two be on Earth?"

At this point, one of the flying behemoths are about to charge at the group, but Twig comes out of nowhere and knocks him out of the way. About time, thinks the Moon Fox as she crosses her arms. The beast is knocked out, and Twig walks away from it, dusting off his scaly hands. "Sorry I'm late," he says to the group. "What's up with the huddle? We still got tons of chaos out there."

"Twig, something weird happened back on Earth," says Celestia.

Twig raises an eyebrow, or at least the scales of the area where they would be. "That explains why you're not there."

"Uh, who is this guy?" asks Harmony.

"Ally," answers Moon Fox.

"We encountered this man on Earth," recaps Celestia. "He was extremely powerful, and even with all four of us ganging up, he still had the upper hand. We were torn apart. Then Victor confronted him with one of his attacks, and he collided with the man. It sent both Victor and I to another world, and we kept randomly teleporting to others until we got here."

Twig's eye widens (while the other is covered). "Who is this man you speak of?" he asks.

"He calls himself The Forbidden One."

"No," says both Twig and the Moon Fox at the same time. Their faces express pure hopelessness.

"Oh, God, not him again," says the Moon Fox, disappointed.

"So what? He's a bad dude, but we still gotta take him down," says Victor, smacking a fist into his palm. "Fox, if you're old, then you must've dealt with this guy long ago."

Moon Fox gazes at Victor with a depressive face. "I have. So did Twig."

"So how do we kill him?"

Twig and the Moon Fox don't answer to Victor. Victor raises his arms in anticipation, but he is growing impatient.

"Speak up, you two!" commands Harmony. "We must know how to rid our worlds of this evil."

"You can't," murmurs Twig.

"What?" Victor can't believe what twig is saying. "Yes we can! I'll kill him with my own hands if I have to!"

The sky grows dark by the swarm of monsters above them, still dogfighting with Equestrians. The Moon Fox puts a hand on Victor's shoulder and stares deeply into his eyes. "Victor," she says, "Oliver was the only one who came close to containing The Forbidden One, but he sacrificed himself long ago doing it. He can't die."