"Man, I'm bored," Anon said to himself as he sat down in his cottage. Ever since the whole 'Swagmaster' incident, he had decided to stay in his cottage until his full powers returned. His friends, of course visited him every now and then. So far today had brought Twilight, Rainbow, and AJ to his door. Twilight had learned a few new spells she wanted to try out and asked Anon for help. Though he was not as skilled in magic as her, he could read runes like a book. Surprisingly, the only spells she had learned were a simple transformation spell, a spell to turn wood into bricks, and a spell to take clouds down from the sky and mold them. They were all fairly easy and Anon had wondered why she had wanted his help. When he asked her, she blushed and teleported away, muttering something about secrets.

Rainbow and Applejack had both come at the same time. They were gonna have another one of their races and needed Anon to judge it. He asked why they needed him to judge it. They simply said that he was the only who could tell if it was a tie or not when they reached the finish line. Satisfied with that answer, Anon drew a line in the dirt in front of his cottage. At the sound of 'Go' RD and AJ were off. Anon waited patiently while they ran all the way around Equis, until they finally passed the line. Anon looked closely as they came by, and declared a tie. Surprisingly, they were both happy with that, and went off home.

Now, here Anon was, with nothing to do.

"You know what I miss? Shogun 2." Anon leaned back with a smile on his face. Back on his world, he had been a very good gamer. He didn't have a preference of gaming device, so he had bought a PS4, Xbox 360(cause fuck the Xbox One) a Wii U, 3Ds, PS Vita, and a PC. He had bought, played, and beaten an untold amount of games. To tell the truth, he had lost count of how many he had beaten. However, even a Swagmaster like Anon has his favorite games. His so far were, the Mass Effect series, Asura's Wrath, Dynasty Warriors, Bayonetta 1 and 2, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, and Dawn of War.

However, out of all of them, one of his favorites was Shogun 2 Total War. He had gone through that game a countless number of times. He had bought all the DLC campaigns, and beaten all of them with each of the clans. He had even gone on the multiplayer Avatar battle map and conquered the entire place. He knew that game like the back of his hands, and could come up with strategies that no one else would even attempt in the game. Anon smiled at the thought, what else would people expect from an Ultimate Swagmaster?

Anon's smile soon disappeared, however. That was back on Earth, and even with his Swag powers, he could not return. He had tried before, but there was some kind of power keeping him hear. Whenever he tried to use his Swag, some kind of force would just push it back. It felt as if ten Ultimate Swagmasters were keeping him there. But if that was the case, then why?

Shrugging the problem off, Anon got up and began to pace his cabin. He was constantly thinking, trying to find a solution to his problem. Just then, he had a light bulb! If he couldn't go to his PC, then he would bring his PC to him!

Putting his arm out towards the wooden table he had crafted, Anon shouted, "By the power of my Swag, I call forth my laptop!"

At first, nothing happened. Then the air shimmered, and in a flash of golden light, the New Razer Blade Pro, appeared on his table

along with, the Razer Naga Molten edition,

and the Razer Kraken Pro headphones.

Anon nearly jumped for joy at the seeing his gaming equipment back in his possession. It had cost him a combined total of $3160 back home to get all three of the devices. All worth it. The Razer Blade was one of the most powerful gaming laptops currently available. It made this known when he was able to play Crysis 3 on Ultra with 60fps, and no slow down.

The Naga Molten edition was basically a really cool mouse designed for MMO play. With a keyboard on the side of the mouse to be used to cast spells and attack enemies, this thing was the epitome of gaming mice.

The Kraken Pro headphones were, pretty much just headphones. Except that whenever he turned down the volume on his laptop, he could hear the sound just as cleary as if it was going full blast. While with the headphones off, he couldn't hear a thing. Top that off with an almost perfect microphone that allowed him to talk and not static up, he was set.

Walking over to the laptop, he noticed a note taped to the top of the folded screen. Curious, Anon grabbed the note and began to read:

Dear Anon,

I figured you might get bored here, so I decided that I might as well help you out. In case you are wondering, yes I am the one who sent you here. Me and some of the other Ultimate Swagmasters sensed some kind of darkness approaching this world. We're not sure what it is, however, we figured that if any of us could fight it, it would be you. We don't know when it is coming, but we do know this, harmony and friendship will not be enough to stop it. Tread carefully, Anon. But besides that, we have decided that while we can't allow you to send yourself back with your Swag powers, we will allow you to bring things to you. I shall take precedent over this, kind of like your guardian. As for the laptop, if you were to start up Steam, you would see that Shogun 2 along with all of its DLCs are already downloaded and ready to play. If you ever want to get a new game, simply go to the Store, say the name of the game you want to download, and Bam. It will appear on the Store completely free. On top of that, we figured you may want to share this type of thing with your new friends. So, we made it so that you can duplicate this laptop along with the headphones and mouse. Simply have whoever you want to give a laptop to put their hand(hoof, claw, whatever) on the laptop and say 'Duplicate.' Then they will have a completely similar version to yours, along with all the games you have downloaded on to it, with mouse and headphones.

Well that's about it,

Have fun, your guardian.
P.S. This is a special version of Shogun we created that can sport up to 8 players on the campaign and allows them to all take a turn at the same time.

If Anon's jaw could get any lower, it would've hit the floor by now. The Swagmasters were keeping him here? Why? What darkness? When is it coming? I can share my games? These thoughts permeated Anon's head, for a couple of seconds. Then he just shrugged them off. He was a Swagmaster, who was he to think of himself when others were in danger?

New thoughts began to take over Anon's mind as he began to pace around his home. Who should he invite to play Shogun with him? He had already told the ponies as much as he knew about human history. He made sure that even after explaining the bad they had done, he talked about the good too. By now they all knew about all of the wars and battles that Anon had been taught about up until 2014, so he doubted that seeing the battles in Shogun would really surprise them.

However, still he had to think of who to take play with, it can be pretty boring if you play it alone after beating the campaign a couple of times. And besides, 8 players!? The base game just had 2 players on the campaign! And all taking a turn at the same time, man that would be cool!

He thought that Luna and Celestia were definitely in the game. One because, them and Twilight would probably want to study the Razer Blade and find out if it's dangerous or not. That and Twilight would be all over this technological shit, along with the history that Shogun could teach her. Oh, and probably read that letter about the darkness. And two, Anon thought as he smirked, they would provide a challenge.

Anon wasn't an Ultimate Swagmaster just because he had tons of Swag and was a good soldier. He was also a very good strategist. He had studied under fellow Swagmasters Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Gandalf the White. Plus he had read Sun Tzu's Art of War about 3 times and memorized every strategy.

While the Princesses were beings older than a lot of creatures here in Equestria. They had probably seen many wars and battles in their lifetimes. Plus, they fought a war against Discord, the God of Chaos who is unpredictable as fuck, and won. They must have some pretty good strategies up their sleeves. And if that was the case, then what better challenger than an Ultimate Swagmaster who has studied under some of the best strategic minds known to man? And they will be using human soldiers, so they can't play the 'pony strategies not human strategies' card.

But that still left six empty spots. Hmmm...

Author's Note

Like the ending suggested people, I'm casting a vote. To put it simply, I can't decide who should play with Anon. I already explained why the Princesses are a given, but that is as far as I can go. Mainly because, I don't know about a lot of the characters cause all of my knowledge is based off of fan fics I've read. And that only gives me limited knowledge, especially since I wouldn't be caught dead watching the show. So, I hope that you will give me good ideas for who Anon shall play with. Your choices are as follows.

1: Main Characters: This includes anyone who is apart of the main cast such as, Luna, Candence, Shining Armor, and the Mane six.

2: Main Villians: These include major evil characters, such as Tirek, Sombra, Chrysalis, and Nightmare Moon.

3: Main side characters: These include characters that have had at least one episode about them, such as Gilda, Iron Will, Trixie, and Sunset Shimmer or the CMC.

These are just the types of characters that I would prefer because, they are the only ones I know. Literally, all the characters I know about from my fan fic knowledge are in these list. You can suggest whatever character you want, however if it is one that is not in this list, please include a bio with the name so I can better write their character in the fic.

On top of that, I would like for you to vote on what clan I should have each of the ponies play as. I figured I will have Anon play the Tokugawa, while Celestia will be the Takeda and Luna will be the Uesugi(I know, right?). However, that still leaves a couple of clans and I don't know what pony should be which. So along with your character selection, please choose a clan that you think would work for them. If you want to know what the clans are and what their bonuses are, please go to this link.

Thank you and please vote.

P.S. As for dead characters like Sombra and Tirek, I'll have Anon bring them back to life. You see, a perk of being an Ultimate Swagmaster is that you can bring people back from the dead. However, the more fleshed out their backstory is or the more prominent/powerful they were in their lifetime, the more Swag is needed in order to bring them back. So if Anon were to bring back Starswirl the Bearded, he would die. That guy pretty much came up with all of the spells that the ponies use, he's wayyyy too powerful. However, Tirek and Sombra didn't have very fleshed out backstories, plus they both died to Twilight Sparkle, making them pretty weak. I mean, Twilight beat them. Compare that to a wizard like Doctor Strange who has literally beaten a God, and your pretty weak sauce. Plus, Tirek cannot absorb Swag, only magic, so Anon'll be OK.