Darkness of our Hearts

Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Chapter 1

Author Notes: Hello. Well this is my first story. I hope you like it. If you do, please review so I can know it and I can keep updating. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. If I did, then the show maybe wouldn't be as good as it currently is. The only thing I own is my OC, and if you want it to make a cameo in your story by some reason, you'll have to ask me first and I will consider it.

Chapter I.

?'s Point of View.

Damn it.

Why did there had to be nothing after death? Seriously! I mean, that's the whole thing is about, right?

Oh, sorry. Of course, some people believe other stuff.

Let me introduce myself. The name's Wataru Kamijo. White hair, pale skin, azure eyes, about 5' 7'' feet tall. Well, my name is NOT that one, I am American, yet I don't think it matters anymore. I am dead so I get to call myself as I like.

*sigh* Damn, so lonely in here. I wish I could be in Equestria.

"Well, hello there." a voice said behind me.

I quickly turned around and saw nothing. Oh shit. Is it Nyx? Or Thanatos? That friggin' voice had no hint! Meh, I'm dead. If
worst comes to worst, I'll suffer never ending suffering. An inprovement of my previous life.

"Hello?" I greeted back.

"Um... quite the interesting guest I'm having. Never saw anyone like you."

"You sure?" I asked with a smile, "Because one would believe you would meet someone like everyone anytime."

"And you know what's up too? Now, that's impressive." Um... the voice sounds more... feminine now.

"Let me guess, Nyx?"

Suddenly, a little girl fazed in front me. 'She' had white hair, long enough that it reached up to her ankles, a really pale skin and red eyes, and she wore a beautiful silvery gown. Oh, and she was holding a GIANT BROADSWORD in one of her little hands. "Yup! Impressive indeed."

I smiled nervously. But of course! Only Death herself can look as a 7 years old girl that might be just like-Erm... It's clearer than friggin' water why she has this form!

"Now, this is weird. Because I should kill you. However, why I am feeling like I shouldn't do that?" she voiced as she tilt her
head in confusion.

"Then don't do it." I told her calmly. Don't. Blink. Don't dare to fucking blink. She could be faster than anything.

"Maybe I will not. After all, ONE escaping can't be such a big deal, right?" Whoa! That was a friggin' shot in the dark, and it worked! But don't relax yet! "Tell me about you."

Huh? "What do you want to know?"

"EVERYTHING." she voiced as she appeared in front of me, her face to inches with mine and her eyes wide open.

Damn it.

"And that's pretty much everything." I finished tiredly. I don't get it. How can I be tired? I'm fucking dead.

"My Little Ponies and Internet aside, your life sucked. Badly." Nyx nodded in a very pensively-like manner.

"Thanks, I guess." Don't let your guard down even for an attosecond.

"I mean, I was the wife of a complete jerk, then when he finally decided to do something about the endless void we were in, who he asks for help? Our evil son that is even a worst jerk than his father, dethrones him and then rapes me, having two more children who THEN dethrones us, sending us to wherever outside the Universe, with first husband who then follow to torture us for the following eternity, even when I didn't have any fault. And then, just when I kill Kaos, and was gonna go after Erebus, Thanatos comes out of nowhere and is like 'Hi there, mommy. I need someone to watch over my dead people. Come with me!' and drag me to the Under-UNDERWORLD. But your life seriously sucks!"

I looked at her in puzzlement, "How can my life be worse than yours?"

She shrugged, before her eyes widened in realization and she gasped in a very Pinkie Pie style, "I know what I can do for you!"

"You are gonna do something for me?" I asked her confused.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to Equestria? Well, I know how you can do that!" Huh? "You only have to take Kaos' powers and make them yours!"

As soon as she finished talking, my brain processed all that info and I was truly taken aback. "Why would you do that?" I asked, trying not to sound suspicious.

"I don't know. I don't know many things. Yet I hear my heart when it says something. And he is telling me right now to do something kind for you, and that if I do, I will never regret it."

I looked at her, slightly narrowing my eyes. I always look to the horse's teeth, life has taught me that in a very cruel way. "And what powers are we talking about?" Hey! I am curious! And I'm sure you are as well.

"Um... I believe he used to call it 'Reality Warping' or something like that." Holy shit! Reality Warping? That's awesome.

"But why give me those powers? Aren't they useful for you?" There MUST be a trick. There's ALWAYS one.

"No. I can't use them by some reason." Suddenly, a really creepy smile made its way to her lips, "And it will be really fun to watch your misadventures."

I could feel myself starting to sweat bullets, "Okay?" I don't know what to do anymore, so better play along by the moment, right? Then again, I'm dead. Eternal suffering is the worst that can take place here.

Suddenly a blue spinning card appeared before me, surrounded with black and red sparks. Holy fucking shit! This is a Persona Summoning Card! However... the sparks. I never heard of something like this before.

"This is the power of every Universe, which allows you to modify reality to your liking and travel throught them all. With these powers, you'll be unstoppable, blah, blah, blah, card games, blah, blah." Was that... a reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series? I'm staing to doubt this is the actual Nyx.

I chuckled, "If I were it that would make you really bored quickly. I'm gonna do stuff in my way, you know. I already know what I'll do with this power."

Nyx smiled, "You are really interesting indeed. I'm gonna have so much fun watching you." she told before bursting in laughter before fading away. "But I wonder... what shall you do with this power? I guess... not only time can tell, but you."

I smiled to myself as the Persona Summoning Card melted into my hands. "That went far better than I have expected. Ever." I snapped my fingers, the black void we stood turning with a flicker into an endless grassy hill, the sun high in the sky. Nice! I already know how to use this somehow!

"A new chance, uh? I guess... everyone deserves a new chance." I voiced to myself as I took one of my hands closer to my heart. "I wish I could speak with you."

Silence.

I sighed to myself as I looked at the sky. "You are there. I know it. However... why are you ignoring me? I am not ignoring YOU."

I snapped my fingers once again and trees started to grow in random spot in the whole land.

"Damn... I can't even think properly for some reason... Why I am giving life to this land again?"

Silence.

"Maybe... it's because Nyx is here and she must be really lonely, after all she is Death herself. Being it must be quite a toll on you after the first eon." I chuckled to myself as I held my head, "Damn... my mind can't process that quickly what my heart and soul dictates."

I snapped my fingers and a twenty feet tall wall with the Elements of Harmony sculpted on it, clouds behind them as well. I chuckled to myself as the words 'MLP: FiM. Everfree Forest.' flashed in my mind. "Okay then, time to meet some ponies."

And as soon as I finished talking, the wall started to slowly open, a fierce light coming from within it. I walked into it with a smile.

Third Person's PoV.

"So... did you gave it to him?" the cloaked figure asked coldly, its voice distorted in a demonic way, showing no hint of it being either male, female or even being human.

"Yes, I did." Nyx nodded at the figure, "You were right. He deserved it."

The figure sighed, "It's funny. Because I'm right in thinking that there are people who suffered worst."

"But how many of them gave up, uh? And how many them killed themselves in order to escape or worse, accepted the hand they were dealt by Destiny?" Nyx asked with determination, "And how many resisted it? How many kept themselves still them? And how many... how many kept sane after that?"

"You are right. However, do I have to remind you he-"

"He gave up AFTER being dead? No, you don't have."

The figure chuckled, "Actually, I was gonna say he was never sane in the first place but yours is important too. I can see he got you somewhat charmed, now didn't he?"

Nyx face reddened instantly, "What are you talking about?"

"He has that, you know? He might not know it, but he charms people in many ways."

"Really?"

The figure nodded, "You know, it's funny. You look exactly like he believed 'she' would look like."

Nyx gasped, "You mean-?"

The figure nodded again. "Yes. Yes, I mean it."

Nyx looked down at the floor, "He really deserves that power. You know, Author? I believe he will be the one to make that curse into a true bliss."

"I believe so too. After all, if he didn't, I would have never hinted you to give him those powers." the figure voiced before going into a somewhat insane dark chuckle.

Wataru's PoV

I closed the door behind me as soon as the light started to faded away, and HOLY FUCKING SHIT! I'M STANDING OVER A CLOUD LIKE A PEGASUS!

I quickly turned around and saw it.

It was, basically, the aerial shot of Ponyville shown in the show but a bit further away, (you know, the part before Dash shows in the screen and flies towards there?) yet, besides the fact it was covered in snow, this was real. After suppressing the urges to scream like a fanboy, I sat in the cloud I stood and watched at it. That's Sweet Apple Acres, Sugar Cube Corner is my 'northwest', and the Town Square is obviously in the middle of the town.

"So… do you like it?" a melodious voice asked, surprising me.

I quickly turned around and I felt my eyes widen in shock as I saw the one who was speaking at me. It was a beautiful alicorn with dark red mane, a coat as white as snow, and the Cutie Mark of an ink pot and a quill, yet her body looked somewhat transparent.

"L-Lauren Faust!" I gasped as I kneeled down before her. I don't know why I did it but I guess it was something I should have done.

Lauren giggled, "Oh, come on! You don't have to act like that in front of me. I'm just her Ponysona, although what you said
IS truth, after all… she is me, and I am her and I from a completely different Universe." Ponysona! That's funny.

Uh? That's what… I raised an eyebrow at her but made no comment about that. "Can I ask why are you here?"

"Go ahead."

"Why are you here, Queen Lauren?"

She giggled again, "Please, don't call me like that. Really. Anyways, I came to see you; you seem quite the interesting human. It does gonna be fun to see how you handle yourself in this world, Element of Creation." She voiced with a smile that quickly turned into and sad one, "Do… what you need to do to protect my little ponies, okay?"

"Uh?"

"You will understand when the time comes, but until then, take care." Lauren voiced as her body started to glow and she vanished into several butterfly of white light that flew away from him.

I closed his eyes for a moment before I turned towards Ponyville and began to walk an imaginary stair leading me into Everfree Forest. I can't go straight to Ponyville right now. It… can bring mayhem in many ways.

Twilight Sparkle's Pov.

"Uh?" I muttered in confusion as I woke up. What was that weird feeling?

"Twilight? What is it?" Spike asked worriedly as he yawned tiredly.

"I don't know, Spike. It felt like somekind of… beat?" I told him as I got out of my bed.

"A beat? What are you talking about?"

I don't know why I did it, but I opened the curtains of my window and looked at the nightsky.

I saw nothing.

I shrugged. "Nothing. It must have been my imagination." I told to myself as I closed the curtains again.

That was weird. It felt like a really powerful burst of magic. However, the only ones who can do something barely scratching that level are the Princesses. Combined.

Meh, maybe it WAS just a dream.

Third Person's PoV.

"So… it has started, um?" a voice surrounded in darkness whispered.

"Yes." The Figure stated, "However, I wonder… what are YOU gonna do when he discovers the truth and comes ultimately for you?"

"I know what I have to do. Until then… everyone! Please gather here NOW!" the voice demanded.

Suddenly, several shadows gathered in the darkness, the only distinguishable sound they made was that akin to breeze.

"All of you watch over him and aid if worse comes to worse."

"And if in the starting point it comes to 'that'?"

"I authorize you to tell him to release the limiters." The voice demanded.

"Sir, the reality warping is very unstable! He will destroy the whole story!" another voice countered.

"Don't worry. It will not happen. Commence Operation: Shadow Guardians." The voice asked, "You are gonna take the leading role in this mission… Sephiroth. You all, obey his command and report to both me and him."

"Yes, sir." Several voices cried before the breeze like sound from before repeated again, the shadows being there no more.

"G!"

"Yes, sir?"

"Be my eyes there. Do not allow him or my other subordinates to even have the slightest hint of you being there. Go with Roxas too."

"As you wish, sir." The voice agreed as the silence it left ended with a sound of a book closing and a wing flapping away.

Wataru's PoV.

I silently landed in a small clearing within Everfree Forest. The darkness of the night making it creepier than usual, but I simply ignored that.

"Let's see… What should be the first thing to do with this little gift?" I wondered as I looked at the sky, the moon high in the sky.

Maybe I should enhance my whole body. I am always in pain so it would be a nice change to change that.

As soon as I snapped my finger, I screamed in pain and felt to the ground. Damn, what the hell? IT HURTS! My whole body started to have spams beyond my control, and where my eyes rested now I felt burning pain, like if my eyes had been removed and in my eyesocks I had been put lemon juice and my back was being melted.

I kept screaming and if I could have done it, I would have sighed. Next time, I'm gonna give me high resistance to pain.

Third Person's PoV.

It looked like it was a normal night on Ponyville. However, it was not. The silence was… warm, somehow, ideal to sleep. However, it was suddenly broken by the extremely pain screams of somepony.

Fluttershy was the first to wake up with a jump, her body drenched in sweat, nightmares caused by the screams, which know turned more feral and less pony like.

She hid under her mattress, afraid whatever roamed in the darkness. However, if it was an animal in pain, she had to help it.

She got up from her bed and looked at the night sky with determination.

Twilight felt a chill going down her back as she heard the pain-full screams.

"Whoa! What the hay is that?" Spike asked her as he jumped from his basket and walked towards the lavender coated mare.

"I don't know, Spike. But it comes from the Everfree Forest. Maybe somepony is in troubles!" the mare told him as she walked towards the window, and looked outside.

"Really? You think so?" Spike asked her sarcastically as he raised an eyebrow at his hatch-er, the screams turning more painful and bloody.

"Come on, Spike!" Twilight voiced as she ran down the stairs.

Wataru's PoV.

I kept roaring, sometimes I paused to cough the blood that was forming in my throat. Damn it, my throat is bleeding too badly. Although I'm used to worst, I could die of blood loss if the pain doesn't stop. I can't even block it with my Reality Warping powers!

And there is no music fitting for these events! That upsets me even more!

Suddenly, I started to feel… souls. Yup, seven souls as bright as the fucking sun… Oh, fuck! THE MANE 6! AND SPIKE!

"I'm sorry, darling." I heard Rarity's voice apologizing, "But Sweetie Belle was really scared."

"Same here." Applejack voiced.

"It's okay." Twilight voiced back, "I understand you."

'I WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING!' WHAT? NO! I THOUGHT I HAD SEALED YOU WITHIN MY SOUL! I SOUL-ED YOU! THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE! 'Nice! I got ya attention! Anyways, you know what I am, uh?' FUCK YEAH! HOWEVER, I KNOW YOU ARE NOT A THING! YOU ARE ME, YOU IDIOT! EVEN IF YOU SOUND LIKE A GIRL BY SOME REASON I IGNORE! 'And then why don't you use me? I'm thirsty…' I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SHARING A DRINK WITH YA IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE SMALL FACT YOU DRINK BLOOD! …Besides, madness is awesome but impractical. I don't know how to tame you. If you were a Social Link maybe I'll give it a shot but-

"WHAT IN TARNATION IS THAT THING? AND ARE THOSE BLACK FLAMES?" I heard Applejack scream in shock.

"I have never heard of such a creature like this." Twilight voiced from the bushes, where the ponies were hiding.

'COME ON MATE! LET'S BE PALS!' NOT NOW! I CAN'T TRUST YOU YET! LAST TIME I LET YOU OUT YOU ALMOST KILLED THE WHOLE CLASS! AND THE OTHER! AND THE GIRLS WHO WERE AT THE BATHROOM MAST-'FINE! FINE! DON'T TRUST ME YET? FINE! BUT REMEMBER! THANKS TO REALITY WARPING, EVERYTIME YOU DRAW ME I BECOME MORE LINKED TO YOU! AND IF THE LINK BAR REACHED 100% IN BATTLE MODE YOU WILL GO BERSERK! SO BE QUICK, MATE!' IF YOU WANT ME TO BE QUICK THEN SHOW ME I CAN TRUST! AND BE HONEST ABOUT IT! 'OH, I KNOW! I'M GIVING YOU ONE GAUNTLET! A SILVER RATHALOS GAUNTLET! THAT CAN PUNCH THROUGHT ANYTHING! AND CAN BLOCK ANYTHING TOO! AND YOU CAN SEND WAVES OF CUTTING WIND FROM IT TOO! AND IT'S STYLISH!'
Although I can make myself one, you got me with the Silver Rathalos part. Ugh... why I am so weird? Oh yeah. Right. I enjoy it.

Somewhat.

My screams finally stopped and I tried to stand up, yet my arms were too weak to hold me and I felt to the ground again.

"Fluttershy! Wait!" I heard Twilight scream as I heard the sound of trotting becoming stronger and stronger.

'THOSE ARE AMATERASU FLAMES, MATE!' Oh, fuck.

"Fluttershy! Those are flames I have never heard of before! Don't touch them!" the lavender coated unicorn screamed. Damn, everything is going to damn fast!

Suddenly, time started to slow down, a bit of my strength returning to my body. Damn... this doesn't make any sense! I felt the Amaterasu starting to fade away and I looked at my hand. "Damn… that hurt like hell." I muttered weakly. I turned towards Fluttershy and smiled. She would do anything to protect an animal. She truly is the Element of Kindness.
I sighed to myself. How can I keep myself so fucking cool. This makes no fucking sense, not at all. Yet, here I am, with reality warping, in Equestria. And it's awesome.

Time started to work on again, and Fluttershy landed were I used to be.

"How did he move so fast?" Applejack gasped as she aimed at me with her hoof.

"Give me a moment, please." I voiced tiredly as I fell to the ground. And I remember no more.

Chapter 2

I grunted as I regained consciousness.

Geez, what a weird dream! I, having Reality Warping powers and access to infinite Multiverses, on Equestria. If THAT were to happen, existence itself would be screwed. Badly. I hardly could, but, slowly, I raised my eyelids and looked at a wooden ceiling.

Okay, my bedroom’s ceiling is not made of wood, so this is not my bedroom.

That’s not good.

I looked around and realized I have been sleeping inside some sleeping bag, surrounded by machines. I looked at my arm and saw I hadn’t any needles or tubes attached to my body, so I wasn’t in some hospital.

Okay… my vision is kind of blurry but I can tell there is a stair over there, so the exit might be there. Now that I think about it, there’s no window, some I might be in some kind of basement. There about a 45% of being in basement, a 35% of being in some clandestine hospital and a 30% of have been kidnapped and being thrown into a room where I’ll have to do so some sadistic games created by some maniac in order to test my morality or some other shit in a very traumatizing Saw-like test.

Okay, the ceiling is made wood, there is many machine that looks like those old AND big grey computer with many tiny bulbs of the ’60 or ’70, there is no window, there is a stair leading upstairs and everything looks cartoonish. If it weren’t because it would sound so stupid, I would say I’m in Twilight’s basement, yeah.

“I’m in Twilight’s basement.” I voiced to myself.

...

Doesn’t sound stupid, it sounds retarded. However, I still wish I could be in Equestria. Maybe there is some Universe, or maybe even a planet within our same Universe where Equestria is. That would be so awesome.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a door opening coming from upstairs and I looked. My vision was still somewhat foggy, but I could tell a lavender spot, which I was scared to admit I could recognize, entering into the dark room, before the lights turned on, making me grunted because of their brightness while using my arm to try to block the light from my eyes. Oh god, was the dream I had... not a dream but events that truly happened?

“Oh, I see you are awake.” Twilight’s voice commented as I looked at the ‘lavender spot’ that was walking down the stairs. My sight started to work properly again to the level that now I could clearly see the lavender coated unicorn with beautiful dark blue mane with pink strands that was standing besides the sleeping bag I was resting on.

“Nice to meet you too.” I smiled at her, hardly holding back my brony side, before wincing because of the ‘current’ of pain that flashed through my body, and holding with my both arms my stomach, where the pain have been greater.

“A-Are you okay? Zecora told me that potion would heal your wounds even faster than your body already did. I have never seen anypony heal so fast...” She told me as she rested one of her hooves over my shoulder, the last part more to herself than I.

“Thanks for taking care of me, Twilight.” I joked as I regained my composure. Oh, it still hurts.

“Do I know you?” the filly asked me before chuckling while shaking her head, “No. Of course not. If that were the case, I WOULD remember you.”

I chuckled, “No, you don’t know me. But I DO know you. Partially, but I do hope I can get to know you better. Oh, and stop hiding it.”

The lavender coated unicorn smiled nervously at me, “Stop hiding what?” she asked nervous. She does know what I’m talking about.

I smiled in understanding at her, causing her to relax that stiff posture of her, “Go ahead, ‘interrogate’ me.”

“Hey! I’m not gonna interrogate you!” she told me, totally taken aback.

I chuckled, “Chill down, Twilight. I know you wanna question me for there is no document, and maybe not even the princesses might have the slightest idea of what I am, and that you are behaving so awkwardly nice, caring and kind to me for the sake of not starting with the wrong hoof, right? However, what you didn’t know is that I already knew something like this was going to likely take place and I was prepared for a situation like this from before.”

She gasped, “H-how…?”

I grin somewhat darkly, showing at her my flawed canine teeth. Basically, it had grown larger than the others, and thus, looked like a bloody fang, in case you were wondering. I really like that teeth, but none knows of it because people would be like to troll me, either asking me if I go to school only during cloudy days or questioning me why I don’t sparkle like a fucking diamond during day. “Because that is one of the things I’m good at. Theorizing. Based on the things I have to my disposal, which about this world are many, I develop many possible turns of events. You, acting like you currently are around me, were something that was likely to take place.”

“So… you are logical kind of pony, not that you are a pony in any way I can think of.” She added with curiosity. And I could easy tell that she had a little hope in having found someone that was pretty much like her.

I chuckled at the joke she just did without realising it, “Logic? For me, that has no meaning.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow at me, “Why do you say that? ...Who are you?”

“And that’s what I was expecting! I’m giving you two answers, both of them true. In an abstract way, I can be anything. From the blood that races within your body, to the stars themselves, high in the night sky, beyond the princess’ control. I am reality itself, as well as the one who rules over it and BEYOND it. With a though, I can make whole galaxies explode and make sound in space. But in a more literal and personalized way, I am Wataru Kamijo, and did I say it’s a pleasure to meet you?” Twilight looked at me like if I were a mad pony, which is half right because I’m human, with her jaw dropped. “Oh, I did it? Dammit.”

“Wait, what?” she asked me dumbfounded, before shaking her head again, trying to shrug off what I told her, “Yeah right.” She replied sarcastically, “And I’m Nightmare Moon.”

“What? A lavender coated magic-controlling talking unicorn doesn’t believe I can control reality at will? Well, I feel truly offended. Very.” I voiced. Actually, I’m not even sure if I do. Maybe that part was a dream.

“Look, there is just one being that could do something like you say. That’s-”

“Discord, right? Yeah, mate’s insane, I give him that. But I was already insane before getting the power so I think I’ll be fine.” I voiced. It’s obvious she doesn’t believe me.

“I need some chocolate.” Twilight sighed tiredly.

I smiled at her as I slightly raised my hand, a mug of hot cocoa appearing with a flicker in one hand and a Speed Unlimited, for me, in the other.

“Here, have it. It’s handwaved.” I replied as I reached her the mug with a warm smile.

After Twilight finished her hot cocoa in one go, and I hammerspace my energizer, the filly motioned me to follow her to the living room, where, once we were there, we sit down in a couch.

“Okay, let us start again, shall we?” she asked me as a quill and a scroll, surrounded with a purple glow, hovered by her side. “Who are you?”

I rolled my eyes and sighed, “I am Wataru Kamijo.”

The quill magically moved and wrote something in the scroll, “Okay. Now... WHAT are you?”

“I’m a human. Truly never heard of them?” I asked her and the only thing I got for an answer was a shake of her head.

“I do know about humans, from really ancient notes that were written a few months after the creation of Equestria.”

“After the Three Tribes’ Alliance?” I asked her, surprised, “Whoa, that must be more than a thousand years and half, right?”

She eyed me suspicious, “How do you know about...?” she shook her head, “Anyways, the notes were written by Clover the Clever herself during the time when she was working in a multidimensional portal that could lead to other worlds where Equestria could be translated in case of emergency.” Did she have multidimensional portals all over Equestria, in case of Portal Emergency? Meh... it would be better to call Aperture Science in case of Portal Emergency, right? “She described the human’s as ‘Living paradoxes’, with the sentence ‘FORGET ABOUT THE WHOLE DEAL’ written under that, underlined many times.”

I smirked at that, “I got an idea why, but I want to hear more from you.”

“Actually, there’s an only that and a few incomplete drawing of their anatomy.” She told me somewhat disappointed.

“Um... I don’t know what Clover saw of us,” Could know, but I’m not feeling like it. “But I could guess she saw our... horrifying behaviour.” I commented at her with an involuntary English-accent.

“Horrifying behaviour?” Twilight asked me with a head tilt as the quill by her side wrote furiously every word that was uttered, almost drawing a light chuckle from that.

“Yeah, believe me when I say that Clover is right. If you pursue to know more about humans, you are gonna have a bad time.”

“Say that to Heartstrings...” the filly muttered under her breath. I’m going to check that filly later. Might even help her to, I don’t know, hand her the brain bleacher? I guess I’ll have to take that option when I find myself forced to choose. Or when I learn the Shadow Clone Technique. Hey... that’s not a bad idea. I wonder if I do have chakra pathways.

“Anyways, how do you know about me? How do you know about the Three Tribes’ Alliance? And how do know about... well, everything Equestria-related?”

I chuckled, “I don’t know everything Equestria-related, but I want to know everything related to the Elements of Harmony, and Equestria has a strong link to the Elements themselves, and thus, I know many things about many things.”

The filly raised an eyebrow, “Are you a spy?”

I shook my head, “No, I’m no spy. I’m just... someone.”

“And who is that someone?” she asked me, determined to keep annoying me until I told her the truth.

“I wouldn’t like to tell you... You might go completely insane.” I told her.

Her eyes widened in shock before going back to their average size, “Try me.” She voiced with determination once again.

I sighed, “Can you picture a world... where the ideals of harmony are agonizing? A dying world, whose habitants are in a never ending cycle of solitude and pain? A dying world, where the Elements of Disharmony rule over?”

“Sadness, Deceit, Selfishness, Aggressiveness, Treachery, and…” Twilight started to list with sadness before stopping, “Un-magic?”

I couldn’t hold back a bitter laugh and then closed my eyes, “The polar opposite of magic is not ‘un-magic’ like you say,” I opened my eyes in a dramatic fashion, the temperature in the room descending to the dramatic zero degrees in a very figurative way, “it is Solitude.”

Twilight looked at me in silence, totally horrified.

“Magic is Friendship, as well as the meaning of life.” I told her, “Almost every human ignores that truth, and thus, become self-centered beings who deep within their soul, cry for the touch of another soul who cares for them, but when said soul never appears, they become bitter beings who can only fill the void in their hearts by harming other beings they believe to be complete and happy, when the truth is... that everyone is in the same position.” I voiced as I chuckled hollowly. “That’s why Clover the Clever decided to forget about the whole deal. Tell me Twilight. What do you think is what happens when you force someone to the brink of insanity and then give them a little push? ‘We’ happen.”

“B-But! Th-there is ponies who still believe in those ideals, right?” she asked me, “Ponies who still believes in the magic of friendship and fight to protect those ideals!”

“And that’s where you, your friends and Equestria come into place, dear.” I told her.

“Huh?”

“Imagine you are alone, after a life of suffering and solitude, crying, with no shoulder where to, and hopeless. But you find a book. This book, speaks about a wonderful land where magical creatures live long and rich lives. They are not selfish, they are not gonna stab you in the back when you are weak, and they will always be by your side, cheering you up when you are blue.” I smiled at Twilight, “This world... is that book.”

“So... a book, huh?” the filly voiced bitterly, “Fiction. We are fiction? That’s what you are trying to say?”

I shook my head, “You are not fiction. You are reality. My mere presence proves you are real, because I suffered, and, even if I hate it to admit it, suffering is among the few thing that are real.”

“So that’s how you know almost everything. How many have read this book?”

I chuckled, “It’s not a book as per say. But if I’m not wrong, maybe millions.”

“You think... they could be helped in some way?” she asked me.

I nodded, “The only way they could be helped is by giving them the chance to start anew in this world. However, I can’t ask you to do such thing. There is much that could be won, and everything to be lost.”

Twilight nodded in silence before looking outside the window, looking to be deep in thought.

“Hey... can I ask you something?” I started, feeling already the heat in my face.

The filly turned towards me and smiled, “Sure, what is it?”

“Is there any chance... erm... I... could meet the other girls as well?”

Twilight nodded at me, “Sure!”

*smash!*

HUH?!

*Thou art I and I art Thou. Thou have established the Aeon/Priestess Social Link. I with this bond, your control will grow stronger*

Social Links? I got access to Social Links too?

...

Wait... does that mean there is a incoming menace to Equestria that I’m allowed to stop or something like that?

You know what? This doesn’t make sense anymore. But who cares? I’m in motherfucking Equestria.

“By the way, what’s up with your eyes?” she asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

“Huh?” I muttered so cleverly. “What do you mean?”

“Weren’t they blue? After you went all serious and dramatic,” she stood up in her back hooves before waving her front ones in a comical fashion for enfasis, “They turned... almost like mine.”

“Do you have a mirror?” I asked her and almost instantly, there was a hand sized mirror hovering before my face. I took it and looked at my eyes with it.

My eyes were no longer azure, but violet, and three comma-like things slowly spinning around my central pupils in a hypnotic fashion.

“Genjitsuseigan’s creation, success.” I smiled to myself.

“Genji-what?” Twilight asked confused.

“Genjitsuseigan. It means ‘Reality Warping Eye’ in a foreign language.” I told her.

“Why did your eyes change?”

“Because I genetically modified it to change when I wanted it.”

“That doesn’t make any sense.”

“It makes Ninja Pinkie Pie sense.”

Twilight looked at me totally taken aback but then sighed, “You are so weird.”

“Thank you. I do my best to improve myself every day.” I smiled at her as I scratched my cheek. However, when I did so, I didn’t feel the coldness of my hand but the coldness of steel.

I looked at my hand in curiosity and I saw it. I was wearing in my hand a totally kickass metallic-black-colored clawed gauntlet that reached almost to my elbow that was as light as air itself and seemed to absorb light itself into it, making it glow almost ghostly, despite any logic breaking sense that makes.

I analyzed it further and noticed it had the Sephirothic Tree of Divination carved into the metal with a surprising high resolution, giving it the ‘Badass’ level in my category. I mean seriously! In a nutshell, I have the path to godhood in my hand! How insanely awesome is that?! The circles representing each stage had carved within them a clock. However, it made the gauntlet even more awesome because the hands of said clocks were actually moving, each clock marking a different time for some reason.

I chuckled to ‘myself’, “Thank you, mate. However, this is not a Silver Rathalos Gauntlet.”

I could have swore I heard a ‘Fuck you’ in the back of my head, making me chuckle again.

“Did you say something, Wataru?” Twilight asked me.

I simply shook my head. “Nevermind, do the princesses know about me already?”

“No. I wanted to wait until after the ‘interrogation’ before telling them but now I can’t because Spike has left to go shopping and won’t be back until late.”

“Okay then. I’m off to meet the other girls. See ya!” I smiled before I ran outside.

Twilight stood there watching me go before following me, “Hey! Wait!”

I walked outside, leaned against the house/tree and began to think. Another thing I’m skilled at. Thinking. I think faster than I can think of, funny. I ‘pseudo-make’ many voices in my head that voice words that have so kind of link and I figure it out.

Social Links. Yeah, how come I have one of those? World. I don’t think this world is naturally allowed to have Personas, unless they have something like a pony version of Philemon here and the show didn’t voice it yet. Why. Maybe I have social link here because I have to do something for these ponies? Sort. Sort? Sort… sort… maybe sort them out? Why? There is no light without darkness. Uh?! Of course! The benign light of order and life here is stronger, so it is obvious if evil dark of chaos and death is too. Shadows. They… they could have shadows? Friendship lessons. Oh, right? In theory, the magic of friendship could eliminate anyone’s ‘shadow’, for they make a less straight version of social links. Aeon. True, the Arcana said Twilight is the Aeon/Priestess. But I never heard of someone having two different Arcanas. Akihiko. Shinjiro. Oh yeah, in the Female Protagonist Path their Personas are Emperor and Hierophant, yet their Social Links are Star and Moon! However, they weren’t Emperor/Star or Hierophant/Moon, they were separated. Foreshadowing, Aeon. What? Shit me. Are you serious? Well, she IS the leader of the Mane 6 and the Element of Magic, which can branch into EVERYTHING. But she had a personality, something the Aeon doesn’t fit. I guess. Priestess. RIGHT! Priestess represents knowledge and awkwardness, as well as some kind of inner beauty, if I’m right, something that DOES fit Twilight. But she is beautiful inside and outside, in my humble opinion, of course. Say. Hey, shut up, she has a nice personality and lavender coat, so shut up! Like. Erm…

“Um… Wataru?” I heard the mare calling, snapping me out of my thoughts. Again. I looked around and saw she was standing under the door’s frame and looking around.

“What is it?” I asked as I walked from where I was, letting her see me.

“Oh, there you are. I thought you have left already.” She tilt her head “Are you blushing?”

My eyes slightly widened before I looked to somewhere else as I felt my face redden. “Never mind. Which is nearer? Fluttershy’s or Pinkie’s?”

“Fluttershy’s.” She voiced.

“I guess you are following me, then?” I asked her. She nodded. I smiled as I turned around and started walking again. “Nice. I like your company.” I voiced as I made her slightly blush.

“You know, you never did your questions.” Twilight voiced as we walked towards the borders of Everfree Forest. Oh shit. She is entering into the wolf’s… scratch wolf’s, write devil’s over it. Yup, devil’s mouth.

“Asking me to question you is asking for an embarrassing moment.” I told her, hoping she would let it go.

“No, I insist.” Damn her.

“Fine. You asked for it. Seeing as I answered as best as I could, you’ll have to do the same. First question: Are you into mares of colts?” Her eyes widened in shock. Hey, I realized I was watching her without watching her. In fact, it’s like a camera is watching us from a few centimeters above us. Blame on reality warping.

“That’s private.” She voiced with a blush.

“Mares it is.” I voiced aloud.

“Hey!”

“Just joking, Twilight. See? Told ya. There’s no backing up now. I’m getting answers.”

“You are merciless.”

“Know it and enjoy it. Now, answer the question.”

She looked around and sighed. “I don’t care, okay? It can be mare or colt.” Eyes widened at that, “As long as we truly love each other, I’m happy. However, I don’t think anypony would like me.” Okay… I don’t know how to take that. It’s too soon to assume that I can have a shot at her. Yeah, I like Twilight. Deal with it.

“Second question: How old are you and your friends? No offense.”

“Why should I feel offended? I’m 17, Fluttershy is 18, Rarity is... well, I am not even sure but for our sake she is 19, Pinkie is 17, Rainbow Dash is 18 and Applejack is 17.”

“Spike?”

“10.”

“So you hatched him at 7. Did you know that the test was impossible to solve to anyone who wasn’t destined to be the Element of Magic?”

She stopped. I did the same. Seems like she didn’t knew. “What do you mean?”

“I’m not even sure of that. I know it because the one that ‘created’ you voiced it.”

“Do you have a theory for why HERE it is?”

“Yup, Celestia knew from the beginning that Nightmare Moon was coming back. She always knew it. Yet she wasn’t strong enough to clean her, so she decided to give up the Elements and search for the next Element of Magic and take her under her wing in order to get him or her prepared.” I voiced, but quickly added, “She became near to you because you reminded her of Luna, not because of your fate and self-convenience.” I quickly sent a glance to the sun, and somehow didn’t become blind. She isn’t checking. I can feel it. Somehow.

“Really?”

I nodded. Then remembered. “Why did you say that?”

“Say what?”

“‘I don’t think anypony would like me’?” I repeated.

She looked at me angry, “Well… think about it. You really think somepony would like me? I’m an awkward bookworm and I’m not even pretty for pony’s standards.” Hey, I heard a line somewhat like this one somewhere.

“Tch, if that’s true then your pony standards are badly established. Guys ,or colts for you, in my world look for someone like you all their life. In fact, know many who would be happy to just have a friend like you.” I countered.

“Why?”

“Don’t know. Maybe because we are awkward eggheads that are not pretty for human’s standards?” I shrugged with a smiled.

“Then, why do you include yourself like that?” she asked me.

“Well, I like reading. Not books exactly, but histories based on other books. We call them fan fictions.”

“Fan…fictions.” The filly muttered to herself, “I don’t get it.”

“Which is your favorite book?”

“You can’t have a favorite book, Wataru. However… the first that comes to my mind is… well, it’s about a stallion named Starch Westwing, a Pegasus pirate who-“

“Wait, let me guess. Who travels across the world stealing cargo and generally being a degenerate. But then, after picking up a tip for a score in a secluded part of the mountains, he ‘bites off more than he can chew’ after finding a runaway Pegasus bringing a bunch of unicorns into hiding from an evil government?” I asked her. If she says yes I’m gonna laugh so loud that…

She gasped, “How did you know?”

I laughed. Like a madman. She started to slightly back away as my face started to distort into an insane scowl. I stopped and smiled. “Sorry. But, alas, the irony… it’s so delicious I couldn’t hold back myself. In my world, there is a ‘fan fiction’ where YOU are the one that writes that book.” Yup, the name was ‘Where There’s a Quill…’ Short, but very well performed.

“That’s pretty weird but I would like to read them.”

“Yup. However, there’s something that calls for my attention. Again.” Why am I catching this stuff later and not instantly?

“What?”

“When you asked, ‘then, why do you include yourself like that?’. You know, in that context it sound like you believed I was… good looking is the right and left word.”

“Well… I didn’t see any other human, but if you were a pony I guess you would. I don’t know. There is no way to know.”

I felt a bulb lighting over my head, “If you truly believe so, then you are highly underestimating me.” I snapped my fingers and reality flickered for a moment. When I came to realize it, I raised my ‘arms’ to see if it worked and saw two hooves, one with some kind of metal shoe.

Yup, I’m a pony. And felt no pain whatsoever.

“Okay. I need a mirror. Again.” I voiced. I felt my right eye twitch for a moment, reality flickering again and mirror now standing before me.

I had my white hair, but in mane (obviously). However, I had as well a bloody fringe. Now, I might think I didn’t like, but no. It was a fringe. MADE OF BLOOD. With drops of blood falling to the ground and all. Badass and creepy in so many levels. Anyways, I kept checking. Right eye had the Genjitsuseigan and the other was azure colored. My coat was… well I can’t describe it properly. It looked like white, yet I could tell it were actually many shades nearing white of many colors. At the same time. I had a horn, a black wing and white wing too, making me an alicorn. Should have seen THAT coming. I looked at my flank and saw it was blank. I saw THAT coming. I am a reality warper, and if I have access to Social Link, then I am a Fool, and as such, hold endless possibilities, making me a blank flank.

“Well, it meets MY expectative.” I voiced with a smiled as my right twitched again, the mirror vanishing with a flicker, as I turned towards Twilight. “So? Do I meet the pony’s standards?”

She looked at me, dumbfounded, her jaw dropped and… is that saliva? Did I break her? *gasp* Do I have to buy her? Joking. I snapped my hooves in front of her. Somehow. I don’t have fingers, remember?

“Uh? I did you say something, Wataru?” she asked as she looked at me upside down. Is that right? Upside down? I don’t think so.

“Do I meet the pony’s standards?” I repeated.

“With flying colors.” She muttered quite astonished.

I chuckled before I snapped my fingers, reality flickering again as I took my human form back.

“But… why didn’t you have a Cutie Mark?”

“Remember when I said earlier that I had endless possibilities?” I asked her.

“You didn’t say that.”

“Oh. My bad. Well, Cutie Marks show what you are good at, right? And I can be good at anything anytime I want, so do the math.”

“I get it.” Her checks slightly blushed, “You didn’t look bad.”

“You said that.” I smiled, “However, don’t get used to it.”

She tilted her head, “Why not? You could be accepted easier here. It… just doesn’t make sense.”

“And where’s the fun in making sense?” I quoted. However, Twilight slightly flinched. “Don’t worry. Not Discord. I bet he still in Canterlot as bird’s bathroom, but know that I think about it, when they first showed him he wasn’t dirty so maybe the Princesses has somepony who is in charge of cleaning the statue.”

I looked around and could tell Fluttershy’s cottage. Hey, if I stay here, I could build a house. No, scratch that, I’m making a fucking mansion. Or even better, I’m just making a door. Leading to an alternate dimension where my mansion is!

I suddenly looked around and saw Twilight heading towards Fluttershy’s and I followed suit. By when I reached her, Twilight had already knocked the door.

“You do that oftenly?” she asked me.

“What? Daydreaming?” I asked back.

“Erm… yes, that.”

“Yeah, I do. If I’m staying like I wish I could, then you’ll have to get used to it.”

Suddenly, the door opened, the wielder of the Element of Kindness standing on the other side. “Hello Twilight. How is that thing we found in the forest?”

I chuckled, “Thing?”

“Oh my goodness. Please come on in.” she whispered as she pushed me into her cottage, her hooves as soft as marshmallows. I looked around and I saw a white teapot with butterflies drawn on it and a cup of tea that shared the same design filled with, guess what?, tea. “So do you want some? Do you drink tea?” She asked, Twilight eying me with worry.

“Sure. I like tea.” I answered at her with a smile. Suddenly, the Pegasus looked at me with shock, and her cheeks blushed a little. Wait, what? Shit me! What happened? I’m not naked, right? Oh good, I’m not.

“Um… okay.” She voiced as she walked towards another room, and quickly was back with two more cups. She lowered the cups, took tea with her hooves and poured some of its contents into the cups, hoofling (get it? Handling, hoof, hoofling?) me and Twilight the cups, all along doing it with her mane hiding her face.

Suddenly, a headache hit me, forcing me to let the cup go. ‘Where she leaves herself open to the world, and MUST learn to create a mask to protect herself…’ ‘Maybe I have social link here because I have to do something for these ponies?’ ‘Sort…sort…maybe sort them out?’ What does a fragment of Angst Much or whatever its name was flashing through my mind? Wait. No… I can’t do something like that to them. Is… too cruel.

I grunted in pain as I held my right eye.

I heard a gasp, and looked around tiredly. I saw Fluttershy and Twilight, holding me from my shoulders, looking at the teacup, that hovered a few millimeters above the floor upside down, the contents never spilling.

“Those must be such useful cups, aren’t they Fluttershy?” Twilight joked aloud, trying to lower the tension in the air.

I chuckled at her antics and turned towards Shy, “Sorry. I’m okay now.”

“Oh my goodness, your eye is bleeding!” the Pegasus gasped as she walked away once again. She quickly came back, holding back a small light green box with the same butterflies like her Cutie Mark. I quickly took my hand towards my right eye and touched carefully, a small river of blood coming from my eye.

“Meh, it’s okay. It happens all the time.” I smiled as I looked at the floor. Yeah, maybe a mansion. A mansion to share for the Mane 6, maybe that would be something challenging for them, ne? I chuckled to myself. I just want they could live in the house with me, even if just as friends. I would hate to live ‘alone’ again.

[Flashback]

The room was really dark, for no light was turned on. Only the distant echo of a calm music could be heard, coming from the headphones that hanged around the neck of a solitary teenager resting on a sofa on his living room bed. He had white hair that reached up to his shoulders, being as soft and clean as silk, if not even better than it. His azure eyes didn’t burn with determination like they should, but were a cold and uncaring as an iceberg. His skin was pale, almost rivaling that of a dead man. His lips were closed, no smile was resting on them. His head was resting over his hands, which were clasped together over the white pillow.

Suddenly, a bell rang, indicating the start of a new day.

Wataru sighed to himself as he stood up, dressed only with a boxer. “I hate this.” He muttered as he threw carelessly towards the other side of the room, near to a red cap that belonged to a fictional character. He took his clothes, a white shirt and grey formal trousers, and got dressed quickly. As he finished, he took his bag that was resting over a chair and opened the door. Snow entered into the room, the teenager shuddering in no way. As soon as he was gonna leave, the TV behind him turned on, the opening of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic starting to play.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face and he chuckled to himself, “Damn, how fucking silly of me. I should take my coat. It’s bloody cold outside.” He walked towards the sofa where he was sleeping a few moments ago and got comfortable, the grin of a trickster appearing instantly on his lips, “But first, I’m watching My Little Pony.” He rested his feet over a small table in front of the sofa, “Like a Boss, yay.”

[Flashback’s over.]

Damn, I hate those memories. I was so angst back then. Maybe I could make better ones here. Yeah… that would be nice…

“What do you mean ‘It happens all the time’?!” Twilight asked in shock, “It’s a side effect of your powers?”

I chuckled again, “Who do you think I am? Itachi Uchiha? Nah, I developed this when I was three, don’t worry.”

“Itachi… Uchiha?” Twilight asked me as Fluttershy lent me some cotton, which I used to clean my face.

I snapped my fingers, a small notebook appearing in my hand as I gave it to Twilight, “Here, have it. It is another thing I read. It is called manga in my world, and there are many of them, yet this is one of my favorite. Naruto.”

Twilight’s eyes sparkled with delight at the idea of reading something coming from another Universe, so she took it with both her hooves and started to read it aloud. “Once appeared a nine tailed demon fox. It’s mighty tails could crumble mountains and cause tsunamis.”

*smash!*

*Priestess/Aeon Arcana Rank 2!*

*The Twilight Sparkle Social Link has increased!* I smiled to myself as it happened.

“Anyways, I wanted to say thanks to you, Fluttershy. After all, you jumped towards me, a totally foreign and maybe dangerous creature, in order to save me.”

“Um… thank you. But… I never heard your name.” she whispered.

“The name’s Wataru Kamijo.” I smiled again as I offered her my hand.

She looked at me weirdly for a moment before she took it and shook it.

*smash!*

*Thou art I and I art Thou. Thou have established the Priestess/Empress Social Link. With this bond, your control will grow stronger.* Whohoo! I rock!

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After a nice chat with Shy, Twilight and I left towards Sweet Apple Acres. I wanted to go to Rarity’s first but Applejack is awesome too, don’t get me wrong!

“I hope I have upset no one.” I voiced to myself.

“Why would you?” Twilight asked confused, but still reading the book I gave her, muttering something among the lines of ‘Ew! He bite him in the neck!’ make me chuckle a little.

“I strongly believe my kind is… not very well seen. Like I told you earlier. We don’t create anything without destroying anything.”

“Well… that the first law of the ancient science of Magic. You have to give something in order to receive something in exchange.”

Okay, Twilight just made a Full Metal Alchemist Reference, just change Magic with Alchemy. Awesome.

“No, you don’t get it.” I sighed, “We are like parasites. We go from place to place, killing everything, taking everything, and then, when there is nothing remaining, we leave, never looking behind.” I voiced sadly.

“I can’t imagine anything like that, Wataru.” She voiced, “Yet… I wish I could. I want to… understand your pain.”

*smash!*

*The Priesstess/Aeon Social Link has ranked up! Your control has become stronger!* Nice!

“YEEHAW!” *SLAM*

I quickly turned around and saw Applejack bucking some trees, the apples falling neatly arranged into the baskets lying under the tree.

“Hi there!” I greeted cheerfully from behind her, making her jump in shock, like when their four hooves leave the ground, then hover in air for a moment before jumping higher. Yeah, that kind of shock.

“What in tarnation?!” Applejack screamed from over a long and strong branch.

“Sorry!” I laughed, “I couldn’t hold myself back. The chance was really good to miss.”

“You really have a weird way to make friends.” Twilight voiced as she neared.

“Thank you.”

“It wasn’t a compliment! Can't you pick up on my sarcasm?”

“What is this thing?!” Applejack screamed as she pointed at me.

I chuckled. Thing.

“He is the one we found last night, remember?” Twilight told her.

The orange coated mare jumped from the branch she was and landed with a *Thud*, many apples falling from the tree.

So it is like I read. The apples are too heavy or the branch that holds them is too weak.

“Anyways, can I help you? I always wanted try some bucking.” I asked.

Applejack shrugged, “Sure. But be careful! The wrong kick on the wrong place can get you a few bones broken.”

I nodded at her with a grin before dashing towards the tree. I jumped one or two feet and spin in midair, delivering a really strong horizontal kick at the tree, all the apples falling to the basket that lay next to the tree.

As I landed, I turned towards the Element of Honesty, “Was that a fine kick, Sugarcube?”

Both she and Twilight looked at me in shock.

“That was a fine kick, I concede.” Concede? “Hey, how long are you staying here, whoever you are.”

“Meh. It depends on the princesses. Maybe if they find out I’ll be kicked out of here.” I shrugged.

“Well, I wouldn’t like such a fine tree bucker to get banished. Come here anytime you if you are in need of some money, I’ll be happy to help ya. The name’s Applejack, by the way.”

I smiled at her, “Wataru. Wataru Kamijo is the name.”

*smash!*

*Thou art I and I art Thou. Thou hath established the Chariot/Strength Social Link. With this bond, your control will grow stronger.* And that’s how I roll. Without even trying.

“Did something happen?” a voice asked.

“Nah. It’s okay Big Mac.” Applejack answered.

I quickly turned around and met with strong green eyes.

“Hn.” I muttered to myself.

“You seem pretty strong.” The red coated stallion voiced as he looked at me with bored eyes.

“You think so?”

“And not just in muscles, but your heart and determination is strong as well.”

“Huh?”

“I would like to test that.” He nodded as a grin made its way into his face.

Wait… what?

*Slam*

“Big Macintosh!”

In an instant, my back was resting against the grass. Damn… this doesn’t make any sense at all!

Yet I couldn’t hold back a grin. I quickly spun and I managed to stand up again. “That was your best shot?” I asked him. A broken rib, uh? He’s good.

He shook his head.

Reality flickered for an instant, now I stood in my Pony Form. “Good.” I vanished from my previous position in order to appear behind Big Mac. “Because here is my average.” I raised my left hoof and poked him on the forehead.

*Blam!*

The stallion flew many feet away before hitting against a tree.

Okay, that was NOT my average. Blame it on reality warping. Might need to supress my powers. “Oops. I guess I overdid it.” I chuckled as I scratched the back of my neck sheepishly.

“Okay, I was right.” Big Macintosh screamed at me from where he was as he stood up, “You are strong. REALLY strong.” He ran towards me and sent me a barrage of punches/hooves that I hardly could block. But he made a mistake. He threw me a punch. It missed. And he almost falls. I quickly poked him, this time a little more softly; in his stomach before grabbing his hoof and throwing him to the floor with judo-like stance.

I smiled at him as reality flickered again and I stood in my Human Form, “Thank you.” Argh! What the-! No! Act like nothing happened!

…

Better. Now, what was that? It felt like… wait, I got it somehow! Maybe I’m in pain because my body is not trained to support the stuff I just did! That explains it, but I’m shrugging it off by now. Or maybe I do need to supress my powers.

“Why did you fight my brother?” “Why did you fight Wataru?”

I and Big Macintosh shared a look before turning towards the girls, “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” We voiced at the same time.

*smash!*

*Thou art I and I art Thou. Thou hath established the Emperor/Hierophant Arcana Social Link.* Eeyup.

Twilight and Applejack grunted as they facehoofed. This-wait, was is that?

“Get away from them, you monster!” I quickly turned around and-DODGE RAINBOW DASH!! I quickly dashed away from her, dodging the ‘Fly’ attack that the Pegasus tried to use on me.

I grinned, “Rainbow Dash used Fly! It was not very effective…”

“Shut up, whatever you are!” she screamed at me before charging.

“Um… Maybe I should…” I started before quickly dashing towards her, “…Have some fun!”

The mare quickly spun in midair, delivering a really strong kick to my face, however it was a strong as Big Mac, so I shrugged it off.

She quickly spun again, trying to deliver another kick with the other leg, but I dodged her Matrix Style before poking her belly.

“Whoa!” she gasped as she was sent high in the air.

Fear not, for I just pushed her away.

After a few seconds, I snapped my fingers and a couch appeared a few feet away from me, in order to amortiguate the mare’s fall.

She felt outside the couch, and I facepalmed. "I used Reality Warping and she felt OUT?! How is that even possible?"

“You!” Rainbow screamed while point at me with one of her hooves before charging after me.

She is quite heated today. I quickly got into the Itachi Uchiha Badass Battle Stance. “Time to get you 100% cooler, Dashie.” I whispered as my Genjitsuseigan flared to life.

“WAIT!!” A purple glow surrounded me and Rainbow Dash and in an instant we were in front of Twilight.

“Twilight! What are you doing?”

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING, RAINBOW DASH?! Why did you attack him?”

“Are you serious? This thing was fighting Big Macintosh and was gonna go after you!” WHAT THE FUCK?!

“Are you loco in the coco?” I screamed at her, “I would never hurt any of you! Ever! We were just having a friendly spar!”

“Like hell I will believe that!” the Pegasus countered as she tried to break free of the spell with brute force alone.

I just looked at her in sadly and spoke no word.

“Please, Rainbow Dash! Listen!” And then Twilight spoke a ridiculous amount words in a ridiculous small amount of time that could make Pinkie Pie proud.

“Huh?” the rainbow manned Pegasus asked in confusion.

Meh. This is gonna take a while. Better do something productive.

With my Genjitsuseigan still active, I started to focus into the magical aura that surrounded me.

Suddenly, everything turned grey but the lavender aura, who now I could tell was connected to Twilight’s glowing horn, which drew a small amount of purple light from all over the mare’s body, in a way similar to the roots of a tree.

It seems like magic in this Universe is pretty much based in modifying the atoms, creating protons, neutrons and even electrons into them and thus changing the original element into a different one. It’s like a godlike level of Alchemy. However… Twilight said ‘You have to give something in order to receive something in exchange.’ So… what is she giving up?

“So and that’s pretty much all.” Twilight finished with a proud smile, making me smile as well.

“Well… erm, if you really believe he should be trusted, I trust you Twilight. After all, you are the egghead.” Rainbow Dash voiced before giggling a little.

The spell stopped and I landed in my feet, Rainbow Dash falling to the ground not so gracefully.

“So… the name’s Wataru Kamijo. Nice to meet you, Rainbow Dash!”

“I still don’t trust you, you know? You look too… untrusty.”

“Wanna race someday? I can fly.” I asked her.

*smash!*

*Thou art I and-* Argh! MAKE IT SHORTER CREEPY VOICES!!

*Star/Chariot Social Link Established!*

Was that a yes creepy voices?

Man… this got so boring suddenly.

I looked at Twilight, who was still reading the manga I gave her, muttering something between the lines of ‘Sasuke, you idiot.’ I chuckled at her. Better not annoy her. I hope she likes videogames just as much as reading. Videogames are a bit better because you are who ‘plays’ the story, or something like that.

“Can I ask you something?” Twilight voiced.

I looked over my shoulder and saw she had closed the book, which had a bookmark made of energy inside it. “What is it?”

“Do you… believe I’m pretty?” Didn’t we talk about this earlier? Okay, three choices we are having here. One, tell her what you believe about her and creep her. Two, think a lie and voice it. Or three, set stuff in fire and get drunk.

Meh, I’m going with One, after all they can all be fixed later.

“Pretty? You are beautiful.” I told her, “In fact, if it wasn’t because we don’t know each other that well, I would date you.”

She looked at me in shock, before blushing, “You serious?”

I nodded.

Her blush reddened even more before she hid behind the manga I gave her. I smiled at her warmly. She is… so pretty.

“I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. I will teach everything I know about my world later, okay?.”

“Really?”

I grinned, “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.” I Pinkie Pie sweared.

“I will take your word!” she claimed with a confident smile.

*smash!*

*Priestess/Aeon Arcana Rank 3!*

*The Twilight Sparkle Social Link has increased!* Damn, why am I feeling like a manipulative bastard?

Twilight’s PoV.

After a few more minutes walking, we arrived to Rarity’s. I quickly sent a glance at Wataru and I saw he was smiling at me.

I still don’t get it. Why he considers me ‘pretty’? Is he lying or…is he being honest?

‘In fact, if it wasn’t because we don’t know each other that well, I would date you.’

He’s such a strange creature. And why did I be so honest with him? I mean, he asked me if I liked mares and I told him I didn’t care as long as we were honestly in love. When I said that, I saw… something on his eyes. Like… hope? Nah, it can’t. Or can it? WHY AM I SO CONFUSED AROUND HIM?!

“Twilight?” I heard he ask behind me.

I turned again, and saw he was still smiling at me, his eyes filled with concern. “Are you okay?”

I could only nod dumbly before knocking the door. He is… so weird.

Suddenly, the door opened and I saw Rarity standing before me. I looked at her and she had bags on her eyes.

“Twilight! What a pleasure to see you! Go on, go on. I haven’t got all day.” She voiced as she pushed me inside.

“But… Rarity! Somepony wants to meet you.” I cried as I held tight to the doorframe, Wataru laughing a bit.

Rarity gasped as she saw him, “Oh! Is that the thing we found on Everfree Forest last night? He looks far better than I expected with the burning black fire and all.” She voiced as she looked at him.

“Thank you.” Wataru voiced as he nodded at her, “My name’s Wataru Kamijo. Could I come in?”

“Oh, such a gentlecolt! Even without being one! Please, follow us.” Um… she is taking this far better than I expected. I call dibs on her asking him his opinion in one of her works.

…

Dibs? Since when I THINK like that?

“Sure.” He smiled as he cleaned his feet on the entrance’s rug.

“So… Rarity? Have you been working on some new dress?” I asked her, as I sent a glance at Wataru, who was looking at the dresses in the room with a smile.

“But of course! You see, I had this incredibly difficult work from Canterlot; however I can’t come up with any ideas! It’s frustrating.”

“You know, you should take a rest.” Wataru voiced from behind us.

We turned towards him, “Excuse me?” Rarity asked as she tilt her head in confusion.

“I mean if you don’t rest, you’ll be unable to focus into the work and it might not be your best.”

Rarify humped, “Well, forgive me darling. But I think I can work properly with giving me the luxury of losing time.”

“I know you do. However, there is truth in my words. How many times, after a long and nice break, you came up with breathtaking ideas for your dress?”

Rarity’s eyes widened in shock.

“I can bet the answer is ‘Many’, right? Who’s the one who asked for it?”

“A unicorn named Fleur de Lis.”

Wataru closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again, with a knowing smile. “Fleur de Lis. Unicorn, Mare. Her cutie mark is three fleurs-de-lis. Roseish white coat, Pink mane, Turquoise eyes, am I right?” How did he do that?! Oh, right. The ‘Book’. Or Reality Warping.

“Well, yes.”

“Um… have you ever tried to create a set of clothes based on the Cutie Mark, mane, coat, personality and eye color of the one that its designed for?”

Rarity jaw dropped, “How I could never thought of that?! Every dress I could make would be unique in its own way!”

“For everyone has their own distinctive Cutie Mark that is unique for them.” Wataru nodded at her.

Rarity quickly rushed towards Wataru and hugged him, “THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!”

Wataru chuckled nervously and couldn’t hold back a smile.

Suddenly, his eyes widened for a moment before they went back to their usual way. “Now, now… you should get a rest. Believe me; one of those makes wonders to your brain.”

“But of course! And I promise, as soon as I finish this, I will make you your own set of clothes.”

Wataru sighed at her, “Sure, however nothing too flashy. Only black, with red and maybe some metals like silver or platinum.” Yeah, that’s not flashy at all.

“Platinum? That’s quite an expensive metal but I’ll do it.”

Suddenly, Wataru’s eyes widened in realization, “No, no, no, no, no! You know what? Do it I in any way you like. I don’t mind. As long as you don’t lose too much money on me, I don’t mind.”

“Darling, money is meaningless as long as I get to be the first one to make you clothes.” Rarity voiced with a smile before turning towards me, “Well… Twilight, do you need anything?”

“Not at all, Rarity. I just wanted to introduce Wataru to you.”

“Why thank you darling. It was really a pleasure.” She leaned towards me and whispered, “I wouldn’t go to Sugarcube Corner too fast.”

Oh.“…Okay.” I agreed somewhat confused.

Wataru chuckled behind me, “Well… now what are we doing?”

“Aren’t you hungry?” I asked him.

“Nah.” He voiced before his stomach growled. He sighed with a blush on his face, “I guess only a coffee will do it.”

I smiled at him. He sure is weird.

Wataru’s PoV.

After having a coffee with Twilight, we went to Sugarcube Corner, however, only Mrs. And Mr. Cake was there. After introducing myself to them, I asked were Pinkie Pie was, and they told she was busy at the moment with a last-minute delivery and would be back until late night.

Yeah, right. Now they call it like that.

After that, we walked back to the Library, the sun already setting in the sky. And no signal of Celestia. That can’t be good.

Anyways, let’s check the Social Link stuff. Aeon/Priestess for Twilight, Priestess/Empress for Fluttershy, Chariot/Strength for Applejack, Emperor/Hierophant for Big Macintosh, Star/Chariot for Rainbow Dash, Empress/Sun for Rarity, and if I’m not wrong, Luna must be Moon/Star, Celestia Sun/Judgment, Pinkie Pie could be Star/Lovers and Spike Magician, however I can’t picture which could be his another Arcana. And if I’m not wrong, there must like hundreds of other possible Arcana combos I can find! Wait… I shouldn’t pursue friendship because I’m just getting rewarded for it.

“Seeing as you came from another Universe, I don’t think you have somewhere to stay, right?” Twilight asked me, snapping out of my thoughts. Again. What is this? A Running Gag?

“Yup. That’s true. I could always make myself a home here but, you know, that would be boring, lonely and can always upset someone or something.” Hey! I noticed we’re standing in the Library’s entrance already! Weird…

“Well, why don’t you stay in my house for the time being? You can always use my basement.”

“Seriously? Thanks!”

“You are welcome.” She voiced as she opened the door.

I grinned as she was the first one to walk inside the house.

Now let’s try this.

Wataru’s Third Person Point of View Mode or WTPPoV.

“Um… now this weird. Why are the lights turn off?” Twilight voiced as she walked inside the room.

It works! It bloody works! I can go omnipresent!

Suddenly, the lights turned on, revealing a room full of ponies, all of them screaming, “Surprise!!” at the same time.

“Wait, wait, and wait!” A pony voiced, “Where’s the new one? The thing?” I chuckled.

Let’s get to a little trolling.

Wataru’s PoV.

“Surprise!” I screamed behind Pinkie Pie as I created my physical body behind her, in human form, causing her to gasp in shock and high jump towards the ceiling.

“Whoa! How did you do that?!” Pinkie Pie voiced as she was standing/sitting/holding at/from a roof lamp.

“I knew from the beginning you would do something like this.”

Suddenly, some parts of her hair started to get straighter. “But… you ruined the surprise.”

Fixing time! “Actually, if you think about it, I surprised you. In how many parties the organizer is the one getting surprised? That’s something really hard to accomplish. And you know what they say! The hardest the best!” Dude… pray ponies don’t get accidental innuendos.

*smash!*

Seems like they don’t.

*Lovers/Star Arcana Social Link Established!* I knew it!

“Anyways, come down here already. They don't want a party?” I voiced as I aimed at the ponies, some of them nodded in agreement, “These ponies want a paaarteeey!” I added as I punched the air with excitement.

Pinkie Pie’s grin grew bigger.

Chapter 3

Wataru’s PoV.

“And this is Oatmeal.” Pinkie voiced as she introduced me to a light brown coated, long dark brown manned and green colored eyed earth mare who smiled at me… a little tiny lustfully.

“Nice to meet you, handsome.” Oatmeal voiced

Well, maybe not that little tiny. Don’t check her Cutie Mark, no matter how much you want to know or how strong is your curious nature. “Nice to meet you…” I smiled at her awkwardly.

“She is not crazy.” Pinkie Pie suddenly blurted out, taking me and Oatmeal by surprise. “I asked her!”

“I remember...” Oatmeal nodded as she shuddered for a moment.

Wait a sec… ‘Oatmeal? Are you crazy?!’ Oh my God! I found that sentences’ sense-DAMMIT!! I looked at her bowl themed Cutie Mark.

“So… do you want to make me to give you a bowl?”

“Why would you give me a bowl?”

“I’m pretty good at giving them. In fact, they come to me like second nature. I always tell myself, ‘Oatmeal, you should make your job to make this wonderful bowls!’” Oh, I see what she did there. God, what an awfully lame dirty innuendo pun. “Anyways, do you want to know how the milk I use make my breakfast tastes?” the mare asked me in an almost pleading whisper before adding an unnerving wink, Pinkie Pie blissfully oblivious to the current events thanks to a blue butterfly that flew near her.

“Erm… maybe later.” I told her as I tried to hide my nervousness.

“Are you sure? My milk is quite… addictive.”

GAH!! CONFOUND THIS PONY!! SHE DRIVES ME TO SWEAT BLOODY BULLETS!!

I started to look frantically around, praying silently Luna for a way to escape from the madness, when the goddess herself, that stood a few feet away, suddenly walked away, allowing me to see DJ-Pon3 and Octavia chatting over some table in the other side of the room.

“So? What do you say, my little human?”

“Hehe… I think I will keep this in mind, catch you later.” I smiled at her before dashing towards the musician mares, hearing a quite loud, “Dammit!” behind me.

“Hello!” I greeted cheerfully at the mares, which turned towards me curiously, “I’m Wataru Kamijo.”

Vinyl smirked, while Octavia giggled a little. “We already know that, pal! It’s your ‘Welcome to Ponyville!’ party after all!” the first responded.

“Yeah, I kinda forgot about that.” I chuckled sheepishly, “Anyways, it is a pleasure to meet you both. From where I come, I only could hear fragments of your music, but what I did hear I enjoyed it.”

Both mare shared a look and then turned towards me with a feral grin, “Well… I guess we should give you a ‘private show’ then…”

“Wh-What?” I asked quite shocked. Is everymare in this town in heat or something?

They looked at me for a few moments before bursting into a joyful laughter. “Oh pal! You should have seen your face! Priceless!”

I sighed in relief. They were only messing with me. It was only something after all.

“Don’t worry. We saw how you tried to escape from Oatmeal.” Octavia explained, “I swear that that mare always tries to give her ‘special private party’ to every new resident.”

“Yeah, I remember her flirting with me when it was my turn. And I was only a foal, pal!” DJ-Pon3 nodded, “Now that I think about it, she tried to hit on you too, right pal?”

“Yes, I remember well. It was… awkward to say the least.” Octavia nodded as well, before turning towards me, “But enough of that flirty mare, tell us more about you.”

“Well… there’s not much to be told, really.” I shrugged, “Hey, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, pal. What is it?”

“Have you ever tried combining your music styles?” That question has always bugged me.

The mares looked at me in shock, then at each other and then back at me, “No… actually, the thought never crossed our minds.” That's... quite hard to believe.

“I see.” I guess I just started something, “Because I found this song and thought it would sound like something you would do together.” I explained them as I used my Reality Warping powers to find and summon my I-Pod to this world. I ended with a bleeding eye but I was excited in the inside. “Shrug off my bleeding eye, trust me. Now, listen to this.” I told them before I rested the device on the table and pressed the Play button, the mastered version of ‘A Touch of Variation’ made by CommandSpry starting to play.

Vinyl started to bang her head to the rhythm of the song as Octavia closed her eyes and tried to mimic the song’s violoncello, if it was a violoncello at all, I don’t know, with the air.

By the epic song ended, they looked at each other and smirked before turning towards me.

“Pal! You have to give me that song! Whoever did this is a monster! Believe it!” DJ-Pon3 voiced as she punched/hoofed towards the skies dramatically.

I smirked as I cleaned with my sleeve the now dried blood, “The CD is already in you mixing console.”

“Aw Yeah!!” the Remixing Mistress cried with joy.

“That song has given me many new ideas that I can’t wait to try on my new songs. Thank you very much, Mister Wataru.”

“The pleasure is mine, because I could help you both.” I winked at them with a smile. Not flirting! Just being kind.

“Hey! Wataru!” a familiar voice suddenly cried behind me and I turned around, the Mane 6 motioning me to go with them.

I nodded at the Musician Mistresses with a smile, which is the way I say ‘See ya later!’ before walking towards the Mane 6, who were smiling at and chatting furiously with each other.

Suddenly, a god-like roar echoed into the night. “KAMIJO!!” the unmistakable voice of Celestia called me with authority and anger. Like a fool, I looked outside the window and saw the sun rising over the horizon shockingly fast.

I rested my arms against the nearest wall, looked at the floor and started to pant in slightly panic as I began to theorize again.

By the facts that she is outside, the sun is rising prematurely and fast, and she is as pissed as she sounds thanks to her CAPS LOCK speech, then it wouldn’t be too farfetched to theorize she is going to try banishing me, fighting me if I refuse to go down peacefully, and kill me at the first chance she gets.

I turned over my shoulders and looked at the girls, who looked at me shock and fear, Twilight being the one in the border line of bursting in tears.

And she might try to use the Elements, which might or might not work on me.

And this factors give me the following choices: A, kill the girls so Celestia can’t use the Elements, which of course I will not even think about choosing; B, kill Celestia herself NOW with my reality warping powers, which I will not do either; C, face Celestia and kill her in battle, which is laughable because she is a thousand or even more years old and MUST have fighting experience; D, face Celestia AND Luna, the latter being one who could or couldn’t be outside there; E, let them use the Elements and see what happens; F, let her banish me, probably to the Moon; G, run away and be hunted down like a animal, which is trilling; and G-1-1, run away and be hunted down like a animal, have a showdown with both Alicorn princesses and somehow have a profit in the fourth stage of the plan, which is even more thrilling and tempting.

“COME HERE AT ONCE, YOU DISGUTING AND PARADOXICAL CREATURE!!” Celestia added again with that accursed booming voice that shook the whole house.

I could hold back an excited and sadistic grin. I guess I’m going with… H.

I straightened my posture, righted my air tie, and started to walk towards the exit.

“I’ll be back in a few minutes.” I voiced to anyone who listened to me, “Don’t wait for me stand up, okay?” I added as I reached the door and started to slowly spin the handle of it. “Oh, wait.” I stopped in my tracks suddenly before laughing voidly as I reached from my pocket once again my I-Pod and put on the earphones I made on the fly. I smiled again, “Now, that’s better.”

I opened the door and walked outside, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and a dozen of Royal Guard, both ‘Solar’ and ‘Lunar’, holding spears and swords with their hooves.

The Lunar Princess was the first one to speak, “Who are you, human?” she asked with authority.

I turned towards her and smiled kindly, “My name is Wataru Kamijo. A true pleasure to meet you, Princess Luna. Can I ask why you called me in such disrespecting manner? No, wait… surely you both know about human kind and their destructive nature, so that’s a complete answer. Am I right?”

Luna nodded silently at me, and I took the chance to meet eyes with her. Kindness, Loyalty and Generosity were reflected in her eyes. She was keeping the mask of not caring about me at all, but as the kindred spirit she is, she pitied me and feared for my fate, because she wished no ill will to any living creature and I am confident in that she think one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Wait…

“My faithful student has told me that you have met all of the Elements of Harmony, including herself, and believes that you are quite eccentric but not evil.” Celestia voiced in a very formal tone that betrayed no emotion by revealing its hiding place, “However, I know better of your kind. They are destructive and sadistic. They believe in right and wrong, and choose wrong for it is, most of the times, the easy way out of things. They betray the ideal of Harmony and Love and Tolerance and most of their lives, they enjoy from the suffering of others. You have no place in our kingdom, for you will corrupt and destroy everything at your reach, including my little ponies.” Her horn started to glow menacingly. “I will not give you the chance to do so. Guards, apprehend the human!”

The Solar and Lunar Guards dashed at me, but I stood in my place, motionless.

“Dear Princess Celestia,” I started as the nearest pony try to pierce through my chest, but his spear shattered into broken glass before even touching me, “my friends and I all learned an important lesson this week,” despite their shock of the recent event, the guards tried again to harm but they suffered the same result as the first one and, while shrugging that off, I started to walk towards Celestia, “Never judge a book by its cover.” Her eyes widened as she realized that I was quoting one of Twilight’s Friendship Reports, “Someone may look unusual, or funny, or scary. But you have to look past that and learn who they are inside.” The Guard were frozen at watching their leader looking at me in epiphany, and remained still as I closed on to her nearer and nearer, “Real friends don’t care what your ‘cover is; It’s the ‘contents’ of a pony that count.” The Mane 6 walked out of the house and looked at me and Celestia, I smiled at them kindly from over my shoulder, “And a good friend, like a good book, is something that will last forever. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.”

“Who are you?” Celestia asked me, shocked.

“I used to wonder that for as long as I can remember and I never found out that answer, so I decided to make my own. I am what I want to be, and I want to be a being who watches over the others, Celestia.” I smirked, “A being… beyond the Gods themselves.”

“That’s… meaningless.”

I chuckled, “I know. But I wanted to say something dramatic.” I adjusted the glass I didn’t wear by pushing them a little over my nose’s bridge, “I have finally found Equestria. You will not take me away from this Promised Land.” I voiced defiantly before resting my hands into my coat’s pockets.

“No one promised you anything.” Celestia countered coldly before lowering her head and aiming her horn at me, that was starting to glow once again, “Be gone, Kamijo. Be gone to where beings like you should go… to our memories.” She added before shot a beam of yellow light at me from her horn.

Whoa, the Universes must love me if it let me the answer so perfectly settled, “I will never become a memory.” I added moments as the beam became nearer and nearer.

“Wataru… Do you hear me, Wataru?” a kind and masculine voice asked me with a whisper.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw the blurry shadow of a human figure standing by my right side. I felt so bloody tired that I wasn’t feeling like even try to think. “Huh? Another human? And you know my name?” I asked weakly, as I slightly focused on him, “Weren’t I on Equestria?”

“You are. Or at least, your physical body is.” The shadow voiced. My vision was still blurry, but I could tell black, untidy, long hair, and pale skin.

Wait… physical body? I looked around and found myself lying in some grassy field at midnight, the moon looking really big on the sky and the sound of rustling water coming from somewhere, my mind starting to work at a thousand hours by the moment as I theorized every possibility. “Am I in my soul, dude?”

My vision cleared instantly and I saw him.

About 30 years old, give or take a few years. Pale skin. Long, chaotic and black hair. Black eyes that shone with kindness and determination. White robes that covered most of his body. I looked around and realized there was someone else with him.

It was a woman.

She looked to be about 20 and some years old. Pale skin, looking to be as delicate as porcelain. Long, tidy, white hair. Black eyes that shone with care, as well loneliness and tiredness. White robes covered her body as well.

“Yes, or more exactly you are inside your mindscape.” I have one? Sweet! “However… can you hear my name I am Izanagi.” the man asked.

“What about mine? Can you hear it as well? My name is Izanami.” the woman added.

“Yes…” I voiced confused, “I can hear your names very clearly. Why do you ask such stupid-“ Wait. “Who are you? No, wait. The actual question is… Seriously? Two Zanpakutos?”

“Don’t consider yourself that blessed.” Izanami cut me down, “Izanagi is not your Zanpakuto, but your Persona… I think. And I’m not either your Zanpakuto or your Persona.”

“Then what are you?”

“I am… a weapon, who uses you as a way to find its true wielder.”

“Come again?”

Izanami sighed, “You’ll see. Izanagi and I are beings that complement each other, yet we cannot have the same master, for our personalities clash eternally. However, I can ask you to find a master for me based on her own personality and characteristics.” Her body flickered and appeared before me, taking me by surprise, “Take this.” she voiced as she took my hand, opened it and put a keychain on it with the form of a book, “When you find a worthy master, give them this keychain. And I shall do the rest, Kamijo.”

“Okay.” I nodded at her as the keychain vanished. I already have someone in my mind indeed.

“Return to that world, and make show her who you truly are, Kamijo.” Izanagi voiced as he looked at me emotionless before a smirk showed on his face.

I nodded at him, “But of course.”

Everything faded into white.

I smirked as, from my point of view, everything slowed down. I slowly raised my right arm and raised it, black and red sparkling on my open palm.

A blue spinning card appeared over it, Naruto’s Main Theme playing in the background ominously, encouraging me to crush the card.

“Behold MY will!” I roared as time started to catch up to its usual speed, and I crushed the card, “MUGEN IZANAGI!! [Limitless Izanagi!!]”

Reality flickered for a moment, and the light beam was literally cut down, falling to the floor like if it were a physical object before vanishing as soon as it touched the ground.

I turned around and looked at my Persona. It was drastically different, yet at the same time akin, to the Izanagi I meet a few moments ago. It wore a black jacket with a huge headless platinum colored zip, and it had light grey stumps for legs. There was a blue ring of fire motif on the of end of the right sleeve of the jacket, while the other had the same motif but orange colored, and there was a long, blood-made scarf wrapped around its neck and pale face, covering its mouth and nose behind the jacket’s high collar. Its black long and untidy hair had a fringe as well that covered its left eye, the right and black eye being the only visible one. It held the legendary seven feet long katana known as Masamune with its right black claw with steel-made nails, letting it rest lazily over his shoulders as he stood behind me with pride and magnificence.

“Thou art I… and I am thou…

From the sea of your soul, I riseth …

I am Mugen Izanagi…

Ruler of Infinity…” Izanagi voiced as he stood by my side before vanishing into the sea of my soul.

“I mean no harm to you or your little ponies, Goddess Celestia.” I voiced with a somewhat demonic voice as the flute part of the song played, “In fact, if problems were to rise, be confident I WILL assist with the best of my abilities.” However, I don't get why I'm feeling so badass. I just cut down a Solar Beam with my just unlocked Persona! Maybe Reality had to wait a little until it played the song or something, am I right, readers?

“How can we trust you, human, if your kind does nothing but destroy?” Celestia asked me coldly.

With a sigh, I made my mind and decided to end this with a little gambit, “If you let me stay, then that shall be the way you can pay for interrupting so rudely my ‘Welcome to Ponyville!’ party and the fact you tried to vanish me without trying to hear me. After all, aren’t you the poster mare for Love and Tolerance? Oh, wait. After this little stunt, you are not anymore.”

Celestia’s eyes widened in shock and realization, before she coughed a little, “Fair enough, I will allow you to stay here by now. However, at the first problem you make… you are off the moon, understood?” Oh god! I can’t believe she said that!

I smiled and slightly bowed, “I will agree to your condition.”

Celestia smiled delighted, “Perfect. Seeing as there is no problem here right now, we’ll make our way.” She turned towards Pinkie Pie, “I’m deeply sorry for crashing so rudely into your party.”

“It’s okay Princess! You were worried for our sake! But I’m pretty sure Wataru will not steal it… he looks like a light-weight!”

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Sake! That’s brilliant! I see what she did there indeed!

“Okaaay…” the Solar Princess voiced as she looked at the Earth mare confused and slightly freaked out before teleporting away.

“Hey! She left without us! Again!” one of the Solar Guards whined. She did this before? That’s so…

I gasped I realization before another Solar Guard sighed tiredly, “I guess we’ll have to drag the chariot alone… yet again.” Someone has to say it! And I’m here!

“Okay, let’s say it together, chumps!” I voiced before falling to my knees, “DAMN YOU, TROLLESTIA!!” I yelled to the heavens and I shook my right fist towards them.

Everypony sweatdropped as I stood up again, “Now that that’s out of my system, does she realize it immediately or something?”

“No…” the first Guard to speak whimpered, “It takes her about two or three days to realize it, and sometimes she never does.”

“OUR JOB IS NOT IMPORTANT!!” A Guard cried in despair.

“Hey! Get a hold on yourselves! Why don’t you guys join us and get drunk?” I offered them.

“There are no hard drinks.” Applejack told me.

“We’ll see about that soon. Anyways, what do you say, you guys?”

The guard started to whisper to each other before they turned towards me again, “I’m sorry, human. But even if we were forgotten, we have to fulfill our duties. Maybe the next time we meet?”

“GUARDS! WE, PRINCESS LUNA, COMMAND THY TO JOIN WATARU IN THIS SOCIAL ACTIVITY PERFORMED IN HIS HONOR!" Luna suddenly yelled with her Royal Voice, or like I enjoy to call it, spoke in CAPS LOCK.

“At once, princess!” The guys saluted before going into the house.

“I love so much being me! Get to see quite the sights.” I smiled to myself before turning towards the Princess of the Night, “Anyways that was very considerate. Thank you.”

“You know, you might be a human, but you have all the qualities of the finest and funniest colts.” Luna smiled at me kindly.

*smash!* HUH?!

*Moon/Star Arcana Social Link Established!* Sweet!

Hey! Wait a second! “Weren’t you at the party?”

“Excuse me?”

“When I was looking for a way to escape from Oatmeal…” I voiced as I remembered.

“I have no idea what are you talking about.” She answered before biting her lower lip, almost like trying to hold back a smile.

“Yeah right.” I voiced sarcastically as I rolled my eyes, “Anyways, let’s go inside, my throat is a bit itchy after talking with that demonic voice. Do you ponies truly do not have alcohol?”

“Yes. We do have.”

“Sweet!” I voiced before walking back to the Library with my hands resting in my pockets, as I wondered if Pinkie Pie really had sake or it was only a joke, Luna walking by my side.

Chapter 4

Wataru’s PoV.

“Nana nana nana nana na na! Nana nana nana nananananana!” I hummed as I ran through a pathway of fire that painfully burned, and started to melt, my feet.

“You fool!” Mugen Izanagi cried as he flew by my side, “I demand you to tell me what has taken place! Did you destroy Equestria?”

Oh, he does can speak to me? Sweet! “Oh, nothing.” I replied playfully, “It looks like you got dragged into one of my dreams.” I wonder when I felt sleep though. The last thing I remember doing was… Luna and Twilight hugging me while one of the Lunar Guards laughed? Nah, must be a glitch in the memory.

“DREAM?!” Mugen, gah! I’m shortening it to Izanagi. Yes, Izanagi cried comically as he pointed at the ocean of lava and water and mud, thousand of chains coming from them and holding high in the sky horribly mutilated corpses that still screamed in agony and pain, as their blood rained to the ocean, “THIS IS HELL!!”

“Dude… stop being a pussy cat, may ya? This is one of my regular dreams, you know? If you even bothered to check their faces, you would understand.” I told as I keep running.

I felt Izanagi hovering towards one of the bodies, and saw the face of a woman, about forty years old, with long golden hair, somewhat pale skin and black eyes. “This human… is your mother.” He voiced shocked.

“Check another.” I told him with a sadistic smile and a sing-song voice.

There was a weak scream.

“Ah nonono!” I voiced with disappointment as Izanagi check another body, this one having the same face that the previous one. “That will not cut it, mother! Scream for me, your son!” I screamed with hate as I raised my hands towards the sky, the wonder-full scream of the same accursed person multiplied by a million, three hundred fifty five thousand and nine hundred and seven three times filling the scenery, Izanagi looking at it in horror.

“Is this… the true you?” he asked weakly as he turned towards me, looking at me like some kind of abomination.

I bursted into lifefull laugh as I felt to my knees, the fire burning my face but it kept regenerating and regenerating. “No, you silly! I’m just messing with you.”

The sound of fingers snapping echoed and everything but me and Izanagi vanished into a white endless void, “Oh, your face! It was priceless! I haven’t had this fun in some time indeed!”

Izanagi sighed in relief, “By Me! That was worse than seeing Izanami being all rotten in the Yomi!”

“Dude, you are not the real Izanagi.”

“True, but I share his memories anyways. It’s like if his memories have been copied until the point after Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo were born and pasted on my head.”

Up to that point only? Geez, I’ll have to relearn Shinto mythology as well, dammit? “I see… what happened with the Kotoamatsukami then?”

He looked at the ‘floor’, deep in thought, “I can’t remember… after have been assigned our jobs, we never heard word of the Zouka Saishin again.” He told me.

“Interesting… did you ever had a way to contact them? You know, in case shit hit the fan.”

“No, we were in our own.” Izanagi answered as I saw his right claw twitch.

“Okay, that’s enough, mate. You are forcing too much your memory.” I told him, as I kept checking his hand. It kept twitching, “I TOLD YOU TO STOP!! MUGEN IZANAGI!!” I screamed at him with a booming, commanding and otherworldly voice.

He looked at me in shock, “That voice…” he whispered shocked.

“Yeah, yeah. I know… Based on you trying to force your memories, the theme of the talk, and you looking at me with shock I would say that my voice sounded like one of the Zouka Saishin so I say stop trying to force your memories and tell stuff about you.”

“Um… Basically, I’m a God that constantly tests humanity’s determination to live and grow stronger. I have total control over Reality, which I use to create the tests, as well as to manipulate people from the shadows.”

“How?”

“In layman terms, I give to my tested reasons to keep fighting.” Izanagi chuckled, “No wonder I’m your Persona. We are pretty much alike.”

“Oh, so you looked through my memories?”

“I already knew them. Anyways, I can shot portals from my sleeves.”

So that’s why the fire motif for the sleeves. “Oh, seriously?” I asked him surprised.

Two grey walls popped into existence and he aimed one claw it at it, fully open, before closing it, an orange ellipsis flying towards the wall and ultimately landing on it. And in the blink of an eye, Izanagi did the same with his other arm, shooting a blue portal that instantly was metaphysically connected to the orange one.

“Shiny! Like the ones from Portal!” I smiled. “What else?”

Izanagi smirked as he pointed at some random point in space, “Flora Manipulation: Forest Creation.”

Instantly, seven hundred and seventy seven trees sprouted from the ground where Izanagi had pointed. “I can perform and/or create any Technique with ease and it doesn’t consume any ‘chakra’ at all.”

I whistled in wonder, “Nice! You are quite strong indeed. With you, I truly feel powerful.”

“But you don’t have Reality Warping powers too?”

“I do, but I don’t know how to control them. I was thinking about building myself a house or mansion or something very flashy, wanna help me?”

Izanagi sweatdropped, “You could use Reality Warping to learn how to use Reality Warping…”

“Yeah, but I’m not feeling like being a Gary Stu. Although I’d love to be a godlike character, like any other human, I would rather honor the bronies that didn’t make it to Equestria yet and play fair. By now.” I rcut eplied, “However, I do want an awesome house, filled with human’s, Equestrian’s, and Ninja World’s knowledge. Oh, and an Aperture Science underground it. You know, for science. And torture, because I don't think Equestria is that high with the torture-related technology. Although you could always improvise. Like that time I used gum and nail. It was so funny! Look, I used the nail to literally cut open the chest zone, I chewed the gun enough time to make it flexible, and them I blocked the woman's trachea with said gum. It was funny because I though she would die of bloodloss first rather than suffocation like I planned because I never join back her chest for I didn't have any thread, but she DID die of suffocation! Ah, I laughed so hard...”

“You are insane.” Izanagi sighed as he looked at me in horror, “So I’m helping you.”

“Thank you. It comes to me naturally.” I smiled before I summoned a knife and stabbed it in my throat.

“One more thing, Reality Warping is based on the same basics as Livid Dreams.” Izanagi told me as I felt to my knees and my vision started to fade into black.

I was planning on saying ‘Thanks for the tip!’ but I couldn’t. I was… kinda busy dying in my dreams, you know?

I blinked mechanically a few times before I realized my surroundings. The first thing I saw was the wooden ceiling of the Library as I rested in the floor. I turned my head to my left and saw Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash lying as well, the latter dribbling over the first one mane’s in her sleep.

I chuckled at the could-use-for-blackmail-later picture and got up, instantly regretting it as I felt my back burning in pain and-FLASHBACK!!

“I can endure one of your bloody kicks! And shrug it off!” I yelled at the Lunar Unicorn Guard.

“Oh! We are quite confident aren’t you?” the Guard smirked before bucking me right in my spine.

Oh. That explains it. However… WHY IN HELL WAS I BLUFFING AT A ROYAL GUARD?! IT’S PLAIN STUPID!! ‘Izanagi, wanna help me on this one?’

‘Major fracture detected. Automatic medical system engaged. Morphine administered.’

My eyes slightly widened as the pain in my back faded and I stood up. ‘Oh my god! You are the best Persona ever, dude! I can totally see what you did there!’

‘Thank you. It is fun to be you.’ Izanagi mentally snorted.

I smirked. ‘I know. And I’m showing off only the tip of the iceberg! So… I hope I am not disappointing to any reader.’

‘What?’ Izanagi laughed, ‘You can break the Fourth Wall too?’

‘Yes, why do you ask? Are you surprised I have the ability to do so?’ Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it…

‘Son of a-’

I kept smiling as I sat down in the sofa and looked at the room. Okay… there’s confetti scattered around the room, Pinkie Pie is sleeping over that table while holding one of those party whistle or whatever they are called in her mouth, Applejack is sleeping in a corner, mumbling in her sleep something her business ruined because of raining apples, Luna is sleeping over some Lunar Guards acting as a bed for her, Rarity and Spike are resting in the middle of the room, both of them covered with a warm sheet, and there is no sight of Twilight in the room.

“Good night, Twi.” I smiled lonely at the mare as she stood under her bedroom’s doorframe and looked at me with a caring smile.

“Good night, Wataru. Remember to keep up your promise tomorrow.” She giggled before closing behind her.

I chuckled to myself, “You don’t have to remind me, dear. I am truly looking forward for it in fact.” I voiced before closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep.

Heh… yeah, I’m looking forward for… what did I promised her again? Oh yeah, teaching her everything about my world.

I sighed as I sat down cross-legged. ‘Teaching her all about my world. Will be hard to do it without breaking her.’

‘Will be hard to do it without getting her insane, dude.’

‘That is exactly what I meant, mate.’

‘Now, now… Clean stuff a little. It was your party after all.’

‘True. Pinkie took the care to arrange this; I should return the favor by cleaning the mess.’ I mentally nodded at Izanagi before sitting back into the sofa. ‘However, how should I do it? Should I use my crazy Reality Warping skills or should I use a broom in the old fashioned way?’

‘Sure, use the broom. Oh, and add a ponytail and wear an apron while you are at it, will ya?’

‘Fine, fine. I’ll use the crazy Reality Warping skills.’ I rolled my eyes before snapping my fingers, the confetti and the dust in the room cleaning instantly. 'There. Happy?'

‘Dude, is the floor sparkling with cleanness? Because that’s unnerving if it is.’

‘Yeah, I know, right? Weird… I guess I’m off to the balcony and watch the clouds or something.’ I added moments before standing up and walking upstairs.

‘Too much for sitting down, right?’

‘Shut up, mate.’

Twilight’s PoV.

As soon as I woke up, I grunted because of the hangover of the last night’s party.

“Ow…” I moaned as I rubbed my pained head with my hooves.

I silently walked out of the room and saw everypony but Wataru scattered around the room, deeply sleeping. With a kind smile formed in my lips, I walked towards the balcony with a book hovering by my side, with the intention of reading a little outside.

“Hello there, Twilight Sparkle. It seems you have come to classes... late. Did you oversleep?” Wataru’s voice sounded as I heard the unmistakable sound of a book closing.

I turned around and saw him leaning against the rails, smiling, those azure colored eyes of his looking at me caringly, boring into my very soul, making me feel suddenly weak in my knees.

“Okay… so you wanted to know everything about my world, right Twilight?” Wataru voiced as he looked at the horizon behind him, “Think very well your answer, for whatever you choose shall change the way you see the world forever.”

Huh? “What do you mean with that?”

Wataru raised an eyebrow, “You do remember, right? That every choice you follow is closing a thousand others… You do know that in order to have something you have to sacrifice something, right?”

“Yes, it is the basics of Ancient Magic.”

“It’s the base of everything, Twilight. In order to learn, you sacrificed time. In order to reach up to this day, where you stand know, you sacrificed possible paths that could have taken anywhere.” Wataru voiced as he looked at the sky.

Suddenly, I felt a chill going down my spine. Almost like if I…

“I used to wonder that for as long as I can remember and I never found out that answer, so I decided to make my own. I am what I want to be, and I want to be a being who watches over the others, Celestia.” Wataru smirked, “A being… beyond the Gods themselves.”

Is that… who he truly is? A being that is beyond Luna and Celestia?

“Yes, I think I shall do it. I promised you after all.” He added thoughtfully, “However, maybe your friends should learn too? That way there’s less of a chance of you turning evil or insane.” What? 7

Insane? Evil?

What kind of information I asked for?!

“Nevertheless, let’s chat about other stuff, shall we? Did you finish reading the book I gave you?”

“Oh yes! It is truly amazing! However I don’t understand why it was cut down so suddenly. There are blank pages where there should be more chapters!”

Wataru chuckled nervously, “You’ll see, the story, obviously, is not over yet. So when Masashi posts more chapters, the book shall ‘actualize’ itself.”

“How is that even possible?!” I asked him in shock.

“Reality Warping, dear.” Wataru answered me with a smirk as he touched his mind, “Reality Warping.”

Right now I’m so having this impulse to rip every single hair in my mane with my hooves.

For a brief moment, I saw Wataru’s eyes widening before he asked with a kind smile, “Now… may I use your bathroom?”

I sighed and nodded, hiding my worry by now, “Sure. Follow me.”

Wataru’s PoV.

As soon as I closed the door behind me, I felt to the floor as I tightly held my left arm, a warm river of blood running silently down it and quickly forming a small pool where my left hand rested almost lifeless.

“Damn… stupid useless arm.” I muttered to myself as I looked at it.

‘Would you kindly explain me why you are in danger of dying of blood loss?’ Mugen Izanagi asked inside my head, sounding slightly worried.

“Give me a knife.” I whispered.

‘What?’

‘I asked you to give me a knife. And make sure it is very hot.’

‘What are you going to do?’

‘I’m gonna stop the bleeding! What else does it looks it?’

‘Are you insane? No. You know what? Don’t even dare to answer that. I’m healing you.’

‘No, I’m healing this by myself. Like always.’ Oh shit, everything is fading. I can't even see my hand anymore. ‘Okay, okay... if you want to heal me, do it. Now.’

I fell my arm being put into warm water. I looked at it and saw it was glowing white before the glowing and the feeling stopped.

‘Geez! That arm was as good as a dead one! Literally! What the fuck happened to it?’

‘Ann happened, that’s what.’

‘Your mother? That’s what I don’t get. I checked your memories, and I haven’t seen anything bad between you and-You know how to seal your own memories, don’t you? Are you sure you didn’t have Reality Warping powers before getting the Reality Warping powers?’

‘I am not so answering that question! I shall tell you everything when the time is right!’

‘But I healed you! Ugh! Anyways… get out of this place. Twilight must be worried. She has been calling you and trying to open the door with tackles.’

“What?! Why didn’t you tell me this before?” I cried, “Twilight! I’m sorry! I didn’t want to scare you! It is just that-“

“Huh? I’m not scared. What are you talking about?” the purple coated unicorn asked me from the other side of the door.

“Son of a-.”

‘HAHAHAHAHA!! As you would say, that was so bloody fun! HAHAHA!!’

‘Shut up!’

“Oh, erm…I’m high, so shrug me off or something.” I voiced.

“Wataru… are you okay?”

“Eh? Sure, why not?” Please Reality! Warp my clothes into something awesome!

...

Whut? Why did I just think that?

‘Sigh…’

‘Did you just say ‘Sigh…’?’

I heard fingers snapping and reality flickered for a moment.

I looked at my clothes and-HOLY SHIT!! THIS IS AWESOME!!

Twilight’s PoV.

“I’m high? What the buck does that even mean?” I asked to myself as I looked at the wall clock. He has been inside there for ten minutes! “Wataru! Come on! Everypony is waiting for you!” I yelled as I banged the door.

I heard a little… giggle? Yes, that was it, “Sorry… I’m coming, erm… going, yeah, that’s, I’m going.” What?

The door slowly opened and I looked at Wataru.

He was wearing a simple black suit with a white shirt underneath, short dark grey gloves, and dark red steel-toed shoes. He donned a pair of black trousers held up by two dark belts that gave of a blood-like smell. He completed the outfit with a black fedora hat. “So? How do I look? Awesome? I know, it is Terumi’s outfit slightly modified.”

“Who’s Terumi?” I asked him.

“Remind me later to show you videogames, ‘kay?”

“Videogames?”

A shock of horror spread across his face, “You DO don’t have videogames?” he asked in panic before sighing tiredly, “I guess I found what is gonna consume half of my time from now on.”

I sighed, “And I guess I will never get to understand you…”

“Maybe when I start to teach you all.” He told me nonchantaly before he rested his right hand under his chin and looked at the ceiling.

A few moments later, a smile formed in his lips.

“Anyways, are not the others waiting?” he asked as he slightly pushed the back of his hat, shadowing his eyes, and smiled, “Then let’s go.”

I nodded and started to walk, Wataru following suit.

Wataru’s PoV.
An hour later.

I sighed as soon as I saw two butterflies, one pink and the other yellow, winging down from the stretching and quiet blue sky as they descended into the park land outside of Ponyville.

They fluttered a little over our heads before continuing their path.

Twilight was lowering one of the baskets with her magic, Pinkie Pie was serving to herself some tea and Rarity, wearing a sun hat and a pink neckerchief, sighed contentedly.

There was an already cut chocolate cake with strawberry frost in a plate, as in Rarity’s rested the ‘missing’ portion and in Rainbow’s rested a sandwich, and several glasses filled with water resting over the picnic’s sheet or whatever these things are called.

I could literally hear Spike’s running feet.

“It is gorgeous out. Just gorgeous!” Rarity voiced as she looked at the sky, Fluttershy and I doing the same.

“Yeah, isn’t it? Pinkie, would you kindly serve me some tea too?” I added as I looked at the Earth mare, which smiled with her eyes and served me tea in the cup I was holding in midair.

Rainbow Dash bit a quarter of her sandwich, literally filling her mouth and Applejack sipped a beverage through a straw took another sip of her water, the sorbet starting to make that annoying sound that universally meant ‘The drink is almost over.’

Spike’s running stopped briefly, signaling a bound over a brook, before starting again.

I looked at Twilight as I took a small sip of tea, which was thankfully warm and not hot, and smiled as she levitated from the picnic basket an apple with her magic. And before she could get her teeth into the fruit, Spike’s approaching footsteps shattered her concentration, causing her to drop it and to recoil a bit at the interruption just as Spike sprinted into the scene.

“Twi… light! I… have…” he said out of breath as he held his knees, Fluttershy and Rarity looking at him with evident worry, “…Let me just…”

‘Are you gonna let the events take their original course?’ Izanagi asked me with worry.

‘I am determined, Izanagi.’ I mentally answered.

Spike heaved-first for air and then belched a scroll onto the grass. Smiling, Twilight floated it up to eye level.

“There are a good scroll and a bad scroll that shall become a good one when filled with certain information.” I voiced mysteriously, “I recommend you to… open the good one first.”

“Huh?” Twilight asked me confused.

I sighed sadly, “Wait for it.”

Twilight shrugged before unrolling the scroll. “Dear Twilight…” she read, “I am sure you are as excited as I am about the upcoming wedding in Canterlot.” Surprised, she turned towards me as I took a sip and then towards Applejack. “Wedding?”

The orange coated pony smiled reassuringly, causing Twilight to return it before looking back to the parchment again.

“I will be presiding over the ceremony, but would very much like you and your friends to help with the preparations for this wonderful occasion. Fluttershy, I would like you and your songbird choir to provide the music.”

“Oh, my goodness! What an honor!” the yellow coated pegasus smiled at Rarity and Pinkie Pie, who smiled at her back.

“Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception.”

“Hip… hip… hooray!” the random party pony cartwheeled over to Spike, the display upsetting a teapot and leaving a hoofprint in a cake.

“Applejack, you will be in charge of the catering for the reception.” Twilight smiled at her friend as she set the teapot upright and smoothed the cake.

“Well, color me pleased as punch!” I never got what she meant with that that first time she said it, and I still don’t get it now.

“Rainbow Dash…” Twilight continued as the mentioned pegasus yawned, thinking she was probably be given a boring task like the others, “…I would very much appreciate it if you could perform a Sonic Rainboom as the bride and groom complete their ‘I do’s’!”

I chuckled as Rainbow’s brain ‘slipped far enough out of gear to make her bite down on the hoof she was using to cover her yawn’.

‘Did you really memorize Alan Bacon’s Almighty Transcripts?’

‘Of course!’

‘I won’t believe for a second that you didn’t have Reality Warping powers-‘

‘Skills.’ I corrected.

‘Reality Warping skills before meeting Nyx.’

‘You know? I’m starting to wonder the same thing.’

‘Really?’

‘No.’

I started to pay attention just in time to see Rainbow Dash hover before crying “YES!!” with enthusiasm.

“Rarity, you will be responsible for designing the dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids.”

“Princess Celestia wants me to…” the mare voiced flabbergasted before her tongue into ‘Gibberish’, “…wedding dress…” Gibberish again. “…for a Canterlot wedding…” she added before her tongue freewheeled a bit more as she totters on her hind legs and, ultimately, keels over, Fluttershy’s efforts to catch her notwithstanding, as she has a ear-to-ear grin smacked in her face and her hat wafts down gently beside her.

“For you, Twilight… you will be playing the most important role of all-making sure that everything goes as planned.”

I looked at Twilight, who having finished the message was beginning to scrutinize it while turning it this way and that, with a smile, “But… I don’t understand. Who’s getting married?”

“Oh! Wait! Uh, I was probably supposed to give you this one first.” Spike voiced as he pulled out a second scroll.

Everypony turned towards me in surprise. “Go on, read it.” I voiced at Twilight with a challenging smile as with a final sip, I finished my tea.

Twilight gulped before levitating the scroll into reading position. “Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenze and…”

Awkward silence.

Twilight briefly lost concentration, making her to drop the scroll, and instantly suck in a sharp gasp as she turned towards me. “…My brother?!?”

Snap to black!

…

Just kidding. This is not the show as per se.

“Your brother’s gettin’ married?” Applejack asked with a smile as she and the others gathered in closer, “Congratulations, Twilight! That’s great news!” she added as she shook the unicorn’s hoof.

“Yeah, great news-that I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but from a piece of bloody paper!” Twilight voiced sourly as she rolled the scroll and send it away quite sharply before starting to pace and casting a disgusted glance towards Canterlot.

‘Whoa, looks like the word is bloody clingy indeed.’

‘Not now, Izanagi.’ Erm… in the show does the scroll burn to ashes because of a purple and angry fire? You didn’t see, you say? Oh, just asking ‘cause I’m slightly freaked out now, that’s all. Oh, I almost forgot! If you want to contact me, do it in your review.

“Thanks a lot, Shining Armor.” Hey! Shining Armor is with an ‘n’, not two! See? You learn something new every day! “I mean, really. He couldn’t tell me personally?”

Just as I was gonna say something, ‘a nearby sandwich is floated up and used as a puppet for said brother, its top piece of bread flapping in time with the words’ I always like this part, “Hey, Twilight.” The filly voiced in a deep… voice, “Just thought you should know, I’m making a really big decision that changes everything. Oh, never mind, you’ll hear about it when you get the invitation.” Did you know that when something like this happens before your presence, you want to give it a try too? “Princess Mi Amore Cadenza? Who in the hood is that?” she cried very angry as she snort out steam like a bull.

“Seriously? You don’t remember her?” Oh, shit. Did you just say that aloud, Wataru?

“Shut up, Wataru!” she roared at me, but I stood there, unflinching.

“Uh, Twilight? Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked her with worry.

“Sorry.” The light purple coated unicorn voiced with sadness, “It’s just that Shining Armor and I have always been so close. He’s my BBBFF.”

Everypony gave her befuddled stares.

“Big Brother Best Friend Forever.” I explained as I rolled my eyes with a smile.

“Ohhh!” they voiced in understanding.

Twilight sighed, “Before I came here and learned the importance of friendship, Shining Armor was the only pony I ever really accepted as a friend.” Twilight added as she turned towards us.

Oh, shit. This is the part where they sing! And I have an awful voice!

“When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
To see how many other ponies I could meet…

I had my books to read, didn’t know that I would ever need
Other ponies to make my life complete…

But there was one colt that I cared for…
I knew he would be there for me…

My Big Brother Best Friend Forever!
Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together
He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever)
We never had a single fight (We did everything together)
We shared out hopes, we shared our dreams…

I miss him more than I realized, it seems…”

“Your Big Brother! Best Friend Forever!
Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together!”

Huh? Why didn't I-Oh my goodness, I’m immune to songs!

…

I AM A GOD!! HAHAHAHAHA!!

...

Or maybe lucky, don't know.

“And though he’s oh so far away, I hoped that he would stay…
My Big Brother Best Friend Forever…
Forever…”

Applejack walked towards Twilight, “As one of your PFF’S…”

Everypony else gave her a puzzled look.

“…Pony Friend Forever…” I explained again.

“Oh!”

“…I want to tell you that I think your brother sounds like a real good guy.”

Twilight walked towards the picnic spread, “He is pretty special.” She sat on her haunches, “I mean, they don’t just let anypony be captain of the Royal Guard.”

I looked at Rarity, her face showing that her mind has been blown. She quickly regained her composure and zipped over to Twilight.

“So let me get this straight. We’re helping out with the wedding of not only princess… but a captain of the Royal Guard?”

Twilight sighed tiredly before shrugging resignedly. “I guess we are.”

‘Just as in the prologue, the white unicorn’s brain disconnects itself from the rest of her and she goes down in a blabbering heap. Now, though, Twilight telekinetically moves a pillow up to cushion her head.’

‘YOU. ARE INSANE!! WHY NOT MAKE IT YOUR COMPUTER INTO A SUPER BRAIN ALREADY?!’

‘First, you said it wrong. It was first the brain and then the computer. And, I didn't know I could do that. Yet, on the other hand, I DO have Reality Warping skills.’

‘And what did I say?’

‘First computer, second brain.’

‘And how it was?’

‘First brain, second computer.’

‘And what did I say?’

‘First COMPUTER, second BRAIN!’

‘And how it-‘

‘Enough! I will not fall into this nonsense anymore, Chespirito!’

‘Dude! You know a little of everything! HOW?!’

‘Later!’

“When are we going to Canterlot again?” I asked Twilight.

“Tomorrow morning and we are going by train.” She told me tiredly.

I sighed as I turned towards the girls, Fluttershy and Rainbow doing loops overhead while Applejack and Pinkie danced a bit.

“Wataru, are you okay?” Twilight asked me.

“I’m… sorry.” I voiced as I turned around, “I’m not feeling that well, so I’m going back to the library already.”

“Are you sure?”

I nodded and walked away in silence, my hands inside my suit’s pockets, my eyes meeting for a brief moment with Applejack’s.

I started to run when I realized that the orange coated filly flinched.

Third Person’s PoV.
(With the Mane 6)

“I’m sorry.” Wataru voiced, his voice almost broken, “I’m not feeling that well, so I’m going back to the library already.”

Applejack stopped dancing with Pinkie suddenly and started to pay attention to the teenager human.

“Are you sure?” Twilight Sparkle asked him with worry that he didn’t realize because he was giving her his back.

He nodded and started to walk away towards Ponyville in an eerie silence, his hand in his suit’s pockets.

He looked towards Applejack for some reason and their eyes meet for a brief moment.

Only that was necessary for Applejack.

She involuntary flinched in fear, drawing a confused look from Pinkie Pie and causing Wataru to run away.

“Applejack? Are you alright? You look like you just have seen a ghost…” Rainbow asked her friend with worry as she stopped doing loops.

“Did… you look at his eyes?” the filly asked with a lump in her throat.

“Oh, you mean when he has his eyes violet and with those comma thingies?” Twilight asked as she walked towards her scared mare, “He called them Genjitsuseigan.”

“What?” Rainbow Dash asked her in puzzlement.

“It is an Ocular Technique. Although those are adquired only if you have them hidden in your DNA and unlock them by meeting certain conditions, like being in a life-death situation, Wataru only had to modify his DNA structure with his powers in order to create his own Ocular Technique and-”

“DNA?”

Twilight sighed in resignation. “Never mind.”

“No… it was almost like they were… alone.” The filly continued. “For a moment, I could feel something coming from his eyes. It was… like cold snow.”

“A.J… I don’t get a single word you are saying!” Pinkie laughed cheerfully.

“Rarity? What are you thinking about?” Twilight asked her bluish white coated friend, who was looking at the floor with worry.

“Um? Oh, it is nothing darling. I think I only was Applejack’s imagination.” She answered before sighing tiredly, “Anyways, I think I should go prepare everything for tomorrow. It is going to be a long day.” And with no other word, she left.

Twilight sighed worried, “So much for the picnic.”

Chapter 5

Third Person’s PoV.

Twilight.

Twilight Sparkle sighed to herself as she sent a quick glance over her book towards the basement’s door.

It was eleven o’ clock already, and the human teenager known as Wataru Kamijo hadn’t come out of there for eat and she was growing worried with each passing minute.

“What the hay is wrong with him?” she asked to no one in particular as another sigh escaped from her lips.

“The question is… do you want to know?”

The filly screamed in fear and surprise as she crawled away from her seat.

She looked at the familiar creature before her. Black jacket with blue and orange motif on the end of its sleeves, scarf made of blood, pale human face, black and untidy hair, black eye, and long katana resting over his shoulders. It was the creature she remembered that had protected Wataru from Celestia’s attack.

“Calm down… I’m not gonna hurt you, Twilight Sparkle. My name’s Mugen Izanagi.” He glanced at the filly as he smiled warmly, “Can we talk?”

Twilight Sparkle looked at him with confusion and half-hidden fear, “WH-What do you want to talk about?” she asked.

“About Wataru.” The creature answered, not before giving a tired sigh first.

“Do you know what’s wrong with him?” the purple coated filly asked curious.

Mugen Izanagi looked at her before eye smiling at her, “I… have my ideas, yeah. But if you want to know, then you should ask him.” The being suggested before giving another sigh, this one longer than the previous, “I’m pretty close to him; however there are things I can’t help him with. Like solitude.”

“What do you mean with being pretty close to him?” the unicorn asked.

“I would tell you, but I’m not feeling like it.”

“You are an idiot.”

“Actually, I’m a dick. And curiously, Wataru is one too, but not to his friends, but his enemies.”

“Enemies? Wataru has enemies?”

“Well… currently only one remains, his mother.”

An awkward silence fell into the room as Twilight looked wide eyed at the Persona before her.

“What? Why his mother?” Twilight

“Full of questions, are you? To truthfully answer you, I have not the slightest idea and, in my case, that’s worrying. But whatever she did to him, it must have been REALLY bad.” For a moment, the creature shuddered, “He could have told me he was pranking me, but I can tell he hates her to that extent.” He voiced in a whisper to himself.

“Excuse me?”

“Oh. Nothing. I gotta go, I talked too much for today.” Izanagi voiced as he turned around.

“Wait! Didn’t you say only one of his enemies remained? What happened to the others?”

The being turned towards Twilight, lowered his scarf, and showed her a smile of approvance, “Impressive… you pay as much attention to little details as he does. But to answer your question… let’s leave it at ‘They didn’t have the best of fates’. Goodbye.” And with that, he was gone in a flicker that the filly recognized as a Body Flicker Technique from Naruto.

Another silence fell into the room as Twilight Sparkle turned her sight towards the door once again.

There was two choices before her now: Either find out what was wrong with Wataru, or don’t get herself involved and hope that everything sorts on its own eventually.

She, despite having known him for two days, knew he was the kind of colt, or in this case, human, that could get over any hardship, and to let him sort his own problems on his own. However, a little tiny voice coming from her chest told her otherwise.

It told her to go and speak with him, to listen to him.

Wataru’s witty comeback phrase replayed in the filly mind.

If he wanted to be the one to watch over the others, then who was going to watch over him?

Her self-made question replayed as well.

Who is Wataru Kamijo?

She closed her book with finality and let it rest over the small coffee table before her.

She needed some answers.

Wataru.

Silence. The room was in silence, and a white haired teenager looking blankly in front of him as he sat in a dark corner of the room.

‘Dammit… DAMMIT!! I can’t seriously believe it! I… I thought I could hold myself back, but… it has become unbearable.’ He mentally voiced to himself.

The teenager, without realizing it, was cleaning his bleeding eyes with one of his coat’s sleeves.

‘I thought… I could watch and let the events take their original course… but I can’t. It is too late already. The very action of asking Pinkie Pie for tea changed something! I can feel it!’

His not bleeding eye let a tear run free.

‘The very fact of breathing has changed something. And everytime I change something… I could be endangering them.’

He didn’t realize that the door upstairs was slowly opening, letting a small trail of light come into the dark room.

‘And… Twilight. I… can’t even look at her without feeling the need to hug her, to kiss her, to tell her that I love her… I… think I do love her.’

He didn’t realize the echoing steeps, becoming closer and closer.

‘And when I saw her depressed like that when she found out about her brother’s wedding… when she screamed at me… it did hurt. How could I be so cruel to her? I taunted her. She was in the whole right to scream at me… she is in her whole right to hate me…’

“Wataru?” Twilight asked with worry as she looked at his blank eyes, “Are you okay?”

“Huh?” the teenager mumbled as he was snapped out of his thoughts, “Oh, Twilight! I… uh…” he blushed as he realized her face was pretty near to his.

And then…

“Misster Kamijo…” a cold voice called tauntingly, making Wataru to widen his eyes in shock.

Wataru panicked instantly. Infinite thoughts took place in his mind as he stood up with a jolt and looked around the room, searching for something.

His azure colored eyes were frozen as he found what he looked after. The ‘being’ was standing before him, appearing to be a middle-aged Caucasian male with a tall, thin physique, pale skin, a prominent widow's peak, black hair shaped in a military-style crew cut, and pale green eyes.

There was no flash, only a change of surroundings, as if someone had skipped over a small part of a movie.

“Good evening, misster Kamijo…” the G-Man as he was sitting down behind a desk, a giant screen displaying the Black Mesa logotype and the words ‘Black Mesa’ behind him as Wataru tried to fight against the invisible force that was paralyzing him. “As you might have realized, you are currently within our… particular interests. My employers have… agreed in to keep a close eye into both of you...”

He frowned, “And, although I do not share their thoughts concerning you, Misster Kamijo…” its frown turned into a smile as it slowly walked towards Twilight, who was frozen in time, “…we both do agree in that Miss Sparkle does have amazing potential.” As soon as it stood in front of her, it slowly trailed a finger painfully slowly from the mare’s neck to her chin.

“Don’t touch her.” Kamijo hissed at the being as for a moment his eyes flickered violet before a small silver flame burst in the G-Man’s cuff.

The fake human eyes widened in surprise as it looked in interest at its burning cuff and smiled before turning it off with its fingers. “Is it that strong the care you have for her that you would… risk your life to protect her? That must go beyond…” it chuckled tauntly at the teenager, “…normal camaderie.”

The scenery changed suddenly again and this time Wataru stood in the middle of some skyscraper with the G-Man, who briefly glanced downwards from the building’s edge before turning back towards him.

“Now I can speak freely. Misster Kamijo… tell me, do you truly believe that the truth you know is the complete truth? The…” it straightened his tie, “…events that might or not trarenspire in… Canterlot are only a small fraction of the truth. Before you… blindly quench your particular thirst, I believe you should… examine every possible reason behind the… attack. After all, they say that the blood of the puppeteer tastes… far better than the wood-made body of one of his puppets…”

“Nevertheless, the true reason of contacting you… as you might have already guessed is that my employers do plan on involving this little… paradise you love so much.”

There was another scenery change, and they now stood inside a room with people that looked to have been twisting in agony as a green mist-like substance filled the room, “And as you might have heard… when a higher up takes a bad decision, sometimes the ones below and its families have to pay an unfair prize, as losing their jobs or in the worst case end alone and be used as a guinea pig… so I came here with the intention of warning you. However do not consider this that I do it as a favor to you…”

“As we speak, Doctor Freeman is currently protecting White Forest from the Combine forces… And although I do have faith in him, I know very well that feelings like love can be the strongest man’s weakness… If I were to allow this play to continue unmodified, I’m afraid many relevant pieces shall, as to be put in your words, have a bridge dropped over their heads, including Doctor Freeman himself.”

“My employers do not care about the sake of the One Free Man or any of his… friends as long as he fulfills his predetermined role. And truth be told, me neither, but Freeman has a greater destiny than saving Earth from the Combine that awaits him at the end of this small part-time job, that I feel in the obligation of inform him when the time is proper.”

“And that’s the part where you get involved… for as soon as you are finished with your own show, I’m afraid you won’t have the luxury of enjoying this world freely for too long. You’ll have to immediately aid Freeman in his little crusade to the Borealis and make sure that he doesn’t suffer any terminating accident or I am afraid your little… subjects will have to pay the prize. I hope that works as a legitimate… incentive.”

“However, there is always a loophole you could take, but it’s up to you to figure it out on your own.” The G-Man straightened his tie once again, “I’m afraid I have talked far longer than usual today and my throat feels like if… I had a space leech inside and the feeling is quite… annoying. I would tell you ‘Until your employment, Misster Kamijo.’ But we both know that we’ll meet again sooner than that. And remember … I’m always watching you.”

There was a bright flash, and the world around Wataru returned to normal.

Wataru’s PoV.

“Wataru…” Twilight started as I returned to the basement and time started to follow normally again.

I blinked a few times.

What… the fuck did just happen? Did I actually saw the G-Man or it was only an illusion? It must have been the latter one, because that ‘space leech’ part was definitely a Sheppard’s Mind’s reference and the actual G-Man would have never said such thing.

…

Or would he?

I… I had considered the possibility of the G-Man showing up before me if I ever made it into Equestria before but… the chances were pretty high, so it was out of the question. He SHOULDN’T have showed up!

Is it that you can’t trust any longer in statistics?!

…

“After all, they say that the blood of the puppeteer tastes… far better than the wood-made body of one of his puppets…”

He did know what I told to that bastard of Silence, and maybe even what I did to him with the saw…

If that was the actual G-Man, then I have been followed by a long time already.

I’m… I’m freaked out, man. I don’t want to think any longer about this… I have to let this event escape for my grasp for a while before my mind melts with over thinking. Maybe give it a thought AFTER I sort the Royal Wedding puzzle.

Yeah… that would be nice.

“…Have you been crying?” Twilight finished as I paid attention to her.

“Yeah…” I nodded somewhat ashamed, after all, it sucks that the girl that you like looks at you crying in a dark corner of her basement, “I’m sorry… it’s just too many stuff has been taken place to me lately and it’s taking quite the toll on me…”

“Tell me about that.” Twilight rolled her eyes.

An awkward silence befell into the dark room as I looked at her.

“Hey… can I ask you a favor?” I voiced with a lump in my throat.

Twilight slightly leaned her head in confusion before smiling, “Sure! What is it?”

“Is there any chance I could… hug you?” I asked as the blush in my face turned even redder.

Twilight looked at me in shock, her face blushing as well. “Come again?”

“Nothing…” I smiled at her as I stood up. Um… weird, I remember standing up when I looked after the G-man. “Do you mind if I go out for a walk?”

“You haven’t eaten anything.” She told me.

“Meh,” I shrugged before I stood, “I’ll eat something later.”

I turned around and slowly walked towards the stairs before an idea crossed my mind.

]Save.
Saving…
Data Saved in Slot First.

“You know what?” I chuckled, “I guess I’m quite tired. I’m off to sleep.”

And with that I walked up the stairs.

…

Wait… Don't I sleep in the basement!

“So why in hell am I upstairs!? Ugh! DAMN YOU TROLLESTIA!!” I could have sworn I heard Twilight facepalm.

And I don't blame her, I would have done the same in her place.

Chapter 6

Third Person’s PoV.

The sun was hadn’t risen yet. And Wataru Kamijo was currently leaning against the wall of the train station’s building; with his eyes closed and hidden under his fedora; his ears covered with dark red earphones, with thirteen white colored tickets resting in his left hand as on his right rested a black rucksack filled with some of his world’s technology, which he managed to retrieve the previous night after talking with Twilight.

“Okay,” he started as he looked at the tickets in his hand, “Me, Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, Octavia and Vinyl.” He numbered as he pointed at each ticket as he said each name, “I wonder how those two got dragged in anyways. Maybe they joined in the show and we watchers didn’t see that part, but... meh.” He shrugged before the smile of a trickster flickered for a moment in his face as he sent a brief glance at the clock’s station, before sighing in annoyance, “5.37? I wonder when they are showing up. ”

He glanced for a brief moment at the clock again.

“WHAT?! 5.36?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, TIME!!” he roared at the clock in anger.

Three hours later...

“Okay, if everything is going just as planned, then Wataru has already bought the tickets and fell for the clock-going-backwards prank too. Check!” Twilight Sparkle voiced with a proud smile as she ticked an item in her checklist, “Once again, kudos to you girls. Now... thanking the girls for the prank mentioned in previous item, check!”

“Why did we prank him again? It doesn’t make sense... doing it now, I mean.” Rainbow Dash asked at her friend.

“Do you want me to be honest? I felt like asking you to do that for some reason...” she shrugged, “I know it sounds weird but...”

“Don’t worry! I’m sure Wataru is laughing out loud right now!” Pinkie jumped with joy before whispering in Twilight’s right ear, “He is not.”

The mare pondered the possibilities for a moment before going a small shudder. “Anyways, we are going one at a time so-“

“Miss Sparkle...”

“Um?” Twilight suddenly stopped as she looked around the room. “That was weird.”

“Is something wrong, darling?” Rarity asked with concern.

“Did somepony call me ‘Miss Sparkle’?” the mare asked aloud as she keep looking around the room before shrugging off, passing the event as her own imagination. “What was I saying again?”

“Are you okay, pal?” Vinyl asked, raising an eyebrow at the librarian, “You look kinda pale, pal. Yet your coat IS kinda pale, pal, so...”

“Could you cut it out with the ‘pal’ thing already? It is getting on my nerves!” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Would you stop being a show-off if I asked you to stop being a show-off, pal?” Vinyl countered with a smart counter as she gave her ‘fatal counter’ grin.

Twilight groaned in annoyance before preparing a teleportation spell.

Everypony was gone instantly.

“Whoa...” Twilight gasped as she appeared before the station’s entrance, the effects of mental tiredness that caused the spell, absent, “What the- How did I do that?” she asked as she looked at all of her friends.

“Teleporting eleven ponies with a single spell? That’s impressive, ain’t it?” she looked at Wataru, and saw him holding the broken parts of a clock, that he saved his jacket’s pockets, “How did you do that?”

“Was it yours the voice that called me ‘Miss Sparkle’?” the mare asked confused.

For a brief moment that the lavender coated unicorn noticed, the teenager’s eyes widened in shock before he put on a neutral face.

“Weird voice? Maybe...” he smiled, but Twilight realised it was a worried smile, not a mischievous one.

“...Okay,” Rainbow Dash voiced as she step away from the teenager, “What time does the train leave again?”

“I bought them for 9.00 A.M.” he voiced as he looked at the tickets, “Does anypony know the time? Because the clock is kinda broken and-”

“8.56, pal.” DJ-Pon3 answered him.

“Okay then! Let’s go!”

Wataru’s PoV.

“Hazama: Win.” The voice of Chiza Sato came from my PSP.

“I don’t get it. Why did you memorize every moment that Terumi did?” Izanagi asked confused as he stood by my side, invisible to everypony but me.

‘I don’t know... Why don’t you take a guess?’ I mentally asked him as I looked at my notebook and checked the Naruto’s wikia and several fanfictions of the same manga.

“A Sonic Rainboom?” I heard Rainbow Dash ask to herself as she and Applejack had their heads stuck out of two adjacent windows, “In a wedding? Can you say ‘best wedding ever’?”

Pinkie put her head out from the next one up before taking a deep breath and screaming, “BEST WEDDING EVER!!”

“You aren’t thinking about recreating his fighting style, now do you?”

‘Not only that, but I plan on learn EVERY fanmade-technique or ‘jutsu’ from Naruto so I can recreate them.’

“YOU ARE INSANE!!”

‘Why do you say that? In theory, I can do the ‘Banbutsu Sozo [Creation of All Things]’, the ‘Banbutsu Hakai [Destruction of All Things]’, and the ‘Banbutsu Henge [Transformation of All Things]’, the last two being original creations from the fanfiction ‘It's Rikudou Hiraishin to You!’, written by e7cg13, thanks to my Reality Warping skills.’

Izanagi sighed as he facepalmed, “YOU. ARE. SO. GETTING SUED.”

‘They have to find me first.’

“So you all get to help with the big fancy wedding-“ Spike started as he stuck out of one of the windows, standing between Fluttershy and Rarity, “but I’m the one who gets to host the bachelor party! I have just one question- what’s a bachelor party?”

“And Trollestia strikes again…” I sighed as everypony but Twilight and Spike laughed as said now confused baby backed off, ‘I wonder how she would do against Yuki Terumi or Glados.’

“The Multiverse would explode with the insane level of trolling.” Izanagi voiced with a shudder, “Let’s pray such thing never takes place.”

“Why the long face, sugar cube?” Applejack asked to the lavender coated unicorn that was staring morosely out a window on the other side, well away from the others but me. I was in the seat next to her, in case you were wondering.

“I’m just thinking about Shining Armor.” Twilight replied, “Ever since I moved to Ponyville, we’ve been seeing each other less and less. And now that he’s starting a new family with this Princess Mi Amore Cal-what’s-her-name, we’ll probably never see each other.”

“Come on now.” Applejack smiled, “You’re his sister. He’ll always make time for you.”

“Couldn’t seem to make time to tell me he was getting married!” Twilight replied bitterly as she magically pulled down the window’s shade and the train chugged along.

I looked outside the window, and saw the bridge from the show, where the checkpoint had been set up and staffed by five unicorn guards, rather than the original two, holding spears crossed to block the path, as a few feet beyond said checkpoint was the smooth expanse of the pink bubble that enclosed Canterlot.

“We’re here! We’re here!” Pinkie cried and jumped with excitement as the guards moved their spears aside, letting the train pass through the barrier, the pink energy washing over all of us, but I simply shrugged off the unsettling feeling.

I kept looking, and glanced at the roof the Canterlot station, where six guards stood watch as I saved back all of my stuff to my rucksack.

“This is weird. There are more guards than shown in the episode.”

‘That’s because I wasn’t in the show.’

“What? Are you suggesting that Celestia doesn’t trust you?”

‘What other reason could there be?’

As I stood up and walked towards the exit, the train came to a halt and Rainbow peeked out, looking at all the guards stationed in the station.

“Whoa!” she gasped, “What’s with all the guards?” she asked as Rarity and Applejack did the same.

“I’m sure they’re just taking the necessary precautions.” Rarity answered her.

“The necessary ones, the unnecessary ones, and the ‘parrot-paranoid ones’.” I deadpanned.

“True, but royal weddings do bring out the strangest ponies.” The Generous Unicorn voiced as we walked out of the train, before a shuddery inhalation drawed the trio’s worried gaze and we turned towards the source- Pinkie, standing in the doorway let go a sneeze that ejected a burst of confetti and streamers from her nose.

“Yeah, us.” I sweatdropped as the pink coated earth pony trotted out cheerfully with Fluttershy close behind her as Twilight stood at the doorway.

“Now let’s get going!” Rarity quickly voiced, “We’ve got work to do!”

“And you’ve got a big brother to go congratulate.” Applejack told to Twilight.

“Yeah. Congratulate...” she replied very snarky as she step off and two guards uncrossed their spears to let her by with a smile, “...and then give him a piece of my mind.” She added, her words wiping the smiles off the guards’ faces and stamp worry across those of the other ponies.

I sighed, before turning towards the other Elements of Harmony, “I guess I’m gonna watch over her and see she doesn’t do anything foolish.”

“Come on, we are talking about Twilight here.” Rainbow Dash told me.

“True. We are talking about a pissed off Twilight here.” I countered at her as I followed the unicorn.

After a few minutes of walking after Twilight, I looked at Celestia, peering throught a telescope on a tower’s uppermost balcony to survey the city.

“GET SOME SEGURITY CAMERAS, YOU MULE!!” Izanagi cried at her before bursting into laughter.

“Izanagi! Shut up!” I told him off as I found with my sight an irritated Twilight on the move across a well-guarded courtyard.

“Come on! It’s not like she can hear me...” the Persona replied as I glanced once again at the goddess, who was glaring behind me, right where Izanagi stood, in annoyance.

“I... wouldn’t believe that, dude.” I voiced before I walked away with my arms closed nervously, however, I smirked as I saw a white unicorn in a shining gold-trimmed violet armour and helmet saluted at his troops as they stood atop a wall of Canterlot Castle, all of them except the spear-carriers returning the gesture and moving out.

“I’ve got something to say to you, mister!” Twilight cried upset as I finally reached her, the mare ignoring my very presence.

‘Spears were brandished over the wall as the Shining leaned out. He smiled warmly and removed his helmet, prompting mild surprise and a lowering of spears by his subordinates.’

“You are insane, dude. I don’t think anyone else has memorized ALL of that guy’s transcripts.”

“Twilie!” Shining Armor cried with joy as he galloped down the steps to her, before looking at me. “And...”

“Wataru. Wataru Kamijo.” I told him with a smile. Celestia mustn't have told him of me.

“Yeah, sorry.” He replied as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly before turning towards Twilight once again. “Ah! I’ve missed you, kid. How was the train ride?” he asked as he extended one of his hooves, trying to reach the mare, “I-“and he was cut down mid sentence as his sister back away from him.

“How you bloody dare to not tell me in person that you were getting married!” Twilight cried at him, “I’m your sister, for pony’s sake!”

Shining Armor lowered in head in sadness before raising it again, “It’s... not my fault. Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn’t you see all the guards at the train station?” he asked, however, I noticed the HATEFULL glare Twilight sent him.

“She didn’t. Was too upset at you to notice.”

‘Shut up!’

“Yeah!” Twilight replied at her brother as she trot away from him sourly, “There’s this big bloody wedding coming up. Maybe you heard about it?”

“It has nothing to do with the wedding.” Shining Armor told her as he crossed to her, “A threat has been made against Canterlot.” At this, the filly’s eyes softened a bit, “We don’t know who’s responsible for it, but Princess Celestia asked that I help provide additional protection.” He added as he lifted her chin.

“Yeah, that and to keep you away from the BARCHELOR PARTY as well!” Izanagi cried in his ear, but causing no effect on the colt.

“This, you need to see.” Shining told Twilight, oblivious to the scream.

He took a step back to put himself well in the clear before squeezing his eyes shut and beginning to concentrate fiercely. His horn responded with a glow and a sudden flare of light causing Twilight to shield her eyes from the intensity as he aimed the appendage straight up. A beam of energy lanced towards the top of the force field surrounding Canter lot, causing the entire surface to pulse briefly with light when it hit. As the lavender coated unicorn watched with amazement, the white coated one winded down the spell before wincing, putting a hoof to his temple, the spell obviously having taken quite a bit out of him.

“Damn... watching it in first person is completely different to watching it from the TV.” My persona gasped as he looked to the field and Shining regained his composure.

‘Indeed...’

“The burden of keeping Canter lot safe and secure rests squarely on my shoulders.” He told us as he trot up steps and we followed him in silence, “Staying focused on the task at hand has been my top priority.” He added, causing Twilight to think for a second or two.

“Damn... you must be really tired, Shining Armor.” I told him as I sent him a smile.

Shining chuckled, “You don’t have the slightest idea, and don't go all formal on me. Just call me Shining.”

“Okay, okay, I get it.” Twilight voiced as she hustled to catch up on the bridge we currently stood. “You’ve got a really important job protecting all of Canter lot with a force field only you can conjure up. But still, how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding? Am I not that important to you anymore?”

“Hey. You’re my little sister. Of course you’re important to me.” He told her before smiling slyly, “But I’d understand if you didn’t want to be my best mare now.”

“You want me to be your best mare?” Twilight asked him him, smiling.

“Well, yeah.”

“I-I’d be honoured.” She bowed as they shared a quick hug, making me smile warmly, before the lavender coated unicorn broke it with an irritated glare and a hoof poked into his chest, “But I’m still pretty ticked you’re marrying somepony I don’t know! When did you even meet this Princess Mi Amore Cadanza?”

I chuckled a bit as Shining answered, “Twilie, Princess Mi Amore Cadenze is Cadence. Your old foal-sitter.”

Twilight looked at him in surprise and growing excitement. “Cadence? As in the Cadence? As in the greatest foal-sitter in all the history of foal-sitters?!”

“You tell me.” Both me and Shining answered her with a smile, “She was your foal-sitter.”

“How did you-“

“Guessed by the way she described her.” I quickly answered.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Twilight gasped, “Cadence is only the most amazing pony ever. She’s beautiful... she’s caring... she’s kind...”

“Dammit... she makes it sounds like she has a CRUSH on her foal-sitter!”

‘Another commentary of those, and I blow you head from the inside.'

“How many unicorns can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one...”

“And it’s not a unicorn. Hey! She is the Princess of Love? Because I'm sure she is always 'horn'-y... if you know what I-” The persona added before he fell to the floor, headless for some reason.

“And you’re marrying her!” Twilight smiled as she turned towards Shining and started to bounce around him as she singsang, “You’re marrying Cadence, you’re marrying Cadence!”

I smiled at the colt, “I would say you got her back.”

Twilight’s ‘small’ celebration suddenly took her a short distance away, until she stopped in front of the ‘actual Cadance’, her mouth drawn into a frown.

“I hope I’m not interrupting anything important.” ‘Cadence’ rolled her eyes impatiently, causing me to growl menacingly.

“Cadance!” Twilight jumped in front of the alicorn as she went into their old bit. “Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!”

“What are you doing?” ‘Cadence’ asked her in annoyance, causing Twilight to deflate before straighten up with a smile.

“Cadence, it’s me! Twilight!”

“Uh-huh.” The alicorn voiced as she step ahead towards Shining Armor.

“I’ve gotta get back to my station, but Cadence will be checking in with all of you to see how things are going. I think I speak for both of us when I saw we couldn’t be more excited to have you all here.” Shining smiled at Twilight and me, “Right, dear?”

‘Cadence’ smiled nastily at Twilight without Shining Armor realising it, “Absolutely.”

Both I and Twilight flinched at the venomous tone of this single word.

“Well...” Shining sighed in relief, “...we’ll let you get to it.”

The couple walked away, as Twilight stared wonderingly after them.

“Come on, Twilight. Let’s go.” I told her before turning away from there.

Five or six hours later...

I smiled as I looked at the tinted deep purple night sky, thanks to the force field. A few moments later, I saw a tiny figure flying down from the full moon as the barrier opened briefly to let it enter.

“Is that a bird? A plane? No, it’s the Lunar Princess!”

I facepalmed as Luna was gliding down toward Celestia’s lookout.

“Rest, my sister.” She voiced as she landed besides her sister, “As always, I will guard the night.” She added before taking the place in the telescope.

“Bet I can guess what you’re all thinking.” Twilight voiced happily as she joined us all in the cafe with her own drink, “Cadence is the absolute worst bride-to-be EVER.” The lavender coated unicorn added as she let her drink rest in the table, six pairs of eyes snapping wide open at her judgement.

“Who, me?” Spike asked in a high voice as he pulled out a Cadence figurine.

“Spike!” Applejack told him off, “That goes on the cake!”

The baby dragon gave a sheepish laugh at that as he tossed the figurine down.

“Twilight, whatever are you talking about? Cadence is an absolute gem.” Rarity asked with worry.

“Rarity, she was so demanding!”

“Well, of course she was! Why shouldn’t she expect the very best on her wedding day?” Rarity reasoned, causing Twilight to fume for a moment before shifting gears.

“Applejack, did you know that after she told you how much she just love-love-loved your hors d’oeuvres, she threw them in the trash?”

“Aw, she was probably just tryin’ to spare my feelin’s.” The Honest Earth Pony smiled.

“No, she was just being fake and totally insincere!” Twi voiced slightly fed up.

An awkward silence fell into the place, and it was quickly broken by Fluttershy.

“She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsal.”

“See?” she asked as she crossed her forelegs with a smirk, “Rude!”

“But he was singing really off-key.” The Kind Pegasus added as she lifted a bird on her foreleg moments before it produced a couple of tuneless squawks that forced Twilight to cover her ears, set Rainbow Dash’s teeth on edge, and drew a little of blood from my ears.

And yes, I have VERY sensitive ears.

“Pinkie Pie, you had to have noticed how Cadence treated-“ Twilight started before being cut down by a loud smack of lips, made by previously mentioned earth pony and Spike, that were playing with the wedding cake figurines, “Never mind. Rainbow Dash, you’re with me, right?”

“Sorry, Twi.” The Loyal Pegasus apologised as she picked at a hoof and flexed her wings, “Been too busy prepping for my Sonic Rainboom to pay much attention to bride’s bad attitude.”

Twilight snarled through her teeth and set her drink down as Rarity moved over to comfort her, “The Princess is about to get married. I’m sure any negative behaviour she might be displaying is simple the result of nerves.”

“And I’m sure it’s the result of her being an awful pony who doesn’t deserve to even know Shining Armor, let alone marry him!” Twilight cried as she slammed her front hooves onto the table hard enough to nearly tip her glass.

“Think maybe you’re bein’ just a tiny bit possessive of your brother?” Applejack asked her.

“Uh-huh.” “Mmm-hmm.”

“I am not being possessive, and I am not taking it out on Cadence! You’re all just too caught up in your wedding planning to notice that maybe there shouldn’t even be a bloody wedding!” she cried before pounding the table with enough force to upset every glass on it.

I sighed as she left, leaving the mares and dragon to trade a round of thoroughly bewildered stares, “She is right.”

“What?”

“Let’ me explain this from the beginning. Although I shouldn’t know it, I know that Cadenze used to be Twilight’s foal-sitter and they loved each other. However, the Cadenze she met today is incredibly different to the one she knew. It makes me even wonder if the Cadenze we meet today is the same Cadenze Twilight knew.”

“Wataru, I think you are exaggerating.” Rarity told me.

I flared my Genjitsuseigan at them, drawing several gasps out of them, “With these eyes, I can see the truth.” I told them as I pointed at my right eye, “And I know what is truly taking place here, however, I can’t tell you for I am forbidden to do so or else something bad will happen. What I ask you all is to STAY with Twilight, or else I will be VERY disappointed of you all. However, knowing you all, you WILL NOT hear, so nevermind.” With that I turned around, “I catch you all later. I’m going to the hotel...”

Three hours later.

I sighed to myself once as, once again; I threw my PSP to the floor and lost to Mu-12 for the fifty time.

“Nice lie you managed at the cafe. A shame it will not work, right? I have checked already, Chrysalis bought them with the ‘New bridesmaid’ tactic.” Izanagi commented.

“Shut it, Izanagi.” I told him as I reviewed all of Hazama’s movements in my mind.

“What is it, dude? You have been quite... quiet lately.”

“I have been thinking about what G-Man told me.”

“Oh, really? And?”

“It doesn’t matter what I do, he will involve Equestria in a way or another.” I told him, “And I don’t want to bring suffering to these lands!”

“Look... I understand how you feel, but there’s nothing you can do about it. I have been pondering his words as well...”

“And?”

“There is a small chance that Chrysalis is being manipulated by someone else.”

“What?! Are you sure?!”

“Indeed. Remember that part where he said ‘After all, they say that the blood of the puppeteer tastes… far better than the wood-made body of one of his puppets…’?”

“Dude, if that’s the case, then Chrysalis is a victim. But who could be behind this? Celestia?” I snorted.

“Look, I’m just telling you what I think. You know how it is, small chances will happen and big chances will not.”

I looked back at my PSP and started to play once again, “I know… and I know some other stuff I’m afraid, like that someone might die in the wedding. And it will be either the true culprit… or me.”

The next day...

We all stood within the ‘hosting room’ within Canterlot Castle, doing the wedding rehearsal. Celestia and Shining Armor stood on a raised dais at the end of the hall, Spike standing on a lower step while holding a small pillow with the wedding rings as I stood behind the goddess and the groom and Twilight’s friends, advancing slowly up the aisle with a smile in their faces.

“Perfect, girls. No need to rush.” Celestia complimented them, Rainbow and Rarity trading a silent giggle as they stopped, “Then, of course, Cadence will enter.”

At this, everyone looked expectantly towards the main door and the two guards stationed at them. They swung open under the magic of the two unicorn guards on duty here to reveal Chrysalis, disguised as Cadance obviously, smiling warmly as she made the stately way along the aisle, the bridesmaids having moved to Celestia’s right and taken places pne the dais’ steps and the music shifted into ‘Here Come the Bride’

“I’ll say a few words, and then we’ll begin with the vows.” Celestia continued as the ‘couple’ crossed their horns lovingly, “Shining Armor, you’ll get the ring from you best mare.

The mentioned colt looked over his shoulder, and surprise registered on the couple’s faces as they saw the empty patch of floor to Celestia’s left as the music stopped.

“Do you?” Spike asked with a deep voice as he played with the figurines once again, before changing to a high voice, “I do!”

“Hey, Wataru?” Shining asked me, “...have you seen Twilight?”

“Well...” I started nervously before the sounds of a doorknob turning under magic control echoed, the doors opening revealing Twilight herself.

“Being unable to do anything yet... must hurt, right?”

‘You have no idea, mate.’

“I’m here!” Twilight cried as she advanced a few steps, “I’m not gonna stand next to her, and neither should you!”

Shining grimaced before turning to Cadence, “I’m sorry. I... I don’t why she’s acting like this.”

“Maybe we should just ignore her.” Cadence told him testily.

“You have to listen to me!” Twilight gritted her teeth as Fluttershy moved to her.

“Oh, goodness! Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“You sure about that?” Applejack asked her with worry.

There was a quick burst of magic that pulled the Honest Earth Pony’s cowboy hat off and shoved it into her face hard enough to bulldoze her away.

“I’ve got something to say!” Twilight stroke ahead, everypony but Rainbow Dash looking uneasily after her. “She’s evil!” she claimed as she pointed at Cadence, causing Shining Armor to step in front of his ‘betrothed’ and a round of bewildered reactions from the lavender coated filly’s friends and even the guards.

I kept a neutral face, and I fell Celestia’s suspicious glance over me.

“She’s been horrible to my friends...” in the blink of an eye, she teleported behind Cadence, “...she obviously done something to her bridesmaids... and if that wasn’t enough, I saw her put a spell that made his eyes go all...” and finished that accusation by letting her eyes spin in their sockets while her tongue lolls out the side of her mouth- an obvious imitation of Shining’s dazed response to the enchantment Cadence laid on him the night before.

Everyone looked at Twilight like if she had gone insane, especially Celestia. Cadence had barely enough time to blush and grin before Twilight get back in her face.

And then the ‘alicorn’ reacted by falling apart into a crying mess.

“WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!” she cried as she galloped away with an excellent faked sob.

“Because you’re bloody evil!” the lavender coated unicorn cried as she teleported to stay behind the bride as she busted out the door, “Evil! And if I don’t stop you, you’re gonna ruin my brother’s life!”

“You know? She shouldn’t have smiled as she did all of this.”

‘Exactly what I thought when I saw the chapter for the first time.’

Twilight trotted back into the hall, only to run flat into Shining, causing her to tumble backward to the carpet.

“You want to know why my eyes went all...” Shining started as he let said eyes spin for a moment before wincing as a fresh bolt of pain lanced through his head, “Because ever since I started having to perform my protection spell, I’ve been getting terrible migraines. Cadence hasn’t been casting spells on me... she’s been using her magic to heal me! And she decided to replace her bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so they could meet Canterlot royalty! And if she hasn’t been on her best behaviour with your friends... IT’S BECAUSE WITH ME BEING SO BUSY, SHE’S HAD TO MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE WEDDING!!”

“I... I was just trying to-“

“SHE’S COMPLETELY STRESSED OUT BECAUSE IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HER THAT OUR BIG DAY BE PERFECT!! SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN’T IMPORTANT TO YOU!!”

Shining Armor’s indignant glowering was cut off by yet another twinge. Twilight extended a tentative hoof, but he backed off once he got his wits settled.

“Now... if you’ll excuse me- I have to go and comfort my bride. AND YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT BEING MY BEST MARE!” the colt finished as he left before turning back towards his sister, “In fact, if I were you... I wouldn’t show up to the wedding at all.”

Twilight dropped back to her haunches and aimed a helpless glance back towards the other, their face displayed varied degrees of disgust, horror and shock.

“Come on, y’ all. Let’s go check on the Princess.” Applejack voiced as the girls walked past her, all twelve eyes resolutely away from Twilight’s direction, last to leave being me or Celestia.

“I... I was-“

“You have a lot to think about.” Celestia hissed at her icily as she left the room with the royal guards, causing tears to start welling up in her saddened purple eyes.

“Maybe I was being overprotective.”

I slowly walked towards the filly, “Twilight... you-“ “Wataru! Watch out!” Huh?!

...

“You lost... human.”

Third Person’s PoV.

Wataru felt to the floor, a dagger piercing his heart, before his body was devoured by a matching ring of red flames from the floor before turning into a hemispherical shield that began to sink into the carpet, taking the human with him.

Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle, walked back towards the dais, and lied down in the steps, oblivious to what was taking place.

“I could’ve gained a sister. But instead...” She whispered to herself, her voice breaking, “...I’ve just lost a brother...”

“He was my Big Brother Best Friend Forever...”

The lavender coated filly sang as her eyes teared up and the figurines of herself and her brother appeared and pranced happily around each other before Shining disappeared.

“And now we’ll never do anything together.”

She finished as she sob uncontrollably, her little avatar dropping despondently to its haunches before it was crushed into a fine powder.

Twilight suddenly raised her head as she felt a gentle stroking on her mane and looked at ‘Cadence’, who was smiling warmly at her.

“I’m sorry!” the Magical Unicorn cried desperately.

“You will be.” Cadence whispered at her as she caressed her victims face slowly as another ring of fire like the one that took Wataru, sink with her as well.

“Well done, my precious doll.” A dark reverberating undertone voice whispered into the fake Cadence’s ears, her true green eyes empty of any emotion now.

“Thank you, your highness.” The disguised queen bowed to the empty space before her in a monotone voice.

“Remind me to... recompensate properly you once this is all over, okay?” a pillar of red fire burst into existence before the fake alicorn as the voice revealed itself.

The being had two pairs of tattered, insect-like wings colored with a very weak red tint, hole-pocket gray-black limbs, a gouged, half-decayed black horn shining, giving off a metallic feeling, covered in blood. It had long, lank, ragged gray-red mane, a middle sized crown at an angle on the back of its head, a truly dark grey coat, two sadistic and perverse reptilian green eyes, and a set of deadly sharp fangs. A gaunt long-legged, winged unicorn colt, the end of his mane and tail as pockmarked as its legs and horn, his back marked with a saddle-shaped patch of red exoskeleton and a greyish band of skin encircling his belly.

“I will your highness.” The ‘alicorn’ repeated in the same monotone voice.

“Very well... without the Element of Magic or that nasty thing out of our way, our plan will definitely be quite the success indeed.”

“May I, your humble subject, ask where you have sent the unicorn?”

“Of course, my dear. The unicorn was sent to the caves beneath Canterlot.” the Royal Changeling chuckled darkly, “Let’s hope that she gets to kill the True Cadence.”

The Queen’s eyes betrayed no emotion at the revelation. “Thank you, our highness, King Relius. It makes me truly happy that you share this piece of information with a meaningless cockroach like me...”

“Cockroach? Oh, don’t overestimate yourself like that! You are less than a cockroach! You are... a cocksucker, at least. Nothing but a lifeless doll used to quench my desires.” The King smiled disgustingly before turning around. “Continue with your job, and if you fail... well, of course you won’t fail. You have no other choice, my dear.” And with that, he left in another burst of flames, laughing evilly.

Chapter 7

Twilight’s PoV.

Darkness…

I began to hyperventilate.

I hate darkness. It is so cold and- No! Don’t lose your mind, Twilight! Focus!

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down, before casting an Illuminating Spell, my horn’s tip glowing to full strength instantly.

I… still can’t get used to having this much magic yet.

“Hello?” I asked as I looked around, my voice echoing creepily, “Is anyone there? Where am I?” What is this-OW! A mirror? Oh no… don’t tell me I’m inside a House of Mirror!

Cadence’s mocking laughter suddenly echoed

“The caves beneath Canterlot,” Cadence’s voice whispered behind me. I quickly turned around and saw her, surely using a Surface Screen Spell in order to appear in the mirror-like dead crystal wall. Oh. Good… you are OBVIOUSLY not abusing of the secret I confided to you so long ago, which means you are not that cruel and there’s still a glimmer of hope to redeem you! “Once home to greedy unicorns who wanted to claim the gems that could be found inside.” Her image faded away and I quickly backpedaled, however, “And now…” she appeared on the wall that NOW was behind me, “…your prison.”

Okay, I don’t want to be in a mineral Mirror House for eternity. “Help! Wataru! Help!” Wait… why did his name come to my mind first?

“It's no use. No one can hear you. And no one will ever think to look for you, either.” Cadence laughed nastily, before giggling a little, “Specially your little human bodyguard.”

“What do you mean?”

“You could say he is… sleeping with the fishes!” No… it can’t be! She is lying, Wataru is alive! I read about Reality Warpers, although it was only in a fictional novel! In theory, even if their immortal bodies are killed, their everlasting soul cannot. They share the same characteristics with beings like Princess Celestia or Princess Luna! “Most ponies have forgotten that these caves even exist. Which is why they are the ideal place to keep the ones who try to interfere with my plans.” She added before going a wild laugh.

“Plans? What plans?”

“The plans I have for your brother, of course.” She replied mockingly.

WHAT?! I focused my magic in my horn, making it flare with a strong purple light, “Don't you dare do anything to my brother, you... you bloody monster!”

“Only way to stop me is to catch me!” Cadence laughed before fading from the crystal. I looked around and found her on the other side of the room. If I do this okay, I might be able to- “Over here!” THERE!!

I shot a blast of magic at her; however it ricocheted and ricocheted against the crystal. By Celestia, these are Magic Reflective Gems!

“Nope!” the floor is made of these too! No way! “Over here!” Shut up! Oh, screw this. I will destroy every. Single. Crystal in this cave no matter how. Rare. They. Are! As long as I can make you SHUT. YOUR. BLOODY. MOUTH. UP!!

Purple magical lightning suddenly sparked from my horn before I shot it, releasing something that looked like a bolt of lightning that disintegrated one of the walls to sparkling powder and a cloud of smoke, making me gasp. That looked just like… a Chidori.

I heard a couple of coughs coming from behind the cloud of smoke. Someone is over there!

IT’S HER!!

“No! Wait!” the bloody monster… begged? “Ugh! Please! Don't hurt me!” Okay… she is doing very well the ‘helpless princess’ impression, I give her that, BUT THERE’S NO FOOLING ME! THAT WEAK SMILE DOESN’T HELP YOU EITHER!! “Twilight, it's me! Please, you have to believe me.” Don’t worry, I believe you. I believe you are monster who is gonna marry me brother! “I've been imprisoned like you. The Cadence who brought you down here was an imposter.”

“Likely story!” I snorted.

“Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake.” Huh?! That’s our- “Clap your hooves-“

“And do a little shake.” I finished with her. Oh my goodness! Cadence didn’t recognize it the first time we met! That means… this mare here is telling the true! She is the actual Cadence!

I responded her grin with my own before leaping into her for a hug.

“Cadence! You remember me!”

This Cadence, the true Cadence, laughed gently, “Of course I do. How could I forget the filly I love to sit for the most?”

Suddenly, we heard the Fake Cadence laughing once again, before we saw a spark of light flashing out in the dark distance.

“We have to get out of here!” I told Cadence, “We HAVE to stop her!” We need to save my brother! At least… I can trust on Wataru.

I hope he is okay…

Wataru’s PoV.

“I’m sorry.” I whispered in the Changeling’s ear, before chuckling insanely before going into… a more detailed explaining. “It’s just that I have an agenda to fulfill. Hope you understand me, victim number 81.” In a flash, I slashed open the Changeling’s throat with one of my clawed fingers, blood coming out of the wound like a river.

I sighed to myself as I looked around the cave-room and the so not-properly scattered bodies of the 27 Changelings that used to be guarding the lake I had been thrown into, besides being the past members of the ‘Being Alive’ club of course, “None of them regretted their sins, so there’s no losses.” Gotta admit though, Relius is quite the Genre Savvy; almost on Discord’s par. I applaud him.

I looked at the far away mountain and the familiar castle on it, “Okay… you can stab me with a poisoned dagger in my neck, you can throw me into a lake, you can put spikes at the bottom of said lake as a precaution, and you can freeze the lake to deathly levels just to make sure I die, but you never, ever, EVER PUT ROOKIE SOLDIERS TO GUARD ME!! THAT’S INSULTING!! SPIRIT MANIPULATION: GREAT WILL O’ WISP DRAGON!!”

Third’s Person PoV.

Princess Celestia registered with the sight the whole room, and sighed in disappointment as she didn’t find her faithful student anywhere, before turning back the couple with a smile, “Princess Cadence and Shining Armor,” she smiled, “It is my great pleasure to pronounce you...”

“Stop!” A familiar voice filled the room, cutting down the Solar Princess.

Shocked murmurs from the guests, and various disgusted reactions from Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Spike took place as they turned towards the door and saw Twilight Sparkle standing at the main entrance, her hair all messy and her body with several scratches.

“Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother?” the Fake Cadence groaned angrily before realizing her mistake, “Why does she have to ruin my special day…” she corrected with sobs.

“Because it’s not your special day…” the True Cadence cried as she stood besides Twilight, “…it’s mine!”

Everypony gasped and a shocked expression ran through the Fake Cadence’s face, “What?! But how did you escape my bridesmaids?”

The lavender coated unicorn and the pink coated alicorn traded a wicked smirk before Twilight replied simply with a casual, “Bridal bouquet.”

The fake Cadence pondered those words for a moment before her eyes widened in realization and then took a bored look, “Huh, clever. But you’re still too late.”

“I-I don’t understand. How can there be two of them?” Applejack asked confused.

“She’s a changeling!” the True Cadence voiced, “She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them!”

The fake Cadence’s eyes and horn burned yellow-green as a ring of matching flames lanced up from the floor to encircle her. The flames blazed up to the ceiling, temporally blinding everypony and causing to all the other light in the hall to go out. The fake Cadence’s shaded wings flew in a sudden convulsion and transformed into a tattered, insect-like pair as the pink legs turned into hole-pocked, gray-black limbs and the horn’s exterior striped away to expose a gouged, half-decayed black one underneath.

“Right you are, Princess.” Chrysalis voiced mockingly as the fire died down and revealed fully as a gaunt, long-legged, alicorn mare, the ends of her mane and tail as pockmarked as her legs and horn, her back marked with a saddle-shaped patch of green hide and a grayish band of skin encircled her belly as if it were a strap holding it in place, “And as queen of the changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than anyplace I’ve ever encountered.” She claimed as she descended down the steps, “My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!

“They’ll never get the chance!” Cadence countered, “Shining Armor’s protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!”

Chrysalis chucked evilly, everypony missing the short flicker of red, “Oh, I doubt that. Isn’t that right, dear?” she asked as she looked over her shoulder, towards Shining Armor as she flared her horn, the groom’s eyes flaring as well.

“Mmm-hmm.” He nodded hypnotized.

Cadence started into a charge; however she was quickly stopped as Chrysalis planted her hoof to stop her, “Ah-ah-ah. Don’t want to go back to the caves now do you?” she voiced, forcing Cadence to back up a step, “Ever since I took your place, I’ve been feeding off Shining Armor’s love for you. Every moment he grows weaker, and so does his spell. Even now, my minions are chipping away at it. He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now… and I’m sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as Captain. Of the Royal. Guard!”

“Not my Shining Armor!” Cadence gasped.

“Soon my changeling army will break through! First we take Canterlot, and then… all Equestria!”

“No.” Celestia’s imposing voice echoed, “You won’t. You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed your true self…” the royal mare charged at each other and locked horns briefly, “…I can protect my subjects…” Celestia pushed Chrysalis and rose into the air, “…from you!”

The mares conjured a beam from their horns and blasted them towards the others, a clash of sunny yellow and yellow-green, ending in a clash. The changeling ruler gasped for breath under the strain at first, but soon added a few more horsepower to her offensive, causing Celestia’s eyes to widen in fear as the green energy slowly overcome her own beam until it finally touched her horn, casting its glow over her figure before an explosion took place.

As soon as the view cleared, everypony saw Princess Celestia falling to the tiles, the end of her horn charred black.

“Princess Celestia!” Twilight gasped with worry as she and the remaining Element of Harmony raced over her.

“Ah! Shining Armor’s love for you is even stronger than I thought! Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!”

“Maybe…” a bored sounding voice echoed, “…but does a stolen emotion let you stand against my madness?”

Time seemed to slow down before an event that no one would forget into their lives took place.

One of the three windows surrounding the dais where the Queen of the Changelings hovered over exploded as a black haired human teenager wearing a suit and a fedora went through it while surfing a fifty foot long dragon made entirely of blue fire, with red glowing eyes made of fire as well, like if it were a skate. The queen could do nothing but watch horrified as the living inferno’s jaws closed around her, the teenager jumping from it and landing elegantly on his feet as the dragon ran through another window before getting lost in the sky thanks to his coloration.

“Seems like it doesn’t.” the teenager shrugged before giving a shit-eating-grin to the crowd and tipping his fedora with one finger before saving his hands on his suit’s pockets.

“Wataru!” the wielders of the Elements of Harmony suddenly cried with joy as they ran towards his friend.

“Stop! Show isn’t over!” he cut them down, “Somepony was using Chrysalis from the shadows in order to take down Canterlot.”

“What?” Celestia asked weakly as she tried to stand up, her hooves ultimately giving up, “What are you talking about?”

“Oh, is this my cue?” A sickening voice suddenly echoed before a pillar of fire took place in the dais.

“We need all this ponies out of here now! Even the guards! Go, go, go!” Wataru screamed as he pointed at the door.

Every civilian pony in the room rushed out of the room, as Royal Guard guide them to the exit as they took Celestia with them, the queen surrounded by a multitude of different colored glows, only the Mane 6 and Wataru Kamijo remaining inside.

The fire died down, revealing the very King Relius standing at the dais with a bored expression.

“I see that my doll has failed.” He voiced as he examined the room, “Now… if you could me so kind of giving it back to me?”

Wataru spread his left arm and, with a bright flash, a regular looking one-handed sword was being held with his left hand, “Fuck you.”

“You? I thought you were dead.”

“You were too rushed at thinking that only because you stabbed a dagger filled with enough poison to take down a middle sized army in my throat, and then threw me in a lake filled with spikes at a temperature that puts the Antarctica on shame.” The human explained.

“Then I guess I shall rip every limb out of your body first before trying again.” King Relius voiced as his horn flared briefly, flooding the room with a red light.

Once the light died down, everyone but Wataru gasped as they stared at the giant sword next to their foe, hovering while making buzzing like noises.

‘Okay… 11’ long, 5’ wide, 3’ thin and only 1 pound of weigh somehow… Could be categorized as ‘Giant Two-Handed Broad ChainSword’ by its looks.’ he though as his face betrayed no emotion, all of the information found out thanks he got thanks to his Genjitsuseigan eyes.

“Behold the sword that has slain my enemies! MERCILESS!!” the Kind laughed.

“Girls! Go get the Elements! We need them if we want to stop the King!” the teenager screamed at them.

“We are not gonna leave you here alone with him!” Rainbow Dash cried at the human.

Wataru smiled at them with the most emotionful smile the fillies saw in their lives from over his shoulder, the tension between them leaving the room, “You six are always with me, silly.”

The ponies looked at his friend in shock briefly, as the orange sunlight that illuminated his face gave him a godlike aura.

“What are you waiting for? Go!”

Twilight nodded at him, “Let’s go, girls!”

“Right!” the other fillies nodded before throwing their dresses away, including Rarity who despite wanting to grab the dresses and lay them gently over a table, knew that the life of his friend was in great danger and not even a single second could be lost.

“Wait!”

Twilight Sparkle quickly turned around towards the human.

“Take this. It’s a lucky charm.” The Reality Warper smiled as he threw at her a book-shaped keychain, “You are worthy of it.”

The mare smiled warmly before turning around and continuing her way.

The doors closed behind them and Wataru turned towards the King with a relaxed smile, “Good, they left.”

“Do you think that I wasn’t prepared for this before hoof?” The King asked, venom obvious in his voice, “The Force Shield is about to break out, and the 75% of my troops shall be waiting for them at the Vaults! There is no chance of winning, human.”

Wataru slowly threw his swords before taking his left hand to his fedora, “Do you think I don’t know that? You underestimate me once again, Relius.” He grabbed his hat and threw it away, “Do you know why I sent them away? Because I don’t want to kill them by accident.”

The bearers of the Elements of Harmony trotted down the Canterlot Castle grounds, evading with difficulty the sea of ponies that were still running away from the failed wedding.

“Excuse me… excuse me! Ugh… MOVE!!” Twilight screamed as she was forced to push comically a pair of random pegasus, “You have wings, why don’t you fly?!”

A bone chilling shriek suddenly muted all noise.

“Twilight! Look!” Rainbow Dash called as she pointed to the highest point of the magical dome, where the most changelings were concentrated.

The unicorn looked and her eyes widened in horror as she saw webs of cracks beginning to appear at one impact point after another from the Changelings.

It took them one last, coordinated mass strike before completely shattering the force shield.

The Mane 6 braced themselves against the accompanying earthquake and when it was finished, the changelings dived towards the crowd, their horn warming up before letting go a volley of yellow-green beams.

“Look out!” a random guard cried before everyone threw themselves to the ground.

“THUNDER REIGN!!” Dozens of blue colored lightning suddenly descended from the sky and zapped most of the changelings.

“Princess Luna!” Twilight smiled, however puzzled at what kind of magic did she just use.

“FEAR NOT, MY SUBJECTS!! FOR YOUR PRINCESS IS HERE!!” the Lunar Alicorn yelled in the Canterlot Royal voice, “SOLDIERS!! JOIN ME IN THE DEFENCE OF THE CITIZENS!!”

“Yes, your highness!” a multitude of voices echoed before the sound of metal clashing against metal took place.

An explosion took place, coming from the Canterlot Castle. The Mane 6 turned around and saw another dragon charging towards a black dot in the sky, made entirely of white fire.

“Go! Go!” the lavender coated mare cried to her friends.

The small group made it into the center of the city, forced to zigzag around the labyrinth of street evading the ‘dive-bombs changelings’.

Suddenly, one of the enemies crashed before Twilight Sparkle, hissing at her.

“GET OUT OF MY WAY!!” the mare roared as she reared up one of her hooves for a punch.

Her horn suddenly flared and a glowing purple sphere formed instantly in her hoof. The Changeling crying in pain as the orb was slammed into its stomach, packing such strength that it sent him flying away towards the nearest building, where he ultimately lost consciousness, leaving a considerable crater behind him.

Twilight gasped as she looked at her hoof in shock, recognizing the attack she just did as a Rasengan.

“Twilight! What in hay was that?!” the Honest Earth Pony asked to her friend.

“It doesn’t matter now! We need to keep moving!” Rarity reminded her friends.

The ponies continued to rush across the city until they saw a familiar flight of steps.

“Hurry up! We are almost there!” Twilight cried as they went up the stairs, “We are almost there! We are almost there!”

“After all this dung, I’m gonna get so drunk tonight, like, way more than usual…” Applejack cried with a smile.

“You drink?” Fluttershy asked her.

“Yeah! It’s the Vault!” Rainbow Dash cried, pointing at a considerably far away golden building.

“PARTY!” Pinkie cried with joy while bouncing up and down while still going upstairs, “PAR-“

Six pairs of eyes widened in shock as they saw about a hundred and half changelings smiling at them tauntingly as they stood in front of the doors leading to the Vault.

“Dammit!” the lavender coated pony coated cried in annoyance.

“It’s the fun police!” the Party Earth Pony added.

“Looks like we’re gonna have to do this the hard way!” the cyan coated pegasus voiced as she banged her front hooves together before lunging forward, suddenly finding herself facing down an exact duplicate for herself.

Suddenly, after a few test movements, the fake Rainbow landed a double-hood punch that sent the real one skidding across the bricks on her back.

“How did you-“ she started before several front-line fighters transformed themselves into doppelgangers of her.

“They’re changelings, remember?” Twilight told her as she stared wide-eyes at the others changeling, that started to mimic them, “Don’t let them distract you! We have to get to the Elements of Harmony! They’re Wataru’s and Equestria's only hope!” she added, ignorant to the share of smiles between Fluttershy and Rarity.

She took a deep breath before standing up only in her hind hooves, “I hope it works!” she pleaded before closing her eyes and starting to focus, her horn staring to flare.

The sound of thousand birds chirping reached her ears and she opened her eyes once again, the sight of many copies of her friends AND her friends jaw dropping as they saw her four hooves coated with purple lighting welcoming her.

“Okay! Have at you!” she screamed before charging towards the changelings, her friends following behind.

Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant!

Suddenly, a ring of blue fire burst to life around the Reality Warper’s feet, drawing a shocked gasp from the tyrant. “You… are a Changeling?!”

“You killed! You raped! You tortured! You spread famine on your own subjects! I don’t care if I turn myself into a Gary Sue or Marty Stu or whatever! But I have to do this! I WILL KILL YOU!! AND I WILL ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR ETERNAL AGONY!! EVEN IF IT MEANS MY DEATH. I!! WILL!! END YOU!! BEHOLD, RELIUS, YOUR KILLER!! WATARU KAMIJO, THE GOD OF THE SOUL!" NOW COME AT ME SO I CAN PASS ON MY JUDGEMENT, YOU BASTARD!!"

“As you wish.” The tyrant voiced before charging at his foe.

The Wheel of Fate is turning…
Rebel One!
BEGIN!

Broadsword and sword clashed, orange sparks jumping everywhere as they fought for dominance over the other.

“I will end you! I WILL END YOU!! I WILL END YOU!!” the human screamed with exaggerated eyes they looked at his enemy in a crazed manner, “DIE!!”

A pillar of black fire exploded under Relius’ hooves, yet he jumped away at the last moment.

“I beg to differ.” The tyrant deadpanned with a poker face.

The human burst into an insane laughter as he held his head with one of his hands, another ring of fire, this one white, surrounding his feet.

“Heavenly Fire Manipulation: Obsessive Dragon of the Heavenly Fire!” he laughed as the ring exploded into a pillar that shot towards the tyrant as it turned mid way into a giant dragon with azure fire-made eyes.

The King, finding himself without room to counter, quickly flew and went through the last untouched window as Wataru laughed like an insane, “Yeah, run! I love the thrill of a good chase!”

The tyrant turned around, his wings buzzing and started to slash with his broadsword the attack. However, he quickly found out that for every time he cut its head, it reformed instantly and charged back.

“Relius… you’ll need to do better than that. Eheeheehehee!” the dragon chuckled darkly with Wataru’s voice moments before throw a tower of flame at the tyrant, which he evade partially if the fire in his hind hooves indicated anything.

“Stupid child…” Relius sighed before his horn glowed red and some kind of water-like magic turned the fire burning him and the dragon into harmless steam.

However, his eyes widened in shock as he realized that his body was frozen in midair. Looking under him, he saw some kind of dark red portal snaring him.

“Come on over. Let’s play…” Wataru voiced from behind the steam before a dark red dragon head, attached to a chain of dark red/black energy, bite the tyrant on its right shoulder before being pulled within the cloud.

Once his enemy was in proper reach, the Reality Warper let go of the chain, threw his sword and created out of thin air a pair of balisong-style butterfly knives before drawing the weapon’s blades out.

“DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE-DIE!!” he screamed as he started to spin incredibly fast, attacking the tyrant mercilessly in a barrage of slashes before ultimately sending him crashing towards one of the castle’s walls thanks to stabbing his knives at the same time as the five serpents made of dark red energy surrounding him attacked.

Distortion Finish!

“Get up!”

Kamijo… wins.

“How… can you be so powerful?” the tyrant asked.

“I think I told you to get the fuck up! I’m not over with you yet! Not by a long shot!” the teenager voiced with hate as he summoned two one handed blunt sword before they vanished with a light pink light.

The tyrant slowly got up and summoned Merciless by his side. “You took me by surprise, I give you that. But your luck has run out now!”

Rebel Two!
Begin!

“You are easy to be surprised. Reality’s Infernal Rapture!” the human roared before disappearing in a flicker.

The Elements of Harmony versus the Changelings.

The wheel of Fate is turning…
Rebel One…
FIGHT!!

Twilight was the first one to land a hit, punching a Twilight Sparkle Changeling with one of her Chidori’s, the foe being hit in the chest. Instantly, a current of electricity ran through his body as its disguises faded, before ultimately landing on the ground, his body spasming like if he got hit by a taser.

“I only need one hit at you!” Twilight cried before start to punch and kick Changelings.

Meanwhile, Rarity was fighting by herself a fake Pinkie Pie, a fake Rainbow Dash and a fake Applejack by herself.

“Some help here wouldn’t be bad, darlings!” she cried before evading a double kick from the Rarity changeling and countering with a punch of the jaw, sending it staggering back.

Fluttershy looked in total panic at the three fakers closing in on her, and when they were on closing distance she quickly copied their fierce stare and started to punch the air as she turned away from them, the trio going past her, looking to have been successfully fooled by the act. The shy Pegasus, as soon as she was left alone, galloped away as fast as she could, however, she skidded to a stop before a quartet of Rainbows. Paralyzed, she could do nothing as the foes reared up, before suddenly one knocked the other three away without warning.

“Stay with me, Fluttershy!” the true Rainbow Dash smiled at her reassuringly, the sound of punches, kicks and zaps sounding in the background, “I got you covered!”

Fluttershy could only blush as she followed her savior.

“Okay, I’ll guess that drink will have to wait!” Applejack sighed before throwing her lasso around one of her copies, bringing it towards her before kicking it towards a bunch of fake Fluttershy, knocking them out.

Suddenly, she turned around and saw a bunch of Rarity jumping towards her before they got blasted away by a light blue magical blast.

“Rarity!” the Earth Pony smiled at her friend, “How did you-“

“Do you truly believe that I like to pay the distress damsel? I have been… reading some books since that awful incident with the Diamond Dogs.” The Generous filly smiled at her friend.

“First fight?” the honest pony asked.

“First fight.” Her friend nodded

“Don’t worry. First fight too.”

Suddenly, about a dozen of fake Twilights and Pinkie Pie surrounded and approached them.

“Enough chit-chat, Applejack! Let’s take care of these ruffians!” Rarity smiled.

“Now WE are talking!” she chuckled before they charged.

“Do me! Do me!” Pinkie Pie giggled as she hopped in place.

The Changeling before her, disguised as Fluttershy, rolled her eye before a green fire covered her and now stood as Pinkie Pie, ending up on her hind legs and beaming from ear to ear.

“Meh...” the Party Pony shrugged dismissively, “I’ve seen better.”

And with a fast reach around her, she grabbed two one handed blunt swords and slammed them into the changeling’s head before charging to a dozen of another, knocking them down, evading attacks with totally random and disconcerting movements.

“You are NOT coming to our victory party!” she cried as she jumped into a fake Rarity’s head and hit every nearby changeling with a 360° spin with her swords as the one under her fell to the ground.

“Girls! Come here! I’m ending this!” suddenly Twilight called, her friends rushing to her side.

Her horn started to flare.

“Twilight! What are you doing?!” Rainbow Dash asked the six friends had their backs against back.

“Wait! We need to be as near as we can!” the unicorn told her as the changelings approached them.

“Twilight…”

“Just a little more!”

The changelings jumped towards them.

“Twilight!”

The lavender coated mare gave a loud roar as a burst of magic took place and hit every changeling around them, stripping them from their disguised and left knocked down.

Changelings… lose.

“Whoa…” Pinkie Pie gasped, “That was so awesome!”

Twilight smiled tiredly, yet reassuringly at her friends, “Are… you girls… okay?” she panted.

“I think so…” Fluttershy answered as she looked at all the defeated changelings.

“What about you, darling?”

“I just need a moment… to catch my breath.”

“Um… sugarcube. I think you aren’t getting one.” Applejack said before pointing at the sky, “Look!”

The group looked and her eyes widened as they saw a new horde flying towards them.

“I can’t… move! You go ahead!”

“Like hay we are doing that!” Rainbow Dash cried as she took her friend on her back and they charged towards the Vault.

Applejack made it to the building first and opened the door with a double kick.

“Oh… tarnation.” She cursed as they saw the waiting horde smiling at them.

“What?! This isn’t fair!”

A changeling near her quickly turned into a copy of Fluttershy, “Who said war was fair?”

Rebel Two…
Fight!

Three Changelings suddenly charged towards the lavender coated mare, holding three spears in their hands.

Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant!

The tyrant was taken by surprise again as Wataru reappeared before him and delivered a sky-high kick with a pillar of black light that went through the ceiling, sending Relius flying into the ceiling.

“I taunted you! So I got my heat gauge filled at One-Hundred, bastard!” the Reality Warper roared as Relius fell started to fell to the floor, “Reality’s Infernal Rapture!”

Another sky-high kick was delivered to the tyrant moments before he touched the ground, this one connecting with his wings, which were crushed by the insane strength behind the attack.

Relius was shot outside the castle and towards the ground, screaming in agony, yet he teleported at the last moment before touching the ground as to absorb the fall, landing in the middle of some plaza.

“Cheater!” the teenager roared from the window, holding his one handed sword on his clawed hand.

And he jumped from it.

Moments after, the teenager landed on his feet with a disgusting cracking sound, but he shrugged it off and charged towards the Relius, colliding into another clash of swords.

Suddenly, the teenager coughed blood.

“No!” he screamed in terror as he jumped away from the tyrant, slightly confused from the sudden outburst of his foe.

“A fool… like all of my previous enemies.” He voiced before throwing at Wataru with his magic Merciless.

‘It’s either me! Or Twilight!’ the teenager’s eyes widened in realization, “Twi-!”

Time slowed down until it fully stopped, Merciless being only inches away from his face.

Twilight Sparkle’s PoV.

What? What happened?

…

I was… about to get killed by those Changelings and then… everything faded into… grey and purple…

And now I’m surrounded by darkness… again.

“Miss Sparkle…” Is that voice!

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a door open coming from behind me, and when I turned around I saw an earth pony.

He had a steel blue coat, a dark brown mane and small silver streaks, and was wearing a blue-gray business suit, a purple tie and a dark business pack lied on his back.

I don’t know how, but… it was like if there was some light coming out of nowhere that only illuminated him and nothing else.

“Who are you?” I asked, unable to hold myself back any longer, “Do you know where I am?”

“Um…?” the man voiced confused before turning towards me and… I looked into his eyes.

My whole body started to shake in fear and I felt a chill running down my back as I looked into those monstrous pale green eyes. I could see it. This wasn’t a pony. It was something disguised as a pony. I could see it on his eyes. My own eyes, reflected on his, revealing my absolute terror!

He smiled. But he didn’t smile at me. He smiled at the terror I was feeling. My body was… paralyzed in fear. The very act of breathing seemed impossible.

“What… are you?” I asked clearly as I looked at him.

“So, Miss Twilight Sparkle, we meet at last. And as to answer your question I have no… particular name, but most refer to me as a Government Agent…” the… ‘G-Pony’ said with a deep and slithering voice, “Your… friend is quite powerful indeed. He has a far more potential than I had by the times I obtained my powers, however I have more experience on the subject. In the end, taking down the… one thousand… and seven hundred and fifty metaphysical protective layers he has… erected around your time and space was nothing but a mere child’s play…” Wh-What is he talking about? “However… I admit I was twice as… old as he currently is when I was able to create such number.” The… the way he speaks… it’s all wrong. Emphasis on the wrong words, gaps between words were there shouldn’t be and yet… he says each word so exactly… What in the bloody hay is this?!

With a blinding flash, I found myself in the middle of my old library in the tower I was given after I became Celestia’s student, everything exactly how I had left it after moving permanently to Ponyville.

“However… I am not here to talk about Misster Kamijo, Miss Sparkle… I came here to talk about you. You’ll see… my employers have… agreed that in your current state, you and your friends won’t be able to… survive the upcoming journey.”

“So they authorized me to take the liberty of… firing the Harvesters assigned to you and your friends,” Harvesters? Wait… are there two books in one of the shelves behind him? I thought I had taken every book with me when-Wait, I don’t recognize them. “As well as the power to… intervene directly for this single time.” He added as he reached behind him and opened the business pack and drew something from inside it: the box that held the Elements of Harmony within.

“You are a Reality Warper as well…” I commented in shock as I looked at the golden box in shock and then at the G-Pony.

“The Elements of Harmony…” he started once he rested them over the main table and looked at them in curiosity, “A force strong enough to neutralize the Nosferatu Alucard and to match only the Demi-Fiend, or the Azure…” he smiled darkly before turning towards me, his eyes glowing menacingly, “…Ironic, isn’t it?”

“What is ironic?” I asked with difficulty as I felt that lump starting to form in my throat once again.

Third Person’s PoV.

“Twilight!” Rainbow Dash cried as she tried to slap her lavender coated friend awake, “Twilight! Wake up!”

The mare blinked in surprise a few times before taking one of her hooves to her face.

“OW! Rainbow Dash, what the hell?!” she cried at her friend before she felt a cold metal rubbing her face. “Huh?”

She looked at her hooves and realized she was wearing some metal made gauntlet boots. They were black colored, maybe made of obsidian, secretly this being Twilight’s favorite metal, and one of them had some kind of red dragon eye-like orb on it.

“What is wrong with you?” Rainbow Dash asked her worried, “Now is not exactly the best moment to go daydreaming, you know? And where did you get the boots? They are awesome.”

Twilight looked around the room and her eyes widened as she saw the walls were covered in blood.

“What… What happened?”

“We don’t know, sugarcube.” Applejack suddenly jumped in, “In a moment, they were jumping at you and the next they simply… exploded. No organs or bones… just blood.”

“It was horrible…” Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie voiced at the same time, and Twilight realized she and her friends were covered in blood.

“And you know what’s the worst part of it? My coat! I mean, it IS horrible that they are dead yet they were about to hurt us or even worse, but it is unnerving how the dark red fits my coat so… perfectly!”

“The Elements!” the lavender coated unicorn suddenly gasped as she ran towards the door, her boots making no sound.

Twilight Sparkled slammed the door open with her magic, revealing in rightful place over the stone pedestal the golden box holding within the legendary Elements of Harmony.

“You know darling?” Rarity started as Twilight opened the box and threw the jewelry to her friends as she put on her crown, “This is the second time something like this happens to us. I think we should keep the Elements with us all the time.”

“Yeah, besides my Element just begs to be wore by its rightful owner, me, more frequently...” Rainbow Dash voiced smugly as she put on her necklace.

“Okay… necklace, necklace, necklace, necklace, necklace, big crown thingy. We are ready to go!”

“Twilight…”

“Yes, Fluttershy?”

“What if the Elements do not work?”

“Why wouldn’t they?”

“I don’t know… but what if they don’t? How are we going to stop the Changeling King?”

Twilight looked at her friend before sighing sadly, oblivious to the orb in one of her hooves glowing faintly, “If worse comes to worse... then we’ll have to kill him.” She answered with a solemn voice and look as her horn flared purple and they were gone.

Wataru, the Kamijo vs. Relius, the God Tyrant!

"-light!" Time started to work again, and Wataru could only move to let the weapon hit him in the chest rather than his head.

“Die.” Relius whispered with a smug smirk before a current of red electricity ran through the teenager’s body, making him to scream in agony.

Wataru felt to the floor, almost dead, blood following out of his chest like a river.

“I’m not over with you yet…” The tyrant voiced in a mocking tone before removing with his magic the sword from Wataru’s chest, “Not by a long shot.”

He slammed the sword again, this time in his stomach, and he raised him on the air.

However, Wataru didn’t mutter even a grunt of pain, he just…chuckled.

“What? Can’t… you do better?” he asked as he smiled knowingly.

The tyrant looked at him with narrowed hateful eyes before taking out the sword and slamming it again.

“Huh… it seems like… you can’t.” the Reality Warper sighed boredly as he shook his head in disappointment.

“Why won’t you die!?” the tyrant roared crazed as the saw in the sword’s edge burst to life and he started to slam the sword over and over and over again in a frenzy, more and more drops of blood jumping into his coat.

Distortion Finish!

“Because… it’s fun to see… you going insane… It doesn’t matter how… many times you do it… the look on the victims’ face never… bores me…” the teenager commented, pausing every time the sword was slammed into his body and tore his insides.

A purple light suddenly flashed near the fighters, making them turn around.

Wataru’s eyes widened as he looked at the Mane 6, covered in blood, their eyes filled with horror as they looked at him.

“No…” Twilight voiced as she felt to her knees.

“Oh my goodness!”

“It can’t be…”

“Wataru?” Pinkie Pie asked at him, her hair deflating instantly.

“You… monster!” Rainbow Dash cried, the Necklace of Loyalty glowing brightly for a moment, before she took fly and charged at the tyrant, going instantly into a Sonic Rainboom. “I will kill you!”

Relius sighed as he raised Merciless and put it between him and Rainbow Dash in an instant. The pegasus crashed against a red shield that formed around the sword before being thrown back towards her friends.

“Stupid ponies… you don’t have what it takes to kill somepony.” Relius voiced as he looked at the Mane 6 down in contempt, “You are too innocent to take a life. That’s why your kingdom has fallen before us. Your princesses believe so strongly in the illusion of ‘Love and Tolerance’ and that ‘Every life is precious’ that they have ignored the reality of the world, and I am the prize for such sin. I came here to judge your foolishness and to end it once and for all! All of Equestria will be nothing but fire, and every single book mentioning you shall feed it! The world shall forget that there was such a foolish thing as Love, and I shall rule over all!”

“Relius…” Twilight voiced with growing anger, “I will never… I will never… I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!” she roared as she stood up on her hind hooves.

“You won’t forgive me? Like a give a buck!” the tyrant snorted smugly.

“Twilight! What are you doing?”

“I don’t know and I don’t care! Just make sure to take Wataru away from him!” she screamed as she raised her right front hoof, showing her gauntlet/boot and the red dragon eye glowed fiercely, “Restriction 666 released…”

Wataru’s eyes widened in shock as he looked at the orb opening revealing now but darkness inside it before a red light burst from it, “The… BlazBlue?”

“Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed.” Black lighting and blue mist started to come out of the gauntlet/boot, Twilight’s fangs growing larger, “Azure Grimoire… activated!” The Cutie Mark of the bearer of the Element of Magic flashed in front of the mare.

“I’m going to Love and Tolerate… THE SHIT OUT OF YOU” Twilight cried as her mane turned into fire.

Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic vs. Relius, the God Tyrant!

Rebel One!
Begin!

Twilight’s horn flared wildly before a laser shot out of it.

“Whoa!” Relius cried as he shielded himself, “You don’t want to hurt any longer your little human, now do you?” he asked with a smug grin as he rested its end against the teenager’s throat..

“No… I want to hurt YOU.” The mare replied calmly before dozens of spears made entirely of purple and pure magic formed by her side, “Now, dodge this.” she smirked darkly before said spears shot towards the tyrant.

“Shit.” Merciless was raised again, and shielded his wielder as he fabrication clashed against it.

“Girls! I don’t know how long I can keep going like this! You need to get Wataru out of there or might really die!” Twilight told her friends as more and more spears formed around her and kept charging at Relius, “I know you can’t get close as long as Relius is there so I’m going to distract him!” the spears suddenly circled around the sword before going after their true target.

“Son of a-“ the tyrant voiced before being forced to teleport away and appearing behind Twilight, swinging his massive sword, “-BITCH!!”

“Now!” Twilight cried as she blocked Merciless with her very boots.

Meanwhile, the remaining mares started to run towards his dying friend.

“I can’t believe this!” Applejack gasped as she looked at the human once she was next to him, holding back the feeling of throwing up her lunch, “How can a human suffer such punishment?!”

“I… have… the Buddha Mode … On…” the teenager chuckled before coughing a bit of blood, “I… need to help… Twilight!”

“Wataru! You are still conscious!? How-“

“I… suffered worse than this… Try to survive… a heated up knife going through your heart… I still wonder how they saved me…” he explained as he tried to sit up yet failed.

“Don’t move! Don’t you realized how wounded you are?!”

“I do but… I still have… One Health Point!” Wataru cried as he stood up, and looked at Twilight; “I can still go on…” a blue card appeared before his face and he smirked, “MUGEN IZANAGI! SALVATION!”

The human-like creature suddenly appeared before him before pointing at him with one of his fingers, which was glowing green. The same glow came from Wataru’s body and the mares dropped their jaws as they saw his wounds healing progressively until not even a scar could be told from the hole in the rags that used to be clothes.

Pinkie Pie’s hair suddenly exploded back to its usual and she jumped at the human and smiled, “Wataru! You are okay!”

The teenager chuckled warmly, “Of course I am okay, Pinkie! Even if I were to die, I would return… Hey, once we’re back in Ponyville. Do you mind throwing a party?”

“Me? Minding about throwing parties? Of course not! What is the theme?”

“The theme is ‘We stopped Relius’ party… however, I think is more like it will be a funeral so yeah… only I have fun in the funeral of people I hate…I make them look bad and stuff…” The teenager smiled before letting the mare go and walking slowly, his clothes slowly regenerating from the damage they suffered yet still stained in blood, “Now, if you excuse me… I got to make sure that our… host is presentable for the party, um?”

“Don’t die… Wataru.” Fluttershy pleaded to him.

“You know… I’m gonna build a mansion. Made of ice or diamond or something just as flashy … let’s do the party there. Anyways, as soon as Luna is here, join us.” He added before charging towards Relius in a flicker.

“What?”

Twilight cried in pain as she was thrown away, her mane no longer in fire, the dragon eye closing, and a big gash running down her chest, however rather than hitting a building, her hit was absorbed by a pair of… arms.

“Wataru!” she gasped as she looked in the face at the Reality Warper, “But I thought you-“

“I got better. How are you feeling?”

“I feel… hungry by some reason.”

The teenager looked at her with worry, his Genjitsuseigan flaring for moment before he sighed tiredly, “Seriously? You got the BlazBlue and that? Dammit, what is wrong with the world? I bet God is not in Heaven anymore…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Explanations later.” The Reality Warper suddenly cut her down, “I tried to fight with anger, failed. You tried to fight to protect, failed too. Wanna try with the power of friendship, insanity and music?”

“Are you insane?”

“You know the-“

“DIE!!” Wataru quickly jumped away from where he stood with Twilight, just in time to evade the fate of ending crushed against the ground.

“Give me a sec.” Wataru smiled at the mare in his arms as he let her down in the floor before turning against Relius and vanishing in a flicker, “Reality’s Infernal Rapture! Slow!” Wataru appeared right under Relius and delivered another sky-high kick with a pillar of white fire, sending his target flying away once again, however, this time Relius fell almost on slow motion, before turning towards Twilight once more and sighing, “Where I was again? Oh, yeah…” he raised his left hand and looked at his empty wrist, “Vinyl and Octavia must reach this place in three… two… one.”

“Wataru!” Suddenly two familiar voices called.

“Vinyl?! Octavia!? What in bloody Tartarus are you- You should take shelter.” Twilight asked to the duo as they stopped before them, panting for breathe.

“We… got everything ready, pal. It… took a while to get the guards until… Princess Luna had to intervene… pal.”

“Yup!” Wataru nodded, “Luna and Spike must be here in four… three-“

A light blue lightning took place and there the Lunar Princess stood, behind her a box filled with instruments and a few Solar and Lunar guards and Spike as well.

“Wataru!” one of them greeted the human with joy.

“Is everypony ready?” the Reality Warper asked as he took from the box a pair of black and dark red headphone with a microphone incorporated and put them over Spike’s head, the remaining Elements of Harmony joining the group.

“Could someone, please, explain what is taking place here?!” Rarity whined lightly.

“Oh, Oh! Let me guess! Wataru knew of the Changeling attack all along, and he couldn’t tell anyone who had a key role on it, us and Princess Celestia, so he told anyone who didn’t have a role originally, Princess Luna and Vinyl and Octavia and Spiky here!”

“Well done, Pinkie!” Wataru smiled as he looked over his shoulder and saw Relius still starting to fall, “Okay, we still have time so a little explaining won’t hurt. Twilight, you are fighting with me ad when the music starts, you shall feel a small rush of something like adrenaline. Anyways, Spike, remember the song I taught you?” he was answered with a nod, “Perfect. You are singing it.”

“But! My voice is not that good, Wataru!”

Wataru suddenly kneeled and touched the dragon’s throat briefly before nodding at him. “Dealt. Pinkie, Luna and Rainbow Dash are playing the guitar. If you can’t follow Dashie, then let Pinkie do the most part, same for you Luna.”

“Okey dokey lokey!” “Do not underestimate me, Wataru!” “Agreed.”

“Fluttershy…”

“Eep!”

“When I instruct you, you will sing another song that it is crucial for you to sing it or else we might not defeat Relius. Can you do it?”

“I will do my best!”

“Thanks… everypony else! Do whatever the hell you are feeling like doing! The song shall be downloaded in your brain so you shall know what to do, ‘key keyhole doorknob door okay?”

Relius’s fall suddenly went to normal speed and he teleported, once again, to absorb the fall. “Do you think you will stop me with numbers? Fools! All of you!”

“My little ponies! Let’s rock the shit out of this boss!” Wataru cried as he pointed at the sky, “Are you with me?!”

Many cheers of agreement suddenly echoed around them. Twilight and Relius, confused, looked at the building and saw dozens of guards looking at them all from the edges of the building’s rooftop. Twilight turned back at the human with shock and saw him smiling cheerfully.

Cheerful insanity, to be exact.

She felt his emotions embracing her and she smiled, as confidence washed over her.

Relius wasn’t going to stand a chance.

“Then let’s go Rebel Finale!! Begin!”

Pinkie nodded and started to play her instrument, Luna and Rainbow Dash following suit.

Just like Wataru told her, Twilight suddenly felt something running down her body. Several beautiful memories of the times she spent with her friends replayed in her mind and the feelings coming from them covered her body.

“What is this?”

“This? Is the faith of everypony in the world… the faith that they have in us, for they know we’re are to defeat Relius and save Canterlot, no, all of Equestria. Now… activate once again your Azure Grimoire, Twi!”

“Restriction 666 released… Dimensional Interruption Imaginary Number Formed! Azure Grimoire, activate!” The feelings grew stronger and stronger as she said those sentences and when she was over she felt… confident and excited.

Everypony counted on her! They were going to win this!

“Let’s do this, Wataru!” she cried at his partner.

“It’s time to get BAKING!” Wataru laughed as they charged.

Twilight Sparkle, the Goddess of The Azure and Wataru Kamijo, the God of Reality vs. Relius, the God Tyrant!

The sound of crystal shattering echoed in the background.

“Everything was broken here without a trace! …Holy guacamole! I sing awesomely!”

“Spike! Do not trail off, will ya?” Wataru cried at him from afar.

“Sorry… You can never go back to the past!”

“Now!” The guards in the rooftop threw their spears and they formed some kind of circle around the tyrant and his fighter before giving of a rainbow of colors, creating a white force shield.

“Nobody knows… so why are you breathing?”

“You are not escaping of this!” Wataru cried, “All of this combined magic is so strong that you can’t teleport out of here!”

“Really?” Twilight asked him surprised.

“Indeed… I made sure of it.”

“Why are you living in the pain and the grief of losing more?”

“THEN I WILL KILL YOU!! AND THEN THE MARE!! AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!! BURN!!”

“Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! You know it.”

Wataru, with a confident smile on his lips, charged as he created a scythe made entirely of obsidian and threw it to Twilight, “Catch!”

“Go! Get rage! Get rage!”

The mare, shocked, stood up once again in her hindhooves and caught the scythe before she charged as well.

“Just get rage damn it!”

“DIE!!” Relius cried as he swung his sword at Wataru.

“All or nothing now you must change the world…”

The teenager jumped over it before he delivered another spinning kick at the tyrant.

“You must do it!”

Twilight quickly closed her distance between her target and swung her scythe at it, stabbing him in one of his side.

“Deep inside, you will rage, alone in the world!”

The changeling cried in pain before grabbing Twilight, the scythe, and Wataru with his magic and throwing them away against the shield, the wound recently inflicted to him healing quickly.

“Believe!”

“Wataru! Twilight! He is Level 15 and can regenerate every five seconds a total twenty-five wounds when at 50%! You need to last until the minute 2 and second 20 of the song in order to have the cut scene to the True Ending! It’s a timed fight! Oh, and make him go 100% too!” Pinkie Pie cried as she slammed her hooves against the force shield, holding in one of her hooves a book, the title reading ‘Darkness of Our Hearts, FAQ/Walkthrough by thenamelessauthor’.

“In what you know is true!”

“What!?” “Got it!”

The battle duo quickly regained their foot and charged towards the King, Twilight shot at him magic lasers.

“'Cause you believe it's brave!”

Relius smirked as he blocked every blast with his sword; however his eyes widened as he realized his mistake and covered one of his sides, blocking one of those nasty dragon head hooks.

“Twist of fate!”

“Come on over let’s play!” Wataru laughed as he lashed with a chain, grabbed onto the tyrant from his throat and pulled him in.

Everypony but Spike, who was very focused into singing properly, looked in shock as they saw the King flying towards the Reality Warper, who once his target was near enough, he started to spin, a whirlwind of steel slicing the tyrant’s body apart before striking the final blow of the attack, piercing his heart at the magic made snakes lunged at him at the same time, “Eternal Coils of the Dragon Serpent!”

The tyrant was thrown into his back; however, before he could touch the floor, he was stabbed in the middle of his back by a scythe, which, mind you, went through his chest as well.

“Even though it's colder than death!”

“They will never find your body! Chidori Current!” Twilight screamed as her horn flared and from her boots and current of purple electricity went down the scythe and electrocuted the tyrant, making him scream in agony.

“YOU’LL! Break everything!”

The lavender coated mare quickly removed the scythe and pushed on his feet its victim with it.

“Let darkness consume you!” Wataru roared as he snatched Relius by the head and lifted him up over his head, his right hand dark and massive.

“So everything broken is brave!”

“SHATTER!!” he finished before crushing him as Twilight’s Azure sucked away his life and the Reality Warper bombarded him with dark tendrils and when finished, throwing him against the force shield.

“Minute First! Second Fifteenth! Keep going!” Pinkie cried as she pointed at the watch that now rested in her left hoof.

“Only twenty seconds!? Buck!”

“I will bless you! With my true power, you commoners! The power of Love that I have been fed with by decades!” Relius roared as a red magical aura suddenly burst from his body, the air and gravity growing heavier in an instant, “Try to stop me now!” he screamed as he spread his hooves before going into an insane laugher.

“Just bloody shut up already! Lucifer! Morning Star!”

A giant orb made of white and golden energy suddenly descended over the tyrant, before trapping him inside.

“Katsu!” an unfamiliar voice screamed.

Relius’ girlish scream tempted everypony to laugh as the orb exploded into a blast of energy.

Wataru, speechless, turned towards sight and looked at the mare panting lightly as a golden mist surrounding her faded and a pale skinned female angel with two white horns coming from his forehead, light blue eyes, gold and long hair that went past her knees, a warm and confident smile on her lips, spreading magnificently her six wings, three being black and three being golden, her feminine parts covered with a long silk that spiraled around her body hovered besides her with one of his arms aimed at the tyrant.

“Thou art I… And I art Thou…

From the sea of thy soul I riseth!

My name is Lucifer…

The Morning Star…

It thou wouldst defy injustice and deceit…

My power is thine, Twilight Sparkle!” the Morning Star cried before vanishing into a burst of golden fire.

“So… in a nutshell, a bookworm, lavender coated unicorn now wields the demonic powers of the King of Hell itself…” Wataru commented, making it sound casual somehow, before looking at said unicorn with a kind smile, “We are so having a date after this…”

On the other side of the shield, everypony face hoofed at that, “Yeah, really romantic, Wataru. It is good to know there are still modals and discretion in Eques-“

“I’m looking forward for it, Wataru.” Twilight blushed at the teenager with a smile.

“Those two. Have not. The slightest idea. Of what romanticism is!” Rarity cried as he threw her front hooves helplessly.

“Now! Let’s keep going!”

“Right!”

“Everything was broken here without a trace!
You can never go back to the past!”

The ‘surely-they-are-gonna-be-an’ item charged towards the tyrant, however their movements, as they approached him, progressively slowed down.

“Nobody knows… so why are you breathing?”

“Foals!” The king roared before his horn flared and dozens of beams shot towards the fighters.

“Dammit!” Wataru grunted as he pushed himself and shielded Twilight with his body.

“Why are you living in the pain and the grief of losing more?!”

The beams hit him in the back and he grunted in pain.

“Wataru! Twilight! Minute First! Second Forty-Fifth! When he is at 100% of power, he has a passive skill that slows down anyone that is standing inside his invisible field! Only Personas are immune to it! You need to send your Persona!” Pinkie cried at them.

“Right! Mugen Izanagi!” Wataru voiced as

“Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! Lose it! You know it.”

“Lucifer!”

“Go! Get rage! Get rage!”

The personas quickly appeared besides their owner before charging at Relius.

“Just get rage damn it!”

“Fire Manipulation! Condensed Fire Blast!” Wataru commanded, Mugen Izanagi pointing at Relius with one of his claws and a thin line of fire shot from there, instantly piercing one of the tyrant’s shoulder, making him scream.

“Megido” A purple colored orb suddenly appeared in front of the tyrant’s face as soon as Twilight uttered those words and it detonated instantly into an almighty explosion of a relatively small scales.

“All or nothing now you must change the world…”

“Stick to physical attacks, Izanagi!”

“You too, Lucifer!”

“You must do it!”

The Ruler of Infinity quickly removed the Masamune from his shoulder and started to send cutting shockwaves from his swords at his foe as the Morning Star grabbed Relius from the neck and started slapping and punching the Tyrant God’s face mercilessly as she used him as a shield from Izanagi’s shockwaves.

“Deep inside, you will rage, alone in the world!”
Believe! In what you know is true!
'Cause you believe it's brave!”

There was a burst of magical red energy, and the Persona were thrown away by a shockwave coming from Relius.

“DIE!! WHATEVER YOU ARE!!” the tyrant roared as from his horn shot dozens of lazers that together formed a dome that trapped the personas inside.

“Twist of fate!”

“Xemnas Infamous Deathly Dome of Death Attack!” Wataru gasped.

Two walls, one in front of Izanagi and Lucifer and then other in front of Relius raised from the ground.

“Even though it's colder than death!”

The lasers quickly closed towards the Persona and Lucifer grabbed Izanagi by his wrist as the latter aimed with his left hand at the wall before them. A blue portal formed in it, as an orange one, leading to inside the dome, formed bin the wall that was in front of the tyrant.

“I’m thinking…” Izanagi started as he and Lucifer vanished in a mix of blue and golden fire.

“YOU’LL! Break everything!”

“…WITH PORTALS!!” Wataru finished as the lasers went through the blue portal and hit a shocked Relius as they came out of the orange one, sending him flying towards the shield, where he was impaled into by them.

“So everything broken is brave!”

“2.20! 2.20! 2.20!” Pinkie Pie cried as she pointed frantically at her watch.

“Ha! Foals! This might have fooled and harmed me but I will heal this!” Relius laughed.

“2.21!”

“Go! Down!”

“Shining! Now!” a voice cried as from behind Relius a white, purple and light blue blast of magic hit the tyrant in the back, making him scream!

“With. Darkness. Now. You can feel it!”

Wataru and Twilight looked behind and looked at Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, the tip of their horns together and giving off some smoke, like when a gun has been just shot, a smug grin in their lips.

“You can finish him now! He can’t regenerate any longer, his health is under 35% and the invisible field is out of commision!”

“WHAT?!” Relius asked in shock as he looked at his wounds. They weren’t healing!

“Out. Of. Control!”

“How!? How did you know how to do that?! And how did that spell went through the force shield?”

“So. Fly. Into…”

Pinkie grinned at him, “All there is in the manual!”

“…A rage!”

Luna and Rainbow Dash went into the bridge of the song and Twilight and Wataru charged at Relius.

“Everypony! Stop! ‘Shy! Now!” Wataru cried as a microphone hovered in front of the Kind Pegasus.

There was a sudden change of music, despite the fact that everypony that has been playing their respective instruments didn’t continue, however Twilight didn’t know how but she suddenly knew what to say or do.

She stopped before Relius and slashed from down and going up the face of the tyrant with her scythe, slashing a vertical cut.

“Um… Sabiyuku ENGAGE, karamaru INFINTY [A rustling engage, a race to infinity,]
Mayoikomu ao no RAGNAROK de [In the ragnarok of the blue, which has lost its way…]”

“Black Onslaught!” Twilight cried as she started to slash Relius repeatedly, big parts of the tyrant’s soul being ripped from him and diving into Twilight’s Azure Grimoire.

“Dore dake ken o furueru? […How long will the sword be swung?]
Tamashii o yuzurazu ni [The spirit will not surrender.]”

“Black Zagam! Nightmare Rage!” Twilight continued as Wataru charged and jumped behind her.

“Urei no MONOCHROME [Distressed monochrome,]
Deguchi no nai sora e, [go towards the sky with no exit,]
konton ga furisosogu haruka e [towards the far-off, where chaos is raining down incessantly.]”

Twilight threw her side upwards and Wataru caught it in midair as he jumped above her and landed before Relius.

“Sore demo maiagareru ka? [Even then will you still fly high?]”

“Destruction!” the teenager roared as he stabbed Relius into his stomach with the end of the scyther and the tyrant disintegrated into ashes despite not being burnt.

“Kotae to hikikaeru wa… [To answer you must redeem...]”

There was a long pause before Wataru raised his right arm and looked at his wrist, while Twilight turned around and looked at her feet, the shadow of a black wing flickering briefly before fading away as fast as it took place, the force shield surrounding them fading away as well.

“And stay down…” “I’m sorry… there was no other way around.”

“Mirai… eep! [The future… eep!]”

Wataru chuckled tiredly before Twilight’s Azure Grimoire ‘closed’ and the mare felt to the floor.

“Twilight! I…” Wataru gasped before falling to the floor as well.

“Twilight!” “Twi!” “Twilie!” “Wataru!”

The group of ponies soon ran after their friends with worry.

“Good…” Luna smiled to herself as her horn stopped glowing and the glow surrounding Wataru and Twilight faded too, “They are just exhausted… But we should take them to the hospital anyways, just to be safe.”

Shining Armor looked at the floor ashamed, “Dammit! She tried to warm me and I didn’t hear! And I screamed at her! And now she is going to the hospital! All of this is my fault!”

“Not your fault only! We didn’t hear Wataru either! He warned us about something being off, and we just dismissed it as nothing but he sticking to Twilight just because he liked her…”

“Wataru likes Twilight!?” Shining asked in shock.

“Applejack!”

“Oh, nelly.”

Shining Armor looked somewhat angry at the human for a moment, however his eyes relaxed as he looked at his right hand.

It seemed that Wataru had tried to reach Twilight moments before falling asleep as well, for his hand was obviously reaching for the unicorn’s hoof-

“You know… after what I see. I believe that Twilight might like him as well.” Cadence told him with a smile. “And she was by your side always…”

Shining looked at his fiancé slightly taken aback.

“I will support Wataru here… so, shall you support Twilight?”

Shining bit his under lips in stress before smiling at his fiancé.

“Yeah…” He nodded as his horn shone for a moment and a light blue aura covered Wataru’s hand, that reached properly for Twilight’s hoof and held it, “It’s the least I can do. As long as they love each other… I will support them.”

Everypony, including the guards, ‘Daw-ed’ at that, however they were cut down.

“Um… excuse me… but shouldn’t we take them to the hospital already? …If that’s okay with you all of course…” Fluttershy asked confused.

Everyone exchanged a concerned look before starting to rush around.