I have been training in my human form with my blood magic in the Everfree, to see what all I can do. I have materialized weapons, teleported, made statue like duplicates, and a few other things for defensive properties. Things have been blurry for the past few minutes, so I must’ve bled myself too much.

I was heading back to Ponyville, but as I was passing a clearing, everything just seemed to fade away. After what felt like an hour, I opened to my eyes to see I was lying on the ground in the clearing. I carefully got up still feeling weak, but the blurriness was gone, and the world wasn’t spinning anymore.

I started heading for Ponyville slowly and carefully I heard a few screams, which sounded familiar, like it was…the crusaders!!!! I started running through the forest making my sword appear on my back. I saw a few Timberwolves looking ready to pounce on its target in the distance, so I pulled out my sword and jumped over the closer one in a spin cleaving it in two and landed on the other slamming its head into the ground. I felt my ear twitch and spun swinging my blade placing my swords blade into a third Timberwolves mouth, and kicked it back.

Feeling the timberwolf under me move, I jumped back and slammed my blade through its head, seeing its glowing eyes go dim. I looked at the last timberwolf as it was getting up slowly, looking injured. I pulled my blade free of the dead ones head and walked to the injured one placing my foot on its side to keep it still placing my sword at its chest. “May you find an everlasting peace…in the next life…” I quickly shoved my blade into its chest and twisted it as the timberwolf’s eyes stopped glowing.

I sighed and turned to face the CMC. “You three ok? You aren’t hurt ar-“ I stopped mid sentence when I saw them…that can’t be right…they had hands, and were wearing clothes. I rubbed my eyes and looked at them confused till I heard a howl and saw the timberwolf I cleaved, was still alive and howling. “Crap! Girls we need to run!” I ran over and helped them back up, and saw them run off. I heard a few growls and looked to see at least 4 sets of glowing yellow eyes.

I saw a few in my peripheral dart for the CMC, and I ran after them. I saw one jump for the girls, which I quickly bit my thumb lighting the timberwolf in a red mist like aura and flew towards me. As it reached my side I swung my sword making its head fly off. When I got close to the fillies, I felt my left ear twitch. I quickly jumped, and spun kicking a timberwolf into a tree hearing a high pitched yelp.

It wasn’t much longer after that, that we reached the forest’s exit and ran out into the brightly lit meadow. We had slowed down and I looked back at the forest for a moment till I heard somepony yell something out. I felt both my ears twitch, so I looked back to see…another human?! He had a sword out and he swung his sword at me, which I raised my blade to block which the impact, and strength behind it sent me into a slide.

I looked at the other person and saw…a black haired guy, that looked…I would guess he was 19. I noticed a scar on his cheek, and a flash of light hit my left eye, which made me look at a gold pendant he was wearing.

I set my sword to my side as he held his sword in front of him. “What is WRONG with you?! You don’t just attack someone like that!” I don’t think he heard me or even cared to since he charged at me again. When he got close enough he swung his sword up at me which I jumped back to barely dodge it. Guess words wont get through to him…I gotta disarm him, without hurting him…but how? He isn’t just swinging his sword randomly. His movements are precise, and calculated.

I lifted my blade to where the flat of the sword as facing me, and turned placing the back of my hand against the sword, letting my head face my sword and closed my eyes. I could hear talking in the distance, which sounded like the CMC trying to talk, only to be stopped by one of the girls I’m sure.

I heard the wind howl by then I heard the crunch of grass being stepped on. After a few seconds of crunching, I then heard a light crunch and a wisp of air, which told me he jumped. Shortly after, I heard the sound of steel through whistling its way through air, and spun ducking down, till I swung my blade up hearing the clang of our blades, impacting. I opened my eyes and focused my inner fire into my hand and sent my open palm into the guy’s chest blasting an air of condensed heated air, sending him flying from me.

I spun my sword and sheathed it looking at him. “I SAID I….don’t….want to….” I felt a sensation of nausea and light headedness as I was trying to yell at him. “I don’t…want to….fight….” I fell to my knees as my vision seemed to grow blurry again. I saw everything turn sideways quickly, before it went black.

When I woke up, I felt unnaturally cold. I opened my eyes and looked around to see…the library? Was that all just a crazy dream from blood loss? Did everypony see me as a human again?! I slowly sat up and held my head, as I started to feel light-headed. I carefully turned and set my feet on the floor and carefully stood up stumbling over a bit, but caught myself with the arm of the couch I was on.

“That was the weirdest dream ever…” I walked towards the kitchen stumbling a bit, and headed to the sink. I turned it on, and started splashing my face to calm down, then used my hands as a cup to gulp down some water, giving a relieved sigh. “Oh, thank Celestia…that feels SOOOOO much better…”

I heard hoofsteps, but they sounded a little slower than normal. I heard Twilight gasp, then speak in a surprised tone. “You shouldn’t be up and moving yet! You need to lay back down until we have a doctor check on you!”

I sighed and popped my back. “I’m fine, I just need to get my blood flowing…some food wouldn’t hurt either…I thought mayb-“ I turned around and saw Twilight, but she was anthropomorphic. “Please no…” I turned around, and turned the cold water on and splashed my face with a big amount of water, then looked back. “Please…PLEASE tell me this isn’t real…”

“I’m sorry, but you’ve been pulled away from earth…I’m truly sorry…” I just stared at that Twilight, and leaned back against the counter letting my feet slide, till I fell to a sitting position. “No, it’ll be ok sir, just calm down please!”

“Oh Celestia…this cant be happening…” I placed a hand over my face. “How am I…but this can’t…” I got up and walked to past Twilight who seemed shocked…maybe cause I said ‘Celestia’s’ name…I walked to the door and moved my hand to the knob, only to stop an inch from it as my hand started shaking. “Come on, Blaze…you’re a KNIGHT! You can get through this…get back…”

I heard Twilight calling to me, but I grabbed the door and opened it quickly, and saw all the ponies being anthropomorphic, then quickly slammed the door shut, turning around and leaned against the door. I grabbed the front of my shirt, as my chest started to sting, and I began to hyperventilate.

I saw my gilded black jacket hanging on the coat rack and clenched my teeth before grabbing it and pulling it down quickly before I opened the door and ran out past the other human, and spike who seemed to be carrying bags of medical supplies, and groceries, but I just ran full speed towards the mountain Canterlot was on. If anypony could help…it would be Celestia.

I slipped my jacket as I ran, and leaned forward as I started to run faster, than I ever have before. When I saw a cyan colored blur go past me, I jumped and leaned back as I landed in a slide, stopping in a wide stance seeing an anthropomorphic rainbow dash land in front of me. I DON’T have time for this, all I can do is hope this works…

I closed my eyes and focused as I felt the air around me heat up to high temperatures and snapped my eyes opens to see flames burning out, and see a shocked Rainbow Dash. I looked over my shoulder to see I had my wings, and felt my face to feel it was equine shaped. Seems my pegasus form is anthro as well…must be the residual magic in the atmosphere.

I looked at Dash, and slid my left foot back, and raised my arms in a defensive stance watching her closely. She seemed to shake the shock off and fly at me, and saw her pull her arm back, but I could see her tense her right leg up…a farce…she isn’t as reckless as the Dash I know…but still as predictable…

When she went to kick me I raised my arm to block her kick, and spun my arm to grab her leg, and wrenched my other arm over, keeping a tight grip as I started to spin. I flicked my wrenched back up as I let go to send her flying into the sky, then faced Canterlot and started running. Once I hit a good speed, I jumped and started to fly at a high speed, but knew I would still have some time to fly before id get there.

I felt my ear twitch, but why would it? Dash should be pretty well behind me. I looked back, to see nothing, but felt my ears point up then relax. I quickly looked up to see her diving at me at a high speed. I quickly tucked my legs and did a roll with a flip evading the mid-air tackle, to see her diving to fast to stop without crashing into the ground. “Damn it!”

I dove down, wrapping my wings around me tightly to gain speed, as I saw her trying to slow down. When I reached her, I wrapped my arms around her and opened my wings fast, which made me flinch from a surge of pain. I pulled up, just above the ground, and felt my left wing starting to give out. I spun so my back was to the ground and wrapped my wings over Dash, as I slid on the ground for a good long distance till I stopped. I opened my wings and looked at Dash to see her shaking and her eyes shut tight, but unharmed.

I quickly yet gently rolled her off me and laid her on the ground before biting my thumb and pointed my hand towards Dash. “Numb, and relax…” a red mist aura passed over Dash, as her body seemed to go limp, and she looked at me.

“What did you do to me?!” I stood up, feeling my left wing hang limply…broken, and looked back in the direction Ponyville was, as I felt a surge through my left eye, sensing 6 presences.

I looked at Dash, with an apologetic, yet sorrow filled look. “You will be fine Dash…Twilight can counteract the numbness with a simple medical spell…” I ran towards Canterlot again, becoming my human self, and went full speed leaning into the run a bit.

As I ran I heard Dash yell at me. “Daniel will take you down easily, he is MUCH better than you are you bucker!”

After I was about three quarters to Canterlot I slowed down to a stop and placed my hands on my knees trying to catch my breath. I know I set enough of my own energy to counteract Twilight’s spells for at least a few minutes…but doing this to them still felt wrong…I couldn’t help but look back feeling terrible about how I didn’t explain myself, but I couldn’t risk tearing the fabric of space-time…I mean, two different Equestria's, earth, how many earth's are there? How many MORE Equestria’s could exist?! Definite knowledge of another can be dangerous if told to the wrong being…and I wasn’t going to risk the lives of my friends, my home…I couldn’t risk it.

As I turned back and was about to start running, I heard a sound of energy and a pop, looking ahead to see the girls and that other human again. “Damn, I forgot about teleportation…”

I knew my elven forms wings couldn’t get me faster than Dash, so that was out…my pegasus forms wing is broken…flight is out of the question…path is blocked, so I can’t just run that easily…still too weak to bleed myself for blood magic…especially not teleporting at least…why didn’t I wait on that…?

I saw the human, who must be Daniel, step forward placing his hand at the hilt of his sword. “I have a question for you! How did you know Rainbow’s, and Twilight’s names?! They never told you their names, so how can you know them?!”

I looked at him and the girls before sighing. “You all need to pinkie promise to NEVER repeat what I say…” I walked towards them as they seemed confused, probably as to how I knew about the pinkie promise, but they all did the motions. “I…I do know them…and I have for months…almost a year now in fact…but not…these versions of them…”

They all just stared at me, except for Daniel. “What does that even MEAN?!”

I facepalmed, and groaned. “I have no idea how, but I came here…from another Equestria…but nopony was anthropomorphic, they were all literally ponies…and so you all know I am NOT a threat to any of you…” I reached inside my shirts collar and pulled out my black gem adorned pendant, and clicked it open pulling out my knight medallion, which showing a purple crescent moon, over a yellow sun, on a shield shape designed onto a circular titanium medallion coin. “I mean, a knight is meant to protect…is it not?” I slipped the medallion, back into the pendant closing it and let it hang off my neck.

I saw Rarity step forward looking at me curiously. “So…you are a knight?”

I nodded and smirked. “I was knighted at the gala by Luna and Celestia…apparently Twilight’s brother, Captain Armor, recommended it, since my first real sword fight ever…which was with him…ended up in a draw.” I grabbed my left shoulder and spun it a few time. “Still feel the blade sticking through my shoulder sometimes…odd since it was just my concuisness in a magical duplicate…but whatever.”

I saw Daniel relax, and cross his arms looking at me. “And how do we know you are telling the truth?”

I looked at Applejack and smiled. “The living lie detector, can tell I’m being honest…can’t you AJ?”

I saw Applejack tense up for a moment then relax. “Yeah…he is being honest, no lies about what he’s sayin’ y’all”

I saw Daniel let his arms fall to his side, and sigh with relief. “So, we know that you are being truthful…but one thing…what’s your name?”

I chuckled and scratched my head. “Well…I have…two names…my human name is Daniel Bailey…but, when I became a pegasus, I changed it to Blazing Feathers…but I prefer to just be called Blaze now…”

I saw Daniel look at me incredulously. He looked at AJ as she nodded, then he looked at me. “well…that seems to be an insane…coincidence…my name is Daniel Blaze.”

“huh…weird…but I really need to get to Canterlot…” I continued walking hoping Celestia would be able to send me back to my Equestria.

Before I passed Daniel, he grabbed my shoulder. “we’re going with you Blaze. the guards would think you are just crazy, or trying to hurt Celestia. If we back you up, she will know that you’re telling the truth.”

I sighed and looked at him smiling a bit. “that makes a lot of sense…thanks…”

I felt an arm go over my shoulders, and around my neck, and looked over at Dash who seemed to be smirking, as she spoke. “yeah, we’ll help ya out. Besides, it’s rare for me to meet somepony that almost matches me in speed!”

I blinked in surprise she was so calm after what I did to her but smirked at her. “what do you expect? I had a super fast flight instructor that helped me become a faster, and better flyer Dashie.” I flinched and felt my face heat up from what I said, and looked down as I saw the Rainbow Dash I knew, feeling the anthro Dash let me go. “I…I’m sorry about that…” I continued walking with my head hanging down, which made my dark blonde hair cover my vision, except for the breaks in my hair, which let me see enough to not trip or hit anything, as I heard the others whispering behind me hearing them ask each other ‘if I seemed like I was going to be ok’, and talking about me. I couldn’t hear what they were saying but I heard my name a few times.

After a while I felt a light tap on my shoulder and turned my head a bit to see Fluttershy walking beside me, but as soon as I looked at her she kind of seemed to jump away, and hold her hand she tapped me with. “I-I’m sorry, I just…wanted to make sure you were okay…you just seemed to look really depressed after talking with Rainbow Dash…”

I just smiled and chuckled talking at a volume that the rest a bit behind us, wouldn’t hear. “I’m fine Fluttershy…I’m sorry if I worried you and the others, I just…never mind…forget I said anything…” I looked over to see her look down with her ear laying back…I hate seeing Fluttershy like that…even if it isn’t the Fluttershy I know. “it just seemed wrong that I want to treat you and the others, like I do my friends…because…well….” I looked at the sky, as I walked beside the pink maned pegasus. “I love them…with all my heart…even though Pinkie is more like the sister I never had…”

I looked over to see Fluttershy blushing a bit, and her ears up. “you…love the version of us you know?” I am relieved she talks quietly, so I know the others couldn’t hear.

I couldn’t help but look back at them though, then back at Fluttershy. “yeah…me and Twi…or…the Twilight from MY Equestria…we are together…have been for a while now…it’s just awkward to me knowing all of you so well, yet…not knowing you at all…” I saw her nod and smile a bit still blushing. “oh…please don’t tell the others…EVERYTHING…please…” I saw her nod, and slow down, till she was with the Daniel, and the rest of the girls. Crap…I forgot to have her promise…I hope she doesn’t say too much…

It didn’t take long after that to get to Canterlot, and walk to the palace. We walked to the gate, and Twilight told the guards we needed to speak to the princesses. The guards let us pass and we headed into the castle, and towards the throne room doors. Once we entered I felt myself lift up then get pulled in quickly and held up in the air in front of Celestia and Luna who looked at me with a curious stare.

I just smiled nervously, unable to move any part of my body. “uhhh…hello your highnesses…”

I noticed it was Luna’s horn that had a glow, so she was holding me in her magic. Her horn stopped glowing, and I fell, landing in a kneeling position as I heard a group of running hoofsteps/footsteps behind me. I looked back to see the girls and Daniel slowing to a stop by me, while Fluttershy was moving to check on me, which I just smiled and held up my hand which made her silently sigh in relief and smile a bit.

I faced the princesses with a blank face and kneeled to a knee quickly, with my head lowered, and my arm on my knee. “Princess Celestia, my name is Blazing Feathers, and I have an important request that I believe only you and your sister can accomplish.” I raised my head looking at them with pleading eyes, which were glistening with tears. “I believe only you two could send me back to the Equestria I know, to my home, to my friends. If anypony could do this, it would be you two.”

I saw the princesses look at me in shock, than each other. Celestia looked at me, with a kind smile. “we will try…we must do some research in the royal archives to see if we are able of doing such a thing.”

I slowly stood up and smiled at her. “thank you…” Celestia nodded at me.

I heard Luna clap her hands together smiling. “well, I would say this is a good time for lunch, wouldn’t you say sister?”

I saw Celestia nod and look at me, then Daniel and the girls. “would you all like to join us?”

I heard the others agreeing to her invitation, but I grabbed my pendant gripping it looking down. “thank you for the offer…but I’m not hungry…” I slid my pendant into my shirt, and bowed to the princesses. “if you will excuse me…” I turned and started to head for the garden, sliding my hands into my pockets, as I had my head down so my hair would hide my eyes.

I walked down a path in the garden ignoring everything around me, and just stared at the path as I headed towards the dueling grounds. When I reached the dueling grounds, I looked at the ring, seeing images of me and Shining’s fight. I walked into the wing, and saw images of me and Twilight. I started hearing a tune in my head, and just sang to try and ignore the pain I was feeling in my heart from my fears, and worries.

“Tried to walk together
But the night was growing dark
Thought you were beside me
But I reached and you were gone…”

I closed my eyes, and let my head hang forward as I felt tears flow down my cheeks, and slowly placed my hand on my chest over my heart, gripping the shirt tightly.

“sometimes I hear you calling
From some lost and distant shore…
I hear you crying softly
For the way it was before…”

I raised my head and looked at the grey, clouded sky.

“where are you now? Are you lost?
Will I find you again…?
Are you alone? Are you afraid?
Are you searching for me?”

I stopped hearing the tune, as I let my head fall, and I had to choke back the sobs that were trying to escape me. even if I knew Celestia and Luna were powerful…I don’t think they could do interdimensional work…across a gap to other worlds? Sure, but dimensional…? I was starting to doubt everything I believed, and it made the pain grow.

After a while I heard voices, which snapped me to reality, and I quickly got up wiping the dirt off my pants, and wiped my sleeve over my eyes and face to hide, any trace of tears. I let my head hang down so my hair hid my eyes, and shoved my hands into my pants pockets, walking around the ring mindlessly.

I eventually looked over to see Daniel, the girls, and…another woman I haven’t seen. She looked human yet…she wasn’t…it’s hard to explain but I knew she wasn’t human. Something about her felt…off. Maybe how I am getting the sense to walk up to her, but it was easily resistible. It felt…cold as well, like she could kill me by a whim.

I shook my head to calm down, and saw pinkie notice me, before pointing at me. I guess they were looking for me. a moment after, I saw Pinkie run at me, then into me, which made me need to slide my left foot back to stay standing.

I looked down to see Pinkie hugging me. “We finally found you! we got kind of worried that you didn’t come to eat with us, and we couldn’t find you anywhere for the past…I think 5…maybe 10 minutes?”

I blinked and pulled out my iPhone, looking at it. It seems about 25 minutes passed since I came out here. “oh…sorry…I just wasn’t hungry.”

“it’s alright. We just wanted to make sure you were…” Pinkie stopped mid sentence and just stared at me for a bit.

I raised a brow in confusing looking at her. “Pinkie?” I waved a hand in her face which she grabbed and moved.

“you miss us…the other us I mean…don’t you?” I tensed up and turned my head. “it’ll be alright. Celestia and Luna will get you back, I’m sure of it.”

I looked at her again before hugging her, smiling a bit. “thanks Pinkie…” I slowly let her go, as the rest reached us.

I looked at them, when Dash started to speak. “you know…Celestia is going to take a while…maybe Daniel and Blaze could show us their skills with a duel? Since Blaze passed out for some reason the first time they fought.”

I flinched learning they never knew I had bled too much. I cleared my throat and scratched my head. “I passed out because…I lost…I would say at least…half of my blood…”

I saw all of them look at me in shock, until Twilight seemed to get in my face. “how are you still alive?!?! That’s usually fatal! And what made you lose so much blood anyway?! Did you fight a vironous?!”

I stepped back in surprise. “uhhh…no…I use my blood to use magic…umm…what’s a vironous.?” Pinkie quickly drew something that looked like a draconic centaur. But even the ‘waist up’ part was still dragon like. “meh, seems easy to deal with. Especially if you have speed, like I do. and with my blood magic, make it slam its fist at me, teleport, it thinks it smashed me, then I could use a blood wave to break its spine in the neck. No spinal connection, means no signal to the muscles, which makes them relax. Voila, crippled draconic centaur.”

I saw the girls look at me, as Pinkie started hopping. “you could really do that?! That must be super cool!”

I just shrugged. “it wouldn’t be that hard…and if Daniel wants to duel, I wouldn’t mind. A knight has to keep his skills sharp after all.” I crossed my arms and smirked, as Rarity seemed to swoon a bit. I know she has a thing about ‘knight in shining armor’ stuff, but just talking about it gets to her? I’ll have to try it on the Rarity I know...maybe have my armor appear even.

I looked at Daniel who seemed to smile and nod, then I heard Luna’s voice behind me. “I have a spell that would allow you both to go all out, without risk of death, if you wish it.”

I turned to look at the ‘Princess of the Night’ and smile. “like the spell you used for me and Captain Armor.” She seemed shocked for a moment. “sounds like a plan, but…if you could…could you set our duplicates in the badlands? I feel like we would need the bigger space, as well as somewhere abandoned.”

Luna just blinked and seemed to nod. “please get in a comfortable position in the circles opposite of each other, and I shall set everything up.” I nodded, as me and Daniel went to the separate circles. As Daniel got in his he got on his knees and closed his eyes, like he was going into a meditative trance.

As I entered my circle I heard Rage’s voice in my head, which reminded me of the hollow voice from my favorite anime, ‘Bleach’. “they won’t help you…they see you as a monster…the princesses feel the darkness inside you Blaze…you will NEVER get home…” I froze and felt a chill emanate through my body. I shook his words out of my thoughts and sat in my circle setting my sword in my lap and closing my eyes.

I felt a sudden yank, and opened my eyes looking around to see a white sand dessert and many white cylindrical towers. I looked at to see the moon and night sky, remembering what I read about the badlands, and how it was cursed with a perpetual dark spell, which makes the sky above it always look like the night, even if it was fake.

I looked ahead to see Daniel looking around surprised as I pulled my sword out slowly to make it louder, which made him look at me, and pull out his own sword. I felt a harsh throb in my head and closed my left eye as I heard Rage again. “ignore me all you like, but with every second, your will weakens…your hope dies…it lets me get closer…right now, I'm the closest to you than I’ve ever been…” I looked at myself secretly using my blade and saw the sclera of my left eye was black for a moment before turning white again.

Rage is getting stronger…and my belief of going home has waned…he is using my fears…my concerns to get to me…I cant let myself get angry…stay calm…

I looked at Daniel seeing him holding his sword in front of him, so I set my blade ahead of me, and had the tip on the ground. I slid my blade along the white sand, till it was at my side and charged setting my free hand to hold my sword in a two handed style, as the sword dragged along the sand.

When he saw how I was holding my sword he put his other hand on his swords hilt as well. When I got close, I jumped and started to spin till I was sideways and took my left hand off my sword, turning the blade so I held it so the blade was going backwards and swung down at him. He raised his blade to block me, but I used that to send myself vaulting over him, landing right behind him. I turned sliding my foot along the ground. He jumped dodging my sweep kick, so I vaulted away landing in a crouched position facing him with my sword up.

I saw him facing me, but a decent distance away as I stood up. “I don’t want you to hold ANYTHING back. Because I wont be!” I saw him nod, and smirk as I saw him put his hands together in a familiar way, as I saw multiple copies of him appear. “ah, I see.”

I reached under my black jacket pulling out a small dagger and closed my left eye placing the blade between the eye lids. “eye of blood…” I swiped the dagger fast making me yell in pain and drop the dagger as blood flowed from my eye, which I opened it closing my right eye, as I saw every Daniel have an aura, but only one had an overflowing amount.

I looked at my blade to see my eyes sclera was blood red, as well as the iris being dark red, leaving a black dot in a mass of red. I smirked and charged at a fake Daniel to trick him. As I got close I bit my thumb as I appeared in front of the real Daniel and kicked him sending him into two of his copies making them poof into dust, leaving Daniel in a short slide as I charged at him.

As I got close, I felt both ears twitch, and I disappeared again, and appeared away from the Daniels seeing the real Daniel raise his sword to block his clones’ blades. I saw all the clones were looking at the real Daniel and smirked as I grabbed my swords blade pulling it making blood cover it and pulled my blade back. I swung my sword hard as a line of blood flew through the air, and cut many of the clones, including one that was helping Daniel up, which left him falling back down again.

I looked to see the real one hop off his back onto his feet as the remaining three clones went to his side. I saw the clones’ poof away as he looked at me with a serious stare. “you’re a lot better than I expected, Blaze.”

“eh, I try to impress.” I smirked as I spun my blade watching Daniel closely.

I placed my sword on my shoulder and started walking to my right as Daniel watched me with his eyes. I slowly moved my thumb onto the blade, stopping when I was behind Daniel as he had his head turned watching me. I slid my thumb along the blade as I disappeared leaving him looking around. I appeared above him and fell towards him holding my blade up.

I slammed my blade down landing in a knelt position. “It seems I won.” I stood up to see Daniel poof away into smoke. “a clone?!” I looked around quickly, looking for him. I looked up not seeing him there either. Alright…he isn’t around me…nor above me….that leaves…BELOW!

I jumped up just as a blade erupted up from the ground at me. I dropped my blade and slapped my hands on both flat sides of the sword and pushed it up letting go. I grabbed my blades hilt right after letting the sword go sliding back. I looked ahead panting holding my sword in a defensive stance seeing Daniel stand there covered in sand and dirt, panting as well.

“pretty sneaky going underground…” I grinned and stood straight pointing my sword at him. “but if that’s your best…you have no chance at winning!”

I saw him stand straight holding his sword in front of him slowly placing his free hand on the hilt gripping it. “if you want my best, I will show you my best.”

I saw him charge full speed at me, and I raised my sword ready to block him. when he reached he slashed his sword, as I set my blade to block him, but next thing I knew he was sliding to a stop past me. I know my sword should have stopped him…how did he pass me? is this him a fake as well.

I heard the sound of a sword slowly sliding into a sheath as I heard Daniels voice. “slash of the kusanagi”

I quickly set my free hand on my swords hilt and tensed my whole arm, and locked my wrists, as I felt myself go sliding back, past Daniel, and into a cliff face while it felt like my wrists had blocked over a thousand attacks in an instant. I fell to my knees turning my sword stabbing it into the ground panting, trying to resist the stinging sensation in my wrists.

I looked at Daniel and slowly stood up pulling my sword free as he redrew his from his sheath looking shocked. “you actually blocked the entire thing?!” he chuckled then smiled at me. “I’m impressed. Blocking that whole thing takes a good amount of strength and endurance just to keep hold of the sword…and your sword itself…still looks as sharp as if it was freshly forged. Most sword would be broken, if not at least dented, chipped, and so cracked it was as effective as being made of crude glass.”

I regained my composure with a sigh and looked over my sword seeing no dents, or chips. It just looked slightly dirty with smudges of dirt, and grains of sand on it. “well this sword…don’t ask how I know this, but I feel a connection to it…forged for me alone…yet I feel a…deeper connection..like it’s a part of me…so I’m sure as I grow stronger…it will change, and strengthen with me.” I looked at Daniel lowering my sword smiling. “and to tell the truth…I have no real training in swordsmanship, sword handling, or anything…and this fight…is only the second one I have had in my life…third if you count my fight with Nightmare Moon…but that was more distracting than fighting…”

I saw Daniel look at me with complete surprise. “no training…and only you second fight ever?! I trained for years to get as good as I am now! How can you coordinate yourself like this with no training?!”

I just shrugged. “basic survival instinct, baseball for movement prediction, and a lot of anime and games for styles, and sneaky or brute tactics. And childhood foam sword stuff, on up to late high school…my best friend and I got so quick and agile, as well as stop on a dime with attacks that we started using dulled metal swords.” I laughed scratching my head. “we dulled down some basic medieval swords using nail files…we probably spent 20 dollars on all the nail files we used and broke!”

I saw Daniel facepalm before he started laughing with me. “you are one of the craziest people I have ever met. And you are putting up such a great fight, I’ve actually had a lot of fun so far.”

Our laughter died down as I sighed. “I know what you mean. With what I learned from you, I think I could beat Armor with my hands tied behind my back now.”

He looked at me confused. “what you learned from me?”

I smirked at him as I pointed down at my foot, which he looked at to see it bleeding, with a good sized pool of blood. “I meant for you to look at YOUR feet.”

I saw his eyes go wide as I jumped back going into a slide on the heel of his feet, only to slide back into a red wall which sent a spike through his left shoulder, making him jump forward and look at the wall then me panting. “sneaky…making me think you were gon-“

He got interrupted as I came out of the ground grabbing his neck and spun, as the wall shot out a platform, for my feet. I jumped off the bottom of the platform and slammed Daniel into the sandy ground.

I stood up looking at him. “you were saying?” I crossed my arms and smirked at him.

I saw Daniel stand up, as I jumped back landing by my other self. “yup, this fight is going to be enjoyable, and with no risk of death with fatal hits, and this being friendly at the same time…it makes it really fun.”

My other self seemed to turn to blood, and fall becoming a big pool of blood, which caused me to stumble and pant harshly holding my head. I looked up at Daniel through my fingers to see him making signs with his hands quickly…wait, I know those signs…’snake, dragon, rabbit, tiger’ crap! “Fire style: dragon fire jutsu!”

I sheathed my blade and stretched my arms out as he let out a breath of fire towards me. as it got close to me and sent my left hand to my left, and my right one up and to the right, as the fire bent and went over me leaving a dome like shape over me. I noticed that the fire lasted for a while then stop leaving me falling to my knees panting, and my arms looked dark red from burns, and my jacket and shirt were gone, probably burnt off. Thankfully my pants and boots must be fire proof, since they looked untouched still.

I looked up at a panting, and exhausted looking Daniel, while I was panting hard, and must have looked like I was on the verge of just collapsing dead…since I felt like it. I gasped as I felt my heart beat twice abnormally hard, and the world seemed to go negative, and split to three for a moment, then it happened again every 4 or 5 seconds, making me gasp or grunt in pain with each abnormal hard beat.

I felt a pain like a sword shoved through my chest, then twisted, and looked at Daniel to see him looking confused yet…concerned? I felt the pain pulse through my body as I place both my hands on the center of my chest and gagged, then started screaming from the pain. I lurched forward so much, my spine must have been visible through my back, and saw blood just dripping onto the ground at a fast rate. I clenched my hand over my mouth to stop screaming, and looked at the now glass like ground a little ahead and saw my hair turning black, as my skin seemed to slowly turn white as snow. The sclera of my eyes were being covered by a black mass that seemed to flow from my tear ducts, with a little blood flowing from them.

I felt the world around die out, a few seconds after my vision turned red, and I seemed to be in the same position in a black void. “seems it’s my turn to drive…” I felt myself stand up slowly and looked ahead to see Rage smiling at me, maniacally and chuckle with that weird hollowfied like voice of his.

Rage’s POV

I stood up looking at the glassy ground to see my skin had turned as white as fresh snow, the sclera of my eyes were black as the void, hair jet black, and I was wearing a white shuhakusho. I chuckled and looked at Daniel letting my head hand hang to the side grinning widely, showing my pitch black teeth.

I saw Daniel tense up taking a step back before regaining his composure, and pointing his sword at me. “Blaze, what just happened?!”

I heard a sword fall behind me and looked back to see Blaze’s black bladed sword on the ground. I turned my back to Daniel and knelt down to pick it up. “I’m not Blaze…”

I’m certain Daniel must be confused, or curious about me now. “then who are you…?”

I turned my head and chuckled as my voice echoed. “who am I? I am what I am…Blazes anger…his rage…when he was sent to Equestria the…residual magic he absorbed gave him me…separated his anger, to create a second…but sealed personality…but his anger was so strong, that it made me stronger every day, and I eventually broke out…so…here I am…” I stood up and as black flames spun around Blaze’s sword.

I held the black flames out until they disappeared revealing a big sword with a red cloth wrapped around the blade, which I spun it once, and the red cloth slipped off, and was now hanging off the hilt of the sword. “it’s over…”

I grabbed a part of the red cloth and started spinning the sword by the cloth, before making it fly past Daniels side. He looked at me and smirked. “you missed!”

“did I?” I swung my hand that held the cloth over as the blade was pulled over and cut Daniels arm deeply, making him jump away, holding his now bleeding shoulder. “I believe I hit you, don’t you?” I slapped my free hand to my face and started laughing, while Daniel looked shocked at his shoulder. I’m certain he is confused about what just happened.

I pulled my blade back and caught a piece of cloth close to the handle and started spinning it really fast again. I then tossed the blade straight up and grabbed the cloth further from the blade and swung it down in an arch making the blade swing towards Daniel from the air.

I saw him dodge to the side, but the impact caused the glassy ground to explode, making shards of glass fly out impaling Daniel all over his side. I pulled my sword back and caught its hilt as I slid all 5 of my fingers on my sword making a line of blood on the blade as one bleeding finger flashed appearing at Daniels untouched side grabbing his shoulder making him look at me in shock.

I swung my sword at an incredible speed and cut Daniels other side sending him into free-flight into a cliff face so hard it dented in with him stuck inside it. I walked over letting the tip of my sword slide along the sand, and chunks of glass.

When I reached him I grabbed his neck and started squeezing seeing how he was stuck in the wall, and probably unconscious. “well…it seems like Blaze is the winner…” I heard him grunt and open an eye to look at me and I smiled. “ah, you aren’t done yet…good…guess I get to have some MORE fun!” I pulled him for the wall and turned throwing him, letting him slide and roll down a large sand dune.

I made another finger flash as I appeared at the bottom of the hill and used my foot to stop him before jumping back a good distance, while he was weakly getting up. Once he was standing, I could see all the shards of glass in his side, and the high amount of blood on his clothes. I was just about to charge till I felt my body tense up painfully and heard Blaze's voice. “I won’t let you win my fight for me! this is MY fight, and I won’t let you ruin it anymore!”

I slowly moved a hand to my face talking in a strained voice. “no…I could win this for you…if you take over now, you will lose! I KNOW YOU DON’T WANT TO LOSE TO ANYTHING!!!”

I could see the white on my skin cracking and breaking off revealing the normal slight tan color, which made me gasp, as Blaze’s voice yelled in my head. “I don’t need you interfering in MY fight Rage! I don’t WANT you interfering in my fights!”

I stumbled back swing my sword randomly seeing Daniel looking at me confused. “no…stop this…I COULD KILL HIM IF YOU STOP RIGHT NOW!!!!”

Blaze’s POV

I felt control over my body as I felt the white over my skin was breaking off, and gripped the mass of it on my face and broke it all off in one piece as shadows still connected some of my face to the solid piece. I felt it morph in my hand to a denser, smoother form, which I just let it fall onto the sand panting as my wounds bled again.

I looked at Daniel to see he was as injured as me, and losing blood at the same rate. “you still able to fight…?”

I saw Daniel nod and weakly hold his sword up as his arms shook. I sighed and held up my still bleeding thumb, forefinger, and middle finger as the blood sparked, and red mist like aura lit over Daniel’s body for a moment making his sword stay still, and leave him looking at himself. “I…have more strength? Why is some of my strength back?”

I cleared my throat which made him look at me. “I want the end of this to be equal…so I used the last of my usable blood to return some of your strength…leaving us at equal levels right now…and seeing how out of it you are, you don’t have much more left in you either…so lets make the best of what we’ve got left” I smirked as I lifted the sword Rage used, as the cloth turned to a dark blue, and my iris’ started glowing too.

I charged at him and sent my blade up in a vertical swing as Daniel sidestepped it and spun swinging horizontally at me. I ducked evading his strike and jumped back holding my blade out to my right giving a silent sigh, closing my eyes as I heard Daniel circling me slowly. I heard him start running at me, and focused as everything felt like it became slow to my senses.

I could feel the wind slowly flow around my body, I could feel grains of sand slowly roll around my ankles, and I could hear his foot steps impact on the sand hard yet the time between them is what told me the world seemed slow around me. when I heard a loud crunch of sand which screamed ‘more than normal pressure’ I assumed he had jumped up.

I opened my eyes and moved my sword over to block his attack, and swung my blade aside sending Daniel into a spin, but he landed on his feet stumbling. I took the chance and ran towards him. I lifted my legs to make it look like I jumped but I stretched my legs out and slid under by him using my arm to hook his leg, pulling it making him fall onto his face. We both got up and faced each other panting and held our swords in front of us.

I knew we both had enough for one last assault, so I had to make mine a good one. He held his sword vertically in front of him, as I held mine at my side, pointing behind me. we ran at each other, and swung at each other as we passed each other sliding to a stop by the other, stopping where the other stood. After a while I turned to face him, and saw him shaking as he slowly sheathed his sword.

Did I win? Why does he seem to have trouble sheathing his blade? I saw him turn slowly, and I saw a deep slash across his chest that definitely had to have ripped through his lungs, and maybe even cut the heart in half. I saw him sheath his blade then I felt a sharp pain as the right half of what I saw just disappeared, and my whole right side stung, yet felt numb. I looked at a big piece of glass and saw I had a vertical cut going down over my right eye, and down the right side of my chest, deep enough to cut the heart, and rip through the lung.

Soon after I snapped my eyes open and gasped, as I heard a gasp to my right and looked to down to see no wounds, but I was bound in chains. “uhh…” I looked over to see Daniel looking over himself in shock, then I looked at Luna. “why…am I in chains?”

I saw her staring at us back and forth, before smiling as the chains on me disappeared. “I am sorry Ser Blaze, but when you turned into that…as it said…manifestation of your anger…you changed here as well…”

I blinked and sighed running my hand through my hair. “I see…do not apologize then princess, what you did was completely fair, and the right thing to do.” I looked at Daniel seeing him still looking shell-shocked about being unharmed I bet, and got up walking over holding my hand to him. “that was an awesome fight. I just wish we had more chances in the future, for us both to temper each others skills even more…”

Daniel looked at me and smiled grabbing my hand as I helped him up, shaking his hand. “yeah. If I was able to train with you like this more, I may master how to use this sword much quicker than I had previously believed.”

“oh, one tip…” I let his hand go and turned my wrist in a few directions. “wrist turning can go a LONG way in style alterations. Some bends of the wrist makes certain sword styles more…adamant…harder to block…practice with wrist bends with your attacks, then swing speed, impact strength, and your backswing rate will be at a much higher quality. But be careful, just as how there is an “adamant bend”, there is a “paper bend” as well, which will slow you down, weaken your swings, and may even risk spraining or even breaking your wrist…”

I saw him blink and look at his hand bending his wrist in a few directions. I heard hoofsteps running over and saw Daniel get tackled, but felt pressure on my side as the world started going sideways. When I hit the ground I got onto my back to see Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie had tackled me, and I looked over to see Twilight, Rarity, and AJ on Daniel. I looked to see that woman kneel next to Daniel as the four girls talked to him.

I looked up to see Dash smiling widely, with excitement. “that was SOO awesome! how are you able to compete with someone who trained for years, when you never received any training, and ESPECIALLY with this being your second fight ever?!?!”

I chuckled and looked at her. “back in the human world, I was a big gamer…and after a lame confrontation with a bully of mine in high school…neither of us got close enough to give or receive a hit…” I scoffed as the memory of me and another kid going in a circle jumping towards and away from each other. “after that, every action scene in TV shows, and in every game, I watched every detail of the attacks in close detail…in time, I learned to tell the stupid stances and styles from the efficient, whether unutilized in the past, or made up on the fly for the game. And my best friend and I were big sword fans. Using foam sword as children, and used them as real dueling swords when we were teens…but about two years before I appeared in the Equestria I know…we used real metal forged dull edged swords. Even if we did hit one another, it would be equivalent to a metal bat…which we both had to bare since my bullies attacked me with steel bats in high school…”

I looked at Dash and Fluttershy to see Dash looking at me in shock, while Fluttershy looked…saddened, and surprised. I looked over to see Daniel and the rest staring at me in disbelief. I looked at Daniel as he spoke. “I heard of bullying but…metal bats?! Didn’t they know they could have killed you?!”

I carefully sat up, and rubbed the side of my neck. “they knew…sometimes they would come at me with pocket knives…” I lifted my shirt and exposed a brown mark on my chest where the heart is. “one stabbed me, and the blade clipped a nerve on the outside of the heart, which sent me into cardiac arrest…which sent the others running….I owe my friend Jake everything…he saved me after the flankholes all ran off during my…seizure episode…” I saw Dash, Pinkie, and Fluttershy stand up, and stood up dusting myself off, fixing my shirt. “sadly the schools camera had a malfunction…no proof, no conviction…then a counter sue on me for ‘emotional damage’…I ended up paying almost 4,000 dollars…all because there was public papers about that case…that is just like earth, and those greedy bastards…fight for justice…and lose…be treated as a criminal and be the one who was wronged the whole time….and end up becoming 10,000 dollars in debt total…4,000 from losing the case…and two 3,000 dollars for my lawyer in each case…”

I looked over when I felt a hand on my shoulder and saw Daniel. “I’m sorry to hear that happened to you…”

I just shrugged and looked at the sky. “it doesn’t matter anymore…that life is gone…dead…and buried deep below….now I have a new life…” I smiled as I thought of the girls. “a life where I’m happy…where I found love….where I truly belong…” I looked at the woman than at Daniel. “oh…who..and what…is she?” I saw her glare at me. “no offense miss, but I can just tell you aren’t human…you have an odd…sensation…alluring yet…cold…”

I saw Daniel look at the woman. “oh that’s Aurora. Closest I can compare her to a way you know what she is quickly is…” he seemed to stop, with a curious face. “she’s kind of like a siren, using her voice to lure her targets to feed off of…and like a succubus because she…well…yeah…” I saw him smile nervously at me. “but she isn’t a threat to anyone…” pinkie jumped next to me as I crossed my arms and me and her both said ‘anypony’ before me and her looked at each other and laughed. “rrrriiiiiight…she isn’t a threat anymore.”

I looked between him and Aurora, until I heard somepony walking up and turned to see Celestia looking at me with a smile. “it’s ready Blaze. Follow me.” we all followed her through the castle, and down a long flight of steps into a dark, stone corridor. Celestia lit torches…or they lit themselves…as we passed them.

After a while, we entered a big room with walls and the floor being carved stone, while the roof, had a swirling design converging over an indented circle in the center of the room. “do I…stand in the center of the room?”

I looked at Celestia as she shook her head. “no, that’s where the portal opens. And then when me and my sister finish stabilizing it, you are able to go through.” I saw her and Luna go to two separate crystals, and focus their magic into it. A beam of energy connected the crystals and opened into swirling shadows.

I turned to look at the others and smiled. “I guess this is it…” I saw some of the girls look happy, but I could sense a heavy sadness.

I walked over to Dash who looked down and to the side, which made her mane/hair cover her eyes. I never saw Dash like this…concerned, worried, and disappointed sure. But not…crushed, or truly sad. I did what I felt was right and gently hugged her, and heard her talk silently. “I never met anypony that could fly like me…I…” I felt her wrap her arms around me. “I don’t want to see you leave…you are an awesome guy, you seem like an awesome friend, and…I know if I flew with you…I would improve so quickly…”

We broke the hug, and I looked at her. “Dash, I have to go back…I have something important to prevent…but…” I saw her look up at me as I bit my thumb as blood swirled in my hand and condensed as an onyx crystal and ruby were fused together into the shape of my cutie mark had appeared and held it to her. “if you ever want to motivate yourself, use this to remember me…and know I will be improving as well.” She slowly took it and smiled with a nod. “but you never know…something may happen again, bringing me here…maybe you might appear in my Equestria…maybe the veil between dimensions may break, and allow all forms of existence to live together…you never know right?”

I looked at Fluttershy, who was looking down, and walked over to her. “Fluttershy…it’ll be fine.” I saw her nod behind her mane. “in my Equestria, I learned that Angel has this spot at the tip of his left ear, that helps get him to sleep. I don’t know if your Angel has occasional insomnia episodes, but that one spot, it turns him into a little cuddly snoring ball of fluff within minutes.” I saw her come out of her mane and smile a bit.

I looked at Pinkie who looked…oh no…no, no, NO! I hurried over to Pinkie and made her look at me. “Pinks, do NOT deflate…PLEASE don’t deflate…I HATE seeing you when you deflate.”

I saw her look at me, with glistening eyes and she hugged me tight. “but I never got to throw you a party!” I saw her mane go straight with the sound of a deflating balloon. I sighed silently and gently stroked her mane as she talked in a quiet voice. “I…n-never got to throw you a party…” I heard her sniffle, as I felt her hand create a tight grip on my jacket. “please don’t go yet…”

I stopped stroking her mane as I thought about it. She’s right, she never got to…I helped the CMC, Daniel attacked me (which I respect him for being protective of them…), I woke up in the library, discovering I WAS in another dimension, I just..left, ran here, ask the princesses for help, dueled Daniel, and now…I’m about to leave… “how about this…?” I saw her look up at me. “you all have a party to celebrate me getting home…I may not be there physically…but I will be in spirit…”

Pinkies mane poofed up, but it was only half as poofy, and curly as it usually is. “it won’t be the same without you there…but, I guess I can try…” I saw her smile a bit as she let me go and dried her tears.

“Blaze, the portal is stable.” I looked back after hearing Luna, to see the portal a swirling mass of black and white.

I looked at Daniel, and walked up to him turning into my pegasus form, now being a few inches taller than him and grabbed the collar of his shirt, as he looked at me in shock. “Daniel…protect them…do not let any of them get hurt…” I let his shirt go and steps back holding my hand to him. “but just know, the girls are not fragile…they can do so much more than you could ever imagine if they are together…the ones I mean for you to really protect…are the others…the Crusaders…the Cakes…Octavia…Vinyl…the defenseless…promise me you will protect them…”

I saw Daniel look at me, then smile grabbing my hand. “I promise…you didn’t even need to say anything, because I would have done that anyway.”

I smiled and walked over to Twilight as I bit my hand making a big sized book appear adorned with a solid white gem with my cutie mark on it, and held it to her. “I’ve been thinking…maybe there could be a way for you all to contact me, even if to just say hi. This book’s pages are blank.” Twilight took the book, and held it, as I pulled another one, adorned with a black gem with all 6 of the girls, and the two princess’s cutie marks in a circle, with a gold sword in the center on the gem. “whatever is written or drawn in those pages will appear in this book, and vice versa.”

i saw Twilight look at me in shock. "why are you giving this to me?"

i chuckled and looks at her. "because i know you wouldn't abuse it...and you won't let Pinkie write in the WHOLE book at one time, or let Dash use almost 10 pages bragging about the stunts, and things shes done." i heard Dash yell 'hey' as everypony else started laughing. i heard Celestia clear her throat, and looked over.

I turned and walked towards the portal, stopping at the edge of the circular indentation before looking back at all of them and smile, giving a little wave, then flew into the portal. As I flew through the portal I could see my hands turn into hooves, and felt my bone structure changing, in a much less painful manner, but still enough to ruin my focus on flying. I eventually saw a bright flash of orange, which sent me into a dazed freefall. When I opened my eyes again, all I could see was a mass of green, and I felt myself crash, head first into what could only have been a tree, which left me in a void of nothingness…again.

Author's Note

ok, here is part 1 of my multiverse chapters. i have complete permission for this, as well as messaging the other writers about the ideas the whole time. as well as this being the longest chapter i have...and may ever have...may and...

some of you may note details from this, and if you read Shadicbro Brony's story equestrians human spirit then it should be memorable.

WARNING: STORY LISTED ABOVE IS RATED M FOR: VIOLENCE, LANGUAGE, AND SEXUAL CONTENT...STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT!

do not get me wrong, it may have sex, but it is still a good story. i also had permission to do this, and he saw the story as i wrote it. 91-100% SHADIC guarantee.

SOOOOO...go check out his story, it has good action [not meaning THAT kind, but THAT kind is true as well ], and its not the quick romance starting either. at least not the almost instant start. so it is really good, go and read it.

YEAH GO READ IT!

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sorry......

*pat pat*

good girl...now i am going to go have my ear drum checked...

damn, crazy, hyper pink ear buster maddening little...

*click*.......*thud*

AWW DAMMIT, NOW ITS BLEEDING!!!

what's blee- HOLY FLANK CRUSHED CHEESE CRACKERS! YOUR EAR IS BLEEDING!!!!

OHHHH....THANK YOU MISS FUCKING OBVIOUS!!!! im going to my audiologist Twilight, make sure Pinkie doesn't break THIS laptop too!