Author's Note

Crossover with Vesperia and the story Shining the Blacklight. This was a quick one that I wanted to come up with while trying to think of how to continue some other stories. I hope this works out. Enjoy

-Frost

Break 6- I like hitting you!

Chronobreak- I like hitting you!

Ponyville (Ekko)

It had been almost a week since Poppy’s arrival and for Ekko, things have been a little easier for the Boy who Shattered Time. Mostly because he didn’t have to handle the daily shenanigans that normally happened in Ponyville, according to Discord. The previous day, Twilight and Fluttershy had to go out somewhere to solve some “friendship problem” that did not make any sense to him and today, the girls were helping set up a concert being held in Ponyville. Leaving Ekko to rest a little as he leaned back on the chair that was in his room. Still, there were a few things that he didn’t personally know about. Mostly though, this was regarding the Displaced. He had only met one Displaced and that was the Doctor. Well, make it two Displaced if Essence would count as one, even though she was known as a Displacer. It was because of them that he was familiarized with the concept, even though Tahm Kench was the one who sent his token out into the void.

Still, he didn’t know what being summoned would feel like. Nothing had happened since the Doctor decided to visit Ponyville and he was honestly beginning to wonder if there was something he missed. Something he miscalculated. Normally, with his inventions and gadgets, he would be a genius. Traveling about the Multiverse? Not so much.

So it was quite a surprise when he felt like he was getting pulled back by some unknown force. Thinking to himself, Ekko thought that this must be what happens when a Displaced like himself was summoned. Ironically, it felt like that when it came to being called upon by the League. Just… different. Before letting the full force of the pulling sensation take hold, he left a note behind that he personally hoped that Rainbow Dash or Discord would see if they went looking for him.

“I’ll be back in a little while. Don’t worry too much about me. Someone just wants to either meet me or have me help them”

Hopefully, for this being a first time that he was summoned by a Displaced, all things would work out the way he hoped.

Meanwhile (Domain of Mercer)

The moment that Ekko was able to feel like he made contact with something, the boy was shot out of the portal that brought him to this newfound world like he was shot out of a cannon, hitting the ground hard. He heard a loud slamming sound as he tried to get back up on his feet, his vision being very blurry and he can’t see a thing. By the time it cleared up though, he could hear someone trying to talk to him.

“The hell was up with that?” He asked.

Ekko personally raised an eyebrow, trying to get a barring of what was going on. “H-hunh?” He looked around a little, seeing a city in the distance that reminded him of the one place he really hated. Piltover. Matter of fact, this guy just reminded him of Jayce. One of his costumes or as the league called “skins” had him wear a cowl to cover his face. But he didn’t see a hammer anywhere. Maybe this guy was different? The only thing that stood out was that his head was stuck in the ground right now.

“I’m not sure what you mean. Matter of fact, where I am… Are you a Displaced?”

“Yeah, I am, and you're in a forest. You also just finished planting your foot in my face.” the other person said, ripping his head free of the ground and standing back up.

“Woah hey. What’s with the accusations? I honestly didn’t think that being summoned like that would involve me feeling like I got shot out of a cannon.” Ekko protested. “Besides, who the hell are you and why do you remind me of a pretty boy Piltie I know named Jayce?”

The hooded figure pointed towards himself, acting snarky. “My name is Alex Mercer, and how the hell would I know? I don’t know a Jayce.”

“You don’t? By the league, as if everything back home in Zaun and in my Equestria isn’t crazy enough.” Ekko groaned, looking back at this Mercer fellow that was talking to him. Soon, he was pointing a finger at Ekko and then asked him a new question.

“Hey, did you dress up as Ekko or something and come to Equestria?”

Now this guy was really beginning to remind him of Jayce. He always was one to ask stupid questions whenever they clashed in the League and this was no exception. “Dress up? No no no… I got put in My Equestria because a merchant in Summoner’s Rift gave me a crest of my city. When my team won our match, I woke up to find myself in Canterlot.” He replied. “Geez, no wonder you remind me of that Piltie. He always asks dumb questions.”

“I see…” He replied, before scratching his head. “Wait, what’s a Piltie? My League of Legends lore knowledge is a bit off right now.”

“It’s short for Piltover. Anyone from that city is nicknamed “Piltie” because most of them are snobbish and arrogant.”

“I'm starting to feel offended now.” He said, in a rather bland voice.

“Sorry man. It’s not my fault that you remind me of him.” Ekko shrugged, trying his best not to cause any trouble.

“You know, generally people apologize just a bit better than that after insulting someone else. Unless, of course, they’re looking for a fight.” Mercer snarled. Ekko noticed something going on with his eye, but figured that it would be best that he would surprise him on what that actually meant

“Well Excuuuuse me. I didn’t know that an accident would leave you highly offended. Plus, Normally people would accept any kind of apology you get. Not shoot it down like you just did.” The boy told him, gritting his teeth and preparing his guile for if this guy was to make a move on him.

“Kinda hard to accept a half-assed apology when there was an insulting term added into the mix. And when you don't even know the other guy.”

“I wasn’t trying to be half-assed.” Ekko corrected. “I was trying to resolve the conflict. It seems like you just want a fight to happen.”

Mercer groaned again, looking back at the boy. “To be honest at this point I just might, I haven’t had a good one for a while now. Nothing here really threatens me enough you see.”

“Well… Be careful what you wish for.”

“I could say the same for you. Because I know about your abilities, but you don’t know mine.” He taunted. Ekko watched as both of his arms changed before his opponent slammed his foot into the ground, causing black spikes to rise up from below his feet. Quickly, the boy used the Summoner's Skill Flash to teleport out of the way before having a silhouette of himself activate Parallel Convergence at the shapeshifter’s feet. With an added bonus, Ekko used Phase Dive to roll to his opponent and smack them in the face using his guile.

“Come on, show me something new! Right now, that just reminds me of Cho’Gath.” He taunted. Even though he was getting the edge here, Ekko still had a lot of tricks to pull off in case this guy tried to pull something on him. But to his surprise, this guy wasn’t bothered by his blows.

“Just testing something out. I've always wanted to do that.” His arm lit up as he teleported behind Ekko, kicking along the ribs and sending him into the tree he just sent Mercer into. “Better? You're not the only one who can teleport, but I don't have cooldowns.”

Ekko spat a little, looking back at the shifter. “Showoff.” Now seemed like a reasonable time to try out the gauntlets that Essence gave him. Though, he wasn’t quite sure how they worked, he had a very simple possibility on how. “Guess I need to try something new… besides… I like hitting you.”

With that, Ekko cracked his knuckles. A starting sign for what was to come next as the gauntlets slowly gained power. To distract Mercer, he threw out his Timewinder, a projectile that would go straight back to him after a few feet. After Mercer tilted his head to the side, he soon noticed the projectile coming back as it hit his head forward. When he looked up, Ekko launched himself forward. However, He wasn’t exactly able to hit Mercer because of him moving backwards at the last second as his hands turned into oversized fists and caught the punch that Ekko was trying to hit him with.

“Sorry buddy. Even with Vi’s awesome gauntlets you wouldn't overpower me with strength. On a side note she's also my favorite champion in the League, these things look really cool.” He said, the last part being in a whisper. “The more biomass I consume, the stronger I get and after leaving Ponyville I found a cave with a large dragon in it. Not to mention… other things I've consumed in the short time I've been in this world. What I want to know though… is how are you even able to lift these things? You look much scrawnier in person, no offense, and those things look a bit too heavy for someone like you to use.”

Ekko smirked at the compliment, looking back at Mercer. “True true… But you’re overlooking something… these aren’t exactly Vi’s gloves. A new friend of mine gave them. Plus… I’m surprised you didn’t pay attention to everything else.” By the time that Mercer had finally realized what exactly he was talking about, the young boy already had things set in motion as his Z-Drive whirred to life. With a flick of the wrist, time began to change as he disappeared from in front of Alex to behind him with Chronobreak, followed up by a one two combo of Assault and Battery. Only to come out unphased again. He thought it must’ve been some quick healing trick.

Still though, he had one idea that could surely work. When Alex attacked again, Ekko moved out of the way using the first half of Phase Dive. Once he did, he used the smoke cloud that rose up from the ground to have Vi’s gloves push him airborne. The teleport part helped him out with gaining some more feet. As he fell, he got his guile ready as the boy slammed down on his opponent, knocking off his hood to where he could see his actual face.

“And that’s how we say hello in Zaun.” The boy said, only for his opponent to headbutt him back in retaliation.

“Well hello to you too. Zaun seems like a friendly place.”

“Do you even get sarcasm?” Ekko asked, a grin appearing on his face.

“Do you?” His opponent asked.

“Yeah… However, there’s one thing you don’t get.” The boy told him as he raised his right hand to his teeth. He knew what the contraption was. He called it a “time dial”, which allowed for him to go backwards in time completely. However, too long of a backwards leap can cause damage to him or the world around him. So it was advised that one could only go back as much as six minutes.

He only needed seconds.

“Do-over.” His teeth gnawed on the dial, setting it back to a minute. Just about when Alex was trying to headbutt him. This time, he got Vi’s gloves out and used another one of the techniques to counter it. Excessive Force. It sent Mercer sliding backwards, but it caused him to laugh a little as he looked back at Ekko.

“Heh, very nice punch and shockwave. Have one back.”

Without warning, Mercer thrusted both of his hands forward just as they returned back to normal. This caught Ekko by surprise as he had to use his guile to stay in one place without getting thrown off balance. Once he straightened himself up again, he looked back at the shifter and shrugged. “Ehh… Okay at best. You got some nice moves. Though, I say we should call this one a draw.”

He nodded his head, stretching himself out. “Yeah, that move is to clear all the annoying fodder that gets in your way. Doesn’t work well against someone who can actually fight. A draw sounds fine. We’ll be here for an eternity if we keep this up. Glad I could see your moves up close and personal though.”

“Heh… Same here.”

Mercer soon pulled out his own token as he looked back at the boy, waving a hand in farewell. “Welp, I guess this is goodbye. If ya ever find my token in your world then just call me if you need help, it’s an enchanted diamond vial full of a reddish liquid, you can’t miss it. Word of warning, don’t try and open it. It’s full of the super virus I am made of, it would either kill you or turn you into an infected monster. “Ekko, our contract is complete. Do come back sometime.”

“I sure will.” The boy replied, using his own token to leap through a tear in the void that he created.

Back in Equestria…

Shortly after he came back into his Equestria, Ekko found himself inside his room, landing face first after being spat out of the tear in the void. Taking a moment to recompose himself, he placed Mercer’s token next to the Doctor’s Screwdriver, the book that Essence gave him and the twin masks of Kindred. It was strange to find himself here of all places. He honestly expected to end up in the Everfree Forest or on the roof of the castle. Not in his room.

But there was something else that surprised him more. When he looked at the makeshift calendar that he was given, something on there caught his immediate attention. He remembered that the day that Mercer summoned him, it was on the 24th of November. On the 25th, he promised to go with Twilight to the presentation that she was giving at Canterlot University.

Today’s date was the 26th. The day after. He had been only gone for two hours, but here, he missed out on two days. “Aww crap…” It was around then that he began to hear some voices from downstairs and left the room in order to see what was going on. When he looked out, he saw Twilight and her friends, one other Unicorn he couldn’t recognize and Spike all talking at the table that had the Cutie Map. Talking about him. Some of them thought that he had disappeared or was kidnapped. Poppy thought that he was summoned by the league. But no one seemed to have noticed him walking into the room as he stood next to Pinkie Pie.

“What’s going on?” He asked in a low tone.

“Well, the girls were talking about how you might’ve disappeared yesterday. There was the thought that you might’ve died, gotten lost in the forest, eaten alive, summoned, or could’ve been the effects of a paradox caused by Starlight when she tried to alter time on her own as a revenge plot on Twilight-.” The pink earth pony told him, oblivious to the fact that the boy they were talking about was standing right there. Now noticing that her friends were staring at her in shock and disbelief. “What? Was it something I said?”

It was only then that Pinkie actually turned around to see Ekko… and then proceeded to tackle him. Only for Ekko to phase dive out of the way and blink over by the others. “Sorry about making you guys worried.” He soon noticed the new pony with a similar mane to Twilight’s and light pink fur that was right next to Poppy and raised an eyebrow. “Sorry, but I don’t think we’ve met before. Who are you?”

“Um… I’m Starlight Glimmer… Are you the one Twilight knows as Ekko?”

“Yeah, that’s me.” The boy replied. “Wait a second… Pinkie, what was that one thing you said earlier? The one on the Paradox?”

The Unicorn herself just looked at the boy, confused as the expression on his face was a little more serious this time around. Not the cheerful one she saw earlier when he first walked in. “T-that… was a mistake…” For the next few moments, Twilight and the others had to explain what happened on the day that Ekko was presumed missing. Hearing about how Starlight pulled off a dangerous spell such as Time Travel and altered the course of history not just once, but several times. What really frustrated him now though was that everypony just seemed calm. Like nothing ever happened. They treated it like it was a simple mistake. But to Ekko, mistakes like this always came at a price. He learned the hard way himself.

“And you are certain that there wasn’t any remaining after effects because of what happened?” Ekko asked, now in a serious manner.

“Yes, Ekko. Everything’s under control. I even checked with the Princesses to see if they noticed anything out of the ordinary.” Twilight assured him. “I was even going to have Luna arrive later so we could introduce her to Starlight.”

Ekko sighed deeply, looking back at them with a serious glare. “I understand that, but Time itself is a very fragile thing. Mess with one piece of it and everything else unravels. Even though everything is normal now, it doesn’t mean it’ll be same a few weeks or months from now.” He told them. Starlight though, was really confused. She had only met this boy recently and now, he was talking to them like he was Starswirl the Bearded or Clover the Clever. How would he exactly know about a subject such as Time Travel?

“It’s alright, Ekko. You don’t need to worry.”

“Okay Twilight,” He sighed, finally noticing that the moon was out and it looked to be a few hours before midnight. “I’m going to be in my room for a little while. Get some things off my mind.” Even as he returned to his quarters and got to work on making some adjustments to his tools and gadgets, there was one thing he remembered in his mind for when these things happened. One thing that he remembered because of what happened to his friend and the after effects of those numerous attempts to save him. It had been only six months or so since then, but one thing will always remain the same.

There are always consequences.

End Break 6