It was early morning, the sun had only just began to shine its light over the horizon. Framed by the ever green hills and mountains that surrounded them. Sombra sat on a log down by the waters edge. The lake was calm and peaceful, not even a ripple. It was as if the creatures underneath had an agreement not to disturb the beautiful morning, if only for the brief time. He hummed a song to himself , one that reminded him of his time back home. As the sun finally began to rise he heard footsteps approach. Not bothering to turn around as his eight companions made their way in front of him.

"Morning all" He gave a faint gesture. The sky silhouetting them creating a beautiful view of the future. Sighing at the thought but knowing better.

It was Twilight that started, taking to her leader role with gusto. "We talked this over and before we head out for our group training this evening we want to discuss this situation, you know about our position on everything but we don't know yours."

Standing to his full height towering over them he turned away. With a cocky grin he smiled back at them. "Only after the dragons dead will I tell you. Let that be your motivation, and for the sake of that I will see you all tonight. Enjoy your training." In a flash he was gone a faint crackling noise could be heard to the trained ear but nothing more. His inner power had grown much thanks to the Fatalis's gift to them.

Eight very Displeased girl's stood on the beach.

Sombra sat in the middle of the lake, a small raft and a simple rod. Fishing was peaceful, an art of survival that has been passed down for who knows how long. The girls were set to train in the nearby mountains. Hopefully thing's went well, he thought to himself as his bobber floated along. Suddenly the water began to ripple where his line sat. At first it wasn't much but not a moment later a giant fish like dragon irrupted from the water. It flung itself into the air high above him. "Plesioth?" Was the only thing he got out before the creature turned it's side toward him, it seemed unusually large for how high it got. Plummeting down with it's hip popped out with Sombra's name on it. Sombra decided it was this moment he would test himself. Man vs Monster the final challenge to see if he was ready for the showdown to come. Both of their eyes locked onto one another shimmering with intensity. Taking a deep stance he awaited the beasts collision. Electricity grew between the two opponents his fists at his side until the last moment. One massive shotgun like pop burst from his body as his fists vanished and reappeared above him making contact with the beast. Or they would have it it weren't for at that moment an even more comically large Azur Rathalos plucked it out of the air and carried it away.

A moment passed and all was still again.

"There's always a bigger fish."

Sighing to himself he returned to his fishing. Strange thing's seemed to always follow the King.

In the mountains the echo of a pop could be heard. Eight pairs of eyes looked into the direction it had come from in confusion. Nothing happened for several moment's so they all just shrugged.

"Was that?" Applebloom started.

Twilight replied "Probably Sombra."

Everyone believing he was hard at training decided to work even harder.

Meanwhile at the menacing shores of the land of the gods....

A dark shadow cracked the skies crossing above the land but it dare not pass the water. At the furthest island a bolt of lightning struck the sea. A declaration of war or perhaps just a threat, either way it could be seen all the way across the land by the ones who lived by the wall. Everyone there new that the end was near.

Down by the lake side sat the nine members of what could be the only hope left for this and every world. The mood was hanging low and no one new what to say, despite the raging festival going on in town. Sombras bounty of fish which was as ridiculously large as the monsters he had seen earlier that day, sat next to them. As they roasted the first batch they nursed their mead and ale. The plesioth in question had been mentioned to the local guild, the town itself had been in uproar over the first sighting of Titan since the town was founded. Several others had seen the Rath carry off the giant so his word was taken for the incident. The party going on was to celebrate the event and would become an annual thing.

"Come on everyone." Sweetie spoke up. "I know everything's a bit grim but we can't let it get to us."

Twilight nodded her head "Sweetie Belle is right, we won't lose I know it."

"A've got an idea." Apple Bloom ran back into town disappearing into the crowd. Everyone looked to one another but no one knew what the farm girl was up to. They sat in wait until she returned running down the lake side with a guitar in hand.

She pulled around to Sombra's side offering the instrument to him "I saw this by tha stage earlier, Sombra you sing a lot can ya play?"

He nodded taking the guitar from her and inspecting it, the design was a bit off. Could be cultural or maybe not everything added up so well between their worlds. That was still a constant confusion to all of them. What thing's were the same and what were different here in this strange monster crazy world.

Strumming it a few times he thought of all the song's he had heard on his travels. A king was what everyone remembered him as but so much more happened before that. The light of the fire reminded him of one in particular

Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies
That once blessed the household and lit up our lives
It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes

The fire took shape to Sombra's will. It showed a small version of himself when he was a pony, stood on a boat during a raging storm.

Capture the wild things and bring them in line
And own what was never your right to confine
The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes

Do you feel heavy? Your eyes drop with grief
Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief
So never you buckle and bend to the masses
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes

The storm broke and a island appeared, once ashore he was greeted by a cheerful crowd.

Get round the fire with a glass of strong ale
And tell us a story from beyond the pale
Bury some seeds and expect some strong branches
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes

Now it showed him sleeping but suddenly the ones who had greeted him broke down the door. They grabbed him and tied him up.

Now show me a man that can meet all his needs
For what we need most now is unity's seed
A covered old song for all creeds and all classes
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes
I'll tend to the flame

He was put on a post around a raging fire. Among the image of the flame ponies one grew brighter. It ran and knocked the post over freeing him.

What will we do when the world it is ending
And time it is halted for friend and for foe?
Try to hold on to the time as it passes
I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes

The final seen showed the two on Sombras boat sailing away as the crowd raged on the shore.

As the song came to an end there were a few including Silver and Scootaloo with tears in their eyes.

"Now that might seem like a sad tale." Sombra spoke inspecting the instrument and idly tuning it. "But in the end I made a great friend on that island. Everyone had been convinced by the chief that I was a demon while I slept. One brave soul stepped in to help me, at that time who knows if I could have gotten out of their alone. We traveled together for awhile before they made their home at one of our stop's." A found look graced his features, with a gentle breeze passing over the water's everything seemed to take on a new feeling of piece.

"When did you learn to do that with the fire?" Sweetie asked her memory of the strange hunter from the desert still in mind.

"I used to do something similar with my magic back in the day. Just applied what we have now in the same way." He sent another image to the fire forging what looked to be a scene of the Crystal Empire. It reverted back to a normal fire and smiled at that his skills hadn't become dull.

"How about another song?" Sunset smiled at him, she herself had been unsure of her feelings for awhile. Twilight kept growing and her list of true friends had grown with her. It was after the meeting with the ancient dragon that she had started to feel like this was her family. With the end in sight the idea of losing them drove her need to get stronger.

A another nod from the Sombra and he began playing.......

They had all sung, ate and drank their way through the evening. Sunset taking the guitar a few times herself and even Sol surprising everyone with a local song. As they all returned to their logging it felt like they had gotten even closer. Twilight looked back to see Sombra lagging behind, he eventually turned from the water and for a brief moment the look of his eyes terrified her. Rage, almost green flashed and then was gone. She shook her head and excused it as the alcohol getting to her.

All eight girls shared a massive room with mattresses embedded in the walls. Sombra had a private room and took full advantage of the silence to get some much needed sleep. His dreams however would not be peaceful as visions of darkness and the abyssal magics he new all to well lurked. His own soul responded in kind burning the shadows away. He would show no mercy to even the universe, for it was not his way.

The day had arrived for Sombra to pick up his armor. The local smith had worked on the materials until their arrival and had taken Sombra's measurements one last time before he began to construct the set. All the girls waited anxiously in the smithies front room, excited to see what armor could possibly have taken so long to prepare. The smith himself was rather short, probably no taller then two maybe 3 feet. His hammer that he carried over his shoulder was massive, probably double his own size and it made them wonder how he could hit anything accurately. Everything in the shop looked top quality despite that, his weapons and armor seemed to only be made of high tear monsters. Their curiosity only grew more until the curtain finally pulled away and out stood the king.

Golden and regal. "Rajang......" Came from Sol as she stepped forward putting her hand on his stomach only to feel scales. Stepping back she looked closer, she had never seen such gold and black scales before. The fur around his chest, arms and legs was all Rajang for sure, but the scales that made up the under mail were strange.

"Gore Magala." Sombra's words pulled her out of her thoughts.

"But how?" She looked bewildered.

"I'll tell'ya missy." The smith waddled over and swung his hammer straight into Sombra's gut. His strike only bounced off the hard scales. "These scales her were donated to your mission by the Hunters Comity. Only a few of these beasts have been slain but their scales have been studied intently. This one in particular is a Shagaru Magala the adult form of Gore Magala. Two of the most powerful and angry monsters combined into one set, it's flexibility and defensive capabilities are only enhanced by the monster's energy that still reside within. And the other part should be just about finished." He walked over to the fire pit and grabbed hold of a handle. With one mighty swing he pulled it out and slammed it down on an anvil on his other side. The strike was so fierce and quick that in a moment the red hot steel cooled. It was the same gun hammer that he had before but now it seemed most of the mechanism was a mix of metal and dark rock like scales and spikes. He walked over and handed the hammer to Sombra who lifted it with so much ease that it might as well have been a feather. He inspected it up and down appreciating the craftsmanship.

"It's an even stronger metal then before forged around parts from Akantor, the beast is pretty strong and hardly any hunters of even the highest ranks like fighting the buggers. These parts are leftover from a trade I made long ago, use them for all our sake's."

Sombra and the girls thanked the smith and had all their own gear checked before departing. Everyone spent the next few days gathering supplies and getting ready for the journey ahead. Word had gotten to them about the Dragon of Night setting up shop far to the East. Sol and Sombra had shared a look but steeled themselves for what lie ahead. The time had arrived and as they stood at the edge of the town with a new cart in tow and one additional member since they had first departed. It felt like a new dawn greeted them that morning as they took their first steps toward hell.

They headed straight East, winding through the woods and valleys, the sun shined bright up above and the sounds of various woodland creatures echoed through the trees. Each road that traveled from town to town was mostly just worn down dirt. Sometimes they would have to stop to clear the path of a fallen tree or fill in a crater from some monsters havoc.
After a full day of traveling had left them in need of rest, everyone was quite surprised at the lack of monster encounters.

"It's kinda strange we haven't even seen even a bird wyvern, there super common." Scootaloo said as they pulled into a clearing by the path. Much to the groups curiosity she received a few looks. "What I studied like everyone else!"

Diamond gave her a pat on the back and a soft smile. "We Know."

Scoots blushed in embarrassment but was happy none the less. "You know I think my favorite thing about coming here is how close we've all gotten. After all we were pretty much enemies before dropping in."

"Enemies?" Sol asked curious.

Apple Bloom chuckled "Yea we did't get along real well before. Even say me Scoot's and Sweetie fought with Diamond and Silver every day for years."

"I was unaware of this as well." Spoke Sombra who was currently busy setting up a fire pit with Twilight and Sunset.

"How much does Sol know about all of us anyway? We haven't had much time to chat." Said Sunset walking over and putting her arm around the tiny warrior, their size difference made Sunset feel like an amazonian in comparison.

Sombra put a log in place for a bench of sorts. "I told her pretty much everything when we were training."

"You and Twilight are from a different world from the rest of them correct?" Sol asked from under Sunsets arm.

"Well I'm technically from their world to but I live in the same world as Twilight, long story trust me." Sunset let go and went over to their bag's pulling out her Journal.

"You still have that?" Twilight asked through a chuckle.

"Of course I do, I mean it still holds a lot of memories." Gesturing the book to Sol. "This here is a Journal that allowed me to communicate with the Twilight from the other world, we were going to go through the portal to see her when me and our fearless leader first ended up here." She chuckled as said leader through a nearby stick at her.

"Did you want to sleep with that Twilight too?" There was a long pause. Sol's question caught everyone off guard except for Sweetie who just laughed. (Lance guard to strong)

After recovering everyone looked to their resident nerd who in turn had become redder then a rathalos. Sunset's response only drove the nail in and carting the poor girl. "Nope, the other Twi isn't as cool."

The night came with a chill and the group had dug into a warm stew dinner. With not a cloud in site the stars up above were full and bright. Almost like a blanket of cosmos wrapping itself around the sky. Silver Spoon and Diamond were both maintaining their equipment. Being the only two in the group who used range weapons meant they had to rely on what they had learned so far and shared ideas between each other. Special ammo could be made on the go with the right techniques and certain applications could even be used as support for the others during the fight. This along with preemptive strikes from a distance gave them a special role among the group. Silver's bow, Diamond's bowgun, Scoot's long sword, Applebloom's Switch Axe, Sweetie's lance, Sombra's hammer, Sunset's greatsword, Twilight's dual blades, and now Sol's sword and shield were all unique and had their own advantage's and synergies. As they traveled they would be able to test all of the possibilities and train to get stronger.

"Hey since we only got a bit of training in before we left how about the group that landed at Titan Lake take's on the first monster we encounter on the way?" This was Twilight's suggestion and as the leader no one really argued but Sunset was curious.

"We did train while waiting Twi, any particular reason for this?" Came the redhead's response.

A pause while Twilight swallowed a chunk of stew meat. "Well I'm mostly curious how you all fight together. You had a normal four man party with mostly cutting weapons and one ranged. If were going to all fight as one large group I think it's best we see each smaller group fight first. We'll take turns and I was most interested in you four." The nerdy girl was a tactful as ever despite their interaction earlier. The thought of which gave her an idea. "Hey Sunny."

Sunny? She thought, this can't be good. "Yeah Twi?"

"Since we've been singing a lot recently how about you give the group a taste of one of your husky song's you were singing to me at our sleepover?" Her and Sunset were spending a lot of time together with just the two of them and she had learned to love the former bad girls love for music.

"Oh come on that's embarrassing." She hid herself behind her great sword that she was busy oiling.

"I'd like to hear it." Sol said from her seat between Bloom and Scoots. "The more I hear about your world the more I want to see it for myself, the music is especially interesting."

Scootaloo chimed in "Yeah Sunset give us a song."

"Better not keep them waiting." Was Sombra's two cent's from behind his mug of ale that just barely hid his smirk. Barely.

"Fine fine if you all insist." They had packed a few instrument's to keep everyone entertained. Weirdly enough they were made by the same smith that made Sombra's armor. When questioned about the duel passion he simply responded by saying he was a man of many talents. He even gave them a discount out of kindness.

"It's not ganna be as intense with just a guitar but whatever, by the way Twi this song is one thousand percent your fault."

With that the night carried on with lots laughs and even more drinks.

As they continued east the group would pass through the port town of Gana before heading north again to group up at the safest entrance to The Land of The Gods. The frozen terrain and snow covered land would allow them to get far in without being noticed by to many powerful monsters. After all if they took to much damage before they reached the Dragon of Night the fight could be over before it ever began.

"On the road again, I can't wait to get on the road again....." Sunset hummed as they walked along the side of the cart, her and Twi took up the right as Sombra pushed the cart up front with Sol by his side. Diamond and Applebloom were on the left with Sweetie and Scootaloo in the back. Silver was perched on top of the cart in a somewhat makeshift watch tower.

Twi smirked at Sunset who raised her fist in anger back at her. "What's that about?" Asked Scoot from the back. The quiet of the road made it easy for all of them to hear one another.

"Twi had me binge watch these damn movies a couple weeks before we left and I haven't been able to get them out of my head since we've been here!" Twi cackled with mischief as Sunset raised her great sword in mock threat before dropping it back onto her back and crossing her arms pouting.

"What's a movie?" Sol asked turning to Sombra. Sombra shrugged, which earned both of them a brief explanation from Silver Spoon.

"It's not my fault you got so engrossed after the first Shre......." Twilight was caught off by sound of an explosion up ahead.

Pulling up slowly the group rounded a corner to find....... not what they expected. It seemed to be a giant boar, a monster called bulldrome Twilight informed and the explosion they heard was soon revealed as another came running out of no where and slammed into the first. Their tusks made such a powerful bang when they collided that the grass underneath was blown away. The group stood in awe at the crazy power that these two semi normal monsters were putting out.

"Well they may be tough but they also look good to eat." Was Blooms drool filled comment before everyone heard her switch axe lock into sword mode. The scene that happened next was so dark and brutal that the entire group agreed to never speak of it again.

That night Sombra and Sol sat down and spoke to the group about where the Dragon of Night has gone. Sol told them about her father and her hopes of finding him there. They had mentioned the elders that lived past the land and Thunder himself.

"So were heading into unknown dangerous territory where everything could possibly kill us?" Sunset asked to which Sol nodded.

"Sounds like a Tuesday."

"What she means to say is we're use to this kind of thing." Twilight butted in sitting next to Sol. "We'll try are best to help you as long as you trust us."

"I'd like that." She said before turning to Sunset. "What's a Tuesday?"

Another explanation and they moved on. Sombra was butchering the boar's that Apple Bloom had slain. He made easy work of them keeping the leg's in tack to give everyone one for dinner. He cut the rest of the meat mincing and dicing certain cuts while leaving other in tack for nicer meals. Finally salting and preserving it all for later.

He put the leg's over the fire and say with the rest of the group, tending to them occasionally. The group could kill certain monster's as long as the area had a regulation to use said monsters as food. Twi had given the thumbs up as Bloom went for the kill and had kept them in the know on what they were and were not allowed to actively hunt. This being said if they were attacked they were suppose to defend with the intent to kill whatever came at them. Later they would report to the guild about what they had slain and give proof of kill. In turn certain rewards could be given based on what the guild had already potentially needed.

The logistics of it all were only known by Sombra, Silver, and Twi. Since the three of them were the only one's bothered enough to read all the legal jargon.

Later on Scootaloo spoke up through a mouth full of leg meat. "So I gotta ask, what happens when this is all over."

Bloom raised her eyebrow. "Wad'ya mean?"

She scratched her head. "Well like do we just keep hunting? Do we end up getting sent back to our own world through cosmic nonsense? What should I expect is what I'm getting at I guess."

"We won't get sent back to our world. At least not by force. I have already ran by that with Sunset, she could exist in the human world even if the portal wasn't a thing so we can be here without any sort of issue as well. There is plenty enough room in the universe for a couple world jumpers and I doubt there's anything or anyone that would care." Was Twilight's educational response. Which also came from around a mouth full of leg. The group just worked out most of the gibberish and smacking.

Diamond tilted her head in confusion. "What do you mean 'at least not by force'?"

"Well potentially we have the same powers of dimensional manipulation as the Fatalis did right? So we should be able to work out a way to travel freely between this world and our other two. And from what me and Sunset have deduced even if we go to the human world the lack of magic should not inhibit us because we will keep our form from this world. The gate in Equestria was responsible for changing me and Sunset and that same gate's link was probably used to move the rest of you here as well even if it was not by direct entrance. So if we just go around that figurative gate the magic that transforms you won't change us. And even if it did the power we have now is internal not external. It doesn't rely on the magic of the world to work like Equestria magic does, it's part of our very soul." Her rambling was fast and still full of munching but the group managed to make since of it once again.

"So what do we want to do?" Scoot's asked again. "I want to be with all of you know matter where we go."

"It's all up to our leader right?" Was surprising to everyone Sol's voice that spoke up. "I still am working my way in but Sombra is someone I care for. You all are part of his family and I want to prove that I am a part of that to, I will follow as well if you'll let me."

"Of course we will!" Sweetie shouted before running over and wrapping her arms around Sol. "Your one of us." She turned to the rest of the group. "Right?"

Everyone nodded and Silver walked up and joined in on the hug and repeating Sweetie. "Right."

Afterward the two returned to there seat's, Sol was smiling ear to ear which made Sombra relieved.

Diamond spoke up. "So were are we going captain?"

Twilight had everyone's eyes on her and gave it some thought. They had options, lot's of options.

She stood speaking to the group. "We have to defeat the final boss so to speak first. But once we do I still want to see Equestria. Well stop there, see the sites, then go back to the human world to do the same. After we take a break we can decide one of two options."

Everyone seemed confused but Sombra spoke up knowing full well what she had in mind. Smiling he spoke. "Uncharted lands here or uncharted lands in Equestria?"

"Your damn right!" She raised her leg in cheer. Sombra standing and doing the same.

"To adventure?" He said. Everyone standing and joining in.

They all cheered. "To adventure!"

The sun had risen over the horizon. Silver and Sol who had taken last watch roused the group from their slumber. Twilight muttered something about battle tactics before opening her eyes and almost immediately rising to her feet. She continued to amaze the group with her ability to be fully active right after waking up. Straight to the center of the camp she started up a fire and began brewing some coffee.

Sombra had also woken and began to do a perimeter check for small monster tracks. This would let the group know if anything had scoped them out in the night and might possibly be following their trail. A tendency of smaller monsters that hunt in packs. Some Bird Wyvern species liked to alert larger monster and come back later. It was not a hard task to do so the fact that little came from it wasn't a matter. It helped him wake up and focus.

Sweetie and Diamond got to work digging out rations for breakfast, making short work preparing enough food for everyone to get a belly full. It was going to be a long day after all. After eating, the group set out. Sunset, Apple Bloom, Diamond and Scootaloo took front. Twilight and Sweetie to one side each of the carriage, Sombra pulling away, with Silver Spoon at the watch on top of the cart and Sol sitting with her. The two of them had really started to get along which took Sombra by surprise. After all she was the one he thought would be the most at odds with a new girl chasing after him.

Sunset's group was at the ready to engage anything that came their way. Formation wise they had her great sword at the front with Scoots long sword to the right and Blooms switch axe to the left. Diamond stood behind Sunset at the ready to provide ranged support.

As they traveled down the dirt path there was a sudden explosion in front on them. Dirt and dust filled the air and the group prepared for battle.

Deep in the unknown, chaos. That was all that existed here. Darkness and chaos.

But what was chaos?

What none could understand, the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning. If an end could exist that is. For chaos broke the rules of a ruleless existence. One could begin to question it and be driven mad at the concept. God's had stared it down and fallen to their knees. This place hidden in plane site everywhere and nowhere at once.

The realm between some have called it, for to travel the cosmos and what some call the dimensions one must pass through it. Paths have been made safe to take but one must never step into chaos. For if they did chaos would take them.

In this realm that nothing could possibly exist in that had destroyed even the bravest warrior, if you listened closely you could almost here a beat. A glint of purple flashed in the dark. A lost soul that didn't even know it was lost.

Can you here me young one.

"Ya whats'up? What's going on?" The voice spoke brashly. "You're the one that brought me here right?"

This was not where you were to end up. Nothing can exist here.

"I dunno I'm pretty existy right about now." The music continued to play like it was emanating from the girl.

It could be your soul is keeping the dark at bay. It does not know music. Here in this place your rhythm seems to bring a level of peace.

"A place without music? That sucks. Anything I can do to help?"

I do not know. All that I do know is that nothing changes here, normally once inside one vanishes. Everything they bring, just like your song would normally not exist.

"Hmm maybe if I leave my rhythm here this place can enjoy it."

Silence was all that was present for awhile as the voice contemplated.

Most likely you will parish if you give that part of you. This place with see you as separate from the thing it is curious of and destroy you but I have and idea. In the last moments of my life I gave away most of myself. I reserved my body and a large portion of my power to save you from here. I was the one who summoned you it is my responsibility. So I will clad you in armor made of my body and give the rest of my power to you. If you so wish to leave a piece of you behind I will honor that wish. You will be protected until you make it out.

"Woh that's a lot to take in." She thought for a bit. "But what will happen to you?"

Do not worry. My life is over, I have left it behind with you and the others.

"Who are the other?"

I will show you, when my power joins you my memories will join you as well. Take them and my power, you were the only one I was able to ask if they would come for the crack had grown strong enough for me to reach out. For agreeing to help save your world, mine, and every other I give you this gift.

For a moment nothing happened. Then the girl was consumed in light. A bright warm light, like the fireplace during a winter storm. She took that piece of her and left it there. The memories pouring in her and almost making her laugh. This was crazier than she could have ever imagined. She liked crazy though. Her body shifted and changed shape and when it was done she fell. As she did the energy she felt began to grow around her and in her hand a shining light began to glow bright. The voice spoke once more to her and told her what to do before it vanished for the last time.

She followed suit and imagined armor around her and used the voic.... the hunters memories. To conjure a weapon in her hand. Soon enough a light shined ahead of her. She plunged through it and a moment later collided with the ground. Her knew armor protecting her amazingly well. Standing up she used her free hand to dust herself off.

The dust cleared in front of the group and in front of them stood the strangest site they had ever scene, and that was saying a lot for this crowd. Clad in horn lined white scaled electric blue striped armor stood a hunter wielding a white guitar shaped hunting horn. It crackled with red lightning and seemed to have other gizmos on it that sure didn't belong to this world.

'Huh looks like I've got a helmet on.' The girl thought for a moment. His memories were still here, all his training and skill. It almost felt like she was two people now. At least that's how it would be if she didn't know he was gone. It was different but the same after all her personality was still there. There was just more to it now.

The group stared at her for awhile neither side saying anything. 'Oh I bet he'd like this' She thought before an evil smirk graced her hidden face. She raised the horn like she would any other guitar. A turn of a knob and the electricity grew in intensity. Testing her new toy out she plucked a string, a shockwave of red lightning burst out with a wailing cord following it. The group in front of her stepped back and took a defensive stance.

"I don't know who you are." Spoke Twilight to the stranger. "But if your here for a fight we'll give you one!"

"We will?" Twi was confident and the smile on her face was definitely not what Sunset was expecting.

"You will actually." She sheathed her duel blades and climbed to the top of the cart taking a seat for the show. "After all it's your group's turn."

"If you say so." Sunset turned to their patiently waiting opponent. "Alright girl form up." They clustered close with Diamond to their back right.

"What's the plan?" Asked Scootaloo from her spot to Sunset's right.

"Ssad then follow up with Assd" The girls nodded and a moment later they were off.

'Oh this should be fun' The stranger thought. She began to strum a melody pressing another hidden button like scale in as she did. As she strummed a stream of lightning crashed down all around her chasing forward toward the group.

Sunset brought down her sword from above and the pressure cut a path forward through the electricity creating a vacuum. Right through the vacuum came the blur that was Scoots. She unsheathed her sword at the moment of contact but as she collided the stranger simply had moved to the side and the one she slashed faded away. As she went to strum another cord Apple bloom came crashing down from above her axe mode bringing a ferocious blast. Her target just barely backing away as the ground under her cracked. As she fell off balance Diamond took her shot a cluster round that detonated upon impact and sending the hunter back.

Staggering she stood her ground the Fatalis's memories helping her through the pain. The adrenaline really helped to. Before she could recover Apple Bloom was rushing her, sword mode at the ready she did a wide swing across. Her blade met the heavy end of the guitar and was bashed away. The shockwave that followed sent her with her weapon. Head over feet she rolled across the ground until she was brought to an abrupt stop by a very sneaky and cunning..... tree.

Sunset and Scoot were coming from both sides now, great sword from above and longsword coming across. The hunting horn user repressed the button from earlier the same rift she played at the beginning began again and she swung it in a circle around her spinning the meaty weapon around her body like a big meaty baton and as she did she was sending out wave after wave of lightning and sound that blasted the two hunter back. Just as she was about to come to an end another cluster round collided with her helmet. "Shi..." The blast knocked her back hard. Landing on her ass five feet back and her horn left her hand, sliding away from her.

The four she was fighting walked up to her at the ready. Shaking her head she stood, she was still a bit woozy and had a massive headache to boot. A crack formed its way down the helmet and it split in two falling to the ground. Electric striped blue hair and purple shades met the group. Everyone but Sombra and Sol gasped. "VIYNL?!"

"Ha ha hey dudes. Mind not yelling, heads sorta throbbing here." Was her weak reply as she walked over picking up her horn. Swinging it over her shoulder she walked back to the group. "How you guys been?" She chuckled at their dumbfounded expressions.

"Wait wait wait wait." Sweetie cut in. "Which world are you from? Human or pony?"

"Pony, and before a ton of follow up questions get asked I'll just spill the beans." She breathed in and in a way that would make Pinkie proud managed out a single long explanation. "The fatalis that brought everyone here wasn't able to bring me here at the same time as you all and when he did manage to reach me he was able to ask me personally, with no time to decide and his brief explanation I made the quick choice to help you all out but then I got trapped in this super weird place on the way here. He saved me by giving me the last of his power and turned his body into armor for me and the only reason I'm not super super confused right now is because he gave me all of his memories." She gasped for air as everyone stared on processing the information.

After an awkward silence Diamond spoke up. "Wait but why did you attack us all?"

Several nods turned into expectant stare's at the DJ.

"Ha heh um ya funny story, I sorta got the idea from the memories he gave me. Thought testing all your skills vs what I had picked up from him was a fun idea." She rubbed the back of her head with her free hand chuckling uncomfortably as she looked down in shame.

"Tell that ta ma backside!" Bloom said. "I think ah still got bark in places it shouldn't be!"

Twilight walked up and slapped the angry farm girl on the back. "Come on Bloom that was probably the best training any of us have gotten. Besides can't really turn down a lesson from such a strong hunter even if it's indirectly."

She grumbled but ended up sighing in defeat.

"Good now let's all find a place to set up camp we can talk more then. No point in continuing on today with everyone hurt and sore."

"I'm still a bit upset about being thrown into a tree an all" Vinyl put her hands together in a plead for forgiveness. "Ah know ah know, I aint ganna hold it against ya. Just wanted to ask what the heck is up with your huntin horn, aint look like it's from around here if ya know what ah mean."

"It is really interesting." Twilight added as she and Sweetie tended to all five of them and their wounds.

She put a hand on the weapon in question. "So like, when I got his memories and power he kinda told me to create what I could with his body. Still freaks me out thinking I'm wearing another persons hide. Anyway I saw something like it in his past and used my amazing skillful knowledge of my DJ equipment to make this baby."

She looked awfully proud of herself and the rest had to give it to her that it was rather ingenious.

Sombra spoke to the new arrival his tone neutral. The last thing he needed was them thinking he was hitting on her. "So how much did he know about our travels so far? Do we need to fill you in? I won't bother asking about your resolve as you were the one to decide to come, but be warned our lives are very much on the line here."

"Ya I know, honestly this was not something I was planning on doing today, like wake up, brush my mane, save the world. But if the world could end anyway I might as well try to stop it. At least if die I could say I tried. Besides I'm from Ponyville! Crazy stuff happens all the time there, it was a matter of time until I had my own adventure."

The five that also called Ponyville their home could only nod in exasperated agreement at the chaos that constantly unfolded there.

"And as far as what I know..... ya pretty much everything. It's pretty awkward I guess, like I feel like I have a connection to you all but this is the first time I'm really meeting most of you. Almost like a character in a TV series you get waaaaaay to attached to, heheh." She rubbed the back of her head avoiding eye contact with Twilight, Silver and Sweetie. The memory she saw of the three of them was pretty steamy.

Twilight must have caught on to what she was thinking because her cheeks lit up bright red. "A-anyway!" The leader squeaked out trying to change the subject. "That makes thing's easier on us, no explanation needed for anything really." She walked over and held out her hand. "If you know everything and still want to help then your more than welcome to join."

Vinyl took her hand and was pulled to her feet in a quick hug.

Twilight stepped back and addressed the group. "Everyone, let's welcome our tenth member!" A round of cheers went up and Twilight clapped her on the back. Whispering to the DJ. "Not a soul."

She got the message and mimed zipping her mouth closed. Quickly enough the two broke into laughter.

Author's Note

Hello hunter's I am so excited for the new game and can't wait. In the meantime have some fanfiction.

Let me state something about the music in my stories. I like to share my favorite artist's and songs and think they boost the reading experience. I started reading fanfiction at the end of season two of MLP and one of the first stories I read was Griffin the Griffin. That story along with many others had music in them and I think I'll carry on the torch so to speak. Please if you enjoy the song's give the artist's a follow.

Note 1: None in the group wear full helmets. All of their headgear in ornamental variants or none at all, all of which show their faces.

Note 2: Carting means dying in Monster Hunter. Or losing one of 3 lives during a hunt. If that hunt allows the normal three that is.

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Thank's for reading and happy hunting!

~GreenEyesWithAGreatsword.