Grimoire of Equestria

by microdrago

Avoiding Problems

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The Doctor was glaring at me so strongly, I was certain I heard the wall next to me sizzling in my ear just from the pure force of it.

"Easy there, I really just want to know what's going on. How do you know about my arm? Have I met you? And most importantly, why do you have a picture of me, that's not me?" I asked rapidly, my arms still limply hanging in the air as a sign of my surrender. He seemed to hesitate for a bit, until he lowered his Sonic Screwdriver a little, and I noted the visible anger in his eyes slowly ebbing away.

"Right, you would have no idea about it.." He trailed off, as he placed his Sonic Screwdriver on the closest table, next to another one. They looked identical, so my eyebrows raised as to why he would need two. He wandered over to the wall with the poster on it and stared hatefully at it.

"That is a picture of you, but not the you from now. That is what happens to you in one years time. The you of the future." He turned to me, eyes narrowed. I knew I needed to act like I had no idea what he was talking about, especially if I wanted more information. I stood up with a quick push from my good arm.

"The future? Yeah, right. And my name is Yuki Terumi." I said something that would make anyone who knew anything about me shake there head. My statement rang out, as the Doctors eyes widened slightly as he quickly fired off a question.

"So it's true that you-?" He trailed of, knowing that I knew what he was asking.

"Did you just.. Use my name to goad someone?" Terumi asked, sounding amused.

"Yeah, why?" I asked confused.

"No reason, just used to you using my name sparsely. It feels good to know that you want me to be at least somewhat known now." He mused. I shrugged him off and returned my attention to the Doctor.

"Yeah, Terumi's in here all right. The real Terumi, not some imitation. Total pain in that ass if you ask me." I say nonchalantly. I ignore Terumi's indignant outcry in my head, in favor for the Doctor's newer, happier look.

"Oh thank Celestia, there's still time." Huh, even Timelords praise Luna and Tia? I'll ask about that if he ever explains what he is to me. I wander over to the middle of the room, and the table. I let my fingers trace over a few different items on the table as I looked around the room.

"This is all amazing, what is it?" I asked. The Doctor jumped at the opportunity, and began his speech.

"This, is the inside of the TARDIS. It's a ship that can transport us anywhere and any when in history. Any history in fact. TARDIS stands for Time and Relative Dimension In Space. As such, it can take us to when you saved Princess Luna from the Elements. Or when you didn't. It can move about the multi-verse and take us anyplace we need." He said with a happy smile as he looked around his ship. I walked over to the poster, and plucked it from the wall.

"And this?" I asked, my smirk slipping away as I look at it.

"That.. Is what happens to you in the future." He repeated himself. I sighed and looked at him.

"Look, I know your probably not allowed to tell me anything, in fear of changing how things play out in the future. But if your willing to pluck me from my time and even threaten me, then I believe that we can help each other here. You tell me what happens, I try to avoid doing that. Its really simple." I said as I rolled up the poster and slid it into my sleeve. The Doctor viciously shook his head, and spoke up.

"You don't understand. As much as I want to change history and help you. There's only one way to help the Multi-verse now." He looked down as he walked back over to the table. He picked up the Sonic Screwdriver from the table. Derpy looked at the now empty table in confusion. Holding the Sonic Screwdriver in a hoof and pointing it at me, he looked up. His eyes held only partial anger, but mostly a deep sadness.

"I don't like doing things like this, but if I have to in order to save the Multi-verse-" He was interrupted by my hand raising in response to his speaking, as if to interrupt him. And interrupt him I did.

"And how, pray tell, is killing me going to solve your problems. You yourself told me that there are other Universes where I exist and where I don't. What If I'm the one to end all the bullshit that's happened?" I asked. I smirked slightly as I watched his hoof fall slightly as he thought on my words.

"...How would you prove it?" He asked after a good pause to think.

"Heh, that's where 'Trusting me' comes into play. Hell, when I'm done handling all the problems in my Equestria, I can help you with kicking my Evil twins ass." I chuckled at the thought. The doctor did too, only his was more hollow than I would have hoped.

The Sonic Screwdriver in his hoof started to shine brightly as he raised it up, along with his head. His eyes had tears streaming down them.

"I'm truly sorry Hazama.. But I just can't take that risk!" He called out, his voice trembling. Knowing when to cut my loses in an argument, I put my hand to my hat and did a bow for the Doctor.

"Sorry Doc, but I don't feel like dying yet!" I smirk as my body fades away as I Ghost through the floor of the TARDIS. As my head went though the floor I heard him cry out and something grazing my hat.. When I was a Ghost.. A slight shiver went up my spine as my first idea had been to take a hit then go through the floor. I get the feeling that it would have hurt. After a few floors, I finally fell out of the TARDIS entirely. A sudden feeling of nausea and a tugging feeling made me tuck into a ball quickly.

"Do NOT faze back in! Under no circumstances!" I had to try to focus, my mind was in shambles all of a sudden. A million different feelings split across my body at once. I was both freezing and boiling at the same time, my body felt numb yet I could feel a sharp wind cutting into my very Essence. I groaned as I felt the sensation of falling, but I wasn't moving, it was all so much. I was sure that if I had to go through this for much longer I would pass out. I opened my eyes, and froze.

Around me was a darkness, I felt that I shouldn't have ever seen. Yet I could see my body, my arm, my hand, clear as crystal. Out past my own self was Nothing. I felt like I was staring into Nothing. But at the same time I felt like I was Looking at Everything. The Two can't be together, but here.. It was.

My brain felt like it was going to explode. At least at first. Slowly, I started seeing things. There were bright lights around me, each had a different feel to them. The tugging was still there, and so were the many other feelings, but now it was like somewhere deep in my subconscious I knew where I was. Yet even as I felt the affects fading, my mind remembered the feeling. Trying to remember why I felt like I knew where I was.

Suddenly I had a thought. When I made my Token and it made a hole into-

The Void.

This must be the place where you go to get to different Universes. It makes sense, as the Void was the Everything ad Nothing that existed in between, all at once. My head hurt trying to wrap itself around all the info it was being fed all at once, but that was good. The more I understood, the more I could deal with it. I chuckle grimly to myself as I look back to my hand. The once Crystal clear image I had was just my eyes adjusting to the Nothing that the Void was. I now saw my usual faded hand, and noted that I felt like I was floating through both Air and Maple syrup at the same time.

The Void was really creepy. There was just no other way of describing it. Other than oddly beautiful.

"You almost die in the Dimension closest to the Boundary, and you call it beautiful?" Terumi scoffed, but I could hear him shaking slightly. I was starting to feel like I should be dead, if his reaction was anything to go by.

"Indeed you should!" Nightmare called out, placing herself in the link. "No mortal goes into the Void without proper protection, and even then they risk being devoured by the Eternal Nothingness!" She scolded, her voice also shaking slightly.

"But I'm Ghosted, that's the best protection I can- "

"Are you daft?! The laws of Physics don't exist here! Your basically alive because your mind understood the Void before you did, and the Void itself seems to like you." He scoffed again.

Wait, how the hell does he know that the Void 'Likes' me?

"You haven't looked at your other arm have you?" I snapped my head in its direction and found my eyes opening slightly at the sight.

It was slight, but I saw wisps of Purple flowing into my arm. I noted that my arm looked like it no longer had pieces torn from it. I flexed it, and found I could move my arm again- At least in Ghost Mode. I still couldn't feel it, but meh, progress is progress. I relaxed my arm, and watched as the Purple wisps flowed more freely into it. Soon enough my arm had a soft purple glow around it. I shrugged, and looked to the basketball sized lights floating by me.

"So what do you think these lights are?" I asked, as I looked around.

"Lights?" Terumi asked.

"What light?" Nightmare added. I was confused at that. I reached out to one.

"You cant see them? There are millions of them." I muttered, as I grasped onto one.

"Wait no!" Terumi called out, but it was too late. I felt my body suddenly get sucked into a small hole, about the width of a finger. Strangely enough it didn't hurt, it only felt weird when I realized my body was suddenly back to normal. I was floating over what looked to be Ponyville. I landed, and fazed back into normalcy. I stretched, hearing my many joints pop as they 're-materialized'. Fazing in and out was iffy as it technically kills you. Regrowing the lost tissue was easy using Terumi's knowledge as a base, it just felt weird. I put my hand in my pocket, feeling something wrong. I glance at my other arm, and note the long sleeve flapping in the small wind. I sighed, as I fold the sleeve inside itself. I can instantly regrow any living flesh that was there when I first Fazed. Apparently my arm just didn't make the 'living' part.

I looked around, everything looked almost exactly the same. I wondered if this was a different Equestria. That possibility was absurdly high, as I noted a few factors that had my attention.

Ponyville looks like it had seen better days, as the houses all had small holes all over them, and some even had the roofs caved in. The Sun was out, and the clouds were non-existent, almost like the Sun was the reason. The grass all around and inside Ponyville was dried out and dead. I didn't even hear the voices of Ponies outside. I walked up to the nearest building, and it just so happened to be Twilight's Library. I made my way in through the doors. They squeaked as I pulled them open, as my eyebrows furrowed in confusion. The Library looked untouched, cobwebs everywhere, and it didn't even look like Twilight had been here in ages, if at all. A sudden surge of urgency flowed through me, as I desperately searched for something using my weird emotion sensing ability. I found nothing.

I was now entirely worried, as I didn't feel a single emotion in Ponyville. No Pinkie, No Twilight, no Applejack.. Nobody.

I jumped up and made a quick scan around me.

Scanning the Everfree, its luscious green fauna replaced with dried up and withered trees. Looking over to the Castle, I noted how the Sun seemed to reflect more on it than before.

Maybe Celestia will tell me what happened. Flicking my hand out, I was kind of worried when my Ouroboros took a second to fire off. I had to push some extra power into them to get them to manifest, but either way, I was propelled towards Canterlot Mountain by my Ouroboros. I landed in the middle of Canterlot and I had my first look at a Pony since I had arrived here.

It was a Unicorn Mare that had a Teal coat and dull Yellow eyes. She looked at me, and then just proceeded to walk forward, her head hung low like she had nothing left. I looked around, and saw a few more ponies. They were all under an overhang or inside a building, probably to get away from the Sun that was constantly beaming down. I turned to face the Castle, and made a jump towards it. I landed at the main gate, and noted the lack of guards.

My attention was grabbed by a similar magic, it was faint, but I would know that magic anywhere. I started dashing through the Castle, going down, farther and farther, until I was in the deepest dungeon. Even then I knew I wasn't far enough down. I charged my leg with Seither, and did a quick stomp. The floor gave, and I had to slide down. I bore witness to something that made me growl.

In a cage, lay Luna. The cage was made of what looked like pure Sunlight. I could feel the heat from a few feet away, as I felt my hand start to sizzle slightly. I could see multiple blisters popping out through Luna's Blue coat, Some trying to heal, while others got worse. With a grunt, I threw my hand at the bars of her cage, the energy instantly burning them. In an instant my hand was coated in Seither, This time it was Black and Green. Terumi helping this time of his own accord. The bars flickered as I began pulling and twisting. With a guttural growl I pulled one of the bars free, and it disintegrated into the air. The rest flickered and dissipated like the other. I walked over to Luna's body. She was unconscious. I was afraid to touch her, so I placed my hand on her horn. I pulsed some Energy into her horn slowly. The combination of Magic and Seither was potent enough to kill her if I wasn't careful.

After a few minutes, my work was showing progress, as her body developed a slight Green glow. On her horn was now a small Enchantment that I placed on her with my Magic. She can now not only make her own Magic, but she can now absorb the Ambient and other Magic's around her should she need magic. A simple Enchant that I used ages ago when I was dying. The Green glow was dissipating, and when it was gone, so too were Luna's injuries. Her eyes fluttered open.

She was up and flaring her wings before I could get a word out.

"Who art thou? What is thine business with Us?" She asked, her tone sharp yet tired.

I couldn't help but rub the bridge of my nose slightly, as I felt like I was starting over.

"I'm just here to help." I said simply. I watched her Sapphire eyes scan my face. I knew what she was looking for, so I opened my eyes a crack. Her eyes widened, then softened. She let her wings relax to her sides as she looked up at the hole I had used to get down.

"Thou eyes betrays thine emotions too easily." She says as she stretches her legs from un-use. "We see why thou would hide them. Thou looks at Us like thou would a Lover." Her eyes meet mine, hers are full of honest wonder. "Why?" She asks, as she cocks her head to the side.

I was torn between telling her the truth, and telling her a lie. One would open up more questions than answers. While the other would only make her distrust me.

I went with the more reasonable one.

"You look like someone I know-" In the middle of the sentence my throat caught, as I felt my spine freeze. I felt like I was going to betray a promise of the highest caliber-

Really?! The Pinkie Promise works on different Universes? Why?! God Damnit, that mare is going to be the death of me!

"I'm from a different Universe." I turned around to leave through the hole. If she doesn't believe me, then that works just as well. I felt her emotions and Magic spike as she contemplated my words. Her next words got me to freeze in place.

"We are.. Lovers.. In Thine Universe?" Her voice was quiet, almost like she was afraid to say it. I turned back to her, and simply nodded to confirm her question. She closed her eyes and sighed heavily. She spoke evenly and quietly. "That sounds lovely. If only Mine sister was not power hungry, then we could get more acquainted." I openly balked at that sentence. Not her wanting to get to know me, more the Celestia being power-hungry bit. I couldn't help myself.

"What happened to Tia?" I asked softly, placing a hand on her cheek. She leaned into my touch, just like my Luna did at first. She seemed afraid of the touch, yet wanted more. She smiled as she spoke to me.

"Thou art indeed comfortable around Us and Mine sister. To call her 'Tia' and touch Us openly with no request." As if to read my next movement, she gently placed a hoof to my hand and pulled it gently away as she looked at me. "We will not hold it against Thou. Thou must be as confused as Us." She stepped away, and sat down on the ground. She coughed into a hoof to bring up the next conversation.

"Mine sister went power hungry when the Nightmare took over Us. She beat the Nightmare from Us and burnt it with the power of the Sun." A sudden 'Eep' reminded me that I had Nightmare in my head. A sudden idea formed in my head.

"Hey Terumi. Can I borrow some power to let Nightmare out? I think she can help Luna here understand what happened in 'our' Universe." I asked Terumi, and I could almost feel the smile from Nightmare.

"Of course, my girl hasn't had much time outside." He replied, and I felt his power flush my system, ready to help Nightmare into this world.

"In my Universe, I split the Two of you, and absorbed her to keep her from going back." On my signal, my Ouroboros snaked out and formed the small portal that allowed Nightmare to get out. In a small plume of Black and Green energy, there she stood.

" Thank you." She said simply as she quickly nuzzled my neck slightly. A gasp grabbed my attention back to Luna. She sat there with her mouth open. Nightmare walked over to her and sat in front of her.

" A pleasure to finally meet you in Pony. " She said in her usual haughty voice. She held her hoof out for Luna to shake, which she did.

"Continue Luna, what happened after that?" I asked. It seemed to snap her out of her daze, as she looked to me and blinked. Coughing again into her hoof, I smiled at her way of starting a conversation back up.

"After Nightmare was destroyed, she pulled the Sun into the middle of the sky and refused to move it. We tried to stop her, but she was too strong. She captured and imprisoned Us." She ended, looking down slightly at her failure. I desperately wanted to hug her, and tell her she did fine. But I had far more pressing matters to deal with at the moment.

"Nightmare, keep Luna here." Both their ears twitched at my sudden demand. Luna's eyes widened, and Nightmare simply smiled.

"What art Thou going to do?" Luna asked, sounding scared.

" Yes, what are you up to? " Nightmare already knew what I would do, but she still asked. I grit my teeth, and turned to the hole in the roof.

"I'm going to go teach a Brat not to play God." I growl, as I hop up. I knew where she was, it was easy to find the only solid beacon of Magic aside from Luna and Nightmare.

Still in the hole, Nightmare turned to Luna with a smirk.

"I won't let you do anything, but you can follow him. I want to see what you think of him after the fight." Nightmare spoke to Luna, who was shaking slightly.

"Fight her?! We have to help!" She immediately flew up and out through the hole. Nightmare simply melded with the shadows and folled that way.

A minute alter, she popped up in front of Luna and grabbed her with her Magic, keeping her mouth shut.

" Shhh! You get to see the magic happen. " She almost purred. Luna looked at her with wide eyes before looking out over the garden. A large chunk of the Castle was destroyed, so the garden now met with the withering outdoors.

"Celestia!" I called out, looking up at the Sun. The Sun lost a bit of its shine as she casually flapped her wings down to ground level. Landing on the ground, she kept her wings in a puffed out manner as she held her head high. I noted the changes to her usual look. Her wings were no longer Alabaster White like her coat, instead the feathers looked like they were made of fire, much like her hair. The soft layers of colors were replaced with the Reds and Oranges of flames. Even her eyes had changed from her lovely Purple to a bright Orange. She seemed to bask in my attention to her body as she smiled.

"And what does the monster bring as an offering to their Sun Goddess?" She looked at me like one would look at a bug.

"So I'm planning on beating her ego into her face, you in?" I asked Terumi as I glared at Celestia.

"Is that even a question? Man I'm loving these alternate Universes, they've made you into a mini-me! Tell me when.. Partner. He chuckled.

"I'm going to give you a chance to surrender before you get the rudest wake-up call of your life, Tia." I say calmly, taking my hand from my pocket. I watch as Celestia balked at me slightly, and then broke out into a fit of laughter. After wiping her eye of the small tear that formed, she looked back to me with that passive look on her face again.

"You can try. As your Sun Goddess I allow you a chance to try. However, I will not just let you have your way." She said, asher horn suddenly lit up and orange hue and a small, thin laser shot out of it.

In a flash it hit me, and a cloud of smoke kicked up. Celestia laughed, as she gloated.

"Another pathetic uprising quelled, what a shame!" She chuckled. The smoke cloud blew away, leaving me standing there as I brushed off the front of my coat. I instinctively flexed my hand but found my Ouroboros not forming like before. Even with adding extra power, they refused to manifest.

Fine, if my chains didn't want to be a part of this, then screw it. I had other means to attack, it just takes a little.. Ingenuity.

I raised my hand, layering my fist with Light Green aura. This was my Seither. My actual source of power that was denser than Magic but less maneuverable. I felt the power wrap around my fingers as I stretched my hand out flat, the aura followed suit. Another layer of power rolled over it, this one a Dark Green. This power was my Magic, it was light as air when compared to my Seither, but could be moved with just a thought. I let the energies mingle but not combine like I've let them in the past. The result was the Magic wrapping solidly around the Seither. In my hand was a ball of Energy that pulsed at the ready. With a swing, the combination of Energy whipped out and lashed at the floating Alicorn in a beam. With a single flap of her wings, she moved slightly up and out of the way of the Green whip.

She looked bemusedly at the Green beam of energy that passed her, as she chuckled lightly. She turned to me, probably to gloat. She didn't get the chance.

With a turn of my wrist and a flick of a finger, I felt my Seither act as a tether through the Magic wave connecting the whole 'whip' to my hand and fingers. The result of this development was the end of the whip forming a sleek snake head with Black eyes and an open mouth. The head turned on a dime and made for Celestia's turned back. As if feeling it encroaching on her, she turned and lit her horn in a soft Orange. An Orange barrier formed in front of the snake whip and the Two collided. The snake head slammed once into the middle, Twice on each corner and once near the bottom, all in rapid succession. As if on there own, I felt my fingers twitch a little, making the inner Seither tether shake. Once the motion got to the end, the snake head instantly split in Two, then Four. All Four heads split the whip into Four different Magic constructs.

The Four snake head proceeded to slam repeatedly into the shield that stood before them, the sound not unlike a jackhammer. The shield cracked, and shattered in seconds, the first snake head through hissed and slithered around Celestia. She instinctively lit her horn up, and the Green snake whip caught fire when the Orange glow hit it.

It didn't seem to care much, as it coiled around her, locking her in place mid-air. The other Three were waiting around them in a triangle. Each one had its mouth open and a small trail of, what I believe to be, Magic dripped from their mouths like actual venom. They lunged and collided with each other above her. The Magic and Seither collected in the front of the construct exploding in a small scale detonation.

I blinked, and looked at my hand.

Holy shit, my new attack was sentient and kicked ass! Was that something the Void did? Did it make my Magic and/or Seither sentient? Then again, I've never experimented like this before.

Instantly a slightly glowing Ouroboros slid out from my pant leg and onto the floor as if responding my question. It quickly weaved around the whole area like a snake. Celestia looked quizzing at the strange Green object pointlessly swirving around everything in the immediate vicinity.

Going with my, apparently, sentient Ouroboros's idea, in the blink of an eye I flashed in front of her and send a solid Energy infused punch into her side. She slid backwards a few feet, and received another Energy infused punch to the side of her head. With a quick flurry I did a small spin kick and launched an Ouroboros from my other leg. This one was glowing a deeper Green as it slammed into her flank, making her spin slightly. With a swerve and a duck, the glowing Ouroboros rammed into her lower jaw and set her flipping into the air. I had to stop my assault when she caught herself in mid-air and floated there using her wings. I kept a straight face, even though I wanted to smirk, as she spat out a small mouthful of blood. Her eyes burned with a sudden hatred that I had never seen in Celestia before.

"Blood?! How dare you!" Her outcry was short, and for good reason. She quickly pulled a massive amount of Magic from the Sun, and focused it with her own. The burning Magic was Red and bubbled like Magma. I quickly zipped to a spot away from the Castle, and stood there with my back to the open Badlands behind me. She fired her death beam at me full power with a yell of fury. It erupted from her horn as she was even pushed back from the force of the laser. The beam rapidly expanding, taking up a good chunk of the horizon. When the beam started to peter out, Celestia looked out and witnessed her carnage.

She smiled. She looked out at the deep trench she dug through Equis, and she smiled.

"Nopony can best the Sun Goddess!" She laughed.

"Right, and I'm not a pony." My voice cut off her laughter. She turned around with wide eyes.

"W-what are you?!" She called out like a scared filly.

"I'm just a monster, I'll admit that. So why are you lying?" I asked her. She looked at me confused, before she switched back to angry.

"I am not lying! I am all powerful!" She screamed as she sent a volley of Orange lasers at me. I walked lazily through them, as each beam that should have hit me simply fazed trough me. I watched as Celestia simply stopped before charging up another one of her Red Magma death beams. My Ouroboros snaked its way through the air and I zipped up and around her and grabbed her horn with Energy from both Terumi and myself. Our combination completely engulfed her death ball in a Green light. Her Magic's pure power burnt the crap out of my hand rather quickly. Acting quickly, with a hard squeeze, my Energy infused hand snuffed out her Sun enhanced spell, and I heard a satisfying *Crunch* as her horn snapped in Two from the excess force. She let out a yelp, as she plopped to the ground. Her eyes wide, as she had witnessed her strongest attack spell get snuffed out. She didn't seem to care about her horn in the slightest. I noted, that some of the shadows were now moving. I looked up, and smirked as the sun was finally moving.

"Hey Luna!" I called out, knowing she was watching the fight. She jumped up with Nightmare following shortly after. "I believe this place needs a little shade for a few days, don't you think?" I smiled to her. A light red dusted her cheeks before she smiled and lit up her horn. In minutes the Sun was down and the moon was up..

Did it just shake off cobwebs? I'm going to imagine I didn't see that.

I brought my attention back to Celestia, as she was focused on Luna and Nightmare.

"You brought back the Demon?!" She howled. I got down on a knee to get to eye level.

"No, I brought Nightmare with me from my own Universe. A world where you and your Sister are inseparable. I'm glad I found my way here so I could help before things got.." I had to pause, as I looked around at all the destruction.. "Er, before things could get irreversible." I say. I put my hand gently onto her cheek. She flinches back at the motion, and stares into my eyes. Her eyes full of confusion, sorrow, and pain. A potent mix.

"Your not a Goddess Celestia. Your not Omnipotent, and your not all powerful. You never will be. Your just a very strong pony that has excess to higher level Magic than most others. Your gift was given to you to protect the Kingdom, not to rule it with an iron hoof." Her eyes widened as she listened to every word I said like it was the first time hearing them.

"You have a sister that loves you, and a Kingdom that will love you again. They're probably waiting for you both to come back and say that everything is back to normal." I chuckle at the last bit. I said this, because I could see the guards that would normally be guarding the castle crawling out of all kinds of holes in the walls. Celestia looked to her sister, and then back to me. I motioned back to the guards. She followed my gaze and gasped when she saw the guards she had forsaken.

They were clearly all muttering something about her. Her eyes watered with unshed tears as her mane began slowly changing back to her mix of cool colors.

"Y-you were waiting.. for me?" She asked softly. The guards murmured with each other before one stepped forward. They were probably still frightened that they might feel her wrath.

"P-princess, are you.. Back?" He asked shakily. He then closed his eyes like he was expecting to get hit. Celestia turned to her sister, and looked into her eyes.

"And you? Can you forgive me?" She asked, her fire-like wings completely back to normal as well. Luna looked to her with a small smile, as she nodded her head.

"Of course Tia, We forgive you. We all forgive you." Her words hit home, as Celestia's eyed bled back to Purple, and she lunged at Luna and sobbed into her neck. The guards all got up and ran over to hug their Princess. I stood up from my spot and walked away as I withdrew Nightmare back into.. Wherever it is she goes to get back in my head. I watched her quickly sink into another Dark Green portal.

Jumping up to the roof of the Castle, I sat down and began my intense session of 'What the fuck happened to my Powers'. Everybody needs their time to re-adjust. I'll check on her just in case, but from a distance where I'll be mostly unseen.

----The Next Day? I Don't Know, It's Still Night!----

I stood from my resting spot on the top of the Castle, as my eyes followed the moving Ouroboros chain as it slithered around me. The moonlight glinting off it, as its gentle Green glow made it look almost Ethereal. I sighed lightly as it seemed to move on its own, at least until I asked it to come back. It seemed to ponder on whether or not to do as I asked, but did so in the end. Recoiling back into my sleeve and waiting for me to call on it again.

Great, I always wanted a chain that could think for itself.

I felt it curl tighter around my wrist, like a real snake. I turned and looked to the group of ponies gathering at the front gates. In front of the door stood a shoddily put together podium, that had both Princesses standing behind it. The, rather large, group of ponies consisted of quite a few faces that I knew, and a lot of them that I didn't. They all had smiles on there faces.

And I could understand why. Luna stood next to Celestia, as she gently nuzzled her sister. Celestia's broken horn was gently wrapped in bandages and visible to all those in view of the Two. The Two sister's looked out into the crowd and Luna coughed to start the conversation.

That made me smile.

"You used me" Terumi's voice rung through my head.

"I never said I wouldn't." I replied.

"That's not what I fucking meant and you know it!" He growled. "You knew that her Magic was too much for your own to force down, so you used me as a buffer!" His anger was palpable.

"Dearest, your anger is well placed. However, I say we hold our frustration for a time when he really needs our help, and simply decline." Nightmare put in her Two cents into the conversation. I heard Terumi mutter a few things.

"I fucking love you mare" And then I forced the link closed after the first kiss I heard. I refocused my attention on the town meeting.

"Our little ponies, today is a momentous day!" Luna called out, using a dulled down version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. "Today, We welcome back Our dear sister, Princess Celestia!" She gently nudged Celestia forward with her wing. Celestia looked out worriedly over the crowd of ponies, before speaking.

"I-I'm sorry for all I've done. I will do my best to make amends for my actions." She said just loud enough for the ponies to hear her. I smiled as Luna draped a wing over her sister's side and shared a warm smile to reassure her. They looked out together as the crowd of ponies murmured happily.

One pony, however, spoke up.

"Earlier today.. -Er Tonight, I saw a strange creature walking around the town. Did it have anything to do with the Princess returning?" It was the same Teal Unicorn mare from earlier. I figured she didn't care, otherwise I would have hid like I always do. I then noted, in my lack of focus, that beside the mare, was a small light Yellow Pegasus filly. Said filly was staring right at me, with her eyes and mouth wide open. Being the only thing I could think of, I simply put my finger to my lips and made a 'Shh' motion. Her head cocked to the side cutely, before I refocused onto the group discussion happening around her.

"You mean that Black and Green.. Thing from earlier?" One stallion asked.

"I saw it too! It walked on Two legs!" Another beside him stated, his voice wary.

"It looked to be missing a leg." A mare adjacent to him called out knowingly. At this Luna's eyes widened, as she realized what might happen if she didn't intervene.

"Yes, Thine 'Monster' did indeed help. It was his efforts that both freed Our self and helped Our sister see reason. Without him, We would be lost." Luna said, making sure they all heard her. I rubbed the bridge of my nose at her honesty. Sure it was nice to get recognition, but I hate getting all the attention. I looked back down, and groaned internally.

The small filly was now staring at me with little stars in her eyes. She listened closely to the new conversations around her.

"That 'Thing' was a stallion?" One mare asked, sounding annoyed.

"It helped us? How would we thank it?" A stallion asked a few ponies down.

"I hope he didn't leave, does anypony know where he is?" Another mare asked. At this the small filly seemed to jump right on the band wagon, despite my waving of my arm in the negative.

"He's right up there!" She called out as loud as she could, pointing a hoof in my direction. I let my arm go limp to my side in defeat. Suddenly I had the eyes of every single pony in the immediate vicinity. And with it, I felt a mass influx of fear. Crippling fear of the unknown entity standing above them, watching them.

God Damnit..

I jumped down quickly, hopefully sating some of the fear before it gets to be too overbearing. I've had nothing but Negative emotions since I got here, so my powers are a bit limited after my spat with Tia. I land gracefully, and look out into the group of ponies. Instantly I spot the one I want. I walk to the edge of the crowd, its ponies backing up slightly at my sudden movement. All except one.

I bent down and gave the small filly's head an affectionate rub. The filly looked up to me and smiled even more.

"Don't listen very well, do you?" I smiled back to her.

"I saw you telling me to be quiet, but I wanted to know. Why?" She asked, cocking her head cutely to the side again.

"Some ponies don't like meeting new things, especially if they think it's scary." I replied. Her face scrunched up like she tasted something sour, before it went back to normal.

"I don't think your scary Mister." She said. I couldn't help myself, and picked her up by the barrel. I gently tossed her into my shoulder, as I rubbed her mane.

"Does this little ball of adorable belong to anypony?" I ask aloud, as the filly lightly kicked my head with a hoof as she clamored to get footing while laughing. She sat on my shoulder and laid her head on my hat.

"What's your name Mister?" She asked as I plucked her from my shoulder. I placed her back to the ground as a Butter Yellow Pegasus mare made her way to me.

It dawned on me that I hadn't even introduced myself to Luna, let alone the others. As if to solidify my thoughts, I heard Luna's voice call out over all the other voices around me.

"Indeed, We haven't heard Thine name yet." Her voice was playful. I chuckled to myself, as even in another Universe, Luna could still read me like a book. Returning her own playfulness with a smirk, I hopped over the ponies and landed next to Luna.

"Right, sorry about that. I'm terrible with meeting new ponies." I chuckle. Luna glances at her sister, then back to me.

"We do not believe such. Were it not for meeting you, Our little ponies would still be stuck in Eternal Day. We are in your debt." Luna said warmly. I couldn't help but groan.

"Nope, not in debt. Just a friend helping-" I had to stop due to the Pinkie Promise threatening me again. "-I had to help you, Luna. There was no going back once I knew you needed me." I immediately went the most sincere thing I could think of. Luna blinked as she took a step back from my claim. Celestia looked to her sister then me as confusion crept onto her face again.

"Why does Thou pause in Thine answers to Us?" Luna asked suddenly. If I wasn't standing still, I'm sure I would have fallen over from the bluntness of her question. I grit my teeth gently before answering.

"I'm physically unable to lie to you. If my answers aren't true I'm pretty sure I'll die." My inner lie detector didn't go off, so it must be true. I watched Luna look down, as if thinking, before she snapped her head up as if remembering something.

"Right, another Universe." She mumbled, a light pink dusting over her cheeks again.

"He's from another Universe Luna?" Celestia balked openly. In front of her I heard the many ponies gasp from that little information.

"Right, right, beating around the bush and all that jazz." I call out, garnering everyponies attention again. "Hi there! An introduction is long overdue at this point. My name is Hazama. I came from another Universe. I was running from a someone who wants to erase me from Time and Space when I came across your Universe. Upon realizing that you needed help, I found myself doing what I do best." I paused as I thought over what I said. "Does that cover most of the questions?" A collective nod was all I needed.

"But, why? What do you gain from all this?" Celestia asked suddenly. I sent her a small glare as I looked up at the Moon.

"When you fuck up as much as I do, you tend to do whatever you can to help others." I looked back down, a small smile on my face. "That, and meeting new faces-" I sent a playful glare at the small filly from earlier, earning a giggle from her, "-is always fun, especially when you make friends with them." Luna smiled at my words, as she turned to her sister.

"So sister, will you be Hazama's friend?" She sent a small wink towards me as she asked her. I suppressed my laugh, as Celestia looked down across the multitude of ponies. She looked up with a hardened gaze, and her eyes met my own.

"If he will be my friend, then I will be his." She said after some thought. To solidify this thought, she reached out a hoof.

I, of course, skipped that faze entirely, and pulled her into a hug. She let out this adorable little 'Eep' as I squeezed. Luna's face lit up with her smile as she watched her sister. I released Celestia and watched as she stumbled back slightly. This place was fun, I wish I didn't need to leave. But I had my own world to go back to. My own Luna.

I glanced at Luna, and she read me like a book again. She instantly knew something was wrong, and asked me accordingly.

"What is wrong, Sir Hazama?" Her voice had worry dripping from it already.

Also, 'Sir'? Huh, I haven't hear that one before.

"I have to leave." I know I can't fucking lie, so why bother with anything but the cold hard truth at this point. She deflated, as she walked closer to me.

"Truly?" She asked. I just nodded. "Tis sad, will Thou come visit?" She asked, hope gleaming in her eyes. I thought about it. How the hell would I get back to keep a promise like that? It's not like I have a beacon or something that will-

Something clicked in into place in my head.

I flicked my hand and my Token appeared in my palm.

"Take this. If you ever need my help, simply call my name into it. I can also use it to find you and come visit. All you have to do is keep it on your person." I stated. A small thought flashed through my head, one that wasn't my own. But I knew what it wanted.

I brought the Token to Luna's neck, and from my sleeve the Ouroboros slid out. It quickly wrapped around her neck and did a small loop around my token. In a small flash of Green, the Ouroboros chain was re-wrapped around my wrist, and on Luna's neck lay my Token, in necklace form.

Luna held the head of the necklace in her hoof, and stared at it. I noted that she was shaking slightly. She looked up at me and her eyes were flooding with tears. She clutched at the necklace like she was afraid it would disappear.

"Thank you.." She whispered softly. I nodded with a smile, as I flicked my wrist again. A certain device falling into my palm, as I play with a few buttons. I'm not entirely sure how to rip hole out of Universes, but I'm sure this Sonic Screwdriver can do it. Before long a small Tear ripped in the air in front of me. I turned to Luna and gave her a quick hug.

"Stay safe." I say to her as I walk into the Tear as I Ghosted out.

"We will!" Luna smiled, her eyes watery still. A stinging sensation brought my attention to my hand, and I looked at the back of my hand. The stupid seal was there.

...

I turned back to look at Luna as the Tear started to close. I lifted my hand up so she could see it.

"Really Luna? It was only One day!~" My voice trailed off as the Tear closed off. Luna's eyes widened as heard her sister cry out.

"The seal?! How does he have that? Why does he have that?!" Celestia's face was red with both anger and embarrassment at what that seal meant. Luna shook her head, her smile was soft.

"It does not matter sister. Now come! There is much fixing to be done!~" She sang out, her mood already happier. Celestia followed suit, grumbling the whole way.

---The Void: Some Time Later---

Hindsight is Twenty Twenty or so they say.

Jumping back into the void when you have no idea how to travel it, may not be the best idea. I found myself having my mind wander to parts I had long forgotten.

"You know, I was thinking. " I said suddenly.

"Careful dumbass, you'll fry your head if you think to much." Terumi snarked.

"I've had an epiphany." I continued.

"Ugh, what is it? And hurry up before I kill you out of boredom." He said, his voice edged like a knife. I smirked.

"Well, for starters, your a Soul that's trying to destroy everything right?" I asked.

"Yup." He answered lazily.

"And if you get out you'll kill everyone I love?" I asked

"For the most part.." He answered, sounding a little confused.

"And we both have our own fighting styles. Your is to kill everything that moves, while mine if to dodge and not hurt anything more than absolutely necessary. You could almost say I'm lazy?" I continued.

"Yes, I know this, you know this, so where is this going?!" He asked angrily. I smirked.

"We both have a smile on our face Ninety percent of the time. Yours from insanity, and mine from cracking jokes. I only need to crack a few puns here and there.. " My smile stretched when I heard Terumi call out.

"Don't you fucking dare!" He yelled.

"Easy partner! I'm sure I could come up with a good space pun, it would just take me a little time to Planet."

"I'll kill you!" He screamed.

"And that's what makes us so similar to Undertale that it's ridiculous." I finish.

"And what, may I ask, is Undertale?" Nightmare asked.

"Don't ask!" Terumi's reply was immediate.

"I knew you looked into my memories at some point! Terumi was silent. "..What's your favourite AU?" I ask.

"..Reapertale." he answered after a bit of silence.

"Doubletale for the win!!" I call out.

Before we could get into an argument, I noticed my body being pulled upwards. I looked up just in time to see a blue wall before I was blinded by light.

I blinked away the spots, and came face to face with Doctor Whooves.

"Oh will you fuck off already?!" I scream out, my eyebrow twitching. My Ouroboros slinking out of my shirt collar slightly to see what I was pissed about. I couldn't move in this weird force field, and it knew that.

"Now listen to me for a second-" I heard him, I really did. But my attention was locked on the Sonic Screwdriver he had in his hoof.

I will not die here! I have a mare to get back to, and a kid to raise God Damnit!

Reacting to my thoughts, the Ouroboros rocketed out of my collar and slammed into a blinking console sitting Five feet away from the Doctor.

In a shower of sparks, I heard the Doctor curse.

I landed, as the lights overhead flickered once.

In that flicker, I had raised my hand up, in it was my Ballisong Knife. A lazy aura of green coating it, as I smiled lightly. It had been ages since I used these things. Floating in front of me was my Ouroboros chain, shining with its own Green and Purple aura as parts of it seemed to flicker in and out of existence.

A stray thought passed through my head for a second.

Something was seriously wrong with my Ouroboros.

In front of me stood the Doctor, a serious look on his face as he stood in the same spot. His Sonic Screwdriver aimed at my head.

The only sound for a solid minute was our breathing, and the sparks from the machine I had destroyed. I was about to say something when a voice sounded around us.

*Scans complete. Subject exhibits trace amounts of Null Particles. Direct exposure to the Void has caused a mutation of Subject: Hazama's Genetic code. Side affects are unknown at this time, further study is required*

The voice said, clearly a computer. I watched the Doctor's eyes widen as he let his hoof drop back down, his Sonic Screwdriver clinking lightly as it brushed the ground.

"You weren't that far along when you were last scanned.." He mumbled aloud to himself. "If I hadn't tried to kill you, you would never have willingly gone into the Void. But I came back to kill you so this wouldn't happen!" He yelled.

I lowered my hand, as I flipped the butterfly knife back into my sleeve. The Ouroboros slinked back to me and wrapped around my neck loosely like a chain necklace. It rested its head like a medallion so it could watch.

"Congratz Doc. Paradoxes are bullshit aren't they?" I grinned, as he grimaced.

"But that can't be right, I would have known! The Timeline is constantly being watched for Time travel. So your 'trip' through the Void would have been noted." He mumbled to himself. However, I couldn't help but smile at his slight blunder.

"Ah, but that's where your wrong!" I called out, raising my arm to point at him. "As far as I know, I haven't traveled through Time yet. You've only brought me out of my Universe, and simultaneously, The Void." I laughed lightly as the Doctor paled slightly at my hypothesis. He started mumbling incoherently, as I looked up slightly.

"Hey TARDIS! How about you cut your losses and bring me back to my Universe?" I ask loudly, unsure if the Computer would be able to hear me-

*Request Denied. Subject: Hazama is Infected with Null Particles. Action must be taken*

"What exactly are these 'Null Particles' you keep mentioning?" I ask as my curiosity finnaly got the better of me.

* You do not have the Doctor's permission for that information*

I shrugged, as I looked around again. The lights were flickering slightly, probably from my escape earlier. Not that I cared, even if he wasn't muttering about Time and Space Impossibilities, he was still the same guy who tried to kill me not too long ago.

How the hell did he find me anyway? Probably traced my Magic or something-

I face palmed at the simplicity of my answer. I quickly fazed out and dove back through the floor of the TARDIS, finding myself in that unexplainable conundrum called The Void. I closed my eyes and focused.

I wasn't sure how long it was, it could have taken me a few minutes or a few hours, but I found what I needed. I couldn't remember the feel of Luna's Magic. But I sure as hell could feel my own. Before I was stripped from my Universe, I found out Luna was pregnant. As she told me, her pregnancy was special, as she was an Alicorn. The foal needed magic from the both of us.. I still don't get how I couldn't feel that kind of drain.

Anyway, as of this moment, Luna had a mix of her Magic and my own swirling around her belly, so I latched onto the faint feeling of my own Magic. It was actually pretty easy, once you realize that The Void is both Nothing and Everything at the same time. If you percieve it as Nothing, then you get Nothing. So there wasn't anything in between my Magic as it beaconed out.

I felt something.. Buzz? Something was vibrating in my sleeve. Upon opening my sleeve's pocket dimension, the Sonic Screwdriver zipped out and floated in front of me. A few buttons were glowing, as another Tear opened up in front of me. Through it, I saw the Office that I left from. Shrugging, I grabbed the Sonic Screwdriver as I hopped through. Upon getting through the Tear and re-fazing, the it closed behind me automatically. Looking around the room, I noted that it was exactly the same as when we left. I looked at the clock, and my eyebrow twitched.

Either I was gone for Five minutes, or I was gone for a day or more. Fingers crossed for a day or more. Makes for a more believable story. Spinning the Screwdriver back into my sleeve, I made my way back. Luna was still here, so a lot of time couldn't have gone by-

I opened the door to the same scene I left. The girls were all around Luna. The first to see me was Luna, who had a look of confusion on her face.

"Done already? By the way the Doctor was talking, I figured you would be gone for a bit long-" She stopped, as he mouth dropped open. Celestia, Pinkie, and Ditzy all turned to face me, confused by Luna's actions. And they all had the same reaction. I was about to ask what was wrong, when a Voice called out.

"Oh Dear!" Was that Fluttershy? I turned and saw Fluttershy, with the rest if the Girls. Each of them all had the same open mouthed look of awe on their faces. Getting kind of annoyed, I was about to ask, again, when a small Green blur slammed into my cheek. The familiar feeling of snake scales rubbing in my neck was almost calming. That was, until Ophis spoke out to me.

{Why is Brother's arm gone?} She hissed worriedly.

Ahh, that would be reason enough for the simultaneous reactions. Well, to be honest, I had completely forgotten that my arm was gone.

I just needed to explain how I lost the arm.. In five minutes..

Oh, fuck me..

"That's what you get for making a fucking Undertale reference!" Terumi laughed out.

I was too focused on the feeling of pure anger. Said feeling was being stabbed into the back of my head, and I knew it was Luna. Holy fuck the room just went pitch black!

I turned to look at Luna, and saw the White glow that was her eyes. I gulped, as my smile was strained.

"Now Luna, I can-"

"Explain!" The room shook as it got Even Darker!

I think I might die today..


Author's Note

I kind of liked writing this chapter far too much for my own good..
And I now can't wait to have Hazama fight himself.. But that will take ages to get too! :pinkiesick:
Anyway, Tell me what you guys think! :pinkiehappy:

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