Everfree Forest

Zero and Neon were walking through the forest, heading to meet with Aria and see what she has to say. “When we get there, I want you to be on your best behavior alright Neon?”

“I’m always on my best behavior.”

“Oh yeah? What about that time in Hawaii?” Zero asked as Neon just nervously chuckles.

“She came onto me. I didn’t know she was the daughter of some low-tier drug lord.”

“That’s what you get… not every female needs a dick in them.” Zero stated as Neon just rolls his eyes as they see the old castle in the distance. Neon just whistles as he follows his brother, looking around as he notices that it was pretty quiet, a little too quiet for his liking as he pulls out his pistol. “Something wrong bro?”

“Just that it’s too quiet for me… like someone or something is watching us.” Neon cocks the gun as Zero eyes flashed purple, an electrical aura surrounds him as they both go back to back. “I’m thinking about there’s at least ten of them…”

“Twenty-five…” Zero said as his hands sparked up. “How much ammo you got?”

“Enough to hold my own…” He turned his head slightly to look at his brother who gave him his bowie knife, taking and getting into a composed battle stance. “Remember Osaka?”

“Of course I remember… operation crumble?”

“Oh yeah…” Neon cracks his neck as the pack of timberwolves from before that chased down Zero and Spike appeared out of the bushes, surrounding them. “The hell are these things?” Neon asked.

“They’re timberwolves. Pun is literally and figuratively.” Zero said, getting ready for anything.

Then some of the timberwolves moved as a large timberwolf stepped forward. It was two times bigger than the others, had dark green eyes and some kind of golden sign on his head which was three rounded triangles that circled around to form a three-pointed star.

“That’s a big boy…”

“Thanks for the obvious genius.” Zero said, cracking his knuckles as the alpha roared at them, making the others move them. Zero and Neon gave each a fist bump as they get into a battle stance, Neon with his pistol and bowie knife and Zero with his abilities as without warning, three Timberwolves lunged at Neon, their mouths open as drool dripped from their fangs as Neon shot two of them and stabbed one in the head.

On cue, the rest of the timberwolves went on the attack as Zero blasted a few of them with a stream of lightning, completely frying them as Neon was also putting in work by injuring the wolves so his brother could quickly dispatch them as he ducks so Zero could fire a small ball of electricity at one of them as it blew up. “On your six!” Zero shouted as Neon somersaults out of the way, kicking the wolf towards Zero as he grabs it by its head, crushing it and completely destroying its head and dropping its lifeless body on the ground.

“Alright, so what’s the plan with big, dark and scary?” Neon asked as the alpha snarled at them.

Zero looks at the rest of the smaller ones and looked back at the alpha. “You think you could take the little ones?”

“You’re looking at the guy who messed up that one Russian guy… what was his name? Alexei.”

Zero nods as he makes his way over to the alpha who was glaring at him as the smaller ones move towards Neon, letting Zero go to their alpha. “Alright pups, if you’re good you may get a treat.” Neon said as they all growl and lung towards him.

Neon jumped out of the way by stepping on one of their heads as they slammed into each other. Neon landed as a timberwolf lunged at him behind, hoping it would land an attack.

He saw this coming and quickly grabs its head and shot several bullets into its mouth, green blood splattering all over him. He throws the body away from him as another one lunged at him, making him twist his body and gave the wolf a powerful kick to the stomach.

Two more wolves lunged at Neon, and he quickly acted and reloaded his pistol and shot the first one to pieces while the second one landed on his chest and the two fell to the ground.

He holds its mouth closed as they both struggle for dominance as he stabs the wolf in the stomach, blood splatters on him as he throws the lifeless body away from him. He then gets up and stares at the few that were left as they whine in fear and run off with their tails between their legs into the forest as Neon just smirks, “That all you got toothpicks?” He taunted as he scrunches up his face and spits out some of their blood that got into his mouth.

The alpha roared and charged at Zero, its jaw open and its fangs dripping with yellow goop.

Zero grins and charges as well, his aura sparking. Once they got close to each other, they both land a powerful headbutt, making them both stumble back as the alpha growls in frustration while Zero shook off the shock and got back into his battle stance.

He then smirks and begins taunting the alpha by calling it names and trying to make it come to him as it roars in anger. It lunges at him, but he dodges the attack and fires a stream of lighting at its leg, making it howl in pain.

Zero’s eyes then changed. They glowed a neon sky-blue color as he grins, feeling pumped up as lightning began shooting out of the ground and hitting the alpha as it stood its ground, glaring at him as Zero just grins and looks down on the alpha.

“You either leave now or die. Your choice.” Zero stated as the alpha roared, charging as Zero’s aura bursted and he charges as well.

The alpha tries to bite down on him, but Zero dodges and lands a hit, slamming his fist into its face as the alpha stumbles. Leaving a burn mark on its cheek as Zero continues land hit after hit, green blood splattering on the ground as the alpha tries to fight back as it lands a few hits with its tail, but Zero grabbed the tail uses his strength to lift it up into the air and slamming into the ground.

Neon just watches as he somehow was eating a bag of popcorn.

The alpha roars in pain and just starts attacking everything, Zero just grinning as dust flies everywhere. The alpha breathed heavily, stopping its attack as it looks around and sees Neon who just points up, making it look up as it saw Zero foot connect with its forehead.

“DIIIIIIEEEEEE!!” Zero puts more force into the attack as his foot broke through, splitting its head in half. The alpha lets out a painful roar before the glow in its eyes disappear, falling to the ground as blood oozes out of it.

Zero pants as he powers down as he gives Neon grins. Before any of them could say anything, there was a slow clap as they look towards the culprits as it was Aria and her sisters, standing there with a smug grin on their faces. “Oh bravo Zero… bravo.” Aria said smugly as Zero just scoffs.

Neon’s eyes turned to hearts once he saw Adagio and Sonata as he howls like a wolf. “Hello nurse!” He goes straight towards them, kneeling in front of them and pulling a bouquet out of nowhere as he looks at them lustfully. “Name’s Neon loves. What are ya’ll names?”

Sonata giggles and takes the flowers and sniffs them, “Sonata Dusk.”

“Adagio Dazzle…” She sticks her hand out as Neon takes it and kisses it as she just smirks. “Hmm, you’d make a good slave…”

Aria just rolls her eyes and looks at Zero, “Didn’t think you’d come.”

“I only came because I was already thinking about going to see Kiryu to train today.” That earned him an eye-roll as she crosses her arms. “Neon! Stop flirting!” Zero kicks his brother away from Adagio and Sonata as they just giggle.

“He’s funny and cute…” Sonata stated.

“And gullible…” Adagio said as they both look at each other and back at Aria. “Can we keep him?” They both stated, earning a shock from Aria as she grumbles and mumbles, heading towards the destroyed castle as Zero helps Neon up as they all follow her.

“So how come you were all trying to murder me before, but now you want to talk?” Zero asked as he walks beside her while Neon talks with Adagio and Sonata.

“It’s because of what Kiryu said…” Aria said as she looks at him, seeing how confused he looked. “Look, he said that you were going to be the one who’ll change this world for the better. That you were this unstoppable force that has yet to be awakened and once it does, everyone will know.” She sighs and fixes her hair as she opens her bag and pulls out a chocolate muffin and nibbles on it.

Zero chuckles softly as he didn’t know that Kiryu had him on such a high pedestal, “Well I don’t know what to say… but once I figure out a way back home, me and Neon are out of here.”

“What about seeing the sights that this world could offer? I mean what’s so great about your world?”

“Well for one, there’s no crazy, super powered bitches all over the place. Two, there’s no weird or mythical creatures. And three, because I miss the food… the food here is absolute trash.”

“Well you’ve just been in this shithole of a place…” Aria stated as they head into the castle and walk down the hallway.

“That’s true… but no place on this world would change my mind to having a slice of New York-style pizza.” Zero said as he was kind of enjoying their conversation as she seemed more… nicer when they were just talking and having a good time instead of trying to rip their heads off as they turn the corner and head towards the door. “Alright Neon… I want you on your best behavior alright? If you be a good boy, Aria will give you her other chocolate muffin…” Aria punches his shoulder and heads up the stairs, opening the door as her and her sisters go inside.

“Bro, you know me. When am I never on my best behavior…” Zero was about to say something till Neon covers his mouth. “Nevermind, lets just head in so I could meet this guy.” Zero nods as the both of them head into the door as it shuts behind them. Unknown to any of them, a squadron of guards were watching from afar.

The Nexus

Zero steps out just fine, but Neon fell on top of him since it was his first time there. He grunts and pushes his brother off of him as he fixes himself and heads towards Kiryu’s house, seeing him and the sirens just talking. Neon helps himself up and follows in suit, “Sup Kiryu. How you been?”

“I’ve been doing fine, thanks for asking.” He then looks and sees Neon who was looking at him with awe, “If I had to guess, you’re related to Zero correct?”

“Yes sir. Name’s Neon, pleasure to meet cha Kiryu.” Neon said, sticking his hand out for a handshake as Kiryu gives him one.

“Pleasure is all mine Neon… now, I assume you’re here to talk with them and not train?” Kiryu asked as he looks at Zero who nods in confirmation. “Well if you need me, I’ll be in my workshop. Call me if you need anything.” Zero says okay as he heads back inside to work on his projects.

Adagio and Sonata bring chairs for Zero and Neon as Aria sets a table. Zero thanks the two sirens and sits down as Aria had went inside to grab the kettle and a few cups with tea packets inside of them with sugar cubes and a creamer, setting down in the middle of the table as Sonata puts a tray of cookies in front of them, making Neon drool at the sight of the cookies. “This is a lot for just a talk Aria…”

Aria just looks at him and sits, pouring the hot water into her cup and putting a couple of sugar cubes and cream into her tea. “I’m trying to at least make you comfortable.” She looks at him with a bored expression as he just scoffs and pours himself a cup of tea as Neon was eating the cookies.

Once the twins got comfortable, Zero looks at Aria as Neon was having a side conversation with Adagio and Sonata. “Now that I’m comfortable… tell me why you want my help? Because the way I see it, I don’t have to because of you trying to kill me.”

Aria’s eyes were closed as she gently sets her cup down. The whole atmosphere around them changed as instead of her usual blood-red aura, it was replaced with a dark gold aura as Zero was about to move but she sent out a whip-like lightning bolt, which wrapped around his body and kept him in place. She then opens her eyes which were slitted like a cat's eye when they’re relaxed as the only thing that Zero saw were her eyes and two massive golden wings as the surrounding area around them was pitch black. “If I wanted to, I could kill you here and now… I don’t need your help, nor do I want it but Kiryu speaks very highly of you…” She slowly balls up her fist, slowly tightening the bolt of lightning around him as he grunts in pain, trying to fight back but couldn’t. “So just be a good little human or I’ll fucking end you… do you understand me?!”

Zero was actually a bit scared by her glare and sheer power she was exerting too as he scoffs, “Whatever…” As soon as he said that, the whole area turned back to normal like nothing happened as he looks around, seeing his brother and the other two still talking with each other. He then looks back at Aria who had a smug grin on her face as she takes a bite of a cookie. “What the hell was that?”

“Something that you’ll never achieve.” Aria stated as she looks at him, her eyes flashed red as he just growls at her.

Zero then slams his fists against the table, making everyone look at him as his hair spiked up a bit, glaring at Aria. “My patience is running thin! Cut the shit and just talk already!! Otherwise me and Neon are out of here!”

Neon taps his brother’s back, trying to calm him down. “Calm down bro… I mean I don’t know what sort of beef you two have but hear her out. It could be important.” He gives his brother a reassuring smile as Zero sighs, his hair going back to normal as he fixes himself. “There… now what do we say to Aria?”

“I’m… I’m sorry…”

“Good! Here, have a cookie!” He gives Zero a cookie as he takes it and eats it.

Sonata giggles softly and whispers in Adagio’s ear as she giggles as well, giving Neon a lustful wink. He winks right back at them earning him a giggle as Aria just rolls her eyes and sighs, “I’m sorry as well Zero. I told you to come, which you did and I’m just stalling because… it’s just hard to talk about.”

Zero looks at her as she looks down, her ears drooped a bit as Adagio and Sonata followed in suit. “Just take it slow okay Aria. You don’t have to tell me everything, but at least let me know what’s going on.”

Aria nods as she takes one last sip of her tea. “As you know, the human who was here before, Slade, broke Equestria for years until Celestia and Luna were old enough to take over again. But from what my father said about Celestia is that something inside of her… that hatred for Slade grew more and more throughout the years till finally when she banished her sister it all just came out.”

Zero stays silent and listens to everything she was saying, “She just hid in her castle and started working on some projects from experiments on her subjects to making bombs but… my father’s spy that got in went missing one day.” Aria balls up her fist and breathes heavily, “Then the pirates came and started kidnapping sirens left and right. Either selling them to become slaves or keeping them for their sick pleasure.”

“We tried to talk with her about what’s been going on and she just didn’t care and let the pirates do whatever they wanted. More of our kind either died or were taken away because of that bitch!!” She exerted her power as the ground shook beneath them, red jolts of energy sparked around her as her hair spiked up a bit. “So we hunted almost every pirate, killed anyone that got in our way and caused chaos throughout Equestria…”

“And that’s how you got banished huh?” Zero asked as the three sirens nod. “But that doesn’t explain why I should be worried.”

Aria looks at Sonata who nods, pulling out a high-tech touchscreen phone and pushes a few buttons before giving the phone to Zero. He was a bit confused as he was mostly impressed with the phone as he looks and sees a live feed of Celestia with Twilight.

“Again, are you sure that that’s what you saw and heard Twilight?”

“Yes Princess Celestia…” Twilight said, looking a bit sad.

Celestia balls her fists up as her fists as she sighs, trying to calm herself. “I knew it was too dangerous to not put restrictions on him… I should’ve ended those sirens long ago instead of banishing them!”

“But Celestia what about the Harmony?”

Celestia had a sly grin on her as she gently grabs Twilight's chin, “Twilight… to have harmony, we have to purge the evil out of this land. The sirens, wherever their race is, the changelings… and Zero.”

Zero doesn’t say anything as he glares at the video. “But why Zero? Can’t we just talk to him?” Twilight asked, looking up at her teacher.

“No we can’t. You seen what Slade did to my parents, and now from what I’ve seen, he has similar powers to Slade meaning he could and is possibly planning on doing the same thing with those sirens. That’s why I sent guards after him to bring him here… also did you know that he murdered Fancy Pants?” She grins as Twilight looks up at her in surprised as Zero threw down the phone and got up.

“Now you see… she can’t be trusted.” Aria said as she watches Neon trying to calm down Zero.

“It’s not all that bad Zero, at least now you know before you were possibly stabbed in your sleep.” Sonata chimed in as Zero punches a tree.

“But why?! I’ve done nothing wrong to that bitch and she sees me as Slade!?! I’m tired of being compared to him when I’m my own person.” Zero groans in frustration as he rubs his temples and as his hair sparked up a bit out of anger. He tries to think of a plan, but he didn’t want Neon to get hurt if they go that far as he sighs and gives Neon his weapons and phone.

“Don’t tell me you’re going to face this alone dude?” Neon said, a little worried about his brother.

“Well if I need you for anything, I’ll get into contact with Kiryu to notify you to come.”

“What about us?” Adagio stated with her hand on her hip.

“I’m not here to start some war or be a part of something… all I want is to survive until I find a way back home so me and Neon could get out of here.” Zero stated as he walks towards the door, Neon and the sirens follow. “But tell me this Aria… what is behind that chained up door in the Canterlot castle?” He turns his head to look at her as she opens the door for him.

“You’ll find out soon. But just be careful alright…” Aria said, looking up at him as he looks back.

“Didn’t think you cared.”

“What? I can’t get a little worried about a puny, weak human like yourself?”

“Puny is a understatement shorty. Plus what is she going to do to me huh?” He asked as Neon, Adagio, and Sonata watch the two about to bicker.

“Oh I don’t know. Maybe… turn you to stone, send you to tartarus, banish you to the moon or to another dimension, or just straight up obliterate you.” She stated bluntly, earning her a scoff by him as they just look into each other's eyes. She saw that he was a bit scared but was trying to hide that with his anger as she couldn’t help but blush a little at the fact that he had very nice eyes to look at.

Before any of them could say anything, Neon threw a piece of popcorn at them as they both look at him. “Too early! Let it develop into something that we all will like.”

Zero was confused at first till he caught on to what Neon was saying as he scoffs, “Like hell I would! I’m not here to fall in love or get my dick wet… well maybe if I actually find a woman who doesn’t try to kill someone they just met!” He glares at Aria as she glares right back.

“Oh come on! I only tried it a few times you big baby!”

“Shouldn’t have been a few times! You could’ve at least tried to talk to me!” Zero shouted back, getting in her face.

“You should brush your teeth more ape!”

“Right back at cha fish lips!”

They both growl at each other for a few moments before she pushes him out the door and immediately shuts it, stomping her way back to the house as the three stooges just snicker and giggle. “You need batteries cause I could give you some if you need to calm down.” Adagio said with a sly grin on her face as Aria was completely red.

“I’m not that lonely!!” She shouted as she goes inside the house.

Neon just snickers as he heads towards the house, Adagio and Sonata following in tow. “So now that that’s over… how bout you tell me more about yourself.”

Adagio looks at him as she just giggles and places her hand out for him to hold, which he does. “You’re quite the fast one aren’t you? Most males take me out on a date first, but you… you get straight to the point.” She smirks as he kisses her hand softly and looks at her seductively.

“Well at least I’m man enough to let a woman know I wanna piece.” He looks at Sonata and winks at her, earning him a blush as she twirls her hair. “Got somewhere we could go to have some… privacy.” He wraps his arms around the both of them as they just giggle and take him over to the training chamber to have a bit of fun.

Everfree Castle

Zero falls out on the other side as he goes down the stairs. He groans in pain and rubs his head, looking at the door as it shuts. “Stupid woman… once this is all over, her ass is grass.” He said as he gets up and fixes himself as he makes his way to leave but something just didn’t feel right as he looks around as he bumps into a few guards. “Uh, afternoon fellas… ladies. What brings you here?” They just glare at him, saying nothing as a few pegasi guards float down behind him. “So do I get a choice here?” They point their spears at him as he shrugs, “Guess not…”

Before any of them could say anything, Zero slams his fist into one of the guards faces, sending them flying into the wall as the rest try to subdue him but he fights them off, slamming his leg into one of their shoulders, breaking their arm. More guards come out of nowhere as Zero steps it up as he powers up, sending out an EMP, shutting down the unicorns ability to use magic and the pegasuses flight.

He gives one guard a haymaker, breaking their jaw and the other a devastating roundhouse kick, sending them through the wall. “Come on! Is that all you got!?” As soon as he said that, he heard a loud clanking sound of armor as he looks behind him, seeing the guards step out of the way as he saw Shining Armor in a crystal, black-stone like armor. “Shining… What’s going on?” He knew what was going on, but he wanted to hear from him.

“Zero, you’re under arrest for the murder of Fancy Pants and working alongside with the sirens. I could take you to Canterlot in shackles or in a body bag… your choice.” Shining said, glaring at Zero.

Zero just smirks as he punches one last guards before as he balls up his fist. A static sound coming from him as an electrical aura covered his fist, bolts of lightning struck down as it hits a couple of the guards as he glares at Shining before running full speed at him. Shining just stood his ground as Zero slams his fist into Shining’s chest. Once it connected, it sent a shockwave of energy, bolts of lightning went everywhere as it destroys the majority of the castle.

He pants softly as he looks up slightly, shocked to see Shining still standing. “But… but how?”

Shining said nothing as he slams his fist into Zero’s gut, making him cough up a bit of spit. “To answer your question, this is a specialized crystal that can only be found in the Crystal Empire mines. They grow every ten moons and they’re very strong. Capable of deflecting and blocking strong attacks, such as your attack. They’re also capable of responding to powerful magic and defecting magical spells.” He punches Zero several times as he tries to fight back but couldn’t.

“The black parts you see is a special black crystallized rock, which can be found in the Canterlot mines. They’re very strong and are very hard to pierce through and break. If forged into a weapon or armor with these two crystals, you get one of the strongest gear known to Equestrian history. The black crystal rock not only allows the weapons to pierce but slice more efficiently and smoothly through tough defenses, the armor makes the wearer a complete tank in the battlefield.” Shining finished as he kicks Zero down, stepping on his face to keep him down.

Zero growls, his eyes flashing purple as he looks up at Shining. “You lost…” Was the last thing Zero heard before Shining knocks him unconscious.

Earth

Jackie sat in her house, watching TV as she looked at a picture of her, Victor, and Vector when they were kids. She smiles and sets it back down as she tries to forget what happened that day, but couldn’t, remembering seeing how scared and angry they were. Before she could do anything else, her phone goes off as she answers it. “This is Jackie, you may speak.” On the other end was a prison guard who tells her that he works for Damien and that he wanted to see her. Without hesitation, she tells the prison guard that she’ll be there as she quickly heads into her room to get dressed. Before she left, she went into one of the rooms, smiling softly as she heads out the house, getting in her car and driving off to the prison.

After a three-hour drive, she finally makes it to the prison as she heads in, showing her ID to the other guards to get her clearance into cell-block D. Once she signs some paperwork, the guard who called her rings her in as they both walk through the facility, the prisoners whistling and calling her names as they bang on their cells like animals in heat as she just glares and scoffs at them. Once they get to a secluded part of the prison, the guard points to a cell that was decked out with everything as two prisoners who were guarding the entrance nod to the guard and open the curtains to let Jackie in.

She looks at them and held her breath as she walks into the cell, seeing how it had everything a one-bedroom apartment had from a flat-screened TV, to a nice-sized bed for one or two people as Damien sat at a table, drinking his coffee as he slowly opens his eyes and smiles at her. “You’ve grown into such a beautiful woman…”

A slight blush forms on her cheeks as she nods, “Thank you Mr. Blade… but, why did you want to meet me? You should be mad at me for you know…” She looks down, sighing softly to herself.

“It wasn’t your fault my dear. You were just doing your job… hmph, glad I strangled that rookie.” He pulls up a chair for her, pointing to it as she sits herself down in front of him. He smiles to himself as he looks at her, “You and him have been through a lot together ever since you were kids, to your teenage years, and being young adults in this world. It’s mostly my fault that he turned the way he did, but I know he’s doing just fine where he’s at…”

She stays quiet, looking at him as Damien has always been nice to her and treated her like she was his ever since her family became friends with his. She remembers the first time she met Victor and Vector when their mother was alive. She smiles softly as a slight blush form on her cheeks as Damien’s grin slowly turned into a frown as he sets his cup of coffee down and looks at her seriously. “But I didn’t call you to talk about them…”

“W-What do you mean?”

“You know what I’m talking about Jackie…” Damien stated, cracking his knuckles and stretching out.

Jackie thinks of what he was talking about until she looks at where he was looking, which was her locket as she held it tightly. Her eyes widen as he just continues to give her a cold glare as she shudders in fear, “We have until the afternoon to talk… so, talk.” Damien said as the both of them talk with each other about everything.

Author's Note

Hey guys, hopefully you enjoyed this chapter and seen a reference or two on here. Sorry for the long wait, been really busy and hopefully 1-12 doesn't take me as long as this chapter did. Also, the Equestria Timeline is almost done so stay tune for that.

Like or dislike the story if you want and please comment down below on what you guys are liking or disliking about the story so far. See you guys next update.