Twilight blinked. Her eyes darting about as she began to mutter to herself. From what Damocles could tell it was around pros and cons and possible things that could happen as she thought about it. Her eyes narrowed before she gasped and opened them in shock then closed them before opening them and narrowing them at Damocles.

"So Princess? Can we use that special Mirror of yours?" Damocles asked again.

"Princess Luna? May I ask you something about Prince Damocles?" Twilight asked as she trotted past him not even acknowledging his question. The recruits Laughed at the CO's face as she passed him. Pinkie laughed because the entire thing was funny before she trotted up him, while Luna and Twilight Talked in private.

"Damy... When you go over there I need you to remember something for me OK? And I mean I NEEEEED, you to do this OK, LIKE Pinkie Promise you will do this? Please?" Pinkie gave Damocles the look of pure innocence pleading, it culminating into a near perfect puppy dog eyes. For a few moments he stood strong in spite of this. But Unfortunately the Prince of the Night fell to his knees. By the Power of the Lip Quiver.

"Blargh, Pinkie stop it! Fine! I'll do it!" He said.

"Great I need you to make a delivery to this address at this time with these contents!" She said giving him a little box pushing it into his mane along with an alarm clock that has a sticky note. "When the alarm clock goes off is when you need to go to deliver it. Ok? Trust me... Its Important that you do. Now do the promise." Damocles felt around his mane for whatever it was just put into it but felt nothing but his scalp, fur and Mane. Eye Twitching he just thought to himself 'Pinkie Pie Hammerspace' before going through the motions. She smiled softly with tears in here eyes before hugging him tightly and Crying heavily.

"I'm Going to Misss you-hou-hou-hou! You... You were always sooo ni-i-ice." She sobbed out loud sniffling in her pauses. Damocles simply looked at the mare then her friends who seemed just as confused with their awkward smiles Rainbow Dash and Applejack slowly walked forward before gripping their pink friend and pulled her away slowly as she struggled to hug him closer. Before relenting and walking away slowly.

"Uhh... yeah we are just... gonna go now." Rainbow said awkwardly Starlight and Spike watched their Friends speak as Twilight came back saying goodnight.

"Damocles The Centurion. Did you just make Pinkie Cry?" Twilight asked with confusion and Venom.

"I swear to all that is fucking unholy Sparkle, That I did not intentionally make Pinkie Pie cry. She just asked me to do a favor and deliver something somewhere put into my mane using her hammerspace. Then wigged out saying how she would miss me." He said as his wings bristled."Don't know why its not like I'm going anywhere or leaving you guys." Twilight raised an eyebrow in suspicion before sighing.

"Anyways I figured out what you were trying to do and After speaking with Luna I do here by give you permission as long as I Give the Objective. You will also have some of my resources over there available to you. Do you agree to these terms?" Twilight spoke with her head held high as stood in front of Tender Heart, Veil, Satin, and Virulent. Damocles Followed to stand by her.

"I accept your Contract." Damocles stated smiling.

"Then from this moment forward the Initiation Program of the Phantoms will be over seen by Princess Twilight Sparkle and Prince Damocles. I'm sorry my son but I must see what Eclipse is up to... As she did not come to me I must assume she is quitting the Lunar Guard as whole, I'll have to see that its properly taken Care of." Damocles bowed in respect a long with the remaining Thestrals as Twilight nodded. Luna then Flew off to Canterlot Promising to be back in the morning.

"Well then Congratulations.... Thralls. Seriously Damocles why didn't you just call them recruits like normal ponies?"

"Because Neither I am normal nor this program is." Damocles said calmly as he shined his hoof on his vest.

"Right..."Twilight stated as she rolled her eyes at him. "As I was saying the Objective for your Initiation is One Find the location of a Certain Book Secure the Book and get signatures from 6 specific people. Each person will give you a clue to the next ones location. You will have until sunrise to get all 6. Now this seems like a simple thing However..." She trailed off as she looked at Damocles. Who nodded before speaking up to finish it off.

"The rules we will be applying you will find out as we go. One of said Rules is that No one in the location we are going is to know your name. The other is that I am to try and stop you Delay you or any of the such. The most important Rule however? The book is to Remain UNHARMED by any means Necessary. Seriously your lives will depend on that. If that book Bites the dust you will be stuck there."

"Stuck where? In the Everfree sir?" Veil had inquired. Damocles Laughed before shaking his head.

"Nah the Everfree would be cheating. But maybe I should look into something like that ... Actually..." He blinked before looking at the recruits. " No. Next time..." Twilight sighed before continuing.

"Where you will be going is a different world it holds lots of similarities to our world to the aspect that even Duplicates can be seen of the Ponies you know. Understand that these beings are not the Ponies you know... No matter how much Similarities they have." Twilight warned.

"So what are they like Changelings?" Virulent asked. A gust of wind had been made and Twilight gasped as Tender heart Dropped her coffee jumping up in fear to be caught by satin.

"Don't you dare Insult them like that Thrall... There are no Changelings where we are going. Each person there is Genuinely them. But its a different world. One that is supposed to run parallel to us but due to certain cosmic and magical interference we end up intertwining with them. Leave it at that and call it a done deal. Do I make myself clear Thrall Virulent." The words Damocles spoke seemed to physically drop the temperature around them by a few degrees as the metal wing pressed against Virulent's throat seemed to be colder than normal as it threatened to bite into his flesh.

"C-crystal Sir, I apologize for my Inappropriate Comment, Princess." Virulent said as sweat developed on his brow. Damocles Seemingly Placated stepped back and nodded. Twilight Smiled as she beckoned Spike and Starlight to come to her as she charged up a mass Teleport. When everyone was in Range she activated the spell fully and with a quick Pop everyone appeared in front of the mirror a few feet away.

"Now Damocles already knows the location of the book and is only allowed to mess with the book after one of you 4 have taken it. In the Spirit of Good sportsman ship One of my good friends over there will be there to manage everything going on. If Necessary they will stop you all and Have my full permission to throw you out. Damocles Go ahead and start heading out. I'll wake them up and let them know whats going." Twilight said walking over to the book opening it as she began to write a few messages.

"Hey Virulent?" Damocles said as he stepped up to the mirror.

"Yes sir?"

"Have you ever been so hot that the Mirror wants to eat you up?" He asked as he stood on his back hooves facing the group before falling back into his reflection on the mirror. It suddenly rippling as he passed right through it. The group looked stunned as if they had just seen a rock suddenly jump up and start dancing before riding a boar that got eaten by a shark that fell into a volcano.

"If I were you guys, I would start coming up with a plan. Your going to basically be fighting on his home turf. Of course hes restricting himself Greatly as well." Twilight said as her book buzzed back with a response at last. She went back to writing.

"Ok, So we gotta find the place. get this book and get the signatures. Whose good a riddles?" Veil said instantly taking control.

"I have a minors in Psychology so I can help solve those." Tender Heart said. "Oooh I havent been in the field in years This is going to be so much fun." She clapped her forehooves together.

"Ok the rest of us would need to play keep away and deception. Remember to use your wings as much as you can and stick to the shadows. No holding back on our parts understood?" Veil Ordered. The rest nodded in affirmation.

"Thralls You are ready to go all party members are awake and heading to their specified locations. So to start you off here is your first riddle: 'In place where the sunset shimmers moves something that doesn't rest. Be Shore you don't snore or else with bad burns you will be left.' Good Luck. May the Dark help you find your way." They 4 ponies said thank you before going 1 at a time through the mirror. Each one groaning in Pain from how they came out and in dizziness.

"That was messed up." Virulent said as he shook his head before sitting up eyes still closed.

"You can say that again Virulent." Veil said as she just laid on her stomach. "Sound off whose here."

"Tender heart experiencing symptoms of Magic overuse and Exhaustion. The stars look pretty though." She said.

"Satin Present Yeah they do."

"You all know I'm here So that means we all made it Veil." Virulent stated as he opened his eyes to look at where the voice came from. "What.. the... Buck..." Veil turned and looked the Source of Virulent's Voice.

"Virulent? Is... That you?" Veil said as she pointed her hand at the apparent(?) male. He was clad in Gothic attire with a Shirt that had metal buttons and belt like features. His pants are ripped jeans and in Black boots. His hair is scruffy and thats when she noticed her hand.... "Where Are my Hooves?!" Each of the Girls gave a short Shriek as they all started freaking out. Tender Heart was in a white polo shirt with blue jeans and white Nurse shoes. Veil was in a dark purples dress with frills and soft layers with her hair matching the style she had in Equestria. Satin was in similar dress only more slender. Each one of the outfits had their Cutie mark Emblazoned on them somewhere.

In a car nearby was a girl with a hood texting.

They are here Just like you said they would be. I swear its like your precognitive or something stupid like that Silver.

No not Precognitive. Just remembering things... Make sure you do your part OK?

Yeah Yeah Don’t worry ‘Big Brother’ 😈

Heyyy I see the first guy huh are you sure he is just a pony? He moves kinda like we do really naturally.

Idiot if Silver and Jade say they are only Ponies they are Only Ponies 😒

Oops My bad You right Sorry😋😊

Must you be so mean to your sister? You know we don’t like that.

It looks like they are calming down I’m going to go engage.

Alright Everyone else Head to our Normal spot. I wonder if Vinyl will ever Grace us with her presence XD

Aww is my darling getting bored of me already? After all we’ve been through ;~;

Not a chance. its just funny to see things play out like this. Anyways everyone get going.

After the Girl put away her phone she turned on her car and Drove forward slowly but not so slowly it was obvious she was waiting for them.

“Ok so We know we need to get to the beach. Question how and where.” Veil said.

“Hey is that Metal Chariot?” Satin called out pointing out. “Let’s see if they can help us?”

“Its not against the rules and since we can’t fly we are stuck with the ground game. Any kind of transportation is better than none.” Virulent says as he approached it. “HEY! You in the Chariot Can you Stop A second?” The car pulled a stop and the window went down to reveal a lavender colored girl with purple hair and neon blue highlights in pig tails.

“Can I help you?” She said curtly.

“That’s what we would like to know... Do you know where there is a Beach near here? we are looking for a friend and they said they would be there but we got kinda lost.” Tender Heart said with a smile.

“Yeah sure I’m heading that direction anyways so get in I’ll Drop you off.”

“Thank you Miss...” Satin trailed off as she got into the car to wait for a name. The girl smiled softly.

“Blaze... Aria Blaze...” She said as she began driving.

Author's Note

another chapter so soon? Could it be? I’ve got my MOJO BACK BABY!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90h2gLgTz5g