WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS FOR SEASON 7 FINALE!!!!

A month after that dinner, morning, Canterlot

Tonight was the night of the gala, important ponies from all over Equestria and beyond, even some dignitaries from foreign nations were gathering here and right now Kazuki was in the city setting up the last preparation for his plans. Currently he was walking around Canterlot as a pony, more specifically a unicorn mare with light yellow coat, orange mane done in a bun, her cutie mark was a book and her nails were painted red. She had quite a youthful look while wearing plain light blue button-up shirt with the top two buttons undone showing a bit of cleavage from her not too big yet not too small breasts, long dark blue skirt and blue sandal like shoes, all that plus the glasses gave a air of a somewhat nerdy student.

There was a small illusion placed on the glasses to hide the true color of her eyes, which were a familiar solid greyish purple with ripples coming out of the pupil, the Rinnegan. That plus the book she was carrying by hugging it against her chest sold the image of a student and no one paid attention to her. However her serious and confident face along with her well-groomed appearance gave her the air of a noble, a minor noble by the simpler clothes of higher quality than normal but a noble nonetheless.

This was Kazuki controlling one of his spare bodies with the Gedō no Jutsu(外道術, Outer Path Technique) or simply Gedō(外道, Outer Path), it was the same as the Pein Rikudō(ペイン六道, Six Paths of Pain) used by Pain but more refined. Kazuki could control any number of bodies, the only limitations being his chakra, radius and ability to multitask, his radius covered most of Equestria with him in the Everfree Forest, chakra wasn't a problem and with his current level of multitasking he might be able to control up to twelve bodies in a combat situation.

Also unlike Pain’s version of the technique, Kazuki was far more subtle when it came to using the Kuroi Jushinki(黒い受信機, Black Receiver), instead of crudely stabbing them into corpses like Pain did Kazuki prefered to surgically implant them in his spare bodies since as far as the technique was concerned a corpse and a soulless but still living body made no difference.

Kazuki tested many methods of implantation to find the ones that worked best with which species and sometimes body parts, it would after all be a waste to impair the body’s natural ability with the improper placement of black receivers. Of course he never used his spare bodies on the process of trial and error to find the best implantation methods and placement rather he used some “reluctant volunteers” for that, granted almost all of them deserved that in Kazuki's opinion, at least the live ones did.

From the three subspecies or tribes of ponies unicorns were the easiest to implant the black receiver since almost all of their magic was channelled through their horn while earth ponies and pegasi were the hardest since they rely more on their physical attributes. Currently he had two main methods of implantation, his preferred one was to weave very thin wires around the bones and while it was the most optimal it was also very time consuming, his secondary method was faster but less effective and it involved just coating the bones with the black receivers, the second method may cause the loss of some of the natural properties of the bones.

Besides to Kazuki using living bodies was more useful in most cases them corpses, like infiltration for example. These also eliminated almost completely the instinctive response from bystanders, that nagging feeling in the back of your mind that something might be wrong.

Anyway Kazuki's “puppet”, going by the name Sky Glow, was walking around the shopping district, she just looked like a student browsing through some of the stores, but as she passed certain spots she would pull a seal tag disguised as a bookmarker and drop it, which would disappear by sinking into the floor, or place it on a wall discreetly. As she did so she recalled the conversation Kazuki had with the trio concerning the plan.

A month ago, in Kazuki's “Gourmet” Dimension

“Sister?” asked Moon with a look of disbelief, Kazuki wasn't referring to Celestia or Luna was he?

“I'm not talking about Celestia or Luna,” said Kazuki answering the obvious question that formed on Moon’s mind.

“Then who are you referring to, master?” asked Jewel.

“Yeah, as far as I know there is only three alicorns in Equestrian Royalty and I doubt you are talking about the pink one,” said Song not even acknowledging Cadence since as far as the dragons were concerned she didn't prove herself yet, to dragons in general she was just a little better than the average ponies.

“Moon, you gestated inside of Luna's mind until you became strong enough to manifest yourself on the outside world,” said Kazuki hoping that the hint was enough for her to reach the right conclusion.

“So? You make it seem like she is my mother,” said Moon now pondering her relationship with Luna.

“Technically she is your mother since you were born from her, but physically and mentally she would be more akin to a twin sister. However it's neither here nor there,” explained Kazuki.

“Well, it's not like it matters anyway,” said Moon.

“Actually it does, since Luna never solved those issues her repressed feelings will start to gather again and in about another millennia another Nightmare Moon might manifest,” said Kazuki shocking the trio. However seeing that Moon focused on another aspect of his statement than the one he intended he asked, “Do you really think that Celestia could last centuries without something similar happening? Especially considering the emotional baggage she had and probably still has.”

This caused the eyes of the trio to widen in alarm.

“Then..” started Jewel.

“…Sunbringer has a...” continued Song.

“…Nightmare version of herself,” concluded Moon not knowing how to feel about this. She still loved and missed her older sister, but at the same time Moon was angry at her for the suffering that the alicorn of the sun made her go through, in sum Moon still felt betrayed by Celestia.

“Despite the inaccurate name, yes she does,” said Kazuki as he drank a sip of wine, he poured a glass while they were shocked and still processing the recently revealed information.

“How?!” shouted Moon as she smashed her fist on the table in frustration, the stone table cracked. A alicorn had the magic of the three pony tribes, so she had the equivalent strength of multiple ponies.

Kazuki looked at the crack before tapping the table with his left index finger, sending a pulse of chakra to repair it while he held his wine glass with his right hand. Then he asked, “How long do you think you existed inside Luna's mind before manifesting?”

“I don't know, maybe five or six years,” guessed Moon only for Kazuki to shake his head.

“No, it was centuries,” said Kazuki much to the shock of the black alicorn. Seeing her reaction he explained, “You only started to gain a semblance of consciousness about seven years before manifesting, you started to form much sooner than that. I would say when Luna started to suppress and reject parts of herself she didn't like around her teenage years.”

“How?” asked Moon in disbelief while the dragonesses just remained quiet.

“Magic,” answered Kazuki before taking another sip of his Rainbow Fruit wine. Then he continued, “Magic can manifest suppressed traits and/or emotions, this normally occurs in the form of bursts of energy or your magic acting up without you meaning to. You became a collection of emotions and memories that started to act on its own, then started to reflect Luna's suppress feelings and finally you develop sentience.”

“That still doesn't explain how Celestia has a darker version of herself.” said Moon after a long pause to process what she heard from Kazuki.

“She started to develop one about the same time as Luna. This process can happen to anyone with sufficiently strong magic. However most beings don't reach the necessary age and power for it to become a fully incorporeal and sentient entity. What puzzles me is how Celestia managed to avoid the manifestation of her darker side,” said Kazuki with a thoughtful look, however he was also smiling since this presented a unique scenario and that peaked his curiosity.

“How can you even know about that?” asked Song.

“Does that mean that you also have a dark side?” asked Jewel and that possibility sent shivers down the spines of the trio.

“I can detect small fluctuations on Celestia's magic that were similar to Luna's starting around the same time but weaker. No I do not, I don't repress my emotions or memories, I sometimes repress my impulses but sometimes I also would go to one of my dimensions and just let it loose, plus my constant meditation lets me be constantly aware of my mind, that's why I'm strategic and blunt. It's not impossible, just unlikely,” explained Kazuki as he answered the two questions from the sisters.

Then Kazuki thought about that one part of his power that was semi-independent, if things continue like that them it might become independent in the future, that wouldn't be the first time something like this happened. What will he do? Only time will tell.

“Soooo, what’s your plan? It's not like we can just break into Celestia's mind and 'rescue' her darker side,” said Moon sarcastically.

“That's precisely the plan,” said Kazuki causing Moon to facepalm regretting her questions.

Canterlot, present

Those tags would be useful for tonight, however the last place Sky Glow needed to place them was on the red light district and she could feel that it would be troublesome, so she just sighed hoping to not run into trouble but knowing karma it would probably not be the case.

Beneath the Everfree Forest

Kazuki’s original/main body was sitting cross legged on the floor on one of the chambers that acted as a daycare, Moon, Jewel and Song were here with him and they were playing with the pups, all of them had a soft spot for kids in general not just foals and hatchlings, while Gard was laying beside him and resting her head on Kazuki's lap as he petted her head, the four of them seemed to be happier after they made clear what kind of relationships they wanted to have with him.

Gard was currently taking a nap with some pups leaning against her, some were adopted but others were actually from her own litters. She was actually younger than she looked, besides considering that she was the former clan head she probably adopted many abandoned and astray diamond dogs, so the fact that she had at least a litter wasn't that surprising. Diamond Dogs rarely keep a detailed track of their age, but if Kazuki had to guess he would place Gard around her early twenties.

It wasn't unusual for a diamond dog to have at least three or four litters, which had between three and six pups on average, by the time they reach their twenties, especially considering how hazardous their lifestyles were, so their mortality rate was quite high. They actually have a lifespan similar to humans, but they rarely die of old age, however they grow faster than humans, being adults around fifteen.

On a side note, Kazuki chose the new name for his clan, he chose the name based on an old legend from Earth that supposedly contribute to not only the development of Ninjutsu or Ninpō(忍法) but also to many other orders/cults throughout Asia like the al-Hashāshīn(ٱلْحَشَّاشِين‎‎) from Persia –incidentally this was the original for the english word “assassin”– the Sicarii(סיקריים) from Judea and many more, that end the fact that they live in a forest seemed to fit with the name he chose, the name was Forest Ghosts.

Anyway, Kazuki could easily spent time with his clan while preparing for tonight's missions, so he just relaxed while his spare body placed the tags on the red light district. As he looked at Jewel and Song he could see some of the more adventurous pups trying to climb the dragonesses, it wasn't much of a problem because of their scales, so the pups could easily use their claws on them to climb, Song tended to be the playful of the two, but Jewel seemed to gather more pups around her, much to Song’s chagrin.

Looking closely it was possible to see, zebra and pony foals, gryphon chicks/cubs and deer fawns, calves and kids from many different bovids, most of which came from the continent east of Equestria beyond the Celestial Sea, not that uncommon since there was many interactions between the two continents, unlike the continent to the west beyond the Lunar Sea, which remained mostly isolated from the other three landmasses but still traded occasionally –this made hard to get new animes– and the frozen continent in the north beyond the Crystal Mountains, which was a dead and frozen wasteland and curiously the former home of the ponies before spreading to the other continents.

Anyway, these were all offsprings from the former slaves that were now part of Kazuki’s clan, they tried to hide the young ones the first time he visited them, but of course Kazuki noticed all of them regardless of their attempts. However deciding what to do with the children of the former slaves was an inevitability and personally he didn't like separating families, besides willing followers were far more useful than unwilling slaves. He actually had some suspicious when it came to his diamond dogs heritage and he might run some tests later.

Kazuki came back from his introspection when he felt that trouble found him, despite him hoping that karma would let him proceed without trouble, but apparently that was wishful thinking.

*Sigh*

Kazuki sighing caught the attention of the dragon sisters and the black alicorn as well as the recently awaken Gard.

“Is it something wrong boss?” asked Gard as she sat up beside Kazuki, being careful to not wake the pups.

“No, just some nuisances,” said Kazuki with an annoyed tone before saying, “I will deal with them, just carry on.”

Canterlot on some dark alley, just a few moments ago

Sky Glow was on a dark alley on the red light district, why did the last spot had to be in here? Anyway, she inevitably attracted unwanted attention and was approached by some prostitutes of both genders for their services, which Sky refused with cold indifference. They left and she managed to place all the seals but one and of course that was when problems started because just as she entered the alleyway she was surrounded by four stallions wearing jackets and long pants.

“Boys, look what we have here, a young mare all by herself,” said a brutish unicorn with red coat and blue mane and eyes.

“Look at her clothes, she must be a noble,” said another, this one being a pegasus with green coat and eyes with yellow mane.

“Indeed, miss I hope you don't mind if we can escort you back, for a price of course,” said a earth pony with a plain gray coat and eyes with black mane.

“You are in my way, move,” said Sky coldly.

“Yeah, definitely a noble,” said the gray one.

“Well she won't pay us, so we might as well get our reward another way,” said the red one in a lecherous tone.

“C’mon guys, can't we just ask for a ransom from her family,” said the one behind Sky, he was a unicorn with a white coat and light brown mane and blue eyes.

“Don't be a wimp Dark Silver, besides we can just sell her if we don't get enough bits,” said the green.

“Also we get to sample the merchandise before selling,” said the gray one also with a lustful look.

“An underground slave ring then. I'm in a hurry, so if you excuse me,” said Sky taking off the glasses with her right hand and making a Hand Seal with her left. Then she said just as she showed her Rinnegan, “Amaterasu(天照, Heavenly Illumination).”

Suddenly black flames burst into existence and engulfed the green one. That startled the other three and despite his screams no one outside of the alleyway could hear the commotion because of the barrier that Sky sat up when she cast Amaterasu, then Sky said, “Kagutsuchi(加具土命, Additional Tool of the Living Earth).”

The black flame became spikes and pierced the arms and legs of all four of them, this had a unfortunate –to them– side effect of burning them horribly before Sky extinguished the flames, leaving four stallions in a state of shock because of all the pain they were feeling.

“Ningendō(人間道, Human Path),” said Sky as she placed her hand on the head of two of them before pulling out their soul and absorbing their knowledge, then he did the same with another and leaving only the white unicorn.

Instead Sky healed him and erased his memories since he was just trying to enter the gang that the three were a part of, let's hope he will make better decisions in the future. She placed a Genjutsu on him to keep him from wake up until she left this place, then she looked at the three corpses, while she dislike wasting fresh meat she was in a hurry and every second here was a risk of being found, so she burned the corpses into nothing using Amaterasu before walking to the end of the alley and placing a seal tag on the wall.

However instead of leaving Sky looked at her left with those rippled eyes, then suddenly her arm shot up and grabbed something, then the air started to distort until it revealed a blue unicorn with very light blue grayish almost white mane and purple eyes wearing a dark blue long sleeved shirt, dark almost black pants and white shoes, but what caught Sky's attention was the wide hat with a pointed tip and a cape with a light blue gem holding it in place, both of them with blue and yellow stars decorating their surface.

“What are you doing here Trixie Lunamoon?” asked Sky, which caused Trixie to panic since she probably saw what Sky did to those stallions and the fact that the showmare was being held by the neck while looking at those rippled eyes didn't help it either. Trixie glanced at the stallions and it became clear, so Sky said, “I see, you were hiding from them. However that doesn't answer my question.”

Then both of them hear the distinct clicking noise of coins hitting the ground, Sky looked at the sack with coins that hit the ground, then back at the blue unicorn and she took noticed of that her clothes were quite dirty, it was easy to guess that she was performing on the streets for money. So Sky said before releasing Trixie, “I see.”

Trixie immediately picked up the money pouch and started to run.

“That won't be enough to defeat Twilight Sparkle,” said Sky, which caused Trixie to stop and look back at Sky despite her instincts telling her to run.

“How do you know that?” asked Trixie nervously.

“She has a great potential and was taught by Celestia herself. Even if you boost your power she will find a way around that,” said Sky as she approach the nervous unicorn. Then she said when she was within arm's reach of Trixie, “However I can see a hidden potential in you as well. You saw what I did, let me give you the opportunity to reach it.”

That caught Trixie’s attention, her hurt pride still being the driving force behind most of her actions, so she asked in a less nervous tone, “What's the catch?”

“Stop seeking revenge,” said Sky.

“What?!” shouted Trixie angrily before noticing what she did and feared Sky’s reaction.

“I didn't say to give up on it, just don't make it your only priority,” said Sky before offering her hand.

Trixie was torn, the humiliation she suffered on Ponyville was what motivated most of her actions, the reason it was taking so long was because she was saving what little money she acquired to buy the Alicorn Amulet, but she had to spend most of it on food and her time on the streets constantly being on guard to not become another victim or be captured by some gang and used by them was slowly eroding her resolve.

Tired of sleeping with one eye open she lifted her hand and was about to grab Sky's hand, but she stopped and asked, “How can Trixie know she can trust you?”

“At the moment you can't, but if I wanted I could easily capture or kill you,” said Sky which caused Trixie to flinch, but Sky continued without pause, “Besides I know what it's like to want revenge, I know what it's like to be humiliated and worst of all I know what it's like to be hopeless.”

“Did you get it in the end?” asked Trixie.

“No I did not, at least not completely, but I didn't give up on it, I just didn't let it be my only motivation. If the opportunity presents itself I will take it, if not I will just live my life and move forward without being weighted down by my past,” said Sky but Trixie was still a bit hesitant so Sky said to convince her to give up her quest for the amulet that she probably had an idea of where it was, “ Where I'm from I heard once that ‘the ones who seeks revenge has to dig two graves, one for themselves and one for their enemy’ and it doesn't have to be literal. Are you willing to lose yourself to achieve that goal?”

After hearing that Trixie accepted the offer from Sky.

Beneath the Everfree Forest

Kazuki got up, which caught the attention of everyone, but he ignored and placed his hands on the ground and said, “Kuchiyose no Jutsu.”

Kazuki made two summons at the same time, he summoned his current Ningendō and its container. Two puffs of smoke later and at his right was Sky and Trixie while a coffin was on his left.

“You made a wise choice Trixie,” said Kazuki catching Trixie's attention. Meanwhile the new arrivals made the younglings curious, but they kept their distance.

Trixie looked at the strange being that just talked, then she looked around and saw all the younglings and the adult diamond dogs, but what caught her attention was the dragons and the black alicorn.

“Who… are… you?” asked Trixie trying not to panic.

“Ara, we just met…” started Sky.

“...and you already forgot…” continued Kazuki flawlessly before stopping.

“…about me,” finished Sky without any problem or hesitation.

Then Trixie noticed that both of them had the same eyes, even their presence felt the same, although Sky's was a fraction of Kazuki’s. It didn't take long for her to reach the conclusion that Kazuki was the one controlling the mare she was talking to.

“Moon, come meet your new student,” said Kazuki to Moon, who had a annoyed look when she heard that.

Trixie also heard a rustling of clothes and when she looked she saw Sky taking off her shirt, then she shouted, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?”

The shout scared some of the younglings, which in turn caused the adult diamond dogs to growl at her, Sky/Kazuki however ignored and the moment Sky’s back was exposed Kazuki placed his hand on a seal covering her shoulder blades and the space between them. Then the seal disappeared and two wings bursted out.

“Aaaa, much better,” said Sky and Kazuki at the same time with relief in their voices, although it was more noticeable on Sky’s voice than Kazuki's. Then Sky entered the coffin and Kazuki deactivated the Rinnegan and released the Gedō no Jutsu before returning the spare body to its storage in another puff of smoke.

“You can explain everything to her, I’ll be in the lab if you need anything. Also her training starts after the mission,” said Kazuki before he walked away. Then Moon groaned before looking at Trixie who was frozen, probably from the shock of seeing two alicorns.

On the way to his lab Kazuki he passed a few thestrals that were patrolling the tunnels while he reflected on what happened today and this in turn made him think about another conversation he had with the trio plus Zecora after they came back from dinner, incidentally he also thought about when Kazuki found a hidden thestral community.

A month ago, Kazuki's hideout beneath the Everfree

Kazuki used Amenominaka to bring the trio along with himself back to the castle and once there he called some clan members that didn't have dinner yet. They all gathered in the underground village that Kazuki built with the help of the diamond dogs that learned Doton, during the expansion they stumbled upon another large chamber with a village of thestrals.

Apparently unlike in the Prime Timeline, Luna's/Moon’s conflict with Celestia wasn't a simple fight, in this Timeline Luna/Moon actually managed to gather followers and changed most of them to have nocturnal attributes. That and she planned more carefully her eventual confrontation with Celestia, so when she lost not only Luna/Moon was banished but also their followers, however the worst was that Celestia was unaware of the secondary effect of the Elements when she foolishly tried to use them, sometimes he regretted giving Starswirl the seed he created.

The reason that Kazuki didn't detect this village was because the magic of the Elements kept it hidden, he saw a small distortion with his Sharingan not far from where the diamond dogs found a entrance to their village but he couldn't see the village itself, he suspected that nothing short of a Rinnegan would have detected that thestral community.

Kazuki feared that another conflict would be inevitable, but karma seemed to be on his side, because they all immediately knelt when they saw Moon, their faith on the black alicorn was just as strong as their ancestors since they were the descendents of the ponies that sided with Nightmare Moon back before her banishment, they were mostly thestrals, but they have members of the other three tribes that also sided with Moon as well. After that they joined Kazuki’s clan, it was a win-win for them, they got their freedom and goddess back while Kazuki expanded his ranks.

Anyway, Kazuki entered one of the cantinas and unsealed the feast from just a few minutes ago, incidentally Zecora was here since she was helping the former slaves to get settled with their new found freedom while Gard was accompanying the zebra as her escort, they might no longer be slaves but they were expected to train and contribute like any other clan member.

Kazuki sat with Moon, Jewel, Song, Zecora and Gard while he watched the diamond dogs, thestrals, zebras, ponies, antelopes, minotaurs, goats and gryphons serve themselves and enjoy the food, even the changelings were here since they could feed passively from the emotions in the air. Kazuki no longer had to worry about their loyalty since at this point their Hives(s) would considered them to be either dead or traitors for leaving their posts.

“They are quite content, it was like their prayers were answered when you came and told them that they were no longer slaves,” said Zecora in Modern Zebrican.

“At least you are not using that atrocious translation spell,” replied Kazuki using a more archaic yet more noble high zebrican, fortunately Zecora could understand it perfectly but not speak it herself.

“It would have been very rude if wasn't for the fact we can understand you two,” remarked Jewel.

“Yeah,” said Song agreeing with her sister.

After a moment of silence Zecora decided to ask, “Honorable Sage, may I ask something?”

“Must you call me that every time? Besides you can ask me anything,” said Kazuki this time in Modern Equestrian, which Zecora understood perfectly even without the translation spell.

“Do you approve of slavery?” asked Zecora.

“Do you?” asked Kazuki.

“I never liked it myself, but is something I grew up with. It was normal to enslave a defeated tribe, but even we had some rules unlike some of the nations that consider slavery legal,” said Zecora remembering the childhood she spent on the plains of Zebrica with her tribe.

“I see. Well, I'm neither against nor in favour, slavery has its uses, but what matters to me is how someone can contribute. However I'm against unjustified prejudice, especially those based on gender and race and me being on both sides of many different situations only reinforced that notion,” answered Kazuki.

“I personally don't like it at all,” said Moon while the sisters just shrugged since servitude to the strongest was something normal in dragon society.

“That's ironic,” said Kazuki as he raised an eyebrow.

“Why?” asked Moon.

“You would have ruled with an iron fist had you defeated the Elements and I wasn't here,” said Kazuki.

“So?” asked Moon.

“That's almost the same thing as slavery,” pointed out Kazuki.

“No, they would have been my subjects,” said Moon.

“Would you not have given orders that they couldn't disobey because of their fear?” asked Kazuki and Moon nodded. Then he asked, “To the core, how is that different from slavery?”

Moon was about to answer but she stopped to think about it and it wasn't that different, then she remembered how Kazuki said that almost everything can be boil down to “give and take”. Not willing to concede she asked, “How can you know that I would ‘rule with an iron fist’ as you put it?”

Instead of answering Kazuki pointed at his forehead as he opened his third eye, this caused Moon to remember the first time Kazuki showed his third eye to her(as Luna), Celestia, Faust and Starswirl. Faust showed no reaction and Starswirl became fascinated while herself and Celestia freaked out, not one of her brightest moments.

“I can see different Timelines and I saw a few where you won,” said Kazuki and at this point it didn't surprise them that much.

Refusing to lose this argument Moon remembered how Kazuki mentioned that he had been on “both sides of many different situations” so she asked, “Aren't you on the receiving end of slavery before? Then how can you not be against it?”

“Hai, I particularly remember two lives, one when the Caribou Empire was in its period of expansion and one when it was fractured, not good times to be a female reindeer,” said Kazuki with cold indifference, much to the shock of the sisters, Moon and Zecora, the Caribou Empire to this day was known for their extremely misogynistic views. However he said before getting up, “Let's not spoil the mood, that's a story for another day.”

Beneath the Everfree Forest, back to the present

Kazuki sighed as he entered the lab, he planned to do some experiments to relax, some people like to sleep, some people like to play games, some people like to read and so on, well Kazuki liked to read and do experiments, but Hon was busy telling some stories for the younglings since it was their nap time, so that left one option to Kazuki.

“Something wrong boss?” asked one of Kazuki’s new assistants, a thestral, with dark blue coat yellow eyes and almost black bat wings wearing a pair of glasses and a lab coat. He had quite a youthful appearance and a boyish charm with nerdy look, his name was Wild Night.

“It's nothing Night, just passing time until tonight,” said Kazuki.

Author's Note

Well here is the chapter, sorry if the story didn't progress much.

Here and here are my inspirations for Trixie.

Anyway, for the clan name, Forest Ghosts comes from 林鬼.
林 – means something like woods, forest or grove
鬼 – means something like ghost, devil, demon, apparition, spirit, stealthy or furtive.
The Japanese reading would be Rinki, but the Chinese ones would be Lin Gui, Lin Goei, Lam Gwai, Lem Guei however it's most known for the reading Lin Kuei, yes the very same ones that were the inspiration for Sub-Zero's clan in Mortal Kombat and it's an actual Chinese legend.

The al-Hashāshīn(ٱلْحَشَّاشِين‎‎) from Persia is the order that inspired the assassins from Assassin's Creed and Servant Assassin from Fate, but only the ones based on Hassan-i-Sabbah on the latter case.

I decided to include some aspects of the Fall of Equestria Timeline, but don't worry I don't have plans for the Caribous to conquer Equestria, they were once a mighty empire, but that was a long time ago and it has already fallen.

Just for reference, I will base the World around this map. The world has –so far– four continents and also the reason it's called Equus is that equines, in general, were the earliest species to develop sentience and magic (as far as history is concerned anyway) as well as the most numerous.

I'm imagining Equestria to be around the US in size or a bit bigger, culture-wise it would be a combination of US and UK, with the continent to the east being the equivalent to Central and Minor Asia along with Africa and Europa while the west is the equivalent to South, East and Southeast Asia plus Oceania and the rest of America. Also much like the real world, their equivalent of the IDL(International Date Line) is west of Equestria so the day "starts" at the continent west of Equestria.

Yes, Kazuki saw the Timeline that would be, or was/is, visited by Twilight during her confrontation(s) with Starlight.

Also, I kinda missed the bat-ponies soooo…

Anyway, I would like suggestions for these continents' names, for now, I'm using Zebrica and Neighsia as place holders. Just like before suggesting a name and explain why and like before no inappropriate or insulting names. Also note that Zebrica can be both the continent's name, which might change, and Zecora's home country, which will remain unchanged in this story.
If you are curious about the styles of magic that were mentioned this chapter click here.