Ryuji walked along the shoreline with the little filly’s hand in his. She kept close to her protector while they made their way back to the more populated area of the beach. He was silent the whole time, still a bit upset that she had to go through that with those assholes who molested her. She saw it was bothering him as she gazed up into his eyes. She squeezes his hand firmly and gives him a soft smile.

“I am alright now thanks to you, mister. I owe you quite a bit for helping me.”

He shakes his head in response, he didn’t feel like she owed him a thing. It was simply the right thing to do. If she was a fully grown mare, that is one thing. But she is a filly, a child. Ryuji did not feel one ounce of remorse for what he did. As they walked along, she couldn’t help but look up at her savior in admiration. Even going so far as to squeeze his hand a bit more. Ryuji sighed lightly and gave her a gentle smile. The way she looked at him did make the tenno feel a bit better about the whole situation.

“You don’t owe me a thing, little one. It was simply the right thing to do. Though, you shouldn’t have had to see what I did to them. I just got so upset about what they did. But, I am just glad you were able to get away from them before they...did anything worse to you.”

They finally made their way to the more populated area of the beach and looked around to see if they could find her mother or anyone that might be looking for her. She finally lays eyes on a rather curvaceous mare who was looking around with an extreme look of worry on her face. She shared the same fur color and eye color as the little filly did. She gasps in happiness and lifts a hand up[ in the air and waves it about frantically while she calls out to the mare.

Momma! I am over here!”

The mare in question snaps her head in their direction. She quickly makes her way over to Ryuji and the filly. They both meet halfway into a warm and loving embrace after Ryuji releases her hand from his. To see a parent reunite with their child after being separated, it made Ryuji long for something like that. But knowing that it would never happen again, he pushed it out of his mind before the mare looked over to Ryuji and pulled her daughter closer to her in a protective embrace. The filly saw this and immediately started to reassure her mother about him.

“He saved me, Momma! He saved me from a bunch of bad ponies who were trying to touch me and hurt me! He is truly amazing, like the knights you speak about in my bedtime stories.”

The mare looks down at Ryuji when she picks up her daughter in her arms. Hey, blue eyes looking the tenno from head to toe as she studied his features. Then it hit her. She remembers Celestia talking about someone with his exact appearance walking along the shoreline when the search party began for her missing daughter.

“You...are Ryuji then?”

“Yes, ma’am. I was walking along further down the beach when she came running to me. I wasn’t sure of what was happening until three older stallions stepped out saying that they were looking for her. And they seemed pretty intent on doing rather...unspeakable things to her. So I...disposed of them to keep her safe.”

She blinked a few times and lets out a slight giggle as she looks down at him. Ryuji arches a brow and crosses his arms wondering what is so funny about a situation like that. Though she clarifies after her little giggle.

“I am sorry for laughing. But I expected some kind of large hulking stallion when I heard that from you. But looking at you, you are no bigger than a young stallion nearly reaching his adulthood. So please forgive me if I have offended you.”

Ryuji sighed and shook his head. Normally, he’d get upset about that. But with how many times others had mistaken him for a child, he kind of just shrugs it off now and proves that he is certainly no child. He gazes up at the tall mare with a slow-growing smile as his eyes glowed brightly and void energy swirled around his hands.

“Oh, I can definitely prove to you I am no child. Hell, I may even be older than you are. You don’t appear to be an alicorn. So you certainly can’t be older than I am.”

“It was amazing, momma! This bright beam of energy shot from his hand, and then a sword appeared out of nowhere as well! He was so quick in his movements. He was so brave and strong! Can..can I marry him when I am old enough..?”

Ryuji’s eyes widened at the filly’s sudden desire to marry him. It was just like younger Celestia all over again! But it did make him chuckle when her mother gave a look of surprise when her daughter wanted to marry the tenno. But he was quick to shoot her down.

“I am sorry, little one. But I am afraid that I am spoken for. You see, I don’t think in sun princess would be too happy to find out that her fiance had been stolen away from her by a sweet little filly. But I am flattered that you’d find me as a suitable fiance for yourself.”

And on queue, Celestia sees Ryuji speaking with the mare and her daughter She makes her way to his side as they spoke and knew that for some reason, he’d be the first to find the missing child. She giggles lightly as she heard the filly wanting to marry Ryuji when she got older and felt her heart melt when he said that he was already spoken for. She places an arm around his shoulder and rests a hand on his chest. A knowing smile coming across her muzzle.

“How did I know you’d be the one to find her first, handsome? You never stop amazing me…”

Ryuji smiles up at Celestia and gently places a hand on hers, giving it a loving squeeze as he leans back against her.

“Well, it is almost as if it was meant for her to run into me. Perhaps she will try and steal me away from you in the future huh?”

He said as he teased his fiance with those words. Celestia gave him a rather playful glare before looking back to the mare in question.

“I am just glad that she is safe. And that Lady Hazel has been reunited with her daughter.”

“‘Lady’ Hazel?”

“Mhmm, she is the ruler of one of the far-off lands of Equestria. Just as are most of the others you saw in the conference room we were in. Thought Her husband was the one who attended.”

“Aaah, i see now.”

Said Ryuji as he then bowed his head in departure as he and Celestia started to make their way back to their own group. But before they could go, Hazel called out to Ryuji.

“Wait! There is still the matter of your reward! Anything you desire, name it. After all, you saved my daughter and brought her back to me. Money, power, anything you could possibly desire…”

Ryuji did think of one thing. Something he has wanted for a very long time now. He knew that time travel or changing time wasn’t going to be easy to come across. However, if they could just do this one thing for the tenno, he would be beyond happy. And things would be just as they were before the whole mess started. when he was thrown back in ti me. He walks up to Hazel and looks up into her eyes with a glint of hope within his own. She took notice of this and listened intently for what he was about to ask of her. Even Celestia knew the only other thing he ever wanted in his life and she hoped for her fiance, that it would be obtainable someday.

“This is something I have always wanted to possess for a while now. But, would you happen to have or even know of a spell that one can use to share memories? Mor5e specific, my memories with others? If you have this, it would make me extremely happy.”

Hazel thought about it for a moment. She then looked down at him with a warm smile and motioned for him to follow her to her room back at the resort. Ryuji’s heart started beating quickly as her smile. Could she really have what he has been searching for all this time?

--In Hazel’s Suite--

Ryuji and Celestia watched as the mare dug through her things while her filly sat on the bed still smiling up at the tenno. He smiled back to ehr and noticed that she was still looking at him with a bit of affection in her eyes. He blushed lightly before shaking his head slightly. Once Hazel found what she was looking for, she goes over to Ryuji and hands him a book. He opens it up and reads through a few pages and smiles a smile that tops all of his others. He quickly wraps his arms around Hazel in a tight hug. This caught the mare by surprise but she returns the hug. Celestia seeing this, she keeps her jealousy in check. After all, she remembers how he gets when he is given something or treated nicely. He is a hugger.

“Thank you so much, Lady Hazel! This is exactly what I need. Though I cannot perform the magic, I know a certain purple unicorn who is good with this sort of stuff. Thank you again.”

“You are quite welcome. Anything for the one who rescued my daughter…”

Ryuji turns to Celestia and runs to her, holding up the book in a victory-like pose. When she saw this, she couldn’t think of any other words than.

He..so...cute!

“Look, Tia! We got it! I can finally fix everything now!”

--Back At Canterlot Castle, Casting Room--

Ryuji was a bit nervous at having a spell cast upon him. Celestia and the others could tell this by how he was pacing back and forth with his hand resting under his chin. Just as ever good mare should do for their fiance, she makes her way over to him and kneels in front of him, gently places her hands on his shoulders and gently rubs them, then his upper arms.

“Calm down, my love. Twight is a well-practiced magic user. It is what she is best at after all. She will make sure that everything goes smoothly and then things will be as they were. And then…”

She leans in and whispers into his ear.

“You and I can finally celebrate...alone, in our bedchambers. I am going to show my fiance just how much I love him and want to please him…”

Ryuji gulped hard and blushed heavily at his fiance’s words. He could only imagine just what she had in store for him before Twilight walked over clearing her throat.

“It is written in old punish. But thanks to my in-depth research on the spell. I can cast it with a success with no issues! But it is a powerful spell, so I will need yours and Princess Luna’s help as well.”

Once Celestia and Luna made their way beside Twilight, they all looked at Ryuji who stood in the middle of the circle. He closes his eyes and breaths in slowly, then breaths out at the same pace as he relaxes his mind and body. He trusted Twilight with all his heart. And knowing that this spell will show the purple unicorn just how much he cares for her, and how much she cares for him, he kept this as part of the unbreakable faith in her.

“I am ready. I am ready to have my family back.”

Twilight started the spell off, then Celestia and Luna started casting their magic to add in the fuel that powers the spell. Ryuji is lifted from the ground several feet in the air with his arms out to his slide slightly. The spell appeared to be working just fine for the first half of it. But then, the sound of clock gears clicking and bells ringing started to echo throughout the room. This was not supposed to be part of the spell.

“S-something’s not right...Princesses, stop the spell, this isn’t how it is supposed to work!!!”

Shouted Twilight as she tried to resist finishing the spell.

“I...can’t! The magic won’t stop flowing!”

“Nor can I, it’s like it’s not giving us a choice but to finish!”

Shouted both Celestia and Luna. Celestia opened up her eyes as she watched a clock gear appear under Ryuji and a belly appears around him. All she could do was watch as her beloved tenno was taken through what she assumed was a portal as the ground swallowed him up. The spell finally breaks as it pushed all three of them to the ground. Celestia quickly got to her hooves and went to the spot where Ryuji once stood. There was no trace of him left.

“No..nononono, NO! Ryuji, come back!!!”

Celestia cried out as she fell to her knees in defeat. Fearing that she had lost him forever, she began to cry into her hands. Little did they know, they didn’t send him into a different time. But, into the Gallery of Time. And what awaits the tenno, is something that will ultimately make him shift the timeline not to his favor, but to something dreadful as well. For if one blends two timelines into one, the consequences could be dire.

Author's Note

Yay, finally got something out! XD Stupid job...

May the darkness grant you peace.