I awoke to the familiar feeling of Luna's hot breath on the back of my neck while Jackie's head nuzzled against my chest. It's mornings like this that made me feel like the luckiest man in all the realms. I could've stayed like this forever, but we all had things to do and I needed to make my kids some breakfast. As soon as I started to get up, two sets of hooves held me back down. "Darlin's, I gotta get up and make breakfast."

"Mmm, you don't have to right away~," Jackie said while nuzzling my chest.

"I'm sure we have time for a little morning fun~," Luna said before licking my earlobe.

I smirked at the situation and gave them each a kiss. "As much as I love the idea, we have a full day ahead of us, not to mention I have to check up on our guest." My answer seemed to disappoint them. "However, tonight, after everything's done, I'll show you the benefits of bedding a god~," That seemed to perk them up. "Why don't you two take the first shower while I get breakfast ready?"

"Why not join us~?" Luna smirked while getting up from the bed shaking her flank at me and swishing her tail to the side to give me a good look at her sex.

Feeling my resolve weaken, I grabbed Jackie and Luna before heading for the bathroom. "I suppose we can save water and shower together. I'll just make a small breakfast when we're done." My reversed decision made them giggle as we entered the shower.

An hour later

After a small breakfast of an apple and toast, I went over to Twilight's to see how Ash was doing. I could barely sleep the other night after learning about Swagger's theory about Ash being violated. I wanted to deny the whole thing, but the evidence is just too hard to ignore. As I made my way to the castle, I caught Rarity exiting the castle with Spike seeing her off while they swapped some spit. As Rarity left, I made my way up and surprised him. "Just move in with her already and stop this tip-toeing around bullshit."

"And one day I will, but right now, Twilight still needs me to assist her."

"And you're still playing that card," I said in a very playful way.

"Go sit on a sandpaper dildo." We both laughed at that one. "So, what brings you over here?"

"What? A guy can't just drop in to say hi?" He looked at me with his signature deadpan stare. "I came to see how Ash is doing, there, you happy?"

"Thought so, and sorry to disappoint you, but Ash headed over to the pond about an hour ago." He told me while pointing to the pond.

"Alright, guess I'll head over there. Take care, Spike." We waved goodbye before I took off for the pond. When I got there, I saw Ash by the bank and he was doing some form of meditation. I landed a few feet behind him and called to him. "Hey, Ash. How are you doing buddy?" Ash didn't move from his position. I knew he heard me, but considering his pose, he probably didn't want to be disturbed. I could respect that.

Suddenly, his right arm became outstretched and a portal was opened. Wanting to see where this was going, I took a seat on one of the rocks by the bank. Soon, a 15ft mechanical man made of brass and steel came out of the portal, designed to look like it was wearing greek hoplite armor. The automatons eyes glowed like it was filled with molten metal on its stony expression. In its hand was a chain whip with a cannonball at the end of it. With the automaton through the portal, Ash stood up with his sword, Whispering Wind, I think he called it, and took a stance against the bot. "Begin!" Ash shouted and the metal construct flung its cannonball at Ash's legs.

"Oh, this ought to be good," I said while watching the spar between the two and conjured a cold coke. I watched Ash jump, dodge, and strike at the giant metal man with surprising speed. Just as Ash dodged the chained ball again, I heard Jackie, Luna, Scoots, Bloom, Sweetie, Rarity, Twilight, Dash, and Fluttershy, come up and watch what Ash was doing. "Hey, what's up?"

"We came to check up on you and your guest," Luna said while watching Ash fight the mechanical man. "What is that thing, and why aren't you helping him fight it?"

"Not really sure what it is. All I know is, Ash brought it over from somewhere for a little sparring match. As for why I'm not fighting it with him, I wasn't really invited. Plus, this looks more like a demonstration than anything." Just then, Ash got flung into the sand after getting hit by the giant ball whip. "Oh. Though I think that might've left a mark." Ash grunted and got out of the sand just as the giant leaped into the air to land on him.

Ash dodged the giant before taking a stance with his sword drawn. The metal man spun around and charged Ash with his weapon, intending to wrap him in the weapons chain. Instead, he deflected the weapon with his sword. "Wow, that boy has some skills with a sword," Jackie said while admiring Ash's skills. "He must've trained for years on end."

"Considering how long he's claimed to have lived in, I don't doubt he's mastered no less than a dozen forms of combat," I told her while watching Ash defeat the giant mechanism with several slashes, allowing us to see its clockwork interior. "Fascinating," I said in wonder.

Once Ash was sure his opponent was down, he let out a sigh and lowered his sword before a portal opened and we watched as the parts were sucked through. When all the parts were gone, Ash turned to us and gave a little wave. Dash was the first to say something. "That Was...Awesome!" Rainbow screamed out before the three fillies started mimicking the battle.

"Just what in Equestria was that?!" Twilight cried out.

"Training with a dummy," Ash said as he shouldered Whispering Wind.

"A dummy? That thing nearly killed you!" Twilight exclaimed as we came down to talk with him.

"As it was designed to. Real-life scenario for a real-time situation, but relax, only those with advanced expertise are allowed to fight against those," He said before he grunted in pain while placing a hand on his left ribcage.

"Hey, you alright?" I asked out of concern.

"Yeah sure, Tinman just broke three of my ribs is all," He said while rubbing the spot where he landed.

"What!?" Came the collective shout of everywhere.

"Oh goodness we need to get you to a hospital," Fluttershy said before zooming over to Ash to see what she could do for his wounds.

"Hey chill out I'll be fine these will heal in about three hours," Ash said while reassuring Flutters.

"Wait so soon?" Applejack asked.

"Sure. Like your spouse over there I too have quick regeneration for flesh and muscle wounds depending on the size and depth of the wound, takes about a few seconds to fully heal but bones take longer because they aren't made of the same materials as muscle and flesh are," Ash explained.

"Interesting...by the way I've never seen that style of swordplay would you mind if I ask about it?" Luna asked.

"Well, it was basically a combination of some of the most basic fighting styles I know. The first was the Sword Saint Style which revolves around using your blade to manipulate the situation of a fight to your favor by blocking, parrying, striking, and making your opponent move where you want them to, which will allow you to bypass their guard and deliver a deadly blow. There was also the Water Dance Style, which relies on dodging and moving so that you're a difficult opponent to hit and pin down so that when you're opponent gets tired giving you a way to deliver a killing blow. Finally, the move that finished the automaton off was a move called the Back Slash which was designed by a hero a long time ago to get behind heavily armored opponents and strike at their weak spots, and remove the armor that protected them," Ash said.

"Fascinating I assume you also know other styles as well," Luna asked with Intrigue lacing her words.

"Sure, one is easily the most aggressive of the others where you move to disable your foe with overwhelming and powerful strikes we call this the North God Style," Ash said.

"Why's it called that?" I asked. wondering if he was referring to the Aesir.

"Well once upon a time when I first learned this style the lands of the north were cold, snowy. harsh, and hostile all year round 24/7. If you weren't strong enough you'd die and back then gods were believed to be overwhelming forces so thus North God Style," Ash explained with a shrug causing him to wince in pain.

"I like that one," Luna said with a smile.

"That certainly is a unique style. Orion could find such techniques useful, think you can teach him?" I asked, thinking of what my son could accomplish with such a technique.

"I'll think about it. What kind of sword does he use?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" I pointed behind him to where my boys were just coming up to see the end of the show. "Orion, show Ash your sword, he might have some pointers for you."

"Sure thing Pop." Orion unsheathed his sword and displayed it for Ash.

Ash examined the sword my son displayed and he looked quite impressed by it. "It's beautiful. Who made it and what's its name?"

"Its name is Nightfall. It was made by Brok, but it was stolen from him by Sombra. I found it in the treasure room at the Crystal Empire and defeated many a foe with it," Orion said while giving it a little twirl.

"Nightfall?" Ash asked before he looked back at the sword before letting out a small chuckle.

"What's so funny?" Orion asked.

"Hm...oh it just...I forged a blade that shares the same name as yours but the differences are the type of blade and the language spoken to say the name." Ash said as he held Orion's sword in his right hand before I summoned a samurai sword in his left hand. "This is my second blade Hingure which is Japanese for Nightfall."

Whistles "I wasn't expecting a katana and you said forged that yourself?" Joe asked.

"Yes using the traditional method so Hingure here took about...six months of work," Ash said.

"Wait, that long for a single Sword?" Jack asked while staring at the sword.

"Indeed since ancient times to the modern-day the katana was considered to be the most versatile sword in existence most blade styles relied on either one strength for combat but the katana excelled in having more, for example, you see how the blade is curved?" Ash asked as he handed Nightfall back to Orion before unsheathing Hingure.

"Yeah," The boys said.

"Well, the curve makes cutting and slashing attacks a little easier but also parrying as well finally if I had an enemy running at me trying to attack while I had my sword sheathed and on my hip I could then just draw Hingure and cut my opponent all in one move observe," Ash sheathed Hingure and created a straw dummy before him, so placing Hingure on the right side of his hip he then grabbed Hingure's sheath and the handle and in one swift move, Ash drew Hingure and slashed the dummy in two.

"Wow," the boys said as he winced in pain from my ribs again.

"Yeah, now that I've had a look at the blade there are a few styles I can show you but first I need to ask have you ever used a shield? Also, Jack, do you use any weapons?" He asked my boys.

"Dad and I use this type of shield." He took out his left arm and gave his fist a squeeze, activating the mechanism to a retractable shield. "It's based on the design of an old Viking shield, so it only has the handle to grip. This gives me various ways to twist it while also using it as a weapon when needed." Orion said while holding out the shield.

"As for me, I just have Earthquake here." Jack unstrapped his Warhammer and displayed it for Ash. Just like Nightfall, I found Earthquake in the Crystal Empire and used it to cave in a few heads, but it also has a couple of tricks. When you hit the ground with the flat end, a small tremor is directed toward the enemy. If you hit the ground with the spike, stalagmites erupt from the ground to impale your target." Jack told Ash while displaying his hammer.

"Not bad. What did you take out with your hammer?" Ash asked while looking at the hammer.

"Not a whole lot. I used it against a Wendigo, smashed Ahuizotols paw tail with it, and smacked a chimera out. Well, that last one was a team effort, Orion took out the snakehead after it blinded me, Scootaloo took care of the lion head with her blades, that's when-"

"Wait, hold up. Scootaloos blades?" Ash turned to Scootaloo. "You have weapons too?"

"Yeah! Wanna see 'em?" Scootaloo unfolded her wings where a chain was attached to them and at the other end, were the blades I gave her.

"Where did you get those?"

"Dad gave them to me, just like he gave me this crown that lets me fly." She demonstrates that by floating above the ground and then zips and makes circles around everyone before landing back between Bloom and Sweetie. "Pretty cool huh?" She asks Ash with a glint in her eye.

"Yeah...," Ash said while looking at my daughter's weapons.

"You alright Ash?" I asked, causing him to shake his head.

"Huh oh I'm fine just...bad memories anyway judging by the weapons you boys wield I know of just the right fighting style for you but the problem is I wasn't trained in either style myself," He said to my sons.

"Then how would you teach us?" Orion asked sounding disappointed.

"Hey whoa guys I never said it was impossible just hang on a sec," He said as he opened a portal that showed a shelf of books.

"Mine!" Twilight shouted as she made a lunge for the portal but without even looking, Ash just snapped his fingers and stopped Twilight in midair in some sort of space-time crap.

"Not for you Sparkle Butt. One of the last things I need, are you going all Twily-nana's on my library," Ash said, causing several of the group to either giggle snicker, or just straight out laugh, myself included.

As we got control of ourselves, Ash went through his bookshelf, periodically switching shelves with his magic. Finally, he grabbed a book from one of the shelves, but as he grabbed the book, he looked at the shelf quizzically "Odd," He said.

"What is?" I asked finally getting control of my laughter.

"Just, two books aren't here is all my guess, my brother is borrowing them considering what the books are," He said as he grabbed a pair of books before changing a few more shelves to grab another book before he waved his hand closing the portal. He then snapped his fingers freeing Twilight causing her to go sailing forward and faceplant into the ground. "She only has herself to blame for driving recklessly at a shelf full of books."

"That's fair," I said before he turned to my sons.

"Now these books here contain the fighting styles and some lore that is dedicated to two classes of warriors that were well known during the three-way war back on my world's version of Earth," I said as I handed each of the boys one of the three books.

"A three-way war like when the tribes of ponykind were split apart?" Jackie asked.

"You got it some would call it the Great War of Heathmoor. The battle was between the Knights of Ashfield, The Samurai of The Myre and finally the Vikings of Valkenheim in fact the two books each contain the fighting styles and lore of what we called champions each of the three factions had many types of champions that had their own weapons and armor and history that made them famous or infamous I even decided to write down all that I learned whenever I found something new about any champion," Ash said.

"So who are the champions of these books?" Jack asked while going through one of the books.

"Well for starters these champions were both members of the Viking faction yours Jack were said to be a fearsome group who wielded war hammers like you but their skin was a pale grey and looked like the scales of a snake that was caused by the poisonous gasses that surrounded their home and according to myth this poison came from the maw of the great serpent Jormungandr himself whose head rested below their great fortress and because of that these champions decided to name themselves after him," He explained to us.

"Wait, poison gasses? Why on earth would anyone choose to live there, they could die?" Jackie cried out.

"It's not like they had a choice according to what I heard that fortress was a place for exiles and Viking infants that looks...defective at birth like if they were too small or weak or...misshapen even those that were unwanted they were abandoned at the fort and left in the care of the exiles if they survived they would become warriors if they died well...that's that," Ash said.

"That's so cruel," Fluttershy wept.

"That's how life was back then I'm afraid but, believe me, these guys are the definition of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger the ones that grew up to become warriors turned out to be a very fearsome and powerful foe crushing all that stood in their way and they dedicated their lives to the day Ragnarok comes," Ash said, impressing Jack and me.

"Uh...my champion didn't have a story like that did they?" Orion asked.

"Mm-mm the champion of that book was known as The Warlord a steadfast group of warriors who were a firm believer in their ancient traditions, using the same shield style as you have they also had a rather simple but lethal sword design the Warlords were considered the shield of their people and will dedicate their lives to the service of their people and they even have a saying which is one I follow to this day," I said.

"What was it?" Orion asked clearly interested.

"A leader who does not lead the charge is no leader meaning if you're not willing to step foot onto the battlefield and put your own life at risk then you have no right to command others to do the same," Ash said.

Damn right. If you can't fight, then you shouldn't lead, I thought to myself after hearing about the Warlord.

"Wow," Orion said.

"Wow indeed and let me tell you, Warlords don't go down easily, especially Gudmundr," Ash said.

"Gudmunder?" Orion asked with a raised brow.

"The single greatest Warlord I have ever met well know among all the lands of Heathmoor and our battle was one of the greatest I ever had," Ash said, recalling the Viking.

"Wait you fought him? Was he strong?" Orion asked excitedly.

"Aw strong isn't even a word I would use to describe him he was legendary," Ash said as he snapped his fingers creating a screen that showed his encounter with the great Jarl.

We all watched the memory of our guest fight against what might be the biggest Viking cliche I've ever seen. Despite that, his sword and shield skills were amazing to see, almost like watching a dance. After Ash sent Gudmunder to Valhalla, he ended the memory, waiting for our reaction. Of course, Dash was the first one to react to a spectacle. "That was one of the best fights I've ever seen! Almost as good as the last fight Discord and Joe had." That seemed to pique Ash's curiosity.

"You fought Discord too?" Just then, Discord puffed into existence.

"More of a scuffle that resolved our roles in society." He then floats over to Ash. "Sorry, we bumped into each other at the party yesterday, but you left before we could introduce each other," He said while floating around Ash's head.

"Sorry, that was rude of me, though I already somewhat know you from my Equestria," Ash explained to him.

Looking a tad offended, Discord lands on his feet and puffs out his chest. "Oh yeah, well can your Discord do this?" He then proceeds to take off his antelope horn, which had ale in it and proceeds to chug it. After he's done drinking, he lets out one of the largest burps I've heard from him. "Can he do that?" He asked before putting his horn back.

"I can honestly say that I've never seen him do that, though I think he's capable of doing that. So exactly what kind of fight did you and Joe have?" Ash asked out of curiosity.

"A spoof off. We had four out of five rounds, Joe won three while I had a showstopping win on the third round," Discord said with a smug grin while going into a triumphant pose. "We took on different forms and on the final round, we fought outside the illusion of the gates of troy. I played as prince Hector, while Joe played as, Ankle." He joked while pointing toward me.

"Achilles you dumb-fuck. Anyway, after our fight, I branded Discord with a binding spell to make sure he stayed in line. But, after his help against Tirek, I took away the brand." I told Ash before bringing Discord into a friendly headlock.

"Wait, you guys didn't turn him back to stone after he twisted you guys from your elements in the maze?" Ash asked the girls, making all of us look at him questionably.

"No, the girls didn't get twisted because they didn't go through the maze," I explained while jostling Discord in my grasp. "I figured out his shitty riddle and we found the elements in the hollowed-out book," I explained before letting Discord go.

"Interesting," Ash said while rubbing his chin in thought. "Makes you wonder what else was different between our worlds."

"Well think of an event and we'll compare?" I said while sitting across from him.

"Okay...Nightmare Moon's return. I was dragged into Equestria and turned into a wolf, explanation later, and through a series of events, I landed in the Everfree forest. After spending a day in there and waking up to find out it was still dark out but at first, I decided to just shrug it off and perceived it as me waking up early and decided to go look for breakfast, but as I was milling about I heard a roar followed by a scream so being that sought who just can't ignore something like that I made my way through the trees and next thing I know, boom, I spot this lot tangling with a manticore of all things." Ash said while gesturing to the girls. He then went on to how they all then arrived at the castle and how he encountered Nightmare Moon and when he was finished, I told him my version, and for a fair while we continued on like this with the rest offering their own inputs here and there.

"Wait a second you're saying that in your world Nightmare Moon lives and is bonded to you!" Luna shouted in the R.C.V. Causing the whole area to echo that statement.

"You don't need to use the Canterlot Voice Luna, we can all hear you just fine thanks, and also yes. but one day I plan to ask her to marry me," Ash said while rubbing his ear.

"And what of my other self how is she okay with this?" Luna demanded with a quirked brow.

"At first she wasn't okay with it and Celestia did try to kill her." Yeah, I could see that. "But, thanks to my intervention, I was the only one injured. I mean seriously, Celestia sure knows how to swing a halberd took off half my face and torso with that blow," Ash said causing everyone to go wide-eyed at his Celestia. For me, the image of Tia using a weapon with lethal intention was a bit of a turn-on.

"Uh, I think Twilight's broken," Rainbow said while waving a hoof in front of Twilight's shell-shocked frozen face.

"Not surprising considering the amount of princess worship that comes from this mare both here and back home," Ash said, causing a few of us to snicker.

"Y'know what I'm surprised the most about all this, the fact that despite being married to your world's Luna you defended Nightmare Moon, and yet that didn't cause any marriage issues," I said, wondering how that could work.

"Oh, if the situation was different then perhaps, but considering I looked nothing like what I do now and had no memory of my life before and after my death. I mean if I was the same man back then the chances of me cutting down Moon before anything would have increased exponentially." Ash explained.

"Well, then it's a good thing you didn't. But, enough about that, have you ever met with a show-mare named Trixie?" I asked, wanting to move the conversation along.

"Yeah, I did actually. I met her when she tried to cage me while I was still a wolf, and then another when she took over the town and-" He was interrupted when Twilight gasped.

"Wait, hold on. Trixie took over the town? Why?" She asked piquing everyone's interest.

"She took over after she defeated Twilight in a magical duel, though she sorta cheated with the Alicorn Amulet, a trinket that corrupts the mind and has a demon's soul as the gem," Ash explained what happened with his Trixie.

"Huh, that's very different from the gem she had." I unsheathed Frostbite and pointed to the gem embedded in the handle. " It was the gem that was from the amulet, though it was always meant for this ax."

"So when Twilight and Trixie fought-" This time, it was my turn to interrupt him.

"Actually, I fought her. When she first visited, I kinda upstaged her with my illusions and that made her upset. A couple of years later, she challenges me and I won by making her believe I summoned Jormungandr from the depths of Midgard. She gave me the amulet, I put it in my ax, and it's been able to do a whole lot more than it could before. And now, the boys and I have a pen pal to write to." I told him while sheathing my ax.

"Neat now...hm ah here's one but first what's the relationship between Cadence and Shining Armor?" Ash asked.

"Happily married and ruling over the Crystal Empire," I said, wondering if something had happened between the two of them over in his Equestria.

"Alright, so, how did their wedding go down?" The moment he said that the memories of what that bug bitch did, flooded to the front of my memory.

"It was infested with parasites," I growled while Jackie and Luna started seething at the memory.

"Touchy subject I take it?" He asked us.

Twilight decided to field the question for us. "Queen Chrysalis took Jack and Orion hostage in an attempt to force us to surrender," She said, shocking Ash and forcing him to sit on a rock while looking at his hands.

"I'm sorry to hear that and if it's any comfort I know how you three feel...but judging by the fact that both the boys are in excellent health and Canterlot hasn't been overrun by changelings, I'd say you won," I said.

"Aw yeah, we did! Joe kicked that bug's flank up and down Canterlot! What about you Ash, did you fight her in your world?" Rainbow asked excitedly.

"Sure but uh there is a bit of a difference between what happened here what you may be thinking," He said.

"How so?" I asked, wondering if that bitch did something worse.

"Well in my world Chrysalis wasn't a monster in fact she was actually the second eldest daughter of Faust and sister of Celestia and Luna," Ash said, shocking most of us.

"EEEEEHHHHH!" the group screamed.

I shook my head before turning to Ash. "So wait, the Faust of you're world had three daughters?" I asked while trying to keep my mind from being overwhelmed by all this.

"Five actually. Four she gave birth to and one she adopted, which is Nightmare Moon, but Faust actually had six kids. First was Celestia, bringer of the dawn, next was Chrysalis Mother of Nature, Dream Catcher, Guardian of the Dream Realm, and finally Luna, Shepherd of the night. After the first three were born she then adopted Discord as her son and lat-," Ash said when suddenly a pink hoof was placed over his mouth.

"One second," Pinkie said before she pulled out a glass of water and took a gulp only to spit it out a second later. Good 'ole Pinkie.

"Was that seriously necessary?" Ash asked.

"Duh of course it was," Pinkie said while he just rolled his eyes.

"Discord was adopted by Faust? But didn't you say he twisted your group of the bearers of harmony shouldn't he have been...good?" Twilight asked.

"He did but you see, Discord wasn't always like that when he was growing up, he was well-loved and he loved his family but...when Faust vanished he was left heartbroken and started lashing out twisting everything to his desire...just goes to show that love can lead to a disastrous outcome just like hate," Ash said.

"No kidding," I said. Damn emotional outcomes with dual meanings.

"So back to Chrysalis if she was raised by Faust why did she attack Canterlot?" Rainbow asked.

"Ah well therein lies the kicker. you see in my world changelings were originally peaceful creatures as was Chrysalis but one day she fell victim to being possessed by a demon who then went on to corrupt the Changelings who went on to suck out the love of any living creature. So when Chrysalis attacked it became my first meeting with Faust and it was also the first time she gave me a task to perform. Purge the demon from Chrysalis and kill it and as you can imagine I succeeded." Ash said.

"That's interesting. So no maiming the Chrysalis from your world understood." This got a chuckle from most everyone. "Though that does beg the question. Does Blueblood exist in your world?" Ash's aura spiked a little at the mention of that bastard's name. "I'll take that as a yes. Mind if I ask what he did?" Knowing him, nothing good and as always, in his own interest for power.

"That asshole was one of the biggest pains in my ass for a long time. For years he would insult me, find ways to try and enslave me, banish me, or just plain kill me. Worst of all, he was the leader of a secret order that worked behind the throne and sought to control the world. It took me a while to destroy his organization but eventually, I was able to capture him and prove that he was a traitor before he killed Saint Blade." Hearing that, made me want to go to Helheim and tear the bastard apart again.

"Who's Saint Blade?" Shy asked, fearing for the answer.

"He's the infant son of Fancypants and Fleur De Lis." At the thought of that insect threatening a child, my face warped into the wolf while I let out a growl. "Believe me, I feel you. After I captured him, he and his second in command were brought to trial. I severed both their horns and made it so when they die, not a single trace of them would be left, and banished them to the farthest corner of Equestria. In truth, I should've just killed him."

"I agree, but why do you regret it?" I asked while calming down.

"Because he was the one who found and Led the Caribou to Equestria." Wolfing out again! "He took over the Crystal Empire and was even able to take my sword for a time. But, I captured him again, and gave him what he deserved, a golden crown."

"How the hell is that a proper punishment for what he did?" I asked, thinking the guy had a screw loose.

"Because I poured molten gold onto his head." The girls cringed while I chuckled, thinking I should've made Blueblood's end more painful. "After he died, his soul went to hell and I gave him a fitting punishment, being chained to a rock and cut to pieces till only his head remains, then it grows back in an hour before the process begins again." This caused the girls to gawk at the details, though Rarity had to empty her breakfast into the pond.

While the girls collected themselves, I decided to tell him my Blueblood tale. "Well, Blueblood wasn't the leader of any organization or cult, but he did conspire with the Caribou to kill the royal family and put him on the throne. The worst part of it is, he planned the attack on our wedding day." My wives came over and nuzzled my sides while I held them close. "The army they sent was destroyed by my warriors and the Caribou king and his sons were brought in for questioning. After learning that it was Blueblood that aided their invasion attempt, I hunted down the bastard myself."

"On the day of their trial, I passed their judgment and sentenced them to death. I killed the Caribou first then went for Blueblood. I took the crystal horn the Caribou gave him after I cut off his horn the first time, and used it to give him the Blood Eagle." I smiled darkly while letting out a chuckle. "Ironic that he wanted to be an Alicorn. Now he has a pair in the frozen wastes of Helheim." Ash just smirked while shaking his head. "So, just out of the blue, what do you plan on doing while you're here?"

sigh "No idea just yet, but I do know one thing, I don't intend to just mooch off everyone's hospitality. If it's alright I'd like to actually earn bits while I'm here," Ash asked us.

This seemed to get the mare's attention before they all huddled together in a circle. Ash looked to me for an answer, to which I just shrugged. After the huddle, they separated, and Pinkie, Jackie, and Twilight were the only ones to come forward. Twilight spoke first. "Well, Ash, after giving it some thought, we've come up with three possible jobs for you to assist with while you're here. The first of which is to help me with my communication project by infusing magic crystals with these prototype phones." Twilight then brought out an old-fashioned rotary phone from her bag. "I'm trying to make them wireless so they can act as cell phones till we can work around the fact we don't have fingers." She emphasized her point by waving her hoof in the air.

"Sounds interesting," Ash said while looking at the phone.

Pinkie bounced in front of Twilight for her suggestion. "The Cakes left to visit a sick relative in Van Hoofer and left me in charge. I could really use a second pair of ho- I mean hands, in the kitchen if you don't mind?" Pinks asked, giving off her puppy dog eyes.

"Well, I've been known to bake a few treats from time to time." Ash boasted.

Finally, my darling Apple Fritter stepped up for the job she had in mind. "Well, we could use your help around the farm since Tirek blasted a small chunk of the orchard away." Still feel bad for not being there to stop that.

"Certainly something that needs to be done." Ash nodded.

"And if none of those three warrant your fancy, you could help Swagger and me with fixing the damage done around town? The choice is up to you man." I suggested to our guest.

"Hm all are very important things that need to be addressed I mean first damages to the town I'm going to assume some houses have taken a severe beating and have left many without homes, next to Sweet Apple Acres orchid that place is a valuable source of food for the community, Twilight's idea is rather intriguing and could very well revolutionize your world in a very big way, and finally the matter at Sugarcube Corner being backed up on orders and ponies not getting any yummy treats is a crime unto itself," Ash said while lifting a hand up to his chin.

"Preach it brother!" Pinkie cried out.

"Applejack about the damage at the farm are you ready to start planting new trees?" He asked.

"Almost. Just have to dig the holes for the saplings," Applejack said.

"Fair enough. Pinkie will I be needed the entire day?" He asked Pinks.

"Mmm depends on how good you are in the kitchen," Pinkie said.

"Alright, and Twilight how far are you in these phones of yours?" I asked.

"Still in theory stages," Twilight said.

"Hm then maybe this may help," Ash said as he held out his hand and a portal opened dropping a book into his waiting hand. "Here we go, a book on technomancy." Twilight could not have grabbed the book fast enough before she began to hug the damn thing and rub it with her cheek. I think I even heard her whisper what she'd do in bed with it. "This may not seem necessary to mention but I will be wanting that back so you know," He told Twilight.

"Uh-huh totally," Twilight was too lost in her own little world to care about anything else.

"Okay, and Joe how's the building coming?" He asked me.

"We've still got a ways to go," I told him, remembering all the destruction Tirek caused.

"Alright well first things first," Ash said before snapping his fingers and three clones of himself appeared around him.

"Whoa, you can clone yourself!" Rainbow yelled.

"In the wise words of Big Macintosh, Eeyup," He said, causing the kids and a few others to chuckle.

"Uh this ain't gonna be like the mirror pool incident will it by which I mean-," Jackie started, only for Ash, the original one anyway, to continue.

"No worries you have my word things won't turn out to be disastrous. If anything, I'd be more worried about Twilight and a new book full of magic she's never known before," Ash said while jabbing a thumb at the lavender mare who was engrossed with the book.

"Well, that can certainly come in handy. Alright, Ash, that's helping Pinkie, head over to Sugarcube Corner and follow Pinkie's instructions to the letter. Pinkie, don't let him create some sort of dessert that you can't make without him." The Ash that was going with Pinkie gave me a two-fingered salute while Pinkie also saluted with her tongue sticking out. "Ash, that's going with Twilight, assist where needed, but more importantly, make sure she doesn't go crazy and skip meals or sleep."

"Hey!" We all laughed at the jab towards Twilight.

"Just kidding, well not really. Anyway, Ash, that's going with Jackie, do whatever she, Luna, Granny, Big Mac, Bright Mac, or Pear Butter say. If Applebloom, Scoots, Jack, or Orion give you an instruction, take it with a grain of salt." I looked behind me to my children and sister-in-law who were whistling innocently. "As for the original Ash, follow me. We'll pick up Swagger at Twilight's and head over to Townhall for our assigned construction site." I instructed the gathered Ash's like a true military man.

"Aye aye captain my captain," Ash said, giving a brief salute. Guess he watched Dead Poets Society.

"Let's get a move on we're burning daylight," One of the other Ash's said before he snapped his fingers before he vanished with Pinkie.

"What he said," Another said before he snapped his fingers and he along with Applejack, Luna and the kids vanished as well.

"You coming along you two?" the last of the clones said towards Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.

"Oh no thanks I have to get back to the house," Fluttershy said with a polite bow before heading back to her cottage.

"No worries," The clone said before looking at Rainbow before she just took off. "Hm, what's with her."

"Not sure, maybe she was hoping to get the race she wanted yesterday, or she has work to do? Either way, we got work to do." The Ash going with Twilight shrugged before going with her back to the castle. "Alright, let's see what needs to be done?" The original Ash, Swagger, and I went towards the town to see what building would need our attention. When we got to where they would assign us a job, Toolbox, the foreman, wasn't there, but her second in command was. "Hey, Hammer. Where's Toolbox?"

"Hey, Joe. I'm not sure actually. She said she'd meet us here for the morning brief, but she never showed up." Odd.

"Sorry to hear that, I hope she's okay. Anyway, what do you got for us today?" I asked Hammer.

"Not much, just some roof and wall repair on a couple of houses, and then some plumbing in Derpy's house." The stallion told me while handing us the paperwork.

"Can do," I said while handing Ash and Swagger their assignment.

"Thanks, Joe, and hey, if you can check around Toolbox's house, that'd help us a lot." He asked me.

"Sure," I told him before we made our way to the houses that needed repair. While we made our way over, a severe frown popped on my face. "This ain't right, Toolbox always shows up for work, even when she had chickenpox." I thought out loud.

"Don't you mean horsey hives?" Ash asked with a smug look.

"Shut up! Whatever the case, she doesn't skip out when there's a job to do." I said with a worried look.

"So what's the plan then?" Ash asked me.

"Swagger, you head on over to the construction site. Ash and I'll go see what's wrong with Toolbox." Swagger nodded our way before heading for the site. Ash and I went down a couple of blocks to Toolbox's house. On the outside, it looked like everything was fine, but one look from the window told a different story. The living room was trashed and the furniture was overturned. "The fuck!?" The two of us went in and searched for Toolbox or what might've happened to her.

While we searched, Ash found something on the floor. "Joe, over here." I went over to where he was looking and my blood started to boil at what I saw. On the floor were two sets of prints, one belonging to a pony, and the other to a caribou. "I think I know what happened here."

"Fucking caribou. This scum tends to show up where ever I go," Ash said as he then began to look around.

"They got a lot of nerve thinking they can just show up here and take who they fucking please while I'm here," I growled out, remembering the last two times they came over here.

"Well they got balls I'll give them that much but personally I think they took the wrong mare," Ash said as he went and picked something up.

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

"Because it seems to me your friend gave them one hell of a fight," Ash said as he held up a blood-stained kitchen knife. "Caribou blood."

"She never did take nonsense from anyone," I said with a smirk before I started to get the scent of Toolbox and her kidnappers. "C'mon."

"Right behind ya," Ash said while following me out the door.

Ash and I left out of the house and followed the scent of the kidnapper's blood, and it led right for the forest. "This way, and hurry, the scent is already starting to fade."

"Lead the way." The two of us went through the town and toward the forest.

When we got to the edge of the woods, I caught the scent of a nearby bush and saw a good amount of blood on it. "Over here, take a look at this." Ash bent down and looked at the blood on the bush with me. "A large amount of blood started drying some time ago. More importantly, it strengthens the scent." We pressed on with a stronger trail to follow.

While we searched for our prey, Ash had this to ask. "So, if the Caribou royal family are dead, then how come you still have Caribou to deal with?"

"It's a bit complicated. When those fuckers were executed, I sent an emissary and twenty warriors to their kingdom to tell them the news. As it turns out, the king I killed was already dethroned by his wife the queen and the army he led was what was left of the supporters he had, or so we thought. A few months ago, there was a string of fillies being abducted by an unknown force, it turned out to be renegade Caribou that wanted revenge on me. They planned on taking the fillies and having them lose their innocence after they capture their main target, which happened to be Scootaloo," I explained while the memory made me wolf out a little.

"Those motherfuckers, no matter what universe, those assholes will defile everything," Ash said with a bitter tone.

" Quite possible, though I made sure they never defiled anything ever again, ever." This satisfied him for the time being as we continued our search.

Turns out, our search led us to the fire swamp. "Those assholes better keep an eye on her, don't want them to get eaten by that Chimera." Ash referred to the one on his Equestria.

"Ah, no worries. The kids took care of that thing a while ago, the heads are in my trophy room, I'll show you when we're done." I said while we followed the trail.

As we followed the trail and did our best to avoid the fire geysers, we heard a feminine voice shout in the distance. "You fucking monsters! You won't get away with this!" I heard Toolbox yell, causing the two of us to quicken our pace.

Passing by some of the miraculously unburnt trees and bushes we soon came across what looked like a small band of caribou and all of them were surrounding Toolbox who was currently tied and bound and was trying to get free.

"I'd say we're far enough boys what say we have some fun with this little bitch." one of the caribou said as began to reach for Toolbox.

I went to reach for my ax when suddenly the scum that was reaching for Tool was screaming in pain while his head was being pulled backward and upon looking at what was causing it I saw it was a hand grabbing the hair that was on the top of the caribou's head and yanking it back hard following the hand I saw an arm before I saw the arm was connected to Ash looking to my side where Ash was supposed to be standing there was only air reminding me of when this first happened when we met how I had Ash pinned but suddenly he vanishes before I'm suddenly thrown into the bar by Ash.

"That slippery bastard. He's gotta teach me that." I thought when suddenly I hear Ash begin to speak.

"You scum...you dare kidnap a mare to satisfy you're beastly urges the very thought and presence of you makes me sick to my stomach...you don't deserve it to die by my weapons not even my claws so instead, you'll die by my feet like the insects you are!" Ash shouted before he pulled the caribou buck back by the hair and released him letting the buck fall to the ground but Ash wasn't done he then brought his right leg up as if he was about to crush something under his heel before bringing it down like a hammer right onto the caribou's chest resulting in a sickening crunch followed by a gargled scream of pain from the crushed ribcage and collapsed lungs from Ash's leg.

While the Caribou under Ash's boot breathed his last, the rest of the raiding party tried to make off with Toolbox, no loyalty for their fallen comrade it seems. "Where the fuck do you think you five are going?" My appearance and transformation made the group cower even more while giving Toolbox a sense of hope.

One of the Caribou started to speak for everyone. "It..it's..him. The..beast..that killed..our king!"

"Your damn right it is. Now, release her, and I swear I'll make your deaths less painful than your comrade's." They did the exact opposite and tossed Toolbox over to a geyser that was about to erupt and hightailed it south. "Knew that was coming." I blasted the geyser with some winter cold, saving Toolbox from being singed, before going after the small group.

I pursued them on foot since I couldn't really open my wings here, and chased them down. When I got close, I bit into the hind leg of the one goon that was trailing behind. With him incapacitated, I went after the rest who then did the scatter tactic to throw me off. Luckily for me, one of them was barbequed by a fire geyser and I threw my ax at the skull of another, only two left now.

As I got closer to the last two, Ash appeared out of nowhere and took care of the Caribou on the left with what looked like a hidden blade, ask about that later, leaving me with the last Caribou to deal with. When I caught up to him, I grabbed him by the leg and jerked him into the air, holding him upside down for interrogation. "Alright, you're gonna tell me why you went after Toolbox, or I'm gonna slice open your belly and feed you your own entrails!" Before he could utter a word, a sword went and chopped his head off. "Dammit, man! He could've given me something."

"Not really, the one your holding is just a goon, he does what he's told, he doesn't come up with the plans." Ash then held up the Caribou whose leg I bit into. "This one, however, is wearing a military uniform." How did I miss that?

We brought him back over to where we left Toolbox. We untied her and she immediately punched the bastard I was holding in the face. "Piece of shit! I hope Joe and his friend feed you your own flesh!"

"Damn Toolbox, remind me not to piss you off. Ash, why don't you escort Toolbox back to town, I think I'll question our friend here." I gave the shit stain a very toothy grin while holding him upside down.

"Sure thing. Come on Miss. Let's leave him to interrogate." Ash led Toolbox back to town leaving me with the Caribou.

Once they were out of sight I turned to the bastard in my grip. "So, it's just you and me pal."

"Do what you will beast! I'll never say a word." I do love me a challenge.

"Fine with me, the longer you stay tight-lipped, the more fun this will be." I went to a nearby tree and looked at a low-hanging branch. "This ought to do." I snapped the end of the branch off and sharpened the end off. With the branch ready, I took the Caribous leg I bit and impaled it on the branch.

"Arrrrgh!" The sap wailed in pain while I got my head together. "You bastard! I'll see you skinned alive!" That almost got a chuckle from me.

"Good luck with that." I extended a claw and drew blood on his cheek. "Now, answer my questions, and I'll make your end quick, answer them quickly, and I'll just let you rot in a dungeon somewhere." I conjured a chair and sat down. "So, how did you get here?"

"You fucking put me up here asshole!" I went ahead and plucked some nose hairs from his nostrils. "Argh!"

"I mean, how did you get over here when the border is closed?!" I asked with an enraged tone.

"We have our ways." I broke off half his left antler. "Fuck! We have a guy that works border patrol and was loyal to our king."

"Name?" I reached to his foreleg, ready to break it.

"Isaak! His name is Isaak!" The coward yelled.

"Now we're getting somewhere." I let go of his leg and asked another question. "Why Toolbox? Not to slander her name or image, but there are a lot of prettier mares around town, not to mention closer to the forest, making for a better escape."

"What can I say, we have a type." This earned him a small patch of his skin. "You fucking asshole!" I made to pull off some more, but he started talking, pity. "Okay, we needed a place to hide and plan our revolt against that whore queen that took our king's rightful place. For that, we needed bitches that could build as well as suck our cocks." I slapped him hard in the head, making him twist and further irritate his leg. "Oww! What the fuck!? I told you the truth!"

"Yeah, but I didn't like the way you worded it. So, you went and took a mare from her home in hopes of putting her to work, building your secret base, and sucking you idiots dry?" I asked while getting in his face.

" Pretty much, yeah."

"How many others did you take from their homes and families to make this perverted dream of yours come true?" I said while glaring at him.

"That bitch you took was the only one we had so far."

"Good, that means we're done here." I jumped out of the chair and grabbed the fuckers head and started to pull down. As he kept screaming, the skin and muscles around his neck began to stretch and tear. After a few more seconds, I tore his head right off his body. With my task done, I threw his head into a geyser and left his body for the wildlife. "Shit, I'm hungry. Hope Swagger saved me a sandwich."

Later that night.

"The Caribou were here again!?" Luna yelled, nearly scattering our dinner all over the dining room with her RCV.

"Easy, Lulu. Ash and I took care of them before any real damage could be done, even found a spy that was loyal to Diann. And it's the strangest thing, while we were going after them, Ash leaped out of the branches of a nearby tree, and killed the fleeing bastard with a hidden blade under his left wrist," I told them before sipping my beer.

"A hidden blade? Like the one's from those Assassins Creed games?" Luna half questioned half squealed. She does like those games a lot, especially Black Flag. "Does this mean our guest comes from a universe where that game is his reality?"

"It's possible. He did have many lives before he became a god. He could've been a part of the creed, or he could just be a fan of the game and made working replicas. I'll have to ask him sometime tomorrow when we head to Baltimare for that thing Twilight told us about," I said while finishing off dinner.

"Ah suppose we could," Jackie said while clearing the plates. "Are you sure you can't come with us darlin'?" She directed at Luna.

"I would if I could dear, but the recruitment papers for the Nightguard are overdue and need my attention," Luna said with a somber tone. "Though there is some good news. Celestia will be joining you on the trip." She then lidded her eyes and leaned into my ear while passing by. "Maybe you can convince her to speed up her agenda~?" She asked before licking my cheek.

I gave her a smirk before kissing her cheek. "We'll see dear, we'll see." I then got up and went over to the sink to start the dishes. "In any case, I'll be sure to get you and the kids something while we're there," I told Luna before starting the dishes. Once the dishes and any other chores were done, everyone went to bed.

Author's Note

Alright, another chapter finished with the visitor from another Equestria.

The next chapter involves the Demonic Angel god and your favorite werewolf god heading towards Baltimare. What could go wrong, or right?

Anyway, clip time.