I was on the train heading for Baltimare with the girls, Celestia, without her regalia, and my extra-dimensional guest, Ash, for some event Twilight had planned, though I already forgot what it was. While we rode the rails, I noticed Ash was deep in thought and just looked out the window. Wanting to break the ice, I sat next to him and started with a simple question. "So, have you been to Baltimare before? Because believe it or not, this will be my first trip there."

He gave a shrug while letting out a sigh. "I have actually. But, it wasn't in the best of circumstances," He told me with a somber voice.

"What happened?" I asked, thinking he might've met with a cannibalistic doctor, though maybe I should stop watching Silence of the lambs.

"Caribou." He simply said.

"Enough said." After the stories, he told him on that rock we met and our encounter the other day, we had an understanding of what those bastards were capable of. "So, Twilight. What exactly are you dragging us to again?"

"I told you. There's an open market that's rumored to have a few things owned by Starswirl himself," She said excitedly.

"You mean to tell me you dragged us onto an antiquing trip? Fuck, should've stayed home to muck the pens," I grumbled while leaning back into my seat.

"Hey, Joe relax beside you never know what you might find in joints like this," Ash tried to convince me.

"The only thing I expect to find is boredom," I retorted.

"So tell me princess what do you expect to find at this market?" Ash asked as he looked over at Tia.

"First of all drop the princesses. For today as you may have noticed I'm not wearing my crown today so if you wish to address me, address me by name, not my title." Celestia said.

"Oh, how rude of me please accept my most sincere apologies Celestia," I said with a playful tone that just made Celestia roll her eyes with a sly smirk.

"Anyway Ash, for what I'm doing here I'm enjoying a day off from being a princess. I was coming to Ponyville to interact with my faithful student but then she had the splendid idea to suggest coming to the market and since it has actually been quite some time since I took part in one of these markets, I thought I too shall look around and see if there was anything I took a fancy too." Celestia said.

"Fair enough," Ash said with a shrug. Suddenly something clicked into his mind. "Uh, quick question, but what would happen if you get off the train looking like that? Ponies will be flocking to us like moths to a flame."

"Hm you make a good point," Celestia said before her horn lit up the train car. When the light dimmed I saw that Celestia had turned herself into an alabaster unicorn mare with a pink mane and tail while her cutie mark changed to that of a sun cresting over a horizon, keeping most of her beauty without it being obvious to others. "While like this, call me Sunny Days," Celestia said.

"Nice now for the rest of ya royals," Ash said while pointing at Twilight and me.

"What!" Twilight and I screeched.

"Well unless you want to get mobbed you're gonna need a disguise right?" Ash said.

Twilight's horn then began to glow and her wings disappeared and her coat turned to bright leafy green with a light brown mane and tail. "How's this? And I was thinking of giving her, uh, myself, the name Forest Quill." Twilight said, showing off her disguise.

"Bravo. Now onto you, King of Herot." Ash teased me, hoping to see my disguise.

Sorry to disappoint though. "Ah no thanks I'm perfectly fine the way I am," I told him while brushing a little dust from my shirt.

"Okay then your call," Ash said before he took on the guise of a black-coated unicorn with a long black mane and tail with a silver stripe in it. When I looked at his ass a cutie mark of a scroll of parchment with a quill scribbling runes on it with purple mana-like ink.

"What the hey!" Rainbow shouted, looking over Ash's disguise.

"What?" He asked.

"You...you can tun into a pony!" Rainbow cried.

"And a handsome one at that too," Rarity said while fanning herself. Even Tia was giving him half-lidded eyes.

"I'm off the market ladies." He said bluntly before looking back out the window.

"You're teaching me that along with your vanishing trick later," I said, trying to keep his thoughts on us instead of a slow spiral into madness.

"Okay...anyway while I'm like this refer to me as Arcane Scroll." He said while gesturing to his body.

"Whatever you say handsome," Jackie said over to Ash, causing me to glare down at Ash and let loose a small growl.

He must've noticed since he patted my shoulder. "Joe, if it's any consolation, I know how ya feel."

Jackie managed to calm me down just as we arrived in Baltimare. We soon got off the train and headed for the market. "Ash, darling-." Rarity began.

"Arcane Scroll Miss Belle, or if you prefer Arcane." He said, causing Rarity to politely clear her throat and give him a nod in understanding.

"Uh, yes. Apologies Arcane, tell me do you happen to have any bits to make a purchase? I only ask because of your lack of saddlebags." Rarity pointed out.

"Not a problem Miss Belle, Applejack paid me accordingly thanks to my work efforts yesterday and if it comes to it, I have a few things that I could trade if needed." He said.

"But you brought nothing with you though," Rainbow said while waving her hoof toward him.

"To the naked eye it would appear so," He said before his horn lit up and a chest appeared next to us with a thunk. "But I know better."

"Interesting. Spatial storage. You must have a lot of management if your able to keep something like that active for so long." Tia said, disguised as Sunny.

"I appreciate the compliment now excuse me," Ash said as he opened the trunk and stepped into it.

I looked down into the chest and saw him float along extremely tall shelves with various knick-knacks and all sorts of crap. "By Odin's beard! What are ya, some kind of hoarder?" I cried out from the opening.

"Nope just well prepared for whatever the situation. Ah, here we are." Ash said as he extracted a case from one of the shelves before he levitated himself up and out of the chest before closing the lid and sending the chest back into the spacial storage.

"So what's in the case partner?" Jackie asked.

"Oh, just a few pieces I made in my spare time out of boredom." Ash said as he levitated the case into view before opening it, revealing a pile of jewelry that sparkled in the light, causing a few of the mares to 'Oooo' but Rarity looked absolutely hypnotized.

"Ya'll say you made these," Jackie asked while looking at the pieces.

"Yep but these are of lesser quality compared to my other works." He said nonchalantly.

"Lesser quality! As-Arcane I know noble mares who would pay quite handsomely for just one of those items and you're saying these are of lower quality out of your other works?" Celestia asked while levitating a necklace.

"Yeah they're good pieces sure, but I normally have a little something extra to add," Ash said with a smirk.

"Ash how much would you say those are worth," Rarity asked while her eyes remained glued to the case, sparkling over the various pieces of jewelry.

"Whoa slow down now I need to see if there's anything I wish to trade for 'em first, but I'll tell you what, after I look around and there are any left then you all are more than welcome to help yourselves to whatever is in here," Ash said.

"Really!?" Rarity asked with sparkling eyes.

"You have my word," He said, making Rarity very happy.

"Alright what say we meet back here in a few hours?" Twilight said to all of us.

We all silently agreed and went about our separate ways through the market. While I'll admit I was skeptical about this from the ride over, there were some interesting booths with interesting wares. While I was walking, I was being flagged down by every filly and colt, asking for an autograph or to see my ax. I obliged as best I could but after a few dozen or so, I waved them off before continuing with my wandering.

As I kept browsing the booths, seeing if anything caught my eye, I spotted a very familiar stallion running a creepy-looking booth. "I didn't think I'd see you here," I told the stallion while coming up to the booth. "I thought your shop was in Manehattan?"

"It is, young traveler. However, I often come here and sell my, less than cursed, wares. Not to mention how many children like the taste of Frogurt," The merchant pony said while pointing behind him where he had his frozen yogurt machine with him.

"You know, you'd get a lot more customers if you stopped saying this stuff is cursed, also, if you got better toppings." I pointed out while looking over the stuff he had. Some of the stuff I recognized from the shop he had in Manehattan and looked like he added a few more things. "Is this a monkey's paw?"

"Indeed it is. The little bastard bit me in the flank, so I chopped off its paw," The stallion smirked.

I waited for him to continue with the story, or even talk up the item, but he didn't. "Is that all? It doesn't grant wishes or anything like that?"

"Of course it doesn't, it's a monkey's paw. Why would it ever grant wishes?" He said before throwing the paw back on the shelf. He then grabbed a jar and brought it out for me. "Here, I think you might find this interesting," He told me while pushing the jar forward.

I took the jar and stared at the contents before looking back at the merchant with a raised brow. "Dirt," I said while giving the jar a small shake, disturbing the contents within. "This is a jar of dirt."

"Not just any dirt. This is a collection of dirt from every continent all over Eques," He said, making it seem like that makes it better.

"So.... does the jar of dirt do anything, or is it just a collection of dirt?" I asked while looking over the jar and seeing different colors in the soil.

"It tells the story of a great traveler who spent years of his life, gathering trinkets and objects to sell to those with a curious mind and a brave heart," The merchant said with pride in every word.

"That was a good sales pitch," I told him before placing the jar on the counter and pushing it back to him. "But, I must respectfully decline." I was about to leave the booth and explore a little more, but then I saw a rolled-up rug in the back corner. "Say, what can you tell me about that rug over there."

"Ah, you have a keen eye, my friend." The stallion went over to the rug and unfurled it for me. The rug was red and had a wonderful design to it.

"Wow, this is pretty awesome. Where'd you get this?" I asked while feeling the shag on the rug. "Ooh.... fuzzy."

"I acquired this on my trip to Saddle Arabia. I was invited to the Sultans palace when word reached him that I travel and sell exotic wares. To his infinite luck, I had something he wanted, so while we were discussing a price, I noticed this very rug at the foot of his throne. He saw me looking and offered the rug in exchange for what he wanted, needless to say, I took him up on his offer." He explained as I kept examining the rug.

"Must've been something really nice if he traded this rug for it," I told him while looking over the rug and feeling how soft it was. "I think I might have a place to put this unless it carries a terrible curse to it?" I snarked while rolling the carpet up.

"Very funny your highness," He smirked back at me. "Anyway, if you want the rug, I'll let you have it for twelve bits."

"For a rug that once graced the throne room of a foreign land? Seems like a fairly decent price," I told him before reaching into my bag and handing him the bits. "Thanks, pal," I told him while taking my rug.

"Anytime, good sir." He waved at me while I went about the market.

As I went through the stalls with my purchase, I spotted Celestia, in her disguise as Sunny Days, going through the stalls in the jewelry part of the market and laughing with other ponies and just mingling. Seeing her like this even in disguise made butterflies flutter around in my stomach. I thought about going over and flirting with her a bit, but then ponies would take it the wrong way. Maybe I should've gone in disguise. Oh well.

As I moved away from where Celestia was, I found Ash/Arcane arguing with a mare at her booth while trading a diamond-encrusted wide cuff bracelet with a bird engraved into it, for three strange-looking objects. When he was done with the transaction, I went up to him. "Hey, Arcane. What you got there?" I asked, grabbing his attention.

"Oh, nothing much, just something that caught my eye. What about you?" He asked me while gesturing to my rug.

"Just a rug that I thought would look good in the trophy room. I also spotted a piece of jewelry that you might find interesting, that is if it hasn't been taken already." I started leading him to where Celestia was, but I turned back to the mare at the booth. "Ma'm." I nodded over to her while she nodded back.

When we got closer to where the jewelry booths were, Ash had started looking around for where I led him. "So, where's the piece you wanted me to see?"

"Over there by Sunny Days," I said as we made our way to the booth. As we got closer to the booth and Celestia, my heartbeat started racing. "Hello, Sunny. Find anything?" I asked, getting her attention.

When she saw me, her smile seemed to get bigger and the feeling I got from her seemed to grow brighter. "Yes, actually. I found these beautiful earrings that look like the sun rising over the horizon. The only problem is, they seem to be above my budget for today." Celestia stared at the earrings and gave a slight sigh.

I looked over to the earrings and made a decision. "Say no more." I pulled out my bit bag and pulled out what was needed, plus a little extra to be generous. When I got the Earrings, I presented them to Celestia. "There you are."

"Joe, as much as I appreciate it, I can't," She said while trying to waver off the gift.

I just persisted further. "Consider it an early birthday present, plus," I went and put the earrings on her. As I put the earrings on her, my face started to heat up and I saw that her cheeks were turning red as well. "They look very lovely on you."

Celestia blushed while admiring the new jewelry in the mirror provided. "Thank you, Joe." Celestia made her way to another stall but on the way, she swished her tail up and down my leg, sending quivers up my spine.

When she left, it was just Ash and I, and when I looked over to Ash, he had a raised brow at me. "Care to explain that?" He asked while gesturing over to Celestia.

I gave a small huff before walking over to another stall with Ash following. "It's complicated, with no easy answer or solution."

"Do you think you can at least give me the rundown?" Ash asked me.

Sigh "If you must know, after the incident with Tirek and him almost taking over, we had a funeral for my father, who died at his hands. Afterward, I went on my own for solace. Celestia found me and tried her best to comfort me. One thing led to another and I wound up kissing her. After I did that, I expected to be slapped, instead, she returns the gesture and we confessed our feelings for each other. I asked her if she wanted to join the marriage. The reason she hadn't said yes, was because she felt like she would be trying to take something from her sister. I told her that she wouldn't be, but if she still felt that way, then she should tell Luna. Truth is, Luna already knows about her sister's crush on me but respects her enough to wait until she's ready to tell her. As you can tell, she isn't quite ready to tell her, though that doesn't stop her from flirting with me from time to time. I do the same to get comfortable with adding her to the marriage."

"I see, and what does Applejack think of this?" Ash asked.

"She's very open to it. In fact, she's probably more excited about the prospect of Celestia joining the marriage than anyone. But keep that under your hat." I told him while pointing to the top of his head.

"Sure." He said before making a zipping motion over his mouth.

"Ash I know this may be a touchy subject still but what exactly happened between you and Celestia in your world?" I asked causing him to look up at me in confusion before it clicked in his head.

"Well, I suppose you've earned a right to know I suppose." He said with a sigh.

"Wanna find a place to sit?" I asked causing Ash to nod. We then found a bench where we could sit and I put all I bought and the case on the bench before sitting down.

"Well, how should I begin?" Ash asked as he looked at the sky so he could recall what happened.

"Take your time," I told him while stretching out on the bench.

"Okay, well as you know there's a war going on, right. I got word from a spy of mine that the caribou were up to something with some old ruins, naturally, I got curious and went to investigate, and like always I eliminated the opposition and rescued the mares obviously." Ash said.

"Obviously," I repeated.

"I then moved inside and soon discovered there were traps set up but the weird thing was to me at the time is that they were all in reverse," Ash said.

"Reverse?" I asked, wondering what kind of ruin would have traps built-in reverse.

"Yeah as if they were to prevent anyone from leaving instead of entering. Now, that was my first clue of caution but still, I pressed on, till I came to a chamber that held a giant amber crystal." Ash explained further.

"Okay, and instead of realizing that the place was a prison for something, you decided to see what the giant amber crystal was or had in it. Am I right so far?" I asked, recounting his story as best I could.

"Yeah, but I figured if whatever it was the caribou had been so willing to risk death over then it wouldn't be a good idea to leave it behind so they could try again." Ash reasoned.

"I suppose you have a point. Alright, continue," I told him.

"Alright, so I made it to the main inner chamber and then began to search for clues as to who or what this place was built for and why the only thing that seemed to have been a warning was a message that was engraved into the ground but it was written in old ponish plus magma had filled in most of the words making it impossible to read properly. The next thing I know some statues start shooting lasers at me causing me to duck in cover and shoot back to destroy them but it turns out the beams had also blasted apart most of the crystal. Next thing I know is this twister of fire where the crystal was and when it vanished there she was." Ash said ominously.

"She? Who is she?" I asked.

"She called herself Daybreaker. She's an alicorn with alabaster white fur and a face like Celestia but her eyes reminded me of cooling magma and her mane and tail were made of flames." Ash explained.

"Wait a second are you saying you were facing Celestia's darker half?" I asked him.

"Give the man a prize. But I didn't know it yet you see when the crystal exploded I was still hiding, hoping to learn of what I was up against but she found me easily after a brief talk that quickly turned hostile she managed to trap me." Ash said.

"How?" I asked, wondering what could be strong enough in his world to trap a god.

"By summoning the chains of Tartarus. Now, the thing about these chains is that the stronger you are and the magic at your disposal, then the more powerful the chains become, basically they are the perfect thing to trap a god," Ash said.

Shit. "Okay, what then?" I asked though I was starting to see where this was going.

"Well, she planned to take my head and use it to hurt everyone I care about, but then suddenly she looked as though she was in pain and I realized she was in heat," Ash said.

"So she..." I started, but I needed to let him tell me for himself.

"Raped me...sigh yeah." Ash said in a downtrodden tone of voice.

The moment the words slipped out his lips, I started to clench the bench we were sitting on with my claws, breaking the wood into splinters. My eyes turned blood red and my teeth became fangs with a bit of foam escaping while I let out a growl. "She...did...What!" I roared out while turning full Lycan, scaring a few ponies in the process.

"Yeah, that's the expression I would've expected from you. But hey at least I can say that I now know how the mares who suffered at caribou hands feel." He said, earning himself a slap upside his head. "Ow, the hell dude!"

"Don't even joke about something like that!" I shouted in his face.

"What else am I suppose to do cause bitching and moaning ain't doing me any favors neither is bottling it up," Ash said.

"Then take action. Find an army of the enemy, and slaughter them like...oh. It happened that day, the day you went on a rampage and almost killed Jackie, didn't it?" I asked.

"Didn't make feel any better. Anyway, I don't relish in the death of an enemy, no matter if it was deserved or not," Ash said.

"I see. So that scent I said was a spicier version of Celestia's, that was hers?" I summarized while he simply nodded. Fuck.

"Yeah. She marked me with her damn juices before having her way with me. I don't know how it works over here, but when a mare does that, it's to tell other mares to back off. She pretty much tried to claim me as property." Ash explained.

"That fuckin' bitch! I should rip her innards out from her snatch and hang her from the highest peak!" I shook my head after my outburst before calming down. "Fuck, I almost sounded like those fucking bastards." I was referring to the Caribou of course.

"Don't blame ya I said something similar once upon a time anyway it's my problem, not yours but I appreciate your swiftness to defend me," Ash thanked me.

I took in all that Ash had just told me and decided a similar story would shed some light on his problem. "You know, Swagger and I had a friend back in Midgard. His name was Donnie Fenn, he was Swagger's spotter and best friend. One day, they do a job over in Africa and it cost Donnie his life. A few years later, Swagger was being hunted by snakes that hid in the government. He fought back and even was able to recruit an FBI agent to help him. In retaliation, a man by the name of Payne captured Sarah Fenn, Donnie Fenn's widow. He tortured her and... had his way with her." My fangs returned after saying that. "Luckily, Swagger was able to shoot the bastard's arm off before he could blow her brains out. Sarah finished the job, using the ex-senator Michum's gun." I then decided to mention the conversation Swagger and I had at the party. "When you went back with Spike, Swagger told me his suspicions of what happened to you."

"I'm not surprised," Ash said with a dejected look.

"You!" Looking towards the voice I saw a familiar adventure mare standing before us who was currently disguised in her author getup.

"Yearling?!" I said in surprise.

"Know her huh?" Ash asked while getting off the bench.

"Yeah but she sounds mad. What did you do to tick her off?" I asked.

"Nothing this is my first interaction with her in this world," Ash said.

"I've been looking for you buster hoof 'em over!" A.K. Yearling demanded.

"Hold on one damn minute." I got in between Ash and Yearling before Looking at her. "What seems to be the problem, Dar- Yearling? What did he do?"

"Those!" Daring pointed over to the items Ash got from that vendor. "I made a bid on those items and then suddenly you're friend there swoops in and snatches them while I'm off to get more bits at the bank!" A.K shouted and then suddenly Rainbow appears next to us and her fangirl mode was turned on to the max.

Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh hi Da-." Rainbow started only for a hoof to be inserted into her mouth

"What part of secret identity do you not get," Said the annoyed author.

"Wait for a second, where did you come from Dash?" I asked the overzealous mare.

"She was on a cloud above us while we were talking anyway ma'am these items were purchased fairly you were gone for an hour and the mare assumed you weren't coming back," Ash said.

"Well, I'm willing to pay you for the trouble here twenty bits," Yearling said.

"Actually the mare increased her price to fifty," Ash said. That bitch!

"What!? That's daylight robbery!" Yearling shouted.

"I know that's what I said, but I need to know what exactly do you want these for?" Ash asked.

"Those are relics from long ago. I don't know how long because they look older than the days of the pony tribes but they appear to have been made with modern tools and I believe that canister holds the answers. Now tell me why do you want them." A.K. said.

"Restoration you see these are relics of my people," Ash said.

"Yeah and I'm Princess Celestia." Yearling said. Actually, she's over there somewhere but now's not the time.

"Uh, Yearling listen it's a bit of a story but you may want to hear my friend out before you go judging him," I told her while gesturing to Ash.

"If you give me some time I can prove it to you," Ash said.

"Very well if you give me some time to sign out of the place where I'm staying I'll join you," Yearling said while pointing toward her hotel.

"You can stay with me!" Rainbow shouted out causing us to just look at her with a deadpan expression.

"Anyway when will you all be returning to Ponyville?" Yearling asked.

"Couple of hours. We plan to meet at the train station I hope to see what else is around here that good enough for you?" Ash asked the adventure pony.

"Perfect I wish to see what else may be of investigation round here." Yearling said before she left.

"I can't believe it Daring Do is going to be coming to Ponyville gasp I got to show her my collection and give her a tour." Rainbow squealed.

"And she's in fangirl psycho mode," I said while pitying the mare.

"Should we pretend we don't know her and move on?" Ash asked me while inching away from Dash.

"Yep," I said before I led the way.

"Hey, Joe thanks for listening to all that," Ash said.

"No problem pal," I told him before going my own way.

After going down a few stalls, I felt a tap on my hip. "Hey, there stud~." I looked over and saw Tia in her disguise walk up to me with a smile, her new earrings shining in the light.

"Hello, Sunny. You look very beautiful with those earrings," I told her while we exchanged a hug and a quick peck. "So, were you able to find anything else to your liking?"

"I did." She then wraps her leg around my waist. "And I've got him right here~," She smirked before leading me over to an alley. Once there, she cast a spell over the alley and dispelled her disguise. When I gave her a questioning look, she smirked before coming up to me. "A little privacy curtain so I can thank you for the earrings~," She told me before kissing me on the lips, and I returned the favor.

Sexy fun times

I pulled Celesta over to one of the brick walls and pinned her back against it before diving my tongue into her mouth. As we kept making out, I felt her feather tips reach down into my pants and brush against my hardening erection. "Mmm, is that for me~?" Tia asked while pulling away from the kiss.

"That depends~," I whispered in her ear before reaching down and playing with her teats and moistening pussy, making her moan slightly. "Are these for me~?" I asked while I continued my handy work on her flower.

"Mmm, yes....~. They're yours and only yours my love~," Tia moaned before grinding her pussy against my hand, letting a couple of my fingers slip in and feel her moist walls. "Ooh, gods~! I haven't felt another's touch in soo long~!" She said while I continued to finger her.

"Trust me love~," I told her before planting kisses along her swan-like neck before going back to her lips. "This won't be the last I make you feel good~." We continued our make-out session before I let her down from the brick wall. "Here, let's give this rug a spin," I told her before unrolling the carpet and laying it on the ground.

Once the rug was laid out, Tia laid herself on her side, lifted her leg, and gave me a sultry look. "Come~. Take me my king~," She begged me while her clit winked a couple of times.

Not wanting to have her wait, I dropped my pants and got behind her in the spoon position. I wrapped my arm around her barrel and started trailing kisses along her neck again before sliding my cock along her slit and teats. While she moaned from my touch, I nibbled her ear before whispering, "Beg for it~."

She let out a deep moan while grinding her pussy along with my cock, making it well lubed for penetration. "Take me and fill me to the brim you savage beast~! Make me your breeding whore and stuff me full of your seed~!" She nearly screamed while continuing to grind against my shaft. I grinned at her before lining my cock, just not with her pussy. "Wait! Joe, not my aaaaAAASSSS~!" She screamed before I plunged it up her ass. "Ooooh~! You naughty little boy~," She moaned while I kept pumping in and out of her while rubbing her pussy.

"Your moans suggest you wanted this more than I did~," I told her before going further into her ass.

"Mmmm~. Just shut up and keep pounding my fat flank~!" She moaned out while I kept pounding her asshole. After a few thrusts, I began to smack her ass, right on her cutiemark. "Aaahh~! Yess~! Smack my flank again, I've been a bad girl~."

I kept smacking her flank while drilling her insides with my rod. After about twenty more thrusts, I felt the pressure building up in my tube. "Getting close, Tia~. Where do youMmmph," I tried to say, but she pulled me in for a french kiss.

After our tongues danced, she pulled back and I saw the lusty gaze she gave me. "Put that cream inside me~!" She told me before pushing her ass harder on my shaft. Needing no further instructions, I pistoned in and out of her ass. As our moans were synchronized, I felt my balls tighten and my cock throb. With one final thrust, I spewed a tidal wave of my seed straight into Tia's stomach, causing her to orgasm from the filling. "Aaaaaahhhh~!" Tia moaned in the RCV, nearly making the bricks shake and the spell falter.

After one last spurt, I pulled my dick out of her ass and laid down next to her, feeling a bit tired. While my vision blurred from dream and reality, I felt a sensation between my legs. When I looked down, I saw Tia was laying in front of my still erect cock, licking up my jizz before taking the whole thing in her mouth and starting sucking it. "Oh fuck, you're so nasty~. Sucking a cock that was just in your ass~," I teased while scratching her ear while she kept sucking my cock.

"Mmm~. Mmm~. Mmmuah~! That's right, I'm your dirty little whore of a princess that loves to suck cock that's been in my ass~." Celestia said before taking my cock down her throat, making a slight gagging noise then came back up, letting my dick go with a pop. "But I think there's a better place to put this divine rod~."

"Oh? Where would that be~?" I asked her, only for her to lean on her back and used her magic to spread her pussy lips apart. "I think that's the perfect place to put this~," I said while stroking my cock and lining it against Celestia's pussy. "You ready, Sunbutt~?"

"For you, always~," She told me with lidded eyes. "Now, take me, and make me yours~." We shared a deep loving kiss as I entered her velvet underground. "Aaaaah~." She moaned as I plunged my dick further in, feeling her warmth and getting a feel for her. "How I missed this feeling~."

"And I could get used to feeling you around my spire~," I told Tia as I started moving in and out of her. As we made love, she wrapped her legs around me while I started massaging the base of her wings while kissing up and down her neck. "You feel like heaven my dear princess~. I could stay in you for hours~"

"Ha~ Ha~ Ha~ Ho-yeah~! Keep it up like this, and I just might let you~. But not today~." She leaned up and kissed me before looking deeply into my eyes. "Maybe when we have more time, we can go at it like rabbits. But for now, keep fucking me like the beast you are~!" Tia said while moving her hips against mine.

"That I can do~!" I said before thrusting further into my beautiful sun goddess, making her moan like mad. I couldn't hold myself back and rutted her like it was going out of style. I kept going in and out of her while trailing kisses up and down her neck while teasing her winking clit between my fingers. After another 15 minutes of making love, I felt my release coming to its conclusion. "Alright, Sunbutt, in or out~?"

"No time for stupid questions~! Pump me full of your cream~!" Tia moaned while holding me close. Feeling my limit, I gave Tia one final thrust before unleashing a wave of my white-hot seed into her. "Aaaaahhhhh~!!!" She screamed while nearly crushing me with her forelegs.

I kept thrusting in her while expelling my seed deep into her love tunnel. After giving her one last thrust, I pulled out and my seed dripped out of her snatch. As I lay next to her panting form, I looped my arm around her and kissed her cheek. "That was incredible. How was it for you?"

"I-I-I'll let you know once I get feeling in my legs a-again," She panted while staring up into the sky. after another minute passed and her breathing became more steady, she rolled over to face me and clung to me. "I truly missed this feeling," She said while snuggling further into my chest. "Thank you for this, my love~."

"You're welcome, my sexy Sunspot~." We gave each other one last kiss before settling in for a quick nap.

End scene.

After getting ourselves cleaned and Tia's disguise put back up, we gave each other one last kiss before heading for the train station. We were the second to last ones to arrive with only Ash left to come back. Not even a moment passed before we heard him come up to us as Arcane. "Hey, weren't waiting long I hope," Ash said while coming up to us.

"Not at all Arcane we had all actually arrived not that long ago," Celestia said while smirking my way.

"Now all we need is our special guest," I said, returning Tia's smirk.

"Who?" Twilight asked.

"I'm here!" Turning to face the voice, we saw it was Yearling and she was carrying a suitcase and bulging saddlebags on her back.

"Hey great timing we're all on time," Ash said as the mare approached before stopping to catch her breath.

"Good I almost thought I wasn't going to make it not with all this," Yearling said while gesturing to her luggage.

"Here allow me," Ash said as he lifted the suitcase from Yearling's back with his magic. "Wow what you keep in here bricks and encyclopedias?"

"Some," Daring said causing Ash to snort in amusement.

"C'mon you two, trains waiting," I said as we headed to the train.

After getting our bags to the luggage car and seating ourselves in the royal car, Tia lounged in her chair before addressing everyone. "Okay, what say we get rid of these disguises shall we?" Sunny said as she and Forest dropped their guise and Ash did the same, startling Yearling.

"I believe you count in that regard Miss Do," Ash said.

"Wait you knew, how?" Daring asked as she removed her glasses and cloak.

"I've had my own encounter with you from my world," I said as if it were the most basic thing in the world. To him, it probably is.

"Okay someone explains what in the Tartarus is going on," Daring said.

"Take a seat," Ash said as he gestured to a booth.

Once seated Ash began to explain to Daring about what was going on with him and why he was here, answering any questions that she may have had for him.

"Whoa that is a lot to suddenly take in...but I'm lost why are you here in the first place?" Daring asked.

"He got raped by an evil Celestia in his world and then almost killed his Applejack now he's here basically hiding out," Rainbow said casually causing us all to stare at her with slackjawed faces. "What is that not what's happening?" She asked, causing me to growl at her stupidity.

Suddenly Rainbow is knocked backward by a boot hitting her in the face a boot which Ash removed from his foot and threw. "The hell is wrong with you mare!? You don't just blurt stuff like that out of nowhere for anyone to hear!" Ash shouted before I went over to strangle Dash.

"I'll teach you to listen in on a man-to-man conversation!" I grunted as I continued to teach Dash a lesson.

"Okay, okay! I'm sorry!" I gave her a few more shakes before letting her go.

"Honestly, Dash, sometimes I think you do stupid shit like this just so I'll strangle you." I dropped her back into her seat while she rubbed her neck.

"I do not!" She yelled over at me before slumping in her chair. "I just don't know when to keep my mouth shut." Don't I know it?

"Don't I know it? So yes, that's pretty much why I'm here, trying to run and hide from my problems." Ash said in a somber tone. Suddenly he's tackled hugged by both Pinkie and Fluttershy who were bawling their eyes out. "Well done, now you made these two cry," Ash said while holding the crying mares.

"I'm mostly sad because you're not feeling sad how can you act like this when something so terrible happened to you?" Pinkie wailed.

"Maybe it's because it's not the worst thing, hell, even the first time it happened," I said.

"WHAT!" Came the collective shout from everyone in the train car, including me.

"Now to be fair the latter was more of an attempt but it came close to it," Ash said while rubbing his ears from the loud sound.

"When did that happen?" Joe asked.

"The age of the Pharaohs. I was a servant in the house of a nobleman who was married but the wife seemed to have an interest in me. One night she came to my chamber in an attempt to have her way with me but was interrupted by the husband's guards. The wife feigned innocence and claimed I was the one who forced myself on her, I tried to prove my innocence but the word of a male servant against a woman who is also nobility ain't worth much so I was punished. I was buried up to my neck in sand and left to cook in the hot sun wasn't fun." Ash's story caused the mares to cry harder, and make me think of The Scorpion King.

"By the sun's light...and you're saying that's not the worst thing to happen to you?" Celestia asked.

"I don't know whether to be shocked or horrified by what I'm hearing, how exactly are you still sane at this point?" I asked, knowing a few people that broke under much less.

"I've had a lot of time to get over it I guess." He said before patting Pinkie and Fluttershy's heads easing their emotions. "Now a change of topics, Miss Belle, I do believe I owe you a gander in the case I have." Ash got up and got his case, holding all his crap.

"What? Oh no, Ash, after hearing all of..." Rarity tried to argue but Ash held up a hand to stop her.

"Miss Belle we need a change of topic and besides, I gave you all my word. Besides, this would all just be left sitting in that trunk if I didn't do anything with them," Ash said.

"Well, I suppose." Rarity said as he handed the case to her before looking over at Rainbow, Twilight, and Daring.

"Now I do believe I have something for you three since I doubt jewelry is your thing." Ash opened a portal and out came three books, each titled 'Daring Do and The Guardian's Tomb.' "A book from my worlds Daring Do series about one of her adventures that took place with yours truly." He said while thumping a fist on his chest.

Dash and Twilight were quick to grab a copy before moving to read. Ash handed one to Daring and gave her a heads up about how in his world, ponies are anthro, which didn't seem to bother her all that much.

As Twilight was engrossed with her book, I looked to see which issue this was in the series. "Says here that this book came after The Ring of Destiny. What kind of adventure did you have?" I asked, curious to hear more about our inter-dimensional visitor.

"Funny you should ask." Ash went and told me about the adventure he had with Daring and all the others. On some of the traps he mentioned, he would quirk a questioning brow or outright laugh at how some of them were rip-offs from other traps in movies. When he mentioned how Caballeron had a gun to Luna's head, I destroyed the upholstery with my claws. When he got to the end, I had calmed down and nodded. "Well, that was my adventure, what was yours?"

"Well, Everyone here, minus you Tia, and with the addition of Luna and the kids, went with Daring here to get one of the rings of Scorchero. Scorchero was the fire giant that forged Surtr's flame sword with the very rings we were after. While on our journey, my stomach was sliced open with a fucking obsidian blade by Ahuizotil. Swagger almost had his lung pierced by the same knife while saving Twilight. My sons and I beat the crap out of Ahuizotil and Orion, was even able to slice off his nose. At the end of the adventure, the temple was turned to dust, Daring had her book, and Twilight and Swagger became an item." I finished recapping the

Ash had an amused smirk while listening to my story. "Wow, that's pretty cool."

"Thanks. So, those items you bought off that mare, you said they were made by your people, as in the Demonic Angels?" I asked while pointing at the items he purchased.

"Yeah, I have my suspicions on what two of the items but I can't be sure without a closer look but I know that this is a wedding ring most likely worn by a woman judging by the shape and artistry," Ash said as he held up the metal band.

"Speaking of jewelry darlings, Ash, I think I found two that I like but I can't decide." Rarity said as she held up a large midnight blue gem and a gold and silver necklace with black pearls on it.

"Wait a sec," Ash said as he got up and walked over to Rarity eyeing the single gem. "Now how did you get in there?"

"Something the matter Ash?" Rarity asked.

"Hm...oh no it's just that gem well it isn't supposed to be in that case I must have placed it in there by mistake," Ash said while pointing at the gem.

"What's so special about that one it looks just like an ordinary rock to me," Jackie said causing Ash to chuckle. "What's so funny?"

"Have a look inside the gem," Ash said while pointing inside the gem.

Doing as suggested Rarity, Daring, Jackie, Celestia, and I, peered into the gem and it was Celestia who seemed to notice it.

"Ash...is that a sun in there?" She asked slowly.

"More than that, it's an entire functioning solar system," Ash said causing everyone to stare at him, then the gem, and then back to him.

"By the gods, we're Men in Blacking it!" My outburst made everyone's head turn at me, wondering what the hell I just said. "Sigh In the first Men in Black movie, a giant cockroach was on the hunt for a galaxy, which happened to be on earth and was guarded by an Arquilian prince. On his death bed, the prince said that the galaxy was on Orion's belt. The agents went to an expert in alien politics, which happened to be a pug named Frank where he told them that the galaxy was here and told them that just because something is important, doesn't mean it isn't very small."

"How small?" Fluttershy asked while taking a look at the jewel herself.

"Tiny, like the size of a marble, or" I point to the gem in Rarity's aura. "a jewel. Eventually, they found the gem around Rosenberg's cat, which happened to be named Orion."

After taking everything I said, Ash had only this to say. "Joe, did anyone ever tell you that you watch too much TV?"

"What have you heard?" At this everyone laughed, even Jackie and Tia. Grumbling, I tried to steer the conversation. "Change of subject. Yesterday on that little, detour of ours, I saw you pull out a blade under your wrist, what's the story with that?"

"You mean this?" Ash extended his left hand before activating the mechanism, allowing the blade to appear. "This here's a hidden blade. Only members of the society I belong to have these." Ash returned the blade, leaving the girls mesmerized.

"I see, and would this society, be considered a creed made up of Assassins?" My question seemed to give him a small heart attack. Before "Sorry, it's just that it reminds me of a famous video game series." Joe holds out his hand and starts an illusion. "This one is my favorite."

As the video played out, I watched his reaction and saw that he was a little bewildered by it and had a face of recognition on some of the characters. Guess he was an assassin, and who knows, maybe even a pirate. When the show was done, I gave a little bow while the girls applauded. "So anyway, I thought that maybe the world you came from had some elements from that game," I said while sitting back down.

After getting over what I had shown him, he answered. "Well, since you seem to know already, I can tell you it does. In fact, I'm the leader of the guild back home." While we oohed and awed at his story, Ash looked like he had something on his mind. "Hey, Joe. Have you ever heard of a game series called God of War?" Now, this intrigued me.

"Believe me, if there was a game like that, I would've heard of it. Why you got someone over there that's like that?" Who knows, maybe he and I can share a drink.

"Nope, because I'm staring at him right now." Now that brought everyone's attention.

"You mean to tell me that I'm a video game character?" This really put things into perspective. "Hell yeah, I'm famous!" Oh. I hope nobody sees me during my private moments.

"Not exactly. The character's name is Kratos and, you know what, how about I just show you all?" Ash did the same thing I did and brought forth an illusion for everyone to see. Wish I had brought popcorn.

As I watched the illusion, I couldn't help but recognize Mimir and Brok right off the bat. The monsters in the game also looked familiar while a few didn't. Also, why did he have to cut off Mimir's head? At least I'm not bald like that pale guy with the tattoo. When the illusion ended, I saw that everyone was either looking at Me or the air where the illusion was. Yep, it's official. I'm a badass. After some minutes of silence, Dash was the one to break it. "That was so unbelievably awesome! Any chance you can lend that game over for a bit?" Dash pleaded to Ash. Don't know why, I'm the only one with a... aww crap.

"Sorry, but all video games that are in my possession, belong to Luna." He told her with a smirk.

"You too? Ain't that some shit. Seems every Luna in every universe is a gamer." Good thing she wasn't here to see that I'm a video game character. Though I can see some roleplay ideas if I do tell her.

"No way. Speaking of, what console are you running here?" Ash asked me.

"Well, we have a PS4 at the house. Although if you're talking all over the land, well I'm afraid the most advanced console would be the standard arcade console. Just for fun, I bought an old Galaga console and plopped it in the arcade. There was a line for miles for the past two days." Still couldn't beat my high score, though Button came very close.

Ash chuckled at my answer, though not sure if it was about my system or bringing an arcade game. "Seems you're a bit behind in the times the PS5 came out in our world a fair while ago." Okay, it was about my system, and it furthers my point in him being from the not-to-distant future.

"Not surprised. Time works differently in the multi-verse. So, what year is it over there in your universe, 'cause over here, we just entered 2015." Give or take a month.

"Hm...Y'know what I have no idea?" Ash said, getting a few confused looks from him.

"How do you not know the year of the place you just came from?" Twilight asked while taking a short pause from her book.

"I haven't really been back on earth in years," Ash answered, making Twilight feel embarrassed.

"Ah, doesn't really matter," I told him before getting comfy for a small nap.

"Hey, Ash, in your world who goes out with who?" Dash asked Ash while gesturing to her and the rest of the mares in the car, getting my attention and holding off on my nap.

"Hm well to my memory every mare here besides Celestia and Daring is dating. I'll start off with the leader of the merry band here, Twilight Sparkle." Oh boy. "Twilight, the one from my world, is dating a nice colt by the name of Comet Tail he's an astronomer." Hope no one tells Swagger, he might hunt the poor sucker from this world down. "Moving on to the loveable ball of energy known as Pinkamina Diane Pie, she's dating a colt by the name of Pokey Pierce, he does piercings, even helped me get mine done," Ash said as he gestured to the earring in his left ear causing all the mares to get close to look. I wonder what Cheese would say, or how he'd react?

"Neat and what of Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked causing the mare in question to glow red in embarrassment.

"She's dating Big Macintosh," Ash said, causing the mares to go wide-eyed. I did not see that coming, and hopefully, Discord doesn't find out.

"Way ta go Flutters." Rainbow cheered.

"An me?" Jackie asked.

"A colt named Caramel," Ash said.

"Wait Caramel!" Jackie blurted. If I find the one over here giving my wife goo-goo eyes, I'll shove them into some pants I'll make him wear, so he can watch me beat the crap out of him!

"Town blacksmith he was even the first one to give me a job when I first arrived and I don't know about what happened here but that colt is real sweet on Applejack and she is really happy with him," Ash said, making think twice about my threat, not by much though.

"What of me darling?" Rarity asked. This ought to be good.

"You managed to get with a pegasus colt by the name of Thunderlane." Private Joker!?! "Nice guy, he got into the Wonderbolts, even has a little brother by the name of Rumble like how you have a little sister Miss Belle," I said.

"How interesting," Rarity said Though I think Spike might BBQ Private Joker.

"And what of me, cause it better be someone awesome," Rainbow said and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the mare.

"Rainbow you paired yourself up with Zephyr Breeze Fluttershy's brother," Ash said, causing all the color to drain from Rainbow's face in horror before she dashed over to him and grabbed him by the front of his shirt.

"Are you kidding me!? There is no way I would date such a lazy sel..." Rainbow started but before she could continue her rant, Ash started laughing and that got a few of us to laugh as well, myself included, that is until Rainbow slugged him in the chest. "You jerk!"

"Ow...deserved, but oh so worth it," Ash said rubbing where he got hit. Guess he's not used to hooves hitting him. "Anyway in all seriousness you managed to get Soarin of the Wonderbolts." Hmm, guess some things in other universes are similar.

"Hmm, interesting pairing. Honestly, I had no idea Rarity would end up with Private Joker, and Fluttershy, you never told me you have a brother."

"Must've slipped my mind." Shy then darted her eyes before looking over her stuff. Now I really can't wait to meet him, I think.

"He's a bit weird, but who's Private Joker?" Ash questioned.

"You remember when I told you how I trained the Wonderbolts when Dash went to the academy?" Ash nodded, remembering our talk back at the bar on that floating landmass between universes. "Well, when I was drilling them on what was to be expected, Thunderlane made a little joke, so he's now known as Private Joker."

"Hm fair enough," Ash said before leaning in his chair.

"Alright, we had our little share time, could we please discuss the items that I wanted to get from that mare who overcharges?!" Daring half asked, half demanded.

"You'll have to wait till we get back for two reasons. One, I left my tools back at Twilight's place. Two, tinkering with old relics within a train car that occasionally bumps is not a good idea." Ash explained to the Adventurer and Novelist.

"Yeah, for all we know, one false move while he tinkers and BOOM! This whole train blows up, debris flying everywhere, body parts scattered around for miles in a spray of red mist, somebody might get a hangnail, it's not pretty." I listed off the possibilities in a comedic manner, though it just seemed to draw stares my way.

"Nothing so dangerous but it is a good point." Ash semi agreed.

The rest of the trip was spent in silence, mainly with everyone engrossed with the book Ash brought. Once we got back home we went our separate ways with Ash heading back to Twilight's castle while Daring went with Dash. While Jackie went on home, I stayed behind to talk with Tia. "So, seeing how we have become a bit closer today."

"That's certainly one way of putting it~," Tia teased before bumping her flank with my hip. Her smile then turned genuine while she leaned into me. "It was truly a wonderful experience and I do want to further our relationship and join your herd." She kisses my cheek before getting ready to leave. "However, I think it would be best if we tell Applejack and my sister that I'll be joining once you help Ash get back home."

I nodded in understanding before bringing her in for a kiss. When we separated, I looked into her beautiful light purple eyes. "Then I best do all I can to help then, huh?"

"Now that's the kind, caring man I fell for~." Celestia gave me one last kiss before turning to leave for Canterlot. Before she did, she showed me the new earrings I bought her while giving me a wink. "Thanks again for this wonderful gift," She told me before flying back to Canterlot.

"You're welcome, my Sunshine," I said to myself before heading home with my new rug, one that already had a wonderful memory, as well as a couple of stains I'll need to clean.

After I had the rug cleaned, I placed it in the middle of the trophy room, just in front of the fireplace and between Tirek's horns. Once I made sure it was just right, I heard Luna and Jackie come in. "Hello, my loves. What do you think?"

"It looks lovely, dear," Luna said while admiring the rug.

"Yeah, it really ties the room together," Jackie said before looking at me with a smirk, Luna joining in. "So, how was Celestia?" That question nearly drained the color from my face before the two of them started giggling. "It's alright darlin'. We knew that you two would get to know each other a little more intimately," Jackie told me while lying down on the rug.

Luna leaned on me like a cat and hummed softly. "Though we had wished you had invited us to join, I'm glad that you and Celestia are getting closer." Her smile then became sultry. "Best to hurry and have her join us~. I want to put her head between my legs and have her lick my pussy while you fuck her silly~." Luna licks my cheek before she and Jackie smirked at me, leaving me to become hard from her scenario.

After clearing my head from that scenario, and getting rid of the erection with a punch to the leg, I quirked a brow at Luna. "Luna. I had no idea you were so kinky."

"I have to keep a few things to myself." She then kisses my cheek before heading out of the room, but not before leaving one last nugget for me to think about. "Keeps things interesting in the bedroom~," She said while flicking her tail to the side, giving me a glimpse of her folds.

Jackie chuckled before getting up from the rug and giving me a hug. "Love ya hun. What are your plans for the rest of the day?"

"I think I'll rescue Daring from Dash and take her to see Ash about those artifacts. I'm curious to see if they're actually from his race, or just coincidence," I told her before giving her cheek a kiss. "I'll be back for dinner."

"Alright, hun. I'll be sure to have my apple pie ready~," She told me before kissing my cheek and heading out the room.

Smirking at the thought of eating her pie, I went out of the house and headed for Dash's place. When I got there, I made to knock on the cloud that acts as a door, only to have Daring come walking out with an exhausted look. "I take it Dash had you sign every book you wrote?" I asked, knowing how she gets with all things Daring Do.

"And then some. She brought out a box with some merchandise with my name and image. The most frightening one was a dildo shaped like me, though she threw that out the room when she saw I had it. Must have forgotten to put it away or something." Daring let out a shudder from that image. "Remind me to find a lawyer before I leave."

"I'll be sure to remind you. Anyway, I came to see if you were ready to have a look at the artifacts Ash had bought."

"You mean the ones I tried to get but was swindled out of?" She asked with a smirk.

"Oh, get over it. He saved you some bits and you still get to study them. I call that a win-win." Daring nodded in agreement before following me to Twilights castle. When we arrived, we went in and searched for Ash's room, seeing as I've never been to his guest room. Luckily, Spike knows, so I went looking for him.

Remembering where his room is, I strolled through the hallway before opening the door to his room, only to pause at the scene before me. On Spike's queen size bed, lay Rarity on her back, moaning in ecstasy while Spike had his face between her legs. "Oooh, yes Spikey~! Work that long tongue of yours, darling~!" She squealed while Spike performed cunnilingus on her.

Not having been discovered yet, I slowly stepped backward, closed the door, and faced Daring, who stayed outside and had a look of curiosity on her. "What?"

"Uh.... he wasn't in there," I told her with a nervous smile. Before she could ask anything or Odin help us look for herself, I caught Ash's scent down the hall. "C'mon. I think I found Ash." Now that I think about it, why didn't I try to smell him out earlier?

When I reached the door with his scent and was about to knock, then the door opened to reveal Ash. "Ah, good just who I was looking for. Come in I just finished up." What he was looking for?

"Alright, let's see what you got," I told him while Daring and I took a seat in front of a table where he had the three pieces laid out. The three items are a ring, a sword's hilt, and what might look like some kind of music box.

Ash picked up the ring and held it in front of us. "Well to start the ring it actually is a wedding ring, Aephocerian make for a woman," Ash said as he showed us the restored item. "Also if you peek inside you'll see a vow written in Demonic Angel." He said before handing the ring to Daring.

"Wow, that's very romantic," Daring said while examining the ring. "What about the other two?" She pointed to the other two objects.

Ash went and picked up the sword handle. "The second one may be of interest to you, Joe. Now, at first, I just thought it was a sword handle and crossguard and the blade snapped off, but watch this." Ash said before he took up the item and charged mana into it causing a blade made of silvery grey solidified mana to extend from where the blade would normally come from. "Turns out this is a mana blade. It was designed by my people to deal with things that did not have a physical body and judging by the style, this was from the founding days of Aephoceria." He gave the sword a few swings, even swung it against a chair, phasing through as if it were air.

"Wow, a sword that acts as a proton pack. That's very cool. So what's the last one, some sort of music player?" I asked, noticing it resembled one.

"Close, very very close. It's actually a music box, one that is of a very special tradition. You see, these were made/designed for a newborn by a member of the family like a parent or grandparent. Some have projections that light up the walls in a room and some show a hologram, this one is the latter, here let me show you." Ash picked up the music box and turned a crank to wind up the box before setting the device down.

The dome on the device opened up as the music began to play revealing a blue crystal that began to glow revealing a female demon sitting in a rocking chair with a newborn in her arms and beside them was a male angle a wing around the demon and both of them were gazing down at the newborn with smiles on their faces. It was truly a wonderous and beautiful sight. "By the gods, that's so beautiful. Makes me wish I had one of these when the boys were born," I said as the music stopped.

"Sorry, but those boys seem a little too mature for a lullaby these days." Ash chuckled while putting the music box back on the table.

"Yeah, but a father can still reminisce about the days when their kids were small enough to fit in their arms," I told him while thinking back to when the boys were only babies.

"True that," Ash said with a smile.

"This is fascinating!" Daring said with a glint in her eye before it became curious. "But one thing still bothers me. How did relics from a few trillion years from another universe wind up here?" Daring asked as she examined the ring a little more closely.

"That is an answer I want to know the answer to as well," Ash said while pondering the answer to himself with the sword handle in his grasp.

"Here, let me take a look at that." Ash handed me the handle and I started to sniff at it. After a few good sniffs, I had a scent. "Okay, I was able to get a few scents off this thing. Disregarding the smell from you guys and the mare from Baltimare, there's a faint trace of soil that comes from the top of a mountain with natural springs."

"Any guesses where that might be?" Ash asked.

"I think I do." We both turned to Daring as she handed Ash back the ring. "There's a mountain near the border of the Crystal Empire and Yakyakastan called the Giant's hand. The top leads to a cave where there are multiple hot springs."

"Knowing how Equestria was made, that mountain probably is a giant's outstretched hand," I said with a shrug.

"How it was made?" Ash asked with a quirked brow.

"Yeah, try not to lose your lunch over this, but the earth that makes up Equestria is from dead giants."

Ash was silent for a while, most likely processing what I just said. After a while, he shrugs before looking at me. "Well, certainly one of the more bizarre facts I've learned. How many makeup Equestria?" He asked calmly.

"Just four, but they some big mother fuckers. One of them happens to be a king by the name of Thrym." I told him, remembering Mimir's story correctly.

"Hm, when would be a good time to go check this out?" Guess now would be a good a time as any.

"I'll let the others know, and we can head over now," I told him.

"Great just need to make a stop at Broks, these equalizers are in need of an upgrade," Ash said as he pulled out his pistols. Both revolvers, one made of gold named Damnation and a regular one named Salvation, and a large roll of paper.

"Alright, while you do that, I'll see if Swagger wants to join." I pulled out a walkie-talkie and radio for Swagger by his old call name. Click "Viper, this is Wolf, do you copy? Over." Click

A few seconds of silence before the radio kicked in.

Click "This is Viper, what's going on Wolf? Over." Click

Click "Blade and Daring want me to go with them to a mountain to investigate the origin of some relics. Was wondering if you wanted to come along? Over." Click

Click "Count me in. I'll let Twilight know and I'll meet you in front of the castle. Over." Click

Click "Roger. Over and out." Click

After an hour, Swagger, Daring, Ash, and I were at the front of the castle after Ash dropped his weapons off with Brok. Once the team was set, I followed Daring's coordinates and slashed open a portal to the giant's hand. When we stepped through, we were blasted with freezing cold winds.

"So, you sure this is the place?" Ash asked before noticing Daring and Swagger seemed to be shivering from their surroundings. "You two cold?"

"Of course, we're cold, how are you not?!" Daring snapped, shivering in place.

"Thermal fluctuation resistance besides the lowest circle of Hell and Helheim is a lot colder than this joint," Ash said while explaining why he ain't cold.

"So true. Anyway, I'm picking up the scent from here, so we're in the right place." The four of us took a look at the mountain in front of us and saw that it really did resemble a giant hand. "Yeah, that's definitely a giant's hand."

"What do you think we'll find up there?" Swagger asked me while I conjured some cold weather camo for him. "Thanks, Tex." I nodded his way before looking back up at the mountain.

"No idea but I'm hoping for answers...for some long-overdue questions," Ash said as he conjured up a coat for Daring, who nodded in thanks.

We then made our way up the mountain with my nose leading the way. We soon made it to the top of the index finger and spied a small wooden ancient and broken cabin.

"Well looks like this is the place," Daring said as we approached the building.

Ash stepped ahead of us and placed his hand against the door and noticed something large had kicked in the door. "Something happened here," Ash said while examining the wood.

We entered the cabin with a cautious step as we took a look around. What we found was a sight that brought a tear to the eye. Strewn across the floor where the bodies of what looked to be giants, all of them with a wound around the head or heart. But that's not what caught our eye. Near the far corner of the room, lay two figures huddled in each other's arms. A demon woman, and a male angel, dead in each other's arms, untouched by time itself, as if it had happened yesterday.

While we looked at the carnage, I noticed something in the couple's arms."By the God's. Look, in the mother's arms," I said while pointing in her arms.

Ash took a cautious step forward and knelt to look at the bundle. We saw him move the blanket before he started to shake. Seeing him like that, Swagger and I tried to comfort him only for him to bolt and ran out of the cabin with tears escaping. "What's gotten into him?" Daring asked before walking over to the bundle, before gasping at what she saw. "Sweet Celestia," She said in abject horror. Swagger and I went to look what Daring was looking at, only to see the skeletal remains of an infant child with wings. A Demonic Angel, like Ash. "Who would do such a thing?" She asked while covering her mouth with her foreleg.

"It would seem the giants broke in, the parents fought them off as best they could, but it looks as if one giant was able to get through and do them in," I explained as my fist clenched at the sight of such an atrocity.

Outside, we heard Ash scream to the heavens from what he saw. None of us could blame him and we'd feel the same if we were in his shoes. Swagger broke the silence after wiping away one of his own tears. "What are we going to do now?"

"We're going to do the right thing, and send these three off properly." I got up and went over to the wooden furniture and started breaking it into planks. "I'll get a pyre made for these three. You two get these giants out of here and into a pile." Swagger and Daring nodded while taking a body between them and taking them out.

After breaking the furniture I took them outside where I saw Ash was on his knees, sobbing over the scene. I couldn't blame him and I didn't want to disturb him during this delicate time, so made a pile and went back to the cabin to take the wood from it and use it for the pyre. As I started to pry off the wood, I heard Ash come up behind me. "What are you guys doing?"

I pried off a big chunk of wood before answering. "Sending those three off properly." I gathered the wood and placed them in the pile while Ash went into the cabin. As I started to get the pyre organized, Ash walked out with the deceased in his arms, covering them in the curtains from the cabin's windows. I directed him over to the center of the pile where he placed the bodies. After he got off, he conjured some flames in his hands and lit the pyre. While the flame spread, I decided to give a small prayer for the family.

"Lo, there do I see my father. Lo, there do I see my mother, my sisters, and my brothers. Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Lo, they do call to me and bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever."

With my prayer for the three said, we sat in the snow and watched the fire consume the three bodies. When the fire neared its last ember, I conjured four Shiner Bock beers and gave them to Daring and Swagger. I opened mine before tapping Ash with a beer, getting his attention away from the fire. "Here, you look like you could use one." He took the beer with a nod before chugging it down, with all of us following suit.

Once Ash finished his suds, he sighed before speaking. "Y'know, I had no idea what I was expecting when I came here...guess I got cheated out of my hopes again." He said before tossing his bottle once it was empty.

"Yep. The universe is a bitch in that way," I said while downing the rest of my beer.

"I wish to thank you...all of you for doing this for them," Ash said as he looked at all of us.

"Please, this is the least we could do," I told him with a sincere smile.

"Still...we best get home before your beloveds start to worry." The moment he said that I got nervous.

"Yeah, I don't know how the Luna and Jackie are from your world act, but when I suddenly disappear like that...well, it ain't pretty I can tell you that much." That brought out a small smile for him. I got up and opened a portal for us leading back to the castle. Before we went back, I turned to Daring. "Daring, I know this seems like a lot to ask, but do you-" I started but she stopped me with a raised hoof.

"Don't worry, I won't write about this. This'll stay between the four of us." She gave us a small sad smile.

"Thanks, I appreciate it," Ash told her before entering the portal back to the castle.

Once we were back at the castle, we went our separate ways. Ash went to make some upgrades to his sword, Daring went back to Dash's place, Swagger went into the castle with Ash, and I went home.

That night. Dinner table.

I just told my wives and kids about our little adventure earlier that afternoon. There were a few tears shed and an angry glare toward the dead giants that weren't even here. After we got our heads together, Jackie was the first to say something. "That poor boy. Do you think he'll be alright?"

I gave a sigh before looking at my country wife. "Yeah, I think he will. It'll take some time and won't happen overnight, but he'll be alright."

Scoots started to calm down before saying something. "Those giant jerks! How could they go and kill an innocent baby!?" She asked angrily.

"They're savages and like to destroy things, the more unruly ones anyway. What I really want to know, is how those giants came over, and if there's still some more wandering around here," I pondered before taking a sip of my iced tea.

"And if there are any roaming around, what are you going to do?" Luna asked while finishing off her salad.

"Like we always do, mom," Orion said while he and Jack flashed their weapons. "With extreme prejudice."

"What have I told you boys about weapons at the table?" Jackie told the boys with a stern glare.

"Sorry, ma," Jack said while he and Orion put their weapons against the wall before going back to eating their jambalaya.

After dinner and dessert, we all went about the house to do our own thing. After I took out the trash, I went up to my room to get cleaned up. When I opened the door, the lights were dimmed, candles were lit, and Jackie was lying on the bed with her hair done up and wearing see-through lingerie. "Hey, sexy~." She greeted me.

"Well, this is a nice surprise," I smirked her way before removing my clothing, til I noticed someone was missing. "Where's our dear Lunar goddess?"

"Right behind you, darling~." I turned around to see Luna sitting on her haunches, wearing her headset, and had her controller in her magic. "Jackie told me how our dear husband is based on a video game in another universe." She then sent a shot of magic at me, making me go rigid. "So, I have decided to play this new game. And wouldn't you know it, the antagonist needs to make love to the damsel." She smirked before moving the analog sticks, making me move and walk toward the bed.

After Luna had me positioned over Jackie, I couldn't help but chuckle at the situation I found myself in. "This takes on a whole new meaning to 'Boytoy'," I told them before I was made to make out with Jackie. Life is good.

Author's Note

Another chapter is done with the interdimensional guest. What will the next chapter hold? Well, I know, so I'll write it down in the next chapter.

How about some clips? Those are always fun.