I woke up to the sounds of my wives breathing steadily by me as they kept sleeping. I can live for hundreds of thousands of years, and I don't think I'll ever hear a better sound in my life. I leaned down and kissed their forehead before getting up and heading for the kitchen. Once there, I saw Discord was already sitting at the table with a mug of coffee in his hands. "Morning, pal."

"Morning. Say, have you seen Mimir around? I wanted to see if I can put him on a tiny car so he can be more mobile," He asked with a mischievous grin.

"You're not turning Mimir into an RC toy. As for his whereabouts, Ash has him over in his room at Twilight's castle. Though that was nearly two days ago," I told him while fixing myself some coffee. "I'll swing by Twilight's and get him. Maybe see if Ash is ready to find a way back to his universe after getting his stuff from Brok."

"Good luck with that. Also, I heard about you and Celly. Nice work." Discord gave me a thumbs up before eating his mug whole. "Speaking of lovers, I have a bit of news. I'll be moving out soon."

"Moving out!?" I asked with a start. "Why?"

"Well, Fluttershy and I have been talking, and we have decided to live together. I hope that's alright." He asked me with an uncertain look.

I shook my head before adding some sugar to my coffee. "It's completely fine, and I wish you the best of luck. Although, do you think you can hold off on your move until I get Ash back to his world?"

"I suppose I can. You going now?"

"Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and see if he's up for it. Mind telling the others where I went?" Discord gave me a nod and I headed out the door.

I opened a portal to Twilights place and entered through the front. As I headed for Ash's room, I heard that a heated conversation was going on. "Runes are that dangerous?" I heard Spike ask.

"Oh they are lad." I heard Mimir say "Ash learned from personal experience just how powerful, right brother?"

"Indeed I did...I was impatient and snuck a look at this book without my master's approval and wanted to try it. I learned how to make them by reading, but reading and doing it are two different things. Thanks to me I almost swept away a kingdom in a flood, thankfully my master caught me before I could activate it and told me of what I nearly did. I was punished for it but I'm grateful for my master otherwise things could have been climatic," Ash said, though it did sound a little like Fantasia.

"But don't be fooled, runes can also do wonderful things, like create a crop that can survive the harshest of weather conditions and most unforgiving terrain," Mimir said.

"Truly? Magic like that could solve many world problems and even create world peace," Twilight said, making me chuckle. Peace is a nice thought, but it can never really last.

From what I heard next, it would seem Ash has the same thought "So naive," he said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked angrily.

"Twilight, with magic like this, there is a responsibility with it, if and when you live for half as long as I have and matured in both mind and spirit then we'll talk more about this and who knows I may even train you in runes," Ash said.

"Who was your master by the way?" Spike asked.

"His name is Merlin. He's basically the Starswirl equivalent in my world, ask Joe if you want more details but anyway." I decided now was the perfect time to get involved.

"Merlin!" The moment I walked in, Ash, Twilight, Spike, Dash, and Mimir looked at me. "We talking the clutz who has to rely on a talking owl, the drunken idiot who found an alien race, or the magical powerhouse that could level mountains with an incantation?"

"The last one, the other two you either got from Disney or a Michael Bay movie," Ash said with a smirk aimed at me.

"Eh, you never know in different universes. So, Mimir, how do you like having mobility again?" I asked the bodiless god, who now had a headband on his head with small metal arms that gave him some use, like turning the pages in the book he was reading.

"It's quite refreshing actually. As the saying goes, you never truly miss something until it's gone." Mimir smiled over at me before returning to his book.

"Ain't that the truth. So, anyway, I came by to see if you were doing alright, though I'm unclear why you're doing things with your feet." I Just now noticed that Ash was hammering away at something with a chisel in his other foot.

"He says it's to make him faster without really moving," Spike told me while eyeing a discarded gem Ash had on the table.

"Why not tie stones to your legs and back? Once your able to run and jump with those on you, then you can really move once they're off." Hey, if it worked for Samurai Jack, why not him? In fact, I just might do that at some point.

"That would improve my leg strength, which is good, but what is needed is my foot for this, not the leg," Ash explained while he pointed to the areas. "Besides you should see me in my armor."

"I can only imagine. Anyway, the other reason I came by, was to see if I can try and help you get home." I said while examining the gem Spike was interested in.

"Oh, yeah. How's that?" He asked me while putting away the tools and putting his shoes on.

"By going back to the Edge and seeing if there's some way back to the universe you came from," I said with an eager smile.

"The Edge?" He asked me with a questioning look.

"Yeah, that floating landmass we met on. I figured it should have a proper name, and seeing how I found it at the 'edge' of my universe, I figured I'd call it that."

Ash looked like he was rolling the idea in his head. "Alright, the Edge it is then. But first, I have some unfinished business, like the race with the walking color pallet over here." He said while gesturing to Rainbow.

"Well, about time...hey!" Rainbow cried out.

"Well, then do I have a surprise for you two." I slashed open another portal, leading to Herot. "First off, welcome to Herot." Ash took a quick glance around to see the Diamond Dog kingdom that I told him about.

"Damn. Definitely different from the Diamond Dog kingdom from my world." Ash had an awestruck look as he kept looking around my kingdom.

"Like I said. Different worlds, different rules. Anyway, follow me." I led Ash and Dash over to the mouth of an underground river where the entrance was lit with crystals. I turned around and pointed them to the entrance of the tunnel. "The race starts here, the tunnel runs for at least four miles and ends up over there." I pointed to another tunnel that comes out near the Longhouse. "Don't worry, the way will be lit."

"Obstacles?" Ash asked me.

"Depends on your definition of obstacle." I gave them both a smirk before pointing down the tunnel. "Inside, you will face true terror, the likes of which you could only see in your nightmares. Pffftt Just kidding, though there are some stalagmites and stalactites in there, some cave Guivres, and worst yet, a chamber that leads to Herots sewage treatment plant. It's small, so you won't confuse it for a detour, but the smell, whew, and last night was enchilada night at the barracks." Haha, this is gonna be fun and funny.

"Disappointing. You got my hopes up for a monster to fight while flying, oh well." Ha! I knew he was just as crazy as me. Well, maybe not that crazy. "So there a starting line for us?" Crap, how'd I forget that?

"Yeah, give me a second." I took out Frostbite and aimed it to the right of the tunnel. Soon, a beam of ice fired from the ax. I kept firing the beam across the river, creating a small dam of ice. Once it was finished, I canceled the beam and turned to Ash and Dash. "There, a starting line for you two speed-freaks. Also, now that I think about it, keep an eye out for Soul-eaters, those things tend to pop up around this place." Maybe that will be a big enough obstacle.

"You could have led with that when I asked for obstacles." He said while giving me a dirty look. "Anyway are you sure this ain't a God of War universe I stepped into, cause the more I hear, the more I believe it."

"How the fuck should I know? That game exists in your world, not mine. Anyway, you two ready to race, 'cause I got some money riding on y'all." I really didn't, but I wasn't gonna tell them that.

"Oh yeah, who'd you bet on?" Ash asked me.

"Now, now, no spoilers. Alright, get to the starting line." Dash and Ash made their way to the makeshift starting line while I went to the side. "Okay, the winner of the race, gets this drinking horn" I pulled out the horn that I took from that dragon. The one that was my first official kill in this world.

Dash gasped at the horn before looking to me. "Joe, you'd give up the horn you got after pulling out that dragon's heart?" This made Ash raise an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I figured it'd make a good gift, plus I wanna forget that day. I almost lost Spike's friendship for this damn thing." I shook my head before focusing on the task at hand. "Alright, enough of this crap, let's get to the race. One for the money, two for the ladies, and.....three for all the drunks who can't watch NASCAR!" I raised my arm and then let it drop. "Go!" And just like that, Ash and Dash were on their way. As the two were racing, I had a wicked idea for when they crossed the finish line.

30 minutes later

"You got it hooked up, son?" I asked Orion as he set up a couple of buckets above the tunnel exit.

"Yeah, I got it." Orion placed the last bucket on the tunnel's lip. "'course, it'll be all for nothing if Jack doesn't get the tripwire secured."

Jack secured the wire before looking at is brother. "How about, you kiss my ass, before I leave you a surprise on your pillow," Jack smirked at his older brother.

Before I could set those boys straight, we all heard Ash and Dash get close. "Get down boys, they're coming!" My sons flew back over to me and we waited for the winner. "Alright. Three, two, one." As soon as the countdown was through, both racers exited the tunnel, just as a waterfall of green slime cascaded over them, making the two stop in their tracks and sputter at the slime. "Beautiful."

Once Ash cleared away the slime from his eyes, he started toward me. "You fucking asshole! You set us up!"

"Ha! Not really. I had the idea after you guys started," I told him before clearing some of the gunk from his shoulder.

Dash struggled to get back in the air while struggling with her own mess. "Gah, what is this crap anyway!?"

"Twilight's latest attempt at making Flubber. Don't worry, it cleans off easily with cold water." I looked behind them to see my boys stalking behind the two with buckets. "Ain't that right boys?" Before Ash or Dash could look back, my boys drenched the two with ice-cold water. Reminds me of when the guys and I would drench the coach when we won a game.

“How is it cold enough for you two?” Orion asked.

“I don’t know,” Ash said as he used his magic to remove every drop of water from Dash and him before he turned on my boys with a smirk. “Why don’t you stay still and find out.” Before my sons could answer or run, Ash blasted them with the water.

I couldn't help but laugh at the situation before going up to Ash. "Well done. You got that anger under control."

Ash looked surprised before nodding. "Yeah. Yeah, I guess I do."

"Yeah, the only problem now is," I started before pulling out the golden dragon horn. "who gets this lovely horn?"

Being a humble man, Ash pushed it over to Dash. "Let her keep it. Besides," He pulled up the core of a Souleater for all to see. "I believe I got my prize right here."

“Nice a soul eater core. I yanked one of those things out when Maud was here.” I told him.

“One of you say soul eater core.” Looking towards the source of the voice, we saw Brok walk out from behind a rock. Ash went and handed it to him. “Not bad, good quality. In fact, I think I may be able to add this to one of the newer items you showed me.” Brok said.

“Newer items, you mean you're done with my revolvers?” I asked.

“That and more meet me back at my forge,” Brok said with a grin before he went behind the rock and vanished with the core.

“Dwarves and their abilities to appear out of nowhere, I swear,” Ash grumbled before he turned to us. “Well, you heard the dwarf I better get a move on.”

“Hang on I’ll join you." Just like that both Ash and I teleported to Brok’s forge where we saw him working at an anvil.

“Your fancy peashooters are on that bench over there, I’m almost done here,” Brok said as he pointed to a bench with his hammer.

Ash went over to the bench and saw his guns were there, but they were no longer a pair of Schofield revolvers they were now a pair of Winchester 1876 Centennial Revolvers. One was made of gold and the other was silver with Damnation and Salvation written on the barrel in both gold and crimson and the handles were both made from pearl and had angles and demons carved into the respected gun. Ash went and picked up the two firearms and looked them over. Both guns came with a swing-out cylinder and automatic shell ejector also a switch that switched the guns from single action to double action and both guns had transfer bars installed.

“Nice,” I said while examining the weapons.

“There, done. I’m sure these will suit you also,” Brok said as he placed two more guns on the bench. One was an 1887 Winchester lever-action shotgun. The gun was silver with gold Victorian engravings and an ivory white handle. The other weapon was another Winchester weapon a repeater rifle the 1866 model the butt and foregrip of the weapon were made of polished mahogany wood while the rest was made with blackened metal and there was also a scope on the gun as well.

“I…never showed you these designs,” Ash said while examining the two new weapons.

“Yeah, you did. They were in the blueprints ya gave me.” Brok said as he gestured to the blueprints Ash gave him.

Putting down the revolvers, Ash looked through the prints and found that the designs for the two guns were indeed there. “Fuck me sideways, I only meant for the revolvers to be redone,” He said.

“Welp too bad. Now, payment, what you got for me?” Brok demanded.

“Brok,” I growled at him.

“No Joe, it’s fine, I must have left the prints in there by mistake, so I’ll pay for them. Now, payment for these four, I assume you added the core to one of these right?” Ash asked as he looked at the guns.

“Yeah, that long one,” Brok said as he pointed to the rifle.

“Okay…how about this then.” Ash went and conjured said payment, which happened to be a miniature sun.

“Is that a freakin sun!” I shouted.

“Yeah, so how bout it Brok, this do?” I asked.

“Yeah,” Brok said before he pulled out a jar and scooped up the sun, and sealed it. “I’m gonna have some fun with this." He had a crazy grin on his face.

"Hopefully not too much," I told Brok while patting his bald head, making him grumble a little. "So, after some drinks and feasting, what say we head back to that scrap heap in space? See if we can't find a way for you to get home." I suggested.

"Sounds good to me." I led him through a portal heading back to Herot, towards the longhouse where the race had ended. "Nice place." He commented.

"Isn't it though. I modeled it after the original mead hall built by King Hrothgar and his Thanes. This is also where I was told that my children were on the way." We entered through the large doors where already there was feasting and drinking going on. "Make room boys, your king needs a drink!" A loud cheer went up as we made our way to the front of the hall. I led Ash to a table where they brought out a giant roasted boar to feast on.

"Nice roast boar." Ash reached up and ripped off a leg to feast on.

"Yeah, Chef really knows how to roast a good boar. Though his best dish is his salty chocolate balls," I told him as I cut off some of the hindquarters. "Mmmh, my second favorite ass." As we feasted, I would tell stories of my adventures to the other patrons. "And that my friends, is how I took out the Sirens, by playing a few songs by Jet, AC/DC, and of course, Disturbed," I told them while pouring a horn of ale down my throat.

"Hm you know, I always wondered what happened to the sirens from my world," Ash said while finishing his meal.

"Wait, you saying you didn't fight them back in your world?" I asked him. It's weird to think that this guy didn't, especially from the stories he's told me.

"Uh, no. To tell you the truth, I was in a coma for a few weeks after my own fight with Tirek." That would do it.

"Coma! What kind of warrior goes into a coma?" I know a few, actually, but he doesn't seem like the type to be taken down that hard.

"Oh like you haven't done something that put you into something like that." Ash accused.

"I did, a few times actually. But I was only under for a few hours, and one of those times, I sired my two sons." I smirked while getting some more meat.

"Not like that you Jackass! I meant like in a fight with a villain or something like that."

"Oh don't worry, I had scrapes like that before. Chrysalis knocked me out for a few hours, same with Sunset when she swung a sledgehammer in my face. And yes, even Tirek caused me to call lights out for a few hours." I listed off.

"Damn, why did Sunset hit you with a Sledgehammer?" He asked me, making the pain resurface in my memory.

"She tried to get Twilight's crown one last time and needed me out of the picture for the time being. Anyway, from what happened to my sirens, their power was stripped from them and last I heard, they were working at some version of Taco Bell."

"Hm, well anyway, I believe I have a legitimate excuse for my coma. Tirek used my love for Luna to trap me before the smug prick blew a hole through my armor and chest, we're talking all the way through." He said before summoning some old armor to show me. "The only thing that kept me alive was willpower, a life support system that was in the armor, and a one-off healing factor that kicked in later."

I nearly spat out my meal after seeing the size of the hole that was in the armor. "Fucking hell. I'm surprised you're still not under."

"Just lucky I guess." He shrugged.

"I had a hunting dog named Lucky once. He had one eye, no tail, and no nuts. Luck doesn't cut it, Ashley." I joked.

"Yeah, I did say willpower was one of the factors that played into it, even that orb of power that my father-in-law provided for me."

"I see. Anyway, how 'bout you regal us a tale from your Equestria, before the invasion if you please." Don't really want to hear about the aftermath of those fuckers invading.

"Hm well I told you of Tirek...how about my battle against Grogar, The Hollow Shade incident, and finally the battle beneath the eclipse?" That last one sounded like a teen movie title.

"Sounds interesting," I told him while handing him a horn of ale while the other dogs got comfy.

An hour later

"And that's how I defeated my evil twin and started my journey to becoming a god." Ash's three tales left us in a mixed reactions stage, ranging from shock, interest, and even horror.

After a moment of silence, I finally said something. "Fuck," I said before I kept drinking.

Ash looked like he was waiting for me to say more, but I didn't. "What nothing else to say?"

"Sometimes a simple 'Fuck', is all that is needed." I went to drink some more before my sons came rushing inside the hall. "Boys! You just missed a great story from Ash."

"Later dad, we got trouble." This piqued my interest.

"Oh boy, what did your sister, aunt, and Sweetie do now?" That got Ash to chuckle, guess those three have a track record back in his world.

"It's not that. Jack and I were told that someone spotted a pair of trolls near the outskirts of town."

Not even skipping a beat, I unstrapped my ax finishing off my horn, and headed toward the door. "Don't worry boys, I've got this."

"Hey, mind if I tag along?" Ash asked me while getting up from his seat.

"Sure, just try not to cause too much collateral damage when you fight one." I still remember what happened with the ogre and the vegetable garden.

"What, me, never." He said, in the mock offense before I held the door open.

"Yeah, I've heard that before, from Dash. Now come on, the longer it takes to find those two, the worse the damage to the town will be." I told him before I slashed open a portal to the edge of town where we jumped through. "Alright, you ever face a troll before?" I asked while sniffing out for said trolls.

"I have, but not the kind we're about to deal with." Ooh, wonder what they look like.

"Alright, well when you fight one, be careful with its choice of weapon, it can be a bit-" I tried to explain to Ash what a troll likes to fight with and how to use it, but then I was slammed with a trolls pillar that sent me across town.

When I landed in the crater that the pillar plowed me into, I heard Ash call out to me. "Umm, I'm guessing that's what you were talking about?" My response was to wriggle my arm out of the pillar and give him the bird.

"Alright, no need for that." He told me before he hefted the colossal pillar off of me. "Your brains all intact?" He asked me while inspecting the pillar.

As I got up, my head was thumping and I think I heard a slight sloshing noise. "Think so I. I just hope I didn't brain my damage." I gave my head a quick shake before I got serious. "Alright, let's get those fuckers!" I said while glaring death at the trolls.

"Here." Ash handed me the troll's pillar. "See how they like it when you throw something at them."

I smirked his way before taking hold of the pillar and launched it at the troll, hitting it in the gut and sending him tumbling back away from its friend. "You get the other one. This one is mine," I told him before charging at the troll with my claws out.

I ran to the troll and slashed at his leg, pissing him off and causing him to chase me away from any civilians and buildings. Once we were at the top of a hill, I twirled around and began to fight with the troll. He swung at me with his giant fists, pounding and swiping at me, hoping to pulverize me. I retaliated by slashing and nipping at his arms, drawing blood, and eliciting roars from the beast. After a minute of toying with this fool, I decided to end the fight. I delivered a punch to the Troll's leg, making him stagger before jumping up to his head. Once I grappled onto his head, I delivered a swift punch to the back of his head. With him staggered, I grabbed ahold of his tusk and brought us both down to the ground. Recovering from my fall, I took his head in my arms and gave it a quick jerk, snapping his neck and killing him.

With the troll dead, I started dusting myself off and rummaged through its corpse, looking for anything of value, or if he killed anyone. "Umm, what are you doing?" I heard Ash ask me while coming up behind me. When I looked behind him, I saw the troll he had been fighting, had its head impaled on a pine tree with one of its eyes missing. Not bad, a little messy, but not bad.

"Looking for treasure, and any possible evidence that this thing attacked an innocent civilian." I continued to rummage through whatever clothing this beast wore. So far, I've found a few Hearthstones, a large adrenaline stone, and some bits he got from somewhere. As I kept going, I stumbled upon a dented guard helmet with a bit of blood on it. "Oh no, looks like he got a guard." I tucked the helmet away while pocketing everything else. "I'll give this a look over when we get back then notify next of kin," I told Ash while getting up.

"Damn, that is sad. Hey, what was that other stuff?" Ash asked, referring to the glowing rocks.

"Huh, oh, right. The green rocks are Hearthstones. They give the body a quick heal while also getting rid of poisons and curses." I said while taking one out. "And these red ones here, they give you a bit of adrenaline while also going into a bit of a berserker fit," I explained while bringing out the red one. "And the coins are just bits that the troll must have taken from wells or something like that."

"Huh didn't think these guys had an interest in currency unless of course, it's the materials they're after but judging by what I saw these guys ain't all that intelligent also before we go back if you wanna pick through mine then go ahead, and the smell I got off his breath might mean the guard must have been killed a few weeks ago if his corpse was turned into food for them," Ash explained.

"Is that what that is? I thought you just let one go." I joked before going through the second troll's things. After finding more Hearthstones and bits, I found the rest of the guard's armor. After pocketing the rest of it, I turned to Ash. "Alright, ready when you are."

"Hold up." Ash turned toward the corpses and shot a fireball at each of them." Rotting corpses of that size ain't good for populated areas like here. Now, ready to go, Fluffy?" He asked me.

I growled at the nickname he gave me before opening a portal to the map room at Twilight's castle. Once there, I opened the map to Ygdrassil and touched the trunk of the tree. Once the portal opened, I gestured to it for Ash. "Well, age before beauty."

"Yes, too bad there's no one here to fit the quality of beauty." Haha, real original.

"Laugh it up ya twice backed jackass. Just remember who helped you find your way home." We both made our way through the door, leading us to the world tree itself. On the trunk, we found the floating landmass I have dubbed, The Edge, and made our way back there. Once we landed, we headed back to the tavern where we met. "Okay, so where exactly did you spew out of?" I asked him before pocketing a couple of bottles of whiskey.

"Over yonder." He said while gesturing to where he came from. Suddenly the ground began to rumble. While I looked for the source of said rumbling, Ash seemed surprised about something coming from where he pointed. "Uh oh."

"What uh oh?" I asked, only to turn and see three incredibly large wolves surround him.

The two smaller ones were gold and silver, respectively, while the biggest one had dark grey, almost black fur, and all three of them were licking Ash like a bunch of puppies. "Agh ugh yuck no stop it you three ugh yeah I'm happy to see ew ugh I'm happy to see you too," Ash said through the constant slobber attack those three were giving him.

As I kept looking at these three canines, it soon dawned on me who those three are. "Wait a sec. Fenrir, Skoll, and Hati here!" The three wolves of Ragnarok then looked towards me and took a sniff before taking a very aggressive stance. I let out one of my own growls while taking out Frostbite.

Before a fight could ensue, Ash got in between us. "Whoa, whoa, whoa you three no, no down you three down, Joe's a friend. Joe put it away they're cool." Is he nuts!?

I stopped my growling, before turning to Ash. "Are you fucking kidding me!? These three are responsible for bringing about Ragnarok, and you want me to back down!?" The three wolves growled over at me after I mentioned Ragnarok. My response to them was to go full Lycan. "Just try it you three!"

"Joe, stop! These three are under my protection and watch, not to mention these three are from my world, so no biting." How does that make it better?

The three wolves stopped their growling at Ash's command and came over to me where they started sniffing me, making me a bit cautious in case one of them wanted to bite me in the ass. Once they gave me a good sniff, they started rubbing against me and even gave me a few friendly licks. No longer seeing them as a threat, I started petting the overgrown wolves like I would Hercules. "Haha, alright alright, I guess you three aren't so bad after all," I gave them each one last pat on the head before heading over to where Ash came through. "Huh, you know, those three ain't so bad. Though I thought for sure they could smell my lineage."

"What, your werewolf lineage?" Ash asked me while those three followed us.

"No, not that one. You see, Arminius wasn't just the first werewolf, he was also the mortal son of Odin."

Ash looked a bit nervous after I said that. "Ah...Joe, do you know why these guys ain't a fan of the Aesir?" He asked me with a questioning brow.

"I know the legends. Odin had Fenrir imprisoned on a small island by tricking him with a silk rope made by the dwarves, as a test. As for the other two, they were chasing the sun and moon, so I don't even want to hear it. Look, your world may not follow the rules of legends and prophecies, but where I'm from, the tapestry of fate has already been sewn." Asking if I know about them. What does he think I am, some sort of idiot?

"Mayhaps, but did anyone stop to think to ask the wolves what they want?" Now, that made me stop and think. "No the fates decreed that Odin would be killed by a giant wolf, so in his paranoia, he chained them up and left them to rot while the wolves who were locked away all based on what is essentially a what-if situation were left to fester in their own anger." Hmm, I guess that makes sense when you get to think about it. "It's funny really. Odin essentially doomed himself the moment he figured he could save himself." Now he's just rubbing it in.

"I won't argue that. Stuff like that happens all the time, in fact, I may just see about my Fenrir when we're done here. However, you cannot argue that Loki and Surtur still want to cause Ragnarok." I countered.

"Well, you got me there." We kept walking through the strange world while trying to find the spot where Ash entered.

While Ash was looking for the drop zone, my head was on a swivel, looking to see if anything would pounce on us, though mainly to observe all the strange buildings around us. "It's weird you know, some of these buildings look like they belong in the future, yet they look like they're about to crumble. And over there, that looks like that thatch hut village over there was only built a week ago. Gasp! Do you know what this means?"

"No, what?" He asked me, though I think it was just to humor me, that's fine.

"It means. Matt Lauer can suck it!" The four of them looked at me as if I had a screw loose. I have to admit, I wouldn't blame them. "Meaning, we've been sent to a place where space and time sort of clash together to form its own unique landmass." Or whatever Will Ferrel said.

"Ah, Land of the Lost, right?" He asked me, making me surprised.

"Ohh! You have that movie in your universe. Nice." After five minutes of walking, we found the place where it looked like something crashed into the dirt. "So, judging by this trench and face-shaped crater, I assume this is where you landed?"

"That would be correct. Now we just got to find out how I ended up here." He said while looking around,

"Well here, look around the area and see if there might be some sort of artifact that brought you here." Might be some sort of stone idol or coin. One never knows.

"Yeah, that could work." We searched around the area to see if there was an artifact or even some sort of rip in the fabric of the universe, sadly, we couldn't find any, but I did find things that I'd like to keep. "Hey, Joe, any luck?"

"Nope, don't see an artifact, but check this out." I came over with an armful of treasure. "Look, schematics for a Manta sub, a vinyl album of Foo Fighters, and look, a talking Bart Simpson doll." I pulled out said doll and pulled the string.

"Eat my shorts." After the doll said that, Fenrir came over and ate the shorts off the doll.

"Hey!" With the shorts gone, I threw the doll away before pocketing the rest. "Sorry man, I can't seem to find anything here to help you." He looked a bit disappointed about that. Can't blame him.

"Great...don't suppose you could pull something out of your ass that could help could ya?" Hmm, I thought he'd be angrier.

"No, not me. But I know a certain blue dwarf that might." We took the three wolves with us back to my universe and made a bee-line toward Brok's workshop.

The minute he saw us, it looked like he shit his pants. "What in the ever-loving fuck are you doing!?" He asked while backing away from the three canines we brought back with us.

"Long story Brok. Look, do you have some way for us to access the portal that brought Ash to that part of space?" It's a long shot, but if anyone can do it, it's Brok.

After gaining control of his bowels, Brok contemplated our situation. "You know what, I think I just might." Brok rummaged through his bag before pulling out what looks like a mold of a very familiar object. "Meet me at the castle in an hour."

We looked at each other before going back to the castle with the wolves in tow.

(An hour later)

Ash and I sat in the map room with the girls, Tia included, who was backed in the corner in the presence of the giant wolves. "I told you guys before, those three are not going to eat you." Ash tried to tell them to no avail.

"At least someone is taking this in stride." I pointed over to where Fluttershy was seen giving the overgrown pups a belly rub. Might need to bring her with me if I plan to follow through on my plan to see the Fenrir of these realms.

"Oh, they're not so bad. They're just three little puppies who need a little love." Shy told everyone while continuing with the rubs, making them pant with joy.

Soon enough, Brok came in with the mold and oddly enough, Hobbes. "Alright, I think I got the answer to your little problem."

"Okay, but what do we need with a tiger?" Ash asked before Discord popped beside his pet and gave him a hug.

"You monster! What are you planning to do with Hobbes?" He questioned Brok while holding the striped cat.

Ash leaned over to me. "Hobbes?"

"Long story involving Shinings bachelor party in Vegas." Still think about it actually.

"Fuck off you serpentine turd. And don't worry about your little pussy cat, I just need the sound of his footfall." Brok led Hobbes over to the map table before heading over to Ash. "Hold still," Before he could ask for an explanation, Brok plucked a few hairs from Ash's head.

"Ouch, what was that for?" Ash complained while rubbing where the hairs had been plucked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you wanted to get your sorry ass home?" Ash grumbled at his choice of words before letting him continue his work. Brok took the hairs and placed them in the mold. "Hey, batshit, give this mold a beat from your wing." He directed to Ash.

"You know, I'm getting really tired of that mouth of yours," Ash complained over to him while flapping his wing over the mold.

"Perfect, now where's that tiger?" Brok had Hobbes press his paw down on the mold. "Alright, now who wants to fire this bad boy up?"

"Yeah, I got it." I got up from my seat and set fire to the mold.

After the fire show was done, Brok spat into the mold, cooling it in an instant. Once it was cool, Brok pulled out another key to the Bifrost, similar to mine, but had small details in the handle that were a bit different. "There, that should get you where you need to go."

Ash took the key before eyeing it a little closer. "So, how does this work, exactly?"

Brok snatched the key from him and went over to the table before inserting the key into the slot. In a second, another hologram appeared on the table, only this time, it was a different universe.

Needless to say, Brok was overjoyed that it had worked. "Fucking shit, it actually worked!"

"What, were you expecting it to fail master dwarf?" Ash asked in a teasing tone.

"Say that to my face you duck bat hybrid! Anyway, I knew it was going to work, I just didn't expect it to work this well."

"Okay, Brok, thank you for the key, I'll be sure to compensate you for the materials, but for now, get your blue ass out of here," Brok grumbled as he made his way out of the castle while giving us the bird.

"I ain't got no problem saying anything to that little blue turd I don't care who the fuck he is." I heard Ash say, more to himself more than anyone.

"Eh, for the most part, I just ignore it. Anyway, wanna see if that key works?" I asked while pointing to the hologram.

"Please."

"Well, alright then." I went over to the table and turned the key. The table hummed and looked like it was about to open another door, but at the last minute, it went on the fritz before powering down. "Uhhh, that wasn't supposed to happen," I said before banging my hand on the table.

"Should I call tech support?" I went and let out a low growl at the stupid joke. "Just kidding."

"Brok, what's the problem here!?" I asked the dwarf before he could leave.

"Hmm, might need some sort of channeling stone between universes. Problem is, I don't know if one exists." He said while examining the table.

"A channeling stone?" Ash asked while coming up to examine the table.

"Yeah, one of these things." Brok went and banged the table with his fist to indicate what he meant.

"What, Twilight's friendship map? We have one of those back home, but...," Ash trailed off.

"But what?" I asked, wanting to know what the problem is.

"Well, I didn't enter through Twilight's map. My entry was in a valley not too far from where I'm living. It was...a rift in the fabric of reality." Ash explained to us all.

"Interesting, don't care. Just find a suitable channeling stone and you can get your ass home." Brok then got his stuff before heading out. "If you need anything else, find someone else." And just like that, he left, back to his forge.

I suddenly had an idea. "I think I may have a solution to your problem. Be right back" I stepped out for a bit to go and get material for the channeling stone. A few moments later, I came back with a slab of stone to make the table. "Alright, this ought to do it."

"Joe, where did you get that slab?" Twilight asked with a raised brow.

"Oh, nowhere in particular. By the way, don't look at the east-facing side of the castle, it looks terrible." I told her.

East-facing side of the castle

Spike had a slack jaw as he kept staring at the giant hole in the castle. "What is this? There's something wrong with the castle! I don't like change!"

Back to us

"So, what do you propose?" Ash asked me.

"Simple, we take this over to the Edge and set it up somewhere, and use it as a focusing device." I simply said with a shrug.

"Okay just let me grab my gear we can leave." Ash snapped his fingers and just like that, his bag appeared. "All set, ready when you are."

"Hold on, manners first." I gestured over to the others in the room, who got over their fear of the great wolves and started petting them as well. "Best to say your goodbyes."

"Of course," Ash said with a fond smile before he went and approached the group. He then cleared his throat causing the group's attention to fall on him before going into a low bow. "I wish to thank you all for the kind hospitality you've shown me these last few days."

"It was our pleasure to have ya here partner," Jackie said while tipping her hat.

"It was nice to entertain an interesting guest such as yourself. Hopefully, my counterpart won't be too harsh in your punishment at your departure." Luna told him while giving him a wink.

"Thank you for coming. It was interesting to see all sorts of different magic while you were here." Twilight said with a smile.

"Twas a pleasure darling, although I wish you would allow me to have studied that other me's fashion designs." Rarity said with a slight pout.

"Good to have you. Sorry for insulting you when you first got here." Dash said while offering a hoof bump, which Ash returned.

"It was good to meet you, and thank you for bringing these new friends," Flutters said while giving a few more pets to the giant wolves.

"It was great to have met you Ashy. Too bad I couldn't throw you a farewell party." Pinkie said in a somewhat sad tone while bringing Ash in for one of her signature hugs.

"Later bud. Hope to see you again sometime." Swagger simply said with a nod of his head.

Ash returned the gestures with a smile before turning to me. "I'm ready, let's get out of here before I change my mind." He said.

"Can do." I opened up a portal leading to the trunk of Ygdrassil where we then went over to the Edge again. "Alright, let's find a place to put this bad boy."

Ash and I then started looking around, inspecting suitable places that we could place the slab of crystal, till we came across a massive set of ruins that seemed like it was an elf structure once upon a time, but the interior was a jumbled mess of different designs.

As we looked around the interior of the place, neither of us could help but wonder who or what created such a place, or at the very least furnished the place. Finally, we found a room that was spacious enough to fit the slab and wasn't cluttered with crap. "Ah, now here's a spot. Yes, the perfect place for" I paused for a second and started sniffing the place, catching a weird scent in the air. "Have we been in this room already?"

"No...this is the first time I've seen this place. Why?"

"It's just odd. I'm picking up your scent in here, only I don't smell that manipulative bitch's scent. No, it's more" I took in another whiff of the air around the room. "perfumed."

"Bitch...oh right." He then starts smelling the air as well. "How odd but have you also been getting the feeling we've been watched for some time now?" He asked me.

"Indeed, though I doubt it. This place looks like it hasn't had any organic lifeform in a while if it ever did." I speculated.

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, it's Sci-Fi 101. This stuff was obviously sucked out of other planets or they're the remains of one. So whatever living thing that might have been sucked through, they either died on the journey here or they survived but quickly expired after running out of supplies or not being able to find any." I explained.

"What about that bar we landed in? Stuff like that survived."

"True, but even I'll be the first to admit that one can't live on alcohol." Sadly.

"True that." Our conversation was put on pause as we centered the slab in the middle of the room. "Okay, now what? Brok happen to give you instructions?"

"Nope, but I have an idea." I brought out my own key and placed it in the center of the slab. Before our very eyes, the key turned the hunk of crystal slab into an exact replica of Twilight's table. Near the spot where the door was, a keyhole formed. "Looks like it worked."

"Let's see," Ash said before taking out his newly acquired key and placing it in the keyhole. After giving it a turn, the hologram of his universe appeared above the table. "Okay, so it shows my universe but what do we do now?"

"Well, now that we know it works, let's see if it does what Brok said it would, and try and open a portal to your universe, from my universe." I went up to the table and replaced his key with mine. Soon, the map showed my universe. "There, now it has my universe."

Before more could be said, the table started to shake. "Uh, what's it doing now?" While we watched, the hologram minimized and showed three different images. As I looked at the three holograms, I noticed that while one looked like Ash's universe, the other looked like mine, the third one, however, looked like a giant landmass. "Any clue as to what's going on?"

"Do you not pay attention to video games? This is like a quick travel map you use to get from point A, all the way to point Z."

"Point Z?" He asked me.

"There are multiple points than just A and B. Speaking of multiple points though, what's this one here?" Joe went and touched the third hologram where it enlarged to show a very familiar heap of floating space junk. "No way. Is that"

"Here? Yeah, I think it might be." Ash finished for me. "This place is huge!... You said this was leftovers from other planets right?"

"I said it was a possibility. Nothing is ever certain when it comes to Sci-Fi. But looking at this place from a new angle, I'm thinking that might be the case."

"Begs the question...just how many and what was destroyed to make this joint?" Ash asked while gesturing to the hologram.

"You've seen movies where worlds were destroyed. It could have been a Deathstar, a giant monster from the cosmos, an ancient deity so old that it was created before time but acts like a child, someone who set off too many nukes, the possibilities are endless and could have happened to many of the worlds that make this place up."

"Y'know, when you say that, it just hits home on just how vast everything...out there is." Cosmic, man.

"There's a theory about the multiverse. The theory is that it all started with one universe, and one habitable planet. Then, once decisions started happening, another universe with the same planet was created and the other option was taken. In a sense, every decision we make creates a new universe, creating infinite worlds." At least, that's what Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths has taught me.

"Yes I am aware of the laws of multiverse reality even had a little run-in with it a while back...and it seems we've gotten off track. So, this portal thing you seem to be well versed in it, what's next?"

"Huh? Oh, right sorry. Okay, let me just" I scrolled out of the Edge and went to my universe. "Okay, we'll test and see if we can teleport back to my universe with this new table. If the test is a success, then we use the map table at my place to open a portal to your universe." Simple and straightforward, just like I like it.

"Great. Demonstrate and I'll observe and learn." He said with a smirk.

"You're worried about getting electrocuted or something and you want to see a show?"

"I take my comedy where I can find it."

I rolled my eyes before selecting my Equestria and pushing the key in. Like before, a doorway opened showing us the castle's map room. "Aww yeah, who da man? Who da man?" I gloated while walking through the portal.

"And here I thought you were a god slash werewolf, not a man." I disregarded that since we're so close to getting him home. Once we were back, Ash turned to the three wolves that were still being pampered by the girls, though mainly by Flutters. "Okay you three, time to go." The three pups whined at having to leave from all the affection they were being given. "Don't do that you know you can't stay here, and besides, there's a Fluttershy in my world." That seemed to light a fire under them. They all got up and went to go with Ash, but not before giving Shy one last kiss goodbye.

Ash and I went back to the Edge where the three wolves waited for us. I let out a huff before facing Ash. "Well, I guess this is goodbye for now."

"I guess. It was nice meeting you, Joe. It was fun to hang with you, a bit on the crazy borderline insane side, but fun nonetheless." Why does everyone I know keep saying that?

"Likewise." I went over to Fenrir and his sons and brought them into a friendly grapple. "Alright, you three, time to head home." They started licking and roughhousing me while I laughed and returned the favor. After playing with the three for a bit, I let them go over to Ash. I gave them all a final farewell after he opened a portal to his place before I headed back to my world. When I came back, everybody had left to do their own thing. Letting out a sigh, I decided to head home.

When I got home, Jackie and Luna were waiting for me on the couch. "Hey, you two. Where are the kids?" I asked them while placing Frostbite into the umbrella stand.

"Scootaloo is in school and the boys are also there to pass some finals since their little time skip adventure with ya made them into men," Jackie smirked my way before gesturing for me to join them.

As I sat down between them, they both started to cuddle me. "So, I take it you were able to send our guest home safely?" Luna asked before turning off the tv.

"I saw him open a portal back to his world, so I think it's safe to say that. Bit of a shame though, he was an interesting guest to have. Oh well, at least I still have his teachings." I wrapped my arms around my two beauties. "So, anything on your minds?"

Jackie giggled while Luna smiled and looked over at the hallway. "You can come in now." I looked over to where she spoke and I saw Tia walk in, what made it odd was that she wasn't wearing any of her regalia. "Sister, care to tell him the good news?"

"I think I will." Celestia came up to the couch and sat next to me while Jackie decided to sit on my lap. "I have great news. After a long discussion Applejack and Luna, I've decided to join in your herd, today." She said with crimson cheeks and a glimmer in her eyes. "If, you're ready of course."

I couldn't help the smile forming on my face as I brought all three of these lovely mares into a hug. "Of course I'm ready." I gave her a kiss on the lips while Jackie and Luna joined in and kissed Tia's cheeks. When we separated, we couldn't stop smiling at each other before going into a hug. "Wait till the kids hear about this."

"Wait till you hear this," Jackie said before nudging Tia's hind leg. "Go on, Sugar, tell him the news."

"More good news? Don't keep me in suspense, let's hear it." All three of them bit their bottom lips while fidgeting in place. "What?"

Tia moved her mane so both her purple eyes could be seen as she stared right at me with that enchanting smile of hers before she said what needed to be said. "I-I-I'm, pregnant." And that's the story of how I fainted on the couch.

Author's Note

And that is the crossover between Ash and Joe, but I can guarantee it won't be the last time or the only crossover. I won't say anything else, 'cause I like to tease you guys for more.

And now, it looks like Joe's gaining two new members to the family.

Clips.

One more.