Strange Human

by smirker

Chapter 7

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Dwayne was in Canterlot and in the throne room, Princess Celestia stood on her throne, Princess Luna was to her left, and Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, and Sunburst stood to her right, with Flurry Heart on Shining Armor's head. Lined up to the right side of the room was Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, and Spike,

"Before I get to the main topic, you have several things to explain first, first of all, who were those nine people you just fought?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Those were the regular soldiers of the Hunters." Dwayne replied,

"So you're saying that those nine make up the army of the Hunters." Princess Luna said,

"Yes, they're the small fries of the organization." Dwayne replied, everybody exclaimed out of shock at what he just called them,

"Dwayne! There is no such thing as small fry, they may be lower ranked, and not as recognizable as their commanders, but they are still people, and just as important as their commanders." Princess Celestia said in stern but calm tone,

"Before we go on, Dwayne, what do the people in your world call them?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Small fry." Dwayne replied, shocking everybody,

"My, how unbelievably rude." Rarity said,

"What's your deal?" Dwayne asked,

"Callin' someone small fry is very offensive in this world, Dwayne." Applejack replied,

"Oh, I see, I'll just refer to them as henchmen and henchwomen, then." Dwayne said,

"That's offensive, too." Starlight Glimmer replied,

"What about lackey?" Dwayne asked,

"That's also offensive." Sunset Shimmer replied,

"Soldier." Dwayne said,

"Are they actual military, Dwayne?" Princess Celestia asked,

"No." Dwayne replied,

"Then you can't use that, either." Princess Celestia said,

"Then what am I supposed to call them?" Dwayne asked,

"Friends." Pinkie Pie replied, Dwayne was about to protest, but then remembered he was friends with Grace and Meghan,

"What about those I'm not friends with?" Dwayne asked,

"We will refer to them as Hunter People." Princess Celestia replied, Dwayne did not complain, even though he thought it sounded stupid,

"I also saw several mechanical Hunter People when I went to you." Princess Celestia said,

"Oh, that, you see, some of the Hunters, especially the higher ranking ones, are cyborgs, they were made part machine to increase their physical capabilities, whether they want to become a cyborg or not is their choice." Dwayne replied,

"Well, that's nice to know, they're not forced." Shining Armor said, the others smiled,

"Hold on, Dwayne, those Hunter People you fought looked like males." Sunset Shimmer said,

"It's just how my mentor made them, the Hunters has just as many females as males, they all wear uniforms." Dwayne replied,

"Well, what do the female uniforms look like?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Exactly the same as the male uniforms." Dwayne replied, the natives present smiled,

"Moving on to the next thing, I also heard the mention of an artificial psychic disorder." Princess Celestia said,

"Yes, there are two types of psychic disorders, natural and artificial, mine is natural, an artificial psychic disorder is the opposite of a natural one." Dwayne replied, the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer, and Sunset Shimmer become excited,

"You mean... psychic disorders are available to females?!" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly,

"No, it's still males only." Dwayne replied, the eight mares groaned in disappointment,

"Explain, Dwayne, how is the artificial psychic disorder different?" Sunburst asked,

"First of all, a natural psychic disorder makes the host take on a form to protect them from their fears, an artificial psychic disorder makes them become what they fear." Dwayne replied, this horrified the natives,

"As you all may have seen, my transformation is normal and painless, an artificial psychic disorder's transformation is very painful, they all transform like that, but the person who created the artificial psychic disorders genetically engineered the host to have a shield around them to block them from all attacks, so their enemies are forced to wait for them to transform." Dwayne said,

"Now that you mention it, didn't you try to attack your artificial self when he was transforming, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"What of it?" Dwayne asked,

"That's dishonorable, Dwayne." Shining Armor replied,

"There is no such thing as honor in my world." Dwayne replied, shocking the natives,

"So, what do you guys do in fights?" Spike asked,

"Win by any means necessary." Dwayne replied, shocking the natives again,

"Stay on topic, what else is there to an artificial psychic disorder?" Princess Celestia asked,

"The weaknesses are reversed, just like how the music box changes me back and stuns me, it makes someone with an artificial psychic disorder stronger." Dwayne replied,

"Why is that?" Princess Luna asked,

"Because those shockwaves are actually the brainwaves coming from a brain with an artificial psychic disorder, it's inside the music box." Dwayne replied, horrifying everybody,

"You mean... the thing that makes those horrible sounding notes is actually a brain?!" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Yes, it’s connected by wires, the music boxes were created in ancient times back on my world." Dwayne replied,

"Oh my, making those must've hurt for the person who had their brains removed." Fluttershy said,

"What else is there to an artificial psychic disorder, Dwayne?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"When a natural psychic disorder awakens, they need to wait twenty four hours for their powers to fully awaken, an artificial psychic disorder, on the other hand, has their full powers as soon as they're awakened, but the host loses control of themselves for twenty four hours, and they become violent and physically attack anyone they see, the brain is adjusting itself to the mutation during that time." Dwayne replied, horrifying everybody,

"What else is there to know?" Spike asked,

"That's all." Dwayne replied,

"How?" Princess Cadence asked,

"How what?" Dwayne asked,

"How is an artificial psychic disorder created?" Princess Cadence asked,

"It is created by removing the mutation out of someone who has a natural psychic disorder, and putting it into another person, but that person has to have the same mental disorder and a very similar genetic code to the original host." Dwayne replied,

"And what happens to the original host with the psychic disorder?" Princess Luna asked,

"He dies, his body contorts, explodes, and disintegrates." Dwayne replied, the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, and Spike had horrified faces since they actually saw it happen,

"Now, onto the main topic at hand, Dwayne, I have heard that while you took out the Psychics, making the world a better place wasn't your goal." Princess Celestia said,

"What's the point of making the world a better place? If I get rid of one threat, another will be around, and more will rise up in the future." Dwayne replied,

"That is why we offer friendship, Dwayne, it is so we can live together, and those threats never come up ever again." Twilight Sparkle said,

"It still leaves other threats around, and it doesn't stop threats from rising in the future, I have no reason to try to save the world, the world's a crappy place." Dwayne replied, everybody except Princess Celestia and Princess Luna gasped at what he said,

"No, it's not, Dwayne, the world's a beautiful place!" Twilight Sparkle said,

"Living with humans will do that to you." Dwayne replied,

"No it won't, Dwayne! I live with humans, and I'm not pessimistic." Sunset Shimmer said,

"Okay, so I killed the Psychics, but I don't care about the fate of the world." Dwayne replied,

"Then why did you continue to fight them?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Because I was paid to kill them." Dwayne replied, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, and Sunburst had horrified faces,

"You're saying... you took their lives... just to earn money?!" Princess Luna asked angrily,

"I needed it." Dwayne replied,

"For what?" Princess Cadence asked,

"So I can make a living, and so my nephew will not have any money problems if I was to die." Dwayne replied,

"Why didn't you get another job, then?" Sunburst asked,

"I tried, my PTSD disqualified me." Dwayne replied,

"How many lives did you take just to get paid, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"I never bothered to count." Dwayne replied, greatly shocking everybody,

"Why didn't you offer friendship and forgiveness to the Psychics and the Hunters?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Couldn't." Dwayne replied,

"Why?" Princess Celestia asked,

"The Hunters would have never accepted it from me because I had a psychic disorder, they were determined to kill us all just because we had psychic disorders, and the Psychics weren't themselves." Dwayne replied,

"What do you mean they weren't themselves?" Princess Luna asked,

"The leader had their memories erased and brainwashed them into thinking he was their god, he was also directing them telepathically." Dwayne replied, shocking everybody,

"Why didn't you help them get their memories back?" Princess Cadence asked,

"That's the thing, I couldn't." Dwayne replied,

"Why?" Shining Armor asked,

"The leader planted a bomb into their brains, exactly where the mutation was at, he rigged it so if the Psychic member was to remember anything about his past life, the bomb would read the brainwaves and nerve signals, and it would detonate, blow their heads up, and kill them." Dwayne replied, everybody had horrified faces at the fact, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity exclaimed out of shock, and Princess Cadence had her front left hoof over her mouth,

"Didn't you say there were children and animals in the Psychics, too?" Princess Cadence asked,

"Yes, they had bombs in them as well." Dwayne replied, everybody was horrified, Princess Cadence covered her eyes with her front hooves and looked away, unable to bear the fact that even children and animals had bombs set in them that were to go off and kill them if they remembered their past lives,

"Why didn't you remove it?" Princess Celestia asked,

"The bombs were stuck and tangled in the brain, they also had pointed tips that stabbed into the brain, the bomb was stuck inside the brain, just like a kidney stone." Dwayne replied, Twilight Sparkle winced at hearing it,

"You seem uncomfortable, Twilight Sparkle." Dwayne said,

"Sorry, it's just that I passed a kidney stone before, it really hurt." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Oh." Dwayne said, Princess Celestia then casts a spell with her horn, a yellow aura surrounded Dwayne, it then disappeared,

"You will be watched from now on, Dwayne, everyone in Equestria will know where you're at now, no matter where you go. I can understand taking a life to defend yourself or someone else, but hunting down someone and taking their life just to earn money is highly unacceptable." Princess Celestia said,

"It's way too late for that." Dwayne replied,

"When did you become an assassin, Dwayne?" Sunset Shimmer asked,

"Since April, I've been an assassin for seven months and nine days now." Dwayne replied, shocking everyone,

"And we all thought we could teach you friendship and forgiveness, too." Rarity said,

"Who was your contractor, Dwayne?" Princess Cadence asked,

"I don't know his name." Dwayne replied, everybody was skeptical,

"Sunset." Princess Celestia said, and Sunset Shimmer touched Dwayne's right wrist with her front left hoof, she sees the memory and was extremely shocked,

"It was Dr. Shadow!" Sunset Shimmer said, shocking everybody,

"DWAYNE!!" Pinkie Pie said angrily, and she tried to tackle him, he jumped back and dodged it, he ran out of the room,

"Guards! Seize him!" Princess Luna said, while she pointed her front left hoof forward.

The royal guards attempt to capture Dwayne, but he changes to his disorder form, and teleports away, everybody in Equestria was shocked, he was all the way in Yakyakistan, Twilight Sparkle casts a spell to teleport there, Dwayne then teleported to Griffinstone, Twilight Sparkle's teleportation could not reach that far, so she flew closer and then teleported, Dwayne teleported again, he went all the way to the Undiscovered West, shocking everyone greatly. Princess Celestia realizes that Twilight Sparkle's teleportation was nowhere near as powerful as Dwayne's, so she teleports to Dwayne's location, he then teleports to the Crystal Empire, Princess Celestia was there as well. Dwayne teleported to the Dragon Lands, Princess Celestia appeared again, Dwayne teleported to the Cutie Mark Crusaders' tree house, Princess Celestia appeared again. Dwayne was about to teleport but Twilight Sparkle zaps him, he grunts and changed back to his human form,

"What the?" Dwayne asked,

"While you were in the human world, I created a spell to turn off your psychic disorder, Dwayne, and don't try to change back, I can cast it as many times as I want." Twilight Sparkle replied, Dwayne sighed and sat on the ground,

"Good, now don't run away, Dwayne, behave yourself, and you'll be fine, I am still willing to forgive you for your past actions because I can sense you did not enjoy being an assassin, and you still have some goodness in your heart, but use this time to think about your actions, and why you ran away." Princess Celestia said, and she and Twilight Sparkle flew away.

Dwayne thought about his actions and realized he ran away because he thought the others were going to arrest him and execute him when Pinkie Pie tried to attack him, so he ran out to avoid it, Dwayne sighed and just sat, he had nowhere to hide since everypony knew where he would be,

"Dwayne?" a familiar female voice asked, Dwayne looked to his left and saw Sweetie Belle, she walked to him,

"Why did you run away like that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Pinkie Pie tried to attack me, I thought I was going to be executed, so I ran away in hopes of surviving, I still have to get home, I have a letter to read, and more importantly, I have a nephew to take care of." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, we don't take lives here, Dwayne, well, Princess Celestia does, but only once in a while, she does it by sending them to the sun." Sweetie Belle said,

"Oh." Dwayne replied,

"Can I sit with you?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Go ahead." Dwayne replied, and Sweetie Belle did, Dwayne noticed her form of sitting, she had her front hooves against her own groin, and her hind legs were shaking a bit,

"Where are your two friends?" Dwayne asked,

"Apple Bloom and Scootaloo have after school tutoring today." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Oh, are they failing?" Dwayne asked,

"Well, Scootaloo is." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Oh, I failed in school, too." Dwayne said, Sweetie Belle turned her head to her right and looked at Dwayne,

"Actually, Dwayne, that's why I'm here, I want to get to know about you, I want to hear about your past." Sweetie Belle said,

"Going over some of it is going to take a while." Dwayne replied,

"I know, but I just want to know the important events of your life." Sweetie Belle said, Dwayne exhaled through his nose sharply with tears in his eyes,

"Oh, Dwayne, you're crying." Sweetie Belle said with concern,

"I know, I have a lot to be sad about." Dwayne replied,

"Well, go on, I want to get to know about you." Sweetie Belle said, Dwayne exhaled through his nose again and began,

"I was born in Parado on March 17th, 1990, my mom's name was Elan, my dad's name was Patrick, and my sister's name was Aileen, she was older than me by four years, both of my parents were members of the mob. My parents named me Dwayne because it means black, they named me that because they did not intend to have me, and called me a disgrace and a mistake, they didn't have an abortion because it was illegal. My family bullied me and abused me when I was a kid, I wasn't even allowed in the house, I wasn't allowed to eat and drink what they had either, so I was forced to eat trash and drink dirty water and my own urine to survive. Parado was filthy and crime-ridden, we had a disease in the country spread by rats, my sister would sometimes put the rats near me in hopes that they would get me sick and eat me alive, she thought it was funny as well." Dwayne replied,

"Was your sister always like that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"She got worse as she got older." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, I'm sorry, please continue." Sweetie Belle said,

"I met the only friend I had when I was a child when I was four years old, his name was Ryan, he and I played along, he snuck into the European district on his own, one day, he and I were playing tag, and a big and muscular man saw us and was mad, he proceeded to give us beatings and called us racial slurs, he told our parents, while Ryan's parents got mad at the man, my parents got mad at me, and I got a scolding and a beating, they also got mad at me for hanging out with Ryan, since he was white and from the North American district, my parents said he's from the worst race of people." Dwayne replied,

"What's your race, Dwayne?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"European." Dwayne replied,

"You said that Parado has different ethnicities, right?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Yeah, we had several." Dwayne replied,

"What's yours?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Caucasian." Dwayne replied,

"What about the sections?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Each one is a name of a country." Dwayne replied,

"What's your home country?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I'm not comfortable looking back at home, so I won't say, but I'll let you know this much, each section has a different flag, my home's flag is rectangular shaped, it's divided into three different colors, the left side is green, the right side is orange, and the center is white." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle smiled a bit and shifted her position a little, she pressed her front hooves against her groin a bit harder,

"That night, I was forced to sleep outside like always, Aileen put more rats in the area I was at, she was hoping they would either get me sick or eat me alive, I got scared and climbed a tree, but she made fun of me for being scared of them. A few weeks later, I was enrolled into school, I was bullied for being a lower-class person." Dwayne said,

"You were bullied, too?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Were you?" Dwayne asked,

"Yes, I'm sure you remember Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon when my class visited you at Sugarcube Corner." Sweetie Belle replied,

"What did they look like?" Dwayne asked,

"Diamond Tiara was that light purple pony with the tiara on her head, and Silver Spoon was that gray pony with the glasses on." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Yeah, I remember them." Dwayne said,

"Those two bullied me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo for not having cutie marks." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Cutie mark?" Dwayne asked,

"You know, the marks we have on our flanks, it symbolizes our special talents." Sweetie Belle replied while she turned her head to face Dwayne,

"Oh, those, I always wondered what those were." Dwayne said, Sweetie Belle chuckled,

"How bad was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?" Dwayne asked,

"Bad, they bullied Apple Bloom the most, we weren't invited to one of their parties for not having cutie marks, Diamond Tiara also tried to prove Apple Bloom's cutie marks false, tried to embarrass her in class with her grandmother, after that, she became the editor-in-chief of the Foal Free Press, she blackmailed me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo into releasing and writing embarrassing things, which made all of Ponyville hate us, she even said she doesn't care about other's feelings, the next thing that happened was Apple Bloom's cousin, Babs Seed, coming, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon got her to bully me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo, they actually took our clubhouse." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Your clubhouse?" Dwayne asked,

"It's right behind us." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Oh, I thought that was someone's house." Dwayne said,

"It isn't, I actually cried when they took our clubhouse." Sweetie Belle replied,

"How much more were you three bullied?" Dwayne asked,

"When the Equestria Games was around the corner, me, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo could have been the flag bearers, so Diamond Tiara tried to make Scootaloo lose her confidence by calling her a chicken since she couldn't fly, we still won in the end. The next one... well, we were kind of at fault for that too, when Twilight became a princess, we started spending time with her to be more popular at school, the other foals found out and started doing the same thing, and we all got in trouble. Diamond Tiara's last form of bullying when she tried to run for class president to have a statue of herself built, she lost, and lost Silver Spoon as a friend, that was when Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and I met her mother, she berated her, and later, came to us for help, stood up to her mother, and we got our cutie marks, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon hasn't bullied us since." Sweetie Belle replied,

"The bullying you three went through was actually pretty bad, after all." Dwayne said,

"Yeah, it was, what were your bullies like?" Sweetie Belle asked, Dwayne began to cry a bit again, Sweetie Belle looked at him with a concerned face, Dwayne managed to stop and focused,

"When I was in kindergarten, I was bullied every single day, I was punched, kicked, tripped, and poked with sharp pencils, some of the students also pulled my pants down in the hallway. One day, a fire broke out in the school, how it started was never found out, and if someone did start it, that person was never caught, the fire spread to my classroom, everybody was heading out, but the students pushed me back in and locked me in the classroom, I tried to dodge the fire, but I didn't, and I got caught on fire, the students then opened the door to let me out and laughed at me while I got burned, I got the diagonal scar at the bottom of my right chest from it." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, so that's how you got that scar." Sweetie Belle said as she looked at him and shifted her hind legs and front hooves again,

"Yeah, it still pains me to look back, I have more scars than just that one." Dwayne replied,

"I've seen them." Sweetie Belle said,

"After that fire, the students in the school began slapping and punching the scar, my sister also threw salt on it, I tried to tell my teacher, but she refused to help me and said that I don't deserve any help because I'm from an inferior race of Europeans, she even made fun of me for getting burned as well, I also tried to tell my parents, but they refused to listen and didn't believe me, they said I got it from acting stupid outside, I found out many years later that they did know, they just didn't care." Dwayne replied while almost crying, Sweetie Belle looked at him with a shocked face, she then looked forward and spread her hind legs open and closed them again,

"I think it would be best if you use the bathroom now, Sweetie Belle." Dwayne said,

"How did you know I have to pee?" Sweetie Belle asked as she turned her head to the right to look at Dwayne,

"It's pretty obvious, your legs are shaking, you're holding your crotch, and you've been adjusting yourself." Dwayne replied,

"Oh." Sweetie Belle said as she realized Dwayne was right,

"You should go use the bathroom now, Sweetie Belle." Dwayne said,

"I can hold it." Sweetie Belle replied,

"You sure? Hold it too long, and you'll get an infection." Dwayne said,

"I'm fine, let's continue." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Alright then, first grade was still the same bullying from kindergarten, but this time, students started stealing my lunch, and I tried to get it back, but the teachers defended them. Once when I became second grade, I embarrassed myself one day by wetting and crapping myself in class at the same time, my classmates and teacher laughed at me, and I had to clean the desk after class, the bullying was the same as last year. During that year, an adult female stole a ball I was playing with, I chased her to get it back, she screamed I was raping her, and then her boyfriend grabbed me from behind, threw me onto the ground, and began kicking me, he told me not to touch his girlfriend ever again, and if I do, he was going to kill me." Dwayne said, Sweetie Belle looked at him with a shocked face,

"How old were you at that time?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Six." Dwayne replied,

"He would be in jail if he did that in this world." Sweetie Belle said,

"Really?" Dwayne asked,

"Dwayne, listen, there is nothing that makes Princess Celestia angrier than an adult taking the life of a child, that is the one thing she won't forgive, she will have them executed by sending them to the sun, one thing she has taught all of us is such an act is never okay." Sweetie Belle replied,

"That's a difference, in my world, children are expendable and disposable, even if we're at war, we'll send the children to fight first, same goes with robberies and attacking families, kill the children first." Dwayne said,

"What? But... that's cruel." Sweetie Belle replied,

"It doesn't stop there, in my home, children have to do all the manual labor, while the adults rest and live in luxury, if a child dies, they're not allowed to grieve, they will be told, they are children, thus, disposable." Dwayne said,

"What if there's a disaster and people have to evacuate?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"The people are only concerned with adults making it to safety, they can care less about children, some parents will also sacrifice and kill their own children to save themselves." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle had a very shocked face,

"Can we go back to talking about your past?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Alright, a few weeks after that, my mom and Ryan's mom got in an argument, which resulted in my mom kicking Ryan's mom in the stomach, which killed the baby, she was eight months pregnant at that time, my mom said to her that as long as Ryan and I remain friends, my dad and I will decide the gender of their children, after that incident, Ryan and I were hanging out again, he said he was moving because of what my mom did, my painful memories flooded my mind, and I looked at the sky and screamed, during that time, the area shook, and the part around me and Ryan broke, I heard other people scream in pain, I thought it was an earthquake, I screamed in terror when I saw dead bodies all around me, Ryan just looked at me with bewilderment while I crawled back in fear due to my surroundings, he then covered my mouth and eyes and guided me out. The next day after that, Ryan and his parents were leaving because of what my family did to them, they were sad to leave me behind, and wanted to take me along with them, but couldn't, they said I was the one good thing in their family, and they went west, to Dunland, I was in tears at seeing them leave." Dwayne replied,

"Your mother... caused someone to have a miscarriage." Sweetie Belle said with tears in her eyes,

"Yeah, I lost my only friend because of that as well." Dwayne replied with tears in his eyes,

"Did you make any new friends?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Not until I got out of the army." Dwayne replied,

"How much later was that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Fifteen years later." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'd like to hear more about you." Sweetie Belle said,

"A few weeks after Ryan left, I snuck into my house to steal food so I can survive, my poor diet and the stress I had during that time made me obese, I heard my parents arguing, my dad and another woman got drunk, and they made love, and she got pregnant, my mom was mad at him, not because of what he did, but because the woman he made love with was Spanish, who my mom called an inferior race, she outright accused my dad of tainting our family tree with the genes of that race, and before that, my family has always been one race, we've always been purebred, my mom tried to scratch my dad, but he fought back and punched her in the face several times." Dwayne replied,

"Are your parents still alive, Dwayne?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"No, they died four years ago, they both caught the plague." Dwayne replied,

"What about your sister?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"She's dead, too, she got killed by a vengeful father." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, so, what happened next?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"This next event might disturb you, it still traumatizes me to this day." Dwayne replied,

"I can handle it, I promise you." Sweetie Belle said,

"Alright then, there was a boy in my sister's class who had a crush on her and was flirting with her, but she didn't love him back, so she told our parents, and my parents kidnapped him, took him somewhere private, and tied him to a tree, my mom forced me to watch, while my dad pulled his pants and underwear down, and then he... he..." Dwayne replied, recalling the memory traumatized him,

"What happened?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Do you know the part of the body that droops down on a male's private part?" Dwayne asked,

"Of course I do, it's called the scrotum." Sweetie Belle replied,

"My dad cut it off with a razor blade." Dwayne said, Sweetie Belle cringed at what he said,

"You mean the razor blade you use for shaving?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Yes." Dwayne replied,

"Ooh, I can't imagine that, moving it up and down to cut someone." Sweetie Belle said,

"Not that kind of razor blade, Sweetie Belle." Dwayne replied,

"What? Your father didn't use that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"He used a straight razor, the one where the blade folds in and out of the handle." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle cringed again,

"How old was he?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"The boy who my father attacked?" Dwayne asked,

"Yeah." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Ten." Dwayne said, Sweetie Belle was very shocked,

"That's how old I am!" Sweetie Belle said,

"I thought so, you do seem to have the vocabulary." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle shifted again, she opened her hind legs and then closed them again,

"So, uh, where is the boy now?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"He's dead." Dwayne replied,

"What?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"He bled out after my father severed his private parts." Dwayne replied,

"What about his parents?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"My parents had them killed, too, they sent other members of the mob after them." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle was very shocked,

"One reason it disturbs me up to this day is because my mom said if I get a lover or a girlfriend, my dad will do the same thing to me, and my parents were well known to go through with their threats." Dwayne said,

"Can we speed up a bit, Dwayne? I have to leave soon." Sweetie Belle said,

"Why are you here, anyway?" Dwayne asked,

"I'm waiting for Rarity to come home, I have nothing to do since Apple Bloom and Scootaloo are in tutoring." Sweetie Belle replied,

"So, in other words, you came here because you're lonely." Dwayne said,

"Yeah, I kind of am." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Does that last memory of mine make you happy to be a girl?" Dwayne asked,

"No, I may not have the same body parts, but it still hurts if I get hit there." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Oh, I see, we also had a saying on my world that women go through all the pain, and men get all the pleasure, but I think you can see from my psychic disorder, that is not true." Dwayne said,

"I noticed, but still, it's not fair." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Sweetie Belle, trust me, this psychic disorder has only made my life worse ever since I got it, you should be glad females can't get it." Dwayne said,

"That's not what I mean, Rarity said psychic disorders enhance one's physical capabilities, my school does boys versus girls for games sometimes, if the boys had psychic disorders, then they would have a really unfair advantage." Sweetie Belle said,

"Oh, that's what you mean, we didn't do those type of games back in my world." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, no wonder why it never occurred to you." Sweetie Belle said,

"Well then, I'll just go over the important things of my life from now on. Shortly after that, my dad and an enemy were in a gunfight, the enemy held me hostage, my dad shot me in the arm, that's how I got the scar on my right forearm, the guy holding me was shocked, my dad then grabbed me and held me hostage, he said if the man doesn't leave him alone, he will kill me, so the man put his guard down, and my dad shot and killed him." Dwayne said,

"What did he shoot you with?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"A gun." Dwayne replied,

"What's that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"It's a bit like a crossbow, but faster." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, okay, I get the idea." Sweetie Belle said, Dwayne smiled,

"What about the scars on your back?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I got those when I was in middle school, I was scapegoated for a school shooting, and put in jail, that was where I first met Kane, he was told to punish me for the shooting, so he took a whip, wrapped razor wires around it, and began hitting my back. I missed the funeral for the dead students, but no one grieved over them, everybody said they deserved to die." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, that sounds painful." Sweetie Belle said while cringing,

"It was, I have a fourth scar, it's in my mouth." Dwayne replied,

"How did you get that one?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"When I was in the army, I got kidnapped one morning, and held hostage in a chair, the man asked me for information on my unit, I said nothing, so he got a beer bottle, put it in my mouth, and began to cut my throat with the bottle's cap." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle had a shocked face,

"What about your psychic disorder? How does its powers work?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"The memories that gave me my scars are my secondary powers, each one of those memories grants me two powers, an offensive power, and a defensive one." Dwayne replied,

"How many powers do you have in total?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Twelve." Dwayne replied,

"What are they?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Teleport, destroy things by screaming, shoot water and ice out, make shields of water, ice, and nomex around me, shoot bullets out of my body, have a shield of Kevlar around me, harden my cloak in order to catch weapons like the whip, harden my armor to make it more durable, make teeth come out of my body, turn my body into tooth enamel, sense who has a psychic disorder and who doesn't, and look into the eyes of those with psychic disorders to determine what their mental disorder and fears are." Dwayne replied,

"How did you get those powers?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I teleport due to my desire to get away from people and to get out of society, I destroy things with my screams in hopes of destroying my painful memories, my water, ice, and nomex abilities come from my desire to protect myself from that fire memory, shooting bullets out of my body and the Kevlar shield are due to my desire to defend myself from getting shot by my father, the hardening of my cloak is so the whips with the razor wires on them would get stuck, while hardening my armor is so they won't hurt me, making the teeth come out of my body is due to my desire to bite the bottle to break it, making my body turn into tooth enamel is so the bottle's cap wouldn't cut me, and the sensing the psychic disorders, and finding out what mental disorders and fears others with psychic disorders have is an ability all of us have, along with enhanced physical capabilities." Dwayne replied,

"So, you don't have any weaknesses, besides music and magic?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Oh no, I have more, even though my powers are powered by my fear and distress levels, I still have to manage them, if my fear and distress levels are too high, my psychic disorder will turn against me, I will start to hallucinate and see my painful memories become real, I will kill myself by literally destroying myself from the inside-out." Dwayne replied,

"Anymore weaknesses?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Removing the mutation from my brain will also kill me, but people back in my world overcame it, they managed to create artificial brain matter and glands that release chemicals that trick the brain into thinking the mutation is still there, and while I don't know much about the next weakness, spiritual energy can affect me as well." Dwayne replied,

"Wow, and I thought you were invincible." Sweetie Belle said,

"Far from it, because of my psychic disorder, I cannot learn magic." Dwayne replied,

"Well, that's probably a good thing, I can't imagine how strong you would be if you had magic as well." Sweetie Belle said,

"Yeah, good point, before I came here, I met someone named Jin, he is my neighbor back at home, he lives across from me, he had a psychic disorder like me, also PTSD, natural one, his fear was being weak, while he and I are allies, I'm still scared of becoming like him." Dwayne replied,

"What was he like?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"He also fought the Psychics and the Hunters, but unlike me, I only did it for money, he genuinely wanted to make the world a better place, we were both hired to fight them, I also only did that for money, while Jin did it out of loyalty, but here's the thing, this is also the part of Jin I fear of becoming, he's emotionless, to the point where he's ruthless, he can't feel happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, he can't feel any emotion, he and I fought a lot, the one thing that stood out to me the most was when we were discussing how to fight our enemies, Jin came up with several plans, but I got mad at him once, since the plan would involve hurting a child, Jin said in a calm, stoic, and casual tone that he has killed children before." Dwayne replied,

"Just what did he do?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Hurt children, torture his enemies, he once sent the Hunters in turmoil because he went after two siblings, Olivia and Oliver, he killed Oliver, forged a note saying that he committed suicide because Adrian viewed him as disposable, and was going to send Charlene to kill him because she no longer had any use of him, which caused Olivia to get mad at them, and it sent turmoil into the organization. There was another time when the Hunters were doing a funeral for Adrian after she died, Jin orchestrated an ambush, so while they were grieving, me, Jin, and four other people attacked them from behind and killed the remaining Hunters while they grieved, while I was not happy, Jin was completely neutral, because, as I said, he couldn't feel emotions, so he had no regrets." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle was very shocked by what Dwayne said,

"Jin and I were very different at getting things done, even though we were similar, as my mentor described me and him, he was the dragon to my tiger." Dwayne said,

"I don't get it." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Well, it's a bit complicated, I'll explain if and when I have the time." Dwayne said,

"I've been wondering, how does one's psychic disorder awaken?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Well, I think it awakens when one experiences their psychic disorder while having a very high distress level, and they must be really scared at the moment, that's how mine awakened." Dwayne replied,

"When was that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"One week after I left the army." Dwayne replied,

"What happened?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I ran away after the unit I was in got killed, I went west first, and then north, I came to a place called Styx Apartments, it was strange when I first entered there, nobody was there, and there were only keys for the rooms 106, 109, 202, 204, and 305, I decided to live on the first floor, so I tried to enter Room 106 first, but the door was chained up on the inside, so I closed it, put the key back, and took the key to go live in Room 109." Dwayne replied,

"Wait, the door was chained up on the inside?" Sweetie Belle asked as she turned her head to the right to look at Dwayne,

"Yeah, I couldn't open it, I never found out why, either." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, so what was Room 109 like?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"It felt a bit strange in there, I don't know how to describe it, but it was uncomfortable, that was also where I started having my bad dreams." Dwayne replied,

"What did the place look like?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"The entire apartment complex was red and covered in rust." Dwayne replied,

"So, what happened when you were there?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I checked the second and third floors, but nothing happened, I was bored living there, but for some reason, I got tired more quickly in the apartment than any other area, there were no ways to see the sky, either, so I couldn't tell what time of the day it was, but it felt like the days were flying. On my seventh and last day there, the room felt very uncomfortable, it was more uncomfortable each day, that day, I heard the voices of my childhood bullies echoing in the room, and the noises of my other painful memories, I screamed in pain from hearing them, and then all of a sudden, all of my bullies and the people who were mean to me were in the room, I got scared, and they all ganged up on me and began scratching me with their fingernails, I screamed in pain from their attacks, and since I was so scared and distressed from my life at that time, an explosion appeared around me, and that's how my psychic disorder awakened, after that, I ran out of the apartment complex as fast as I could." Dwayne explained, Sweetie Belle's mouth was wide open as she looked at him,

"That's scary." Sweetie Belle said,

"I was scared, believe me." Dwayne replied,

"That reminds me, because of the spell Princess Celestia put on you, everybody else in Equestria is hearing this conversation as well." Sweetie Belle said,

"Can they see it, too?" Dwayne asked,

"No, just hear." Sweetie Belle replied,

"Well, I'll go over the other important things, on the third of April in my world, seven months and nine days before the day I got transferred here, I fought my first opponent, Apu, member of the Psychics, that was the first time in my life I ever killed somebody." Dwayne replied,

"What did you feel when you took his life?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Nothing." Dwayne replied, shocking Sweetie Belle,

"You didn't feel anything?! No regrets? No sadness?!" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Not at all, I guess it was because of my past experiences, it made me mad deep down, and because of that, killing was never a problem with me, and while I hate to admit this, but very deep down inside of me, I actually grew to enjoy killing them." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle looked at Dwayne with her eyes and mouth wide open,

"That's not okay, Dwayne." Sweetie Belle said,

"I know, I don't like to admit it, either, I didn't just enjoy killing, I also stole several things as well, I was broke, and it was the only way to survive." Dwayne replied,

"That's a bit different, if it's to survive or help someone, that's fine, but if you're just stealing to hurt someone, it's not." Sweetie Belle said,

"Want to know something tragic, Sweetie Belle?" Dwayne asked,

"What?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"When compared to the other people in my world, I actually have more morals and standards than they do, especially when compared to most of the people I met in my life, I'm actually an angel when compared to them." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle had a bewildered expression on her face,

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity called out,

"Oh, it's time for me to head home." Sweetie Belle said,

"Alright." Dwayne replied, and he hugged Sweetie Belle with his left hand, she put her head against his left side,

"Sorry, Dwayne, but I'm still holding my bladder, so I can't hug you." Sweetie Belle said,

"It's alright, I didn't get any growing up." Dwayne replied,

"You were never hugged as a child?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"No." Dwayne replied, and he lets go of her, and she looks at him,

"One more thing, is every male born with a psychic disorder?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"No, which male is born with it is always random, fathers don't need to have it, some boys are born with psychic disorders because one of their male ancestors had it, that's how I got mine, because my dad didn't have it." Dwayne replied,

"Okay, but I have to go now, take it easy, okay, Dwayne?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I'll try to." Dwayne replied, Sweetie Belle smiled, he then patted her head and rubbed her mane with his left hand, which made Sweetie Belle chuckle,

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity called out,

"I'm coming!" Sweetie Belle replied, and she used her own magic to make herself levitate and go to her, Dwayne got up and decided to head home since it was getting close to dark.

Dwayne arrived at Sugarcube Corner and stopped, he used his ability to sense psychic disorders and while he did not sense any, he did sense Pinkie Pie was inside, he opened the door and stood to the right side of the door in case Pinkie Pie was still angry at him,

"Welcome home, Dwayne!" Pinkie Pie said happily, Dwayne was confused and he entered, she smiled at him,

"I thought you were still mad at me." Dwayne said,

"Sorry about that, I just got caught in the moment, and I heard you talk about yourself with Sweetie Belle, I actually understand you a lot better now." Pinkie Pie replied, Dwayne smiled,

"Thanks." Dwayne said,

"It's almost dark, we have to close up the shop, and rest, see you in the morning, Dwayne." Pinkie Pie said,

"Alright, good night." Dwayne replied, and the two closed up the shop, and headed to their beds and slept.

Dwayne was angry in his sleep, he was dreaming about an argument he had with Jin back in his world, he was in his house as well, it was dark and had no lights on. Jin had a square face shape, brown eyes, pale skin, and short black hair in the style of a crew cut, he was wearing a black trench coat that was open and went down to his ankles, a black long-sleeve shirt under it, black leather gloves, black khakis, black mid-calf length combat boots with steel toes, and a gray tactical vest with gun magazines inside its pockets, he also had on a black belt with a silver buckle, and a silenced pistol in a holster on the right side of his belt. Dwayne and Jin were standing across from one another, with a small brown, square table between them,

"What were you thinking, Jin?!" Dwayne asked angrily,

"I did what had to be done to make the Hunters vulnerable." Jin replied in a calm, stoic, casual, and quiet tone,

"You just killed a child!" Dwayne said angrily,

"I've killed children before." Jin replied in the same tone, Dwayne was shocked,

"Jin, there are lines we don't cross, killing children and other people's pets is one of them!" Dwayne said,

"What about you, Dwayne? I'm doing this because I actually want to make the world a safer place, and it is out of loyalty to the Brotherhood. You, on the other hand, don't care about the fate of the world, and you outright said you're only fighting our enemies for money, you've got your own things to answer to." Jin replied,

"How are you okay with killing children?" Dwayne asked,

"Because there are some kids out there that are actually even more malevolent than adults, and an enemy is an enemy, regardless of race, gender, age, social class, or species, the same goes to allies." Jin replied,

"It's still wrong." Dwayne said,

"Do you consider yourself only in this for the money wrong?" Jin asked,

"Well, no, because that money is for Flint if I am to die." Dwayne replied,

"See, there you go, just remember, Dwayne, there is no such thing as right or wrong, because everybody's beliefs on what is right, and what is wrong, is different, there's only action, reaction, and impact. The same goes with justice, everybody's belief on what is justice is different, therefore, there is no actual justice in this world." Jin said, Dwayne had a very surprised face.

A light blue beam is shot and it destroys the dream, Dwayne looks back and saw Princess Luna, the others were with her, they walk to Dwayne,

"Both of you are at fault, Dwayne, neither one of those is right." Princess Celestia said,

"Jin was my closest ally before I came here, but he and I fought a lot." Dwayne replied,

"Just to let you know, Dwayne, since you have bad dreams almost every night, I had to fuse everyone else's dreams into one, so I can attend to my duties while working on yours." Princess Luna said,

"Sorry about that." Dwayne replied,

"You seemed surprised at the end there, Dwayne." Fluttershy said,

"It was because when I thought about what he said, I realized he was right." Dwayne replied,

"No he's not, Dwayne, the belief that there is no right or wrong in the world is not true." Twilight Sparkle said,

"He did say everybody's beliefs on right and wrong is different." Dwayne replied,

"Hmm, true, but the part where he said there's only action, reaction, and impact is not true, they do exist, but right and wrong exists, too." Princess Celestia said,

"You've been a bit quiet, Cadence." Dwayne said,

"I'm a bit shocked right now, I sensed Jin in your dreams, and I can't believe this, he really doesn't have any emotions." Princess Cadence replied, the Mane Six gasped,

"Yeah, that is why he was okay with killing children and animals, he couldn't feel emotions, I still wonder if you guys would've chose him to get jobs done instead of me." Dwayne said,

"No way, I mean, him being loyal to his friends and wanting to make the world a better place is cool and all, but he's too ruthless, only working for money beats taking the lives of kids and animals any day." Rainbow Dash replied,

"Rainbow Dash is right, Dwayne, taking the life of a child is never okay." Princess Celestia said,

"One question, what was that Brotherhood thing he mentioned?" Starlight Glimmer asked,

"An organization from my home world, it's an all-male private military company, it changed several years ago, Jin is now the lowest ranking member because of his ruthlessness and lack of emotions, but before it changed, Jin was the second-in-command, and the leader was thinking about making him the new leader after stepping down." Dwayne replied, everybody was horrified,

"No!" the ponies said together,

"He is too ruthless to lead, and having no emotions makes one unfit to rule, he has to learn that there are lines we do not cross." Princess Celestia said, Dwayne nodded,

"I'll be coming to visit you tomorrow, Dwayne, I would like for you to explain the Brotherhood, its members, and Ryan, I also have something for you tomorrow, until then, sleep tight, and try not to have nightmares." Princess Celestia said,

"Alright." Dwayne replied, and they all left, Dwayne did not dream for the rest of the night, his vision was pitch black, so he slept through the night with no problems.

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