Fly to the Stars and Back (Redone)

Blitz watches Double Diamond as he is now facing in his direction with the menu up. Blitz taps his hoof until he lifts up his own menu. ‘What do we get?’

Double Diamond was looking at his menu before he put his down and Blitz brought his up. “Hmmm.” He said before looking at his menu again.

By the time the mares come back out, they see Blitz and DD take a drink before lifting back up their menus.

Fluttershy leans over to him. “Blitz, we have to go.”

“Fine.” Blitz says grabbing his luggage. About half an hour later, DD was still waiting to hear the sound of him taking a drink or raising his menu. ‘Come on, what are you waiting for?’ He thinks.

Blitz sighs and looks around the cave. “So what’s going on?”

Fluttershy leans close. “We are going to see the cutie marks. Seems the ponies gave theirs up.”

“Ok, you gotta be fucking with me.” Blitz says looking at her.

“Blitz, this isn’t the time, but maybe the place.” Fluttershy says.

Blitz scoffs as he still looks at her before looking ahead and stopping. “What the fuck?” He asks, seeing the large wall.

“When did you start spewing so much profanity?” Twilight asks.

Blitz just stares at the many cutie marks. “When I saw that.”

Starlight smiles as she grabs a large stick from a pedestal. “So, you want to try out losing your cutie marks and living our culture?” She asks, waving the stick around.

“One of you will fill me in quickly.” Blitz says before the situation is explained to him. “Gotcha. Ok, three things Glitter.” Blitz says.

Starlight smiles as ponies appear from all around. “Yes?”

“First, you a bitch.” He has given her the hoof. “Second, just like glitter, you are all shine and no substance. And finally, you would be surprised at the variability the telekinesis spell is. I can even use it to crush your windpipe whore!” Blitz yells the last half before using his telekinesis to grab her by the throat and slam her against the vault and start crushing before being hit by a two by four from behind, knocking him out.

Starlight gasps as she falls down and glares at Blitz. “Enough of this.” She said before pointing the stick at him and sending a magical beam at him and bringing him up a little. “Now what cutie mark do you have?” She asks as she moves his clothes slightly and looks to his flank to see it bear. “Nothing?! No matter, I can still take yours. Somepony as strong as you must have a powerful one.” She says zapping the mane six as well.

The mares just watch as his flank appears to shine a bit before a shooting star appears on his flank and is then ripped right off and the mares groan in pain as they feel a ripping pain and their cutie marks rip off as well as an equal sign appears on them.

“Take them to the houses.” Starlight says containing each mark.

The ponies around them all pick up the uncosinenion and weak bodies and take them away as the mares look at Blitz in pain.

“Good work knocking him out Double Diamond. Now tell me how many stallions do we have now, including him?” Starlight asks.

Double Diamond looks at her. “One more than what we can support.”

“I see, so we have one too many for my plan. You remember the plan we have in place for such a situation, right?” She asks.

Double Diamond nods. “Yes, I’ll get the lottery set up.”

“Good.” Starlight says looking at Twilight’s and Blitz’s cutie marks with interest, now that she was alone. “The cutie mark of the element of magic, but what about you, do you allow your bearer to come up with such variation?” She asks herself.

Blitz groans as he opens his eyes and gets up slowly. “Did somepony get the number of that train?” He asks as he looks around. “Hello?” He asks the empty room. He then examines himself to see he was stripped of his clothes and his communicator is gone and to his horror, the same cutie mark as the rest of the town was on him.

Blitz looks at it in horror. “No. No!” He groans before heading for the door and tries to open it. “Hey! Let me out!” He yells banging on the door and stops. “Wait, when was I such a wimp?” He asks, looking at himself again. He then goes quiet as he notices that the outside had several torches.

“Greetings friends!” He hears Starlight call and sees her on a stand.

“As you all know by now, we have one too many stallions and need to equalize the number for our breeding plan. So, for those that have your ticket, get ready. Before you think about it, I have the ticket for the stallion that has just joined us.” She said spinning a sphere cage full of balls.

‘What are you up to?’ Blitz thinks.

Starlight smiles and stops the cage before digging into it and picking out a ball. “And the winner is…” She said before looking at it. “Number 23.” Starlight says checking the ticket she had.

A long silence passed before Double Diamond walked up to the stand.

Starlight smiles. “We have the winner. All right Double Diamond. Head to my cabin and wait there. If you hear screaming, it’s just the change.” She said following him.

‘What change?’ Blitz thinks as he watches them head out of sight before ducking to where nopony could see him.

Blitz sighs as he peeks out again and looks across the street to see Fluttershy looking out the window. “Fluttershy.” He calls whispering. Unfortunately she was too far away to hear him and it looked like to him she could even see him somehow. “Great, that must mean the rest of the mares were captured too. I wish I had brought Terran. He would have snapped the pony who blindsided me in half before I finished her off.” Blitz says quietly to himself.

He looks out again and sighs before hearing a scream of pain that turned into a high pitched scream before quieting down. “What the fuck?” He questions before recalling what Starlight said. “Must be from the changes. Ok, let’s try magic blasting the door down.” Blitz says walking away from the door before charging his magic as much as he could.

He then lets it go and it just came to a sputter as a very tiny magic ball hits the door leaving only a small scorch mark. “Dammit, even my magic.” Blitz says before calming down. “If I have lost my magic and physical prowess, then I must turn inward.” Blitz says before sitting down and breathing deeply. ‘You must draw the force from within and focus it.’ Imperious’ words echoed through his mind. ‘I have never been able to do this in the physical world and have mostly been learning philosophy from Imperious till now, so it is time to see if I can use what I have learnt.’ Blitz thinks before meditating. Time passes as he looks within himself for his answers until the sun starts to peak over the mountain nearby.

Blitz sighs as he opens his eyes and looks to a loose pebble on the ground before pointing his hoof at it and thinks on it before he lifts his hoof and it rises shakily. “Good enough.” He said let go and went to the door. “Standard old lock. Let’s hope I remember the tumblers.” He said to himself and moves his hoof to the lock and starts moving the tumblers around it before it clicks back into place. “Dammit.” Blitz says before he was about to go back to meditating now noticing that stupid voice repeating when the door unlocked. The door opened to reveal Starlight.

Blitz just glares at her. “Hello there. Are you reformed?” Blitz gives her the hoof, hoping she would come in so he could try and beat her to death. “I see, well, I guess I should get a good look at you. Go in and get him.” She says as a stallion enters. The stallion walks up to grab Blitz, but he headbutts him into the face. The stallion staggers back, not expecting this before Blitz tackles him to the floor, before starting to wale on his face, punching him over and over, sending blood out of the stallion’s mouth before grabbing him by the throat and starts lifting his head up before slamming his head into the floor repeatedly.

Starlight glares at him and uses her magic to pull the stallion away. “If you won’t try it that way, then how about this pony?” She asks as she pushes a white mare in. “Start talking and lead him out once I open the door again.” She said, dragging the stallion away and closing the door.

“Oh, why don’t you send in the pony who blindsided me? I’ll do far worse.” Blitz says to the door.

“That…that was me.” The mare said.

“I believe you know Double Diamond.” Starlight says through the window. ‘This one is not like most ponies. He is a fighter, even though I took his cutie mark, he still managed that.’ Starlight thinks, looking at the bleeding stallion before starting to heal him.

Blitz looks to the mare. “What?” He asks in disbelief.

“We have a breeding plan in our town. With you, we had too many stallions for this generation so we held a lottery to decide who is taken out of the category in a few definitions.” DD says.

“Ah, the lottery last night.” Blitz says turning back to glaring and weighing if he should try and strangle the new her.

DD just shrinks back a little. “I’m sorry.”

Blitz says nothing and keeps glaring before Starlight opens the door again. “Time’s up, we will try later.” She says.

DD takes one last look before heading out and doesn’t take another look at him.

Starlight closes the door and locks it. “This one is quite the fighter, isn’t he?” Starlight asks DD as she walks beside her.

DD nods. “Yes, he is.”

“After considering it all night, I have decided you and Night Glider will be assigned to him.” Starlight said.

DD nods again. “Yes ma’am.”

“Go find and inform her.” Starlight says entering the house.

“Um ma’am, don’t you still need to visit the mares?” DD asks and Starlight opens the door, backs up and walks to the house with a slight haste in her step.

Blitz sighs as he looks out the window again as he sees Starlight approach the mares’ house and opens it. He watches in despair as he sees them file out and sees their cutie marks. “I failed as a husband.” Blitz says looking away and goes back to the center of the room, this time not to meditate, but to despair as he thought about the girls until his thoughts drifted to Arcane, Azure, Surgere, Blazer, Liberum, Blast, Spectrum, Sunshine and Venator. Blitz’s eyes shot up with a fire burning in them and resumed his meditation. “Not yet.” He said closing his eyes. Blitz looks inwards once more as Imperious’ words echo in his head once more. ‘For my ally is the force and a powerful ally it is. You must feel the force around you. Between you, me, the leaves, the rocks, the land itself. It is all connected by the force in a great plan that we all can not see.’

“Night Glider.” DD says behind Night Glider, causing her to stumble and drop the tray she was carrying.

Night looks at her. “What is it?” Night Glider asks, not recognizing the mare. “Who are you?” She adds.

DD tries to smile. “I’m Double Diamond. Starlight asked us to watch over the new stallion.”

“Oh that’s right, we had that plan come into effect last night…wait, does that mean we have been assigned that stallion for the plan?” Night Glider asks.

DD nods. “Yes, we need to do it.”

“I see, has he even eaten?” Night Glider asks.

DD shakes her head. “No, she’s given us the food needed to be eaten though.”

“Am I free to take it to him?” Night Glider asks.

DD nods. “Yes, let’s go.” She said, leading her to the house.

The stallions block the door when they approach. “Starlight asked us to convert him faster.” DD said.

The stallions look to each other before looking back at them. “Proof?”

“Let them in!” Starlight yells from her door.

The stallion looked to her before unlocking the door and stepping aside, letting them through.

The two walk in to see Blitz, to their shock and confusion, meditating. “Excuse me?” Night asks as the stallion closes the door behind them.

Blitz opens one eye to look at them and says nothing.

DD looks away a bit. “Can you please talk to us?”

Blitz snorts as he keeps looking at them with one eye and spies the girls looking through their window through his window. Blitz sighs and opens his other eye. “What do you want?” Blitz asks.

DD looks at him carefully. “We are too…convert you.”

Blitz rolls his eyes a bit before sighing and sitting up. “Try it and die. I don’t care that you are mares, I will kill you.”

Night looks shocked. “Okay. Double D.”

DD sighs and walks over to him before stopping slowly next to him. “Okay, do you like us or maybe the town?”

Blitz clicks his tongue as he works the lock on the door with the force. “What do you think? You took my wife’s cutie mark and you had the audacity to keep me away from her.”

DD looks away a bit. “Sorry, but you will be happy soon enough.”

Blitz chuckles darkly. “Yeah right. I would be happy to live here without my wife and my life would be split.”

Night grimaces. “Look, we would make sure you are content and happy here.”

Blitz stands up and glares at her. “Give me my wife back and set the others free.”

Night presses her lips together. “I…I can’t.”

“The yellow one that is pregnant, right?” DD asks.

Night Glider looks alarmed hearing they were keeping him away from his unborn foal.

Blitz glares and turns to her. “What do you think?”

“I will inform Starlight later. But we were just informed we are assigned to you as our stallion for the plan.” DD says.

“You really believe in her or this way of life, don’t you?” Blitz asks, raising an eyebrow, but unable to do so like he normally does.

DD nods. “Yes, she’s led us out of trouble and brought us to a better life.”

“Do you really think that…or is there another reason?” Blitz asks.

DD looks at him. “She led us to a better life.”

“You loved her, didn’t you?” Blitz asks suddenly.

“She led us to a better life.” DD said simply.

“I see, so how much of the outside world do you know about?” Blitz asks.

Night looks at him. “Outside world?”

“He means the rest of Equestria.” DD says.

Night tries to think. “And the other countries. Like the Griffon kingdoms, the Zebra tribes, the Diamond Dog clans.” Blitz says.

Night groans as she holds her head. “Other countries?”

Blitz looks carefully at them. “If you trust me more than her, get me my communicator.”

“You’re what?” They ask.

“Metal cylinder that was on my left hoof.” Blitz clarifies.

“You don’t need that.” DD says.

Blitz glares at her. “Why should I not need it?”

“I would make you different.” DD says.

Blitz glares slightly. “You can’t change who the pony is. Only what they are, but never what defines them.” Blitz says switching tactics.

“What?” DD asks.

“I look at this from a different viewpoint. Think about it, what lies beneath the body?” Blitz asks.

Night looks at him carefully. “What?”

“Look past the physical form and you will see we are all the same, we all have souls.” Blitz says.

They both look confused. “Um…why does my head hurt?” Night asks, holding her head.

“Maybe you just haven’t thought about it as deeply. All things in this world in this galaxy are connected. We unicorns have a faint sense of this and use it to create what you all know as magic.” Blitz says.

Night groans as she keeps holding her head. “I…I gotta go get something.” She said walking out.

DD looks intrigued as she looks to him as he keeps sitting there. Soon, Night returns with a glass of water before downing it. “You see this thing that links us all is called the force. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings, we are not this crude matter that we can touch. You must feel the force around you. Here between you, me, the chair, the pebble, it is everywhere.” Blitz continues.

DD blinks a few times. “Wha…what are you trying to say?”

“The divide you and Starlight seek to eliminate is but an illusion created by us when we don’t look at such things on a level. We see details like hair, colors, all of this is something we perceive as the containers of who we are.” Blitz says.

DD keeps blinking. “I…have to see Starlight.” She said before stepping out.

“You are unlike her, you have come to question this way of life I can tell.” Blitz says.

DD groans as she steps out as Blitz waits with Night as she keeps rubbing her head. “What’s…what’s going on?”

“You seemed more interested in what I said in other countries. What if I told you there is far more than that out there? Places and things nopony, griffon, Diamond dog, or any other thing that lives on this world has ever seen. Species we have never met in this world that are so much like our’s and the world that are completely opposite of them.” Blitz says. Night seemed to be enthralled by this.

“I’m back.” DD said as she dropped a cylinder on the ground. “What did I miss?”

“I will show you.” Blitz says slipping it on before bringing up a map of their galaxy.

When DD and Night Glider left, they had much to think on. “Well you two spent quite a while in there. How did it go? Any progress?” Starlight asks.

“Some, we managed to get him to open up a bit, but Starlight ma’am, that yellow one who is pregnant, she is his.” DD says.

“I see, I will have to take that into account with the plan.” Starlight says as Fluttershy follows her.

Both Night and DD look to each other before looking back at Starlight. “Ma’am, shouldn’t she be with him?” Night asks.

“No, not till he comes around.” Starlight says.

Both of the mares looked at each in worry. “We have to help. You can’t keep them apart. It’s a rule of the plan.” Night said.

“Night, don’t worry, we have to follow the procedures like the one where all new members stay at my house.” Starlight says with a sweet voice with a small twitch in her eye.

Both DD and Night still looked worried. Blitz sighs as he leans against the back wall and calls up an encrypted line. “You there?”

“Cross, what’s with the call?” A mechanical voice asks.

“Cult, start of communism, tell Sharp and Rough to get a platoon together and head to our location. Tell Sharp sorry from taking him away from his new bride Trixie. And get the group together. We have a keter class object dangerous to ponies.” Blitz says hearing something. “Got to go, I am under observation.” Blitz says disconnecting and hiding the communicator behind some books before a stallion passes by the window.

Blitz watches the stallion with a glare as the stallion just smiles creepily at him. “Still freaky.” He said to himself before proceeding back to the center and starts meditating once more.

Twilight sighs as she leans against the wall. “You think Blitz is okay?”

“I got a peek at the stallion Starlight dragged out of his cabin. He looked pretty roughed up.” Pinkie sounds more like Pinkamena.

Twilight looks up. “Bring her out. We are more used to her with that voice. It’s really strange and actually making us more depressed.”

“Can’t, she refuses. She is still screaming profanities and yelling threats.” Pinkie says.

Rainbow sighs as she hangs from a speaker. “Got the old omnitool working?” She asks Twilight.

“They took those, remember? I’m just glad they didn’t take my hat. Bet they don’t even realise what they took.” Applejack says.

Rainbow huffs as the speaker starts up before she kicks it and turns it off. “Stupid propaganda.” Rainbow says holding her hoof, now throbbing.

Rarity looks down. “Do you think Fluttershy is doing okay, being pregnant and everything?”

“I have faith in her.” Twilight says looking out still.

Rainbow clicks her tongue. “Let’s hope she doesn’t freak out.”

Applejack chuckles. “Please, she’s part vampire. A creature of the night. She’ll be fine. Oh and never get between her and her foal.”

“I hope you’re right.” Rainbow says.

Blitz sat, reaching out with the force, feeling everything that surrounds him. To the stallions watching him, it was like he went to sleep, sitting up. The night progressed further and further along. “Arcane.” He whispers, thinking of him.

Arcane was sitting on the balcony of the castle, looking out to the sky, hoping to see his mother or father when he hears Blitz’s voice. “Arcane.”

“Father?” Arcane asks looking around trying to find him.

“Arcane, what are you doing?” Lightning asks finding him.

Arcane keeps looking around as he keeps trying to listen. “Dad?”

“Arcane, your father isn’t here. He is several miles away.” Lightning says picking him up.

Arcane keeps looking around as he looks around. “Dad?” He asks one last time.

“Come on Arcane, you had a long day, time for bed. Your dad and mom will return soon.” Lightning says taking him inside.

Blitz kept meditating, feeling as if his senses had been increased since before he began. The stallion kept peeking in as they just saw him sitting there, having been told by the last group he hadn’t budged to their knowledge on their shift.

The sun soon rose and feeling the rays on his face, Blitz breathed in deeply. He felt as if he had awakened from an illness, his senses sharp and his mind clear. He focused on the pebbles in front of the door, out of the guards view and he lifted it without even shaking. ‘Maybe coming here was good for me.’ Blitz thinks.

“Alright everypony! We are going to see our progress in an hour!” Starlight announces as she walks outside and Blitz looks to the window.

Blitz hears the door unlock as Night and DD soon enter. After the door shut behind them, they noticed something different about Blitz from last night, but couldn’t place it.

Blitz smiles a bit. “Want to learn more?”

“We came to check on you. What has changed?” DD asks.

“I feel like I have finally awakened. What I told you last night was the philosophy my master taught me about the force, but now I feel it instead of having it described to me. It is hard to put into words and I feel a strong sense of peace.” Blitz says.

They both look surprised at him. “Really…then can we learn more?” Night asks.

Blitz looks to the windows and door before grabbing his communicator from under the books. “Let’s begin. But first, you know no matter what magic is used, it generates an aura, correct?” Blitz asks.

They both nod. “Yeah, why?” DD asks.

Blitz says nothing and they notice the pebbles on the floor start to move as if on their own will.

“Wow.” Night said as she watched them dance around.

The pebbles soon lifted into the air and started to revolve around each other. “This is proof of the force existing.” Blitz says.

DD just watches as they all seem to form a dance with each other. “Who knew?” DD says.

“You were hesitant to believe me before, but how about now, do you believe?” Blitz asks.

DD slowly nods as she watches the pebbles take a shape similar to what she saw on the communicator last night.

“There are many different species in this galaxy. The Asari are an all female blue color species with no hair, they can live for a thousand years. The Turains are more of an avian heritage, but lack wings. They come in a variety of colors with mandibles like things on their faces. The Salarians, a reptilian species who are generally mostly like scientists. Then there is Humans, the most genetically diverse. They come in many colors each with their own mane color and eyes. These four species are at the head of the alliance of species and make up the council. Our world has recently joined them as we make the next step in our species journey. We have explored all of this world. It is time to look to the stars and wonder what awaits us, an abomination of the likes of Tartarus or fascinating sights and species whom we can befriend. For we are not alone in this galaxy.” Blitz says after letting the pebbles drop.

The two were just staring slack jawed at him. “Aw, touching history lesson.” A voice said behind them and they quickly looked to see Starlight as Blitz glares at her. “Now get back out there.” She yells to the two mares who quickly run out.

“You can not intimidate me, nor can you deny the reality of the truth.” Blitz says calmly, not showing the fury he had days ago.

Starlight chuckles. “Watch me. Your wife has already joined me and you will follow.”

“You don’t believe, do you?” Blitz asks.

Starlight clicks her tongue. “Please, species beyond the stars? We are the only ones here and nopony can deny it. Just ask the ponies outside.”

“I will shake the very foundation of your beliefs then. You know my magic is far too weak after what you did to me, correct?” Blitz asks.

Starlight leans down to him. “Yes, what are you going to do about that?”

“I will reveal to you the true thing that binds us all together, not the similarities you are pushing.” Blitz says.

Starlight waves him off. “This is my own creation and you will follow. You don’t have a choice.”

“What you seek to eliminate is but an illusion. Deep down, we are all the same already, we bleed when cut, we all have a soul, and we are all connected to the force as god has designed.” Blitz says making Starlight raise an eyebrow.

Starlight shrugs. “No matter, you will follow soon and your wife is already joined. And soon your foal is born.” She said walking out.

“No, that will not happen.” Blitz says calmly getting up and walks outside.

Starlight raises an eyebrow at him. “Ready to join?”

“No, tell me, without magic, it is impossible to do things like telekinesis?” Blitz asks, the entire town hearing him.

The unicorns in the crowd started to murmur amongst themselves as Starlight huffs. “Of course it is. Nopony can make things move without magic.”

“And no matter what type, magic always has an aura, correct?” Blitz asks sitting in the middle of town. The girls were shocked at how calm he was. They had never seen him so calm or relaxed.

Starlight glares. “Yes, do you join or not?”

“I am about to break those universal laws that we, as a species, have by proving that there is something more. It is called the force and it is the lifeblood of all the galaxy.” Blitz says causing Starlight to actually laugh at the notion.

“You…you think you can do magic without your cutie mark? I like to see you try oh great user.” She laughs.

Blitz breathes deeply and closes his eyes and reaches out with his left hoof.

Starlight looks around as she smirks. “Well that was a whole lot of nothing.”

Blitz makes no other movements as Starlight still smirks before many things start to rumble in the background.

She looks around and sees the rocks, furniture not nailed down and clothing stands start to shake. “Wha…?”

“There is only the Force.” Blitz says as the objects start to rise with no magic aura.

Starlight looks shocked as all the objects starts to lift higher and move around. “Wha…what’s happening?”

“You see this thing that links us all is called the force. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings, we are not this crude matter that we can touch. You must feel the force around you. Here between you, me, the chair, the pebble, the land, the sea, it is everywhere.” Blitz says what he told DD and Night last night. “I must thank you for forcing me into that house alone. It forced me to cool my head and actually establish my connection to it. Now I can feel it flow through me.” Blitz says.

Starlight looks shocked as she keeps watching everything before she feels water drench her. “Hey!” She yells behind her.

Blitz smirks as he drops everything. “Go Flutters.” Blitz says getting up. “Are there any who doubt me?” Blitz asks as he walks to the girls house and unlocks the door.

Those who responded all shake their heads as they kept looking at the objects used while others were in shock as they felt their realities crumbling, having seen the impossible as they understood it.

Blitz smiles as Twilight steps out first. “Twi, I have been meaning to ask, why didn’t you call the changelings?”

“Something making my magic too weak to call and none in range of what I could.” Twilight says walking over to him.

Blitz sighs in relief as he looks over everypony. “I’m glad to see you’re all alright. I actually gave up hope for just a moment. I actually called myself a failure of a husband.” He said before everypony hugged him.

“S…so, that is what you have been learning?” Rainbow says in disbelief.

Blitz looks around. “Oh yeah. I can use the force like Ahsoka and the other jedi. Surprise.”

“Looks like the ponies are startin to notices somepony has a cutie mark.” Applejack says.

Blitz looks back to Starlight as he notices she had a different cutie mark than all the rest.

“It seems you have also been living a lie.” Blitz says to bring his hooves to one side. “Here, another example of the force’s powers.” Blitz says before launching a force push at her, sending her flying back.

Starlight yells as she flies to a wall and smacks into it before falling. She groans as she tries to get up. “I still am more powerful.” She growls as she looks at them.

“You overestimate yourself. The force is the very lifeblood of the galaxy even if you defeat me. You will never be even a faction as powerful. You are no god.” Blitz says picking up and throwing a barrel that was near her.

Starlight flinches as she jerks away from the crash. “You can’t intimidate me.”

“I don’t have to, but we both know you’re scared not of me, but being faced with the truth there is something far beyond magic.” Blitz says as several ponies had run off to the cave.

Starlight growls and glares at him. “You won’t beat me. Not now, not ever.” She said before running off to her cabin.

Blitz puts a hoof out to the cabin, slamming the door in her face.

“Ow!” Starlight yells. “My nose!” She yells holding her hooves to her nose.

Blitz lifts his hoof up and Starlight, to her horror, feels herself being lifted up.

Starlight tries to grab at something as she is lifted away. “Girls, head inside and find our cutie marks.” Fluttershy said.

Blitz throws her to right in front of him as the girls try to open the cabin door. “You have already lost, you know that right?” Blitz asks as cutie marks start shooting all over the place.

Starlight growls. “You still haven’t beaten me.”

“No, the citizens of this town have. By the way, what is the name of it?” Blitz asks.

Starlight just looks at him with a glare.

“Seriously, you didn’t even name it?” Blitz asks an eyebrow raised.

Starlight huffs at him.

“Stand back everypony.” Night yells before she breaks down the door of the cabin.

Blitz watches this before being blinded by an illumination spell from Starlight that acts as a flashbang. He looks back to where she was and looks down the street. “Get back here coward!” He yells running after her.

Starlight looks back at him and starts tossing spells at him as she destroys almost everything around him before she hears a roaring sound and looks up to see something metal fly in. “What the…?!” She yells as it flies close.

Blitz smirks. “You see, we are not alone in the galaxy. That is a dropship with four more coming.” Blitz says as they start to land.

Starlight kept running as she watched as bipedal things came out of the open hatch in the back of the dropship and rushed over to her. “Arrest her!” She heard Blitz yell.

Soon she was tackled to the ground by changelings and soon other ponies before they slipped a magic restraining collar of Twilight’s design on her.

Blitz sighs as he stops running and watches as they take her away before looking back to the village and sees something coming his way. “Huh?” He asks before being hit by a streak of light and groans as he feels his flank being heated and then dropped to the ground. “Ow.”

Blitz gets up and shakes himself, feeling no longer restrained and looks to his flank and sees a shooting star. “Huh, so I got my cutie mark huh? Oh well, nothing changed.” Blitz says shrugging it off as not a big deal before stopping. “Hey, I got my attitude back.” He said smiling a bit, running a hoof through his mane, pushing it back a little.

Twilight sighs in relief as she comes out of the cabin and sees Blitz walking down the street. “Blitz, are you okay?” She asks running up to him with the rest of the girls.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Blitz says as they reach him.

Fluttershy smiles as she walks up and hugs him before noticing his flank. “Wow, you got your cutie mark.”

“Yeah, not a big deal.” Blitz says.

“Yay! Blitzy’s back!” Pinkie yells hugging him.

“And Pinkie is a ball of energy.” Blitz says.

“What kind of ball?” Pinkie asks.

“Bouncing.” Blitz jokes.

Rainbow chuckles. “Geez Blitz. When did you become a mouthy one?”

“I always have been, just didn’t compete with you.” Blitz jokes.

Rainbow grins as she hugs him. “Missed ya Blitzy.”

“Same here. Now what are the rest of your waiting for? Pinkie to send you invitations?” Blitz jokes.

They all laugh as they all hug him tightly. “We love you Blitzy.” They all said.

“Same here.” Blitz says nuzzling them before looking to the cave.

Blitz frowns as he stared at the wall that held the cutie marks as the SCP were all over it. “So, how dangerous was this?” One of them asked.

“Not quite sure, didn’t get a chance to study it. Yours now.” Blitz says walking away. Once outside, Twilight started talking.

“Blitz, two mares want to talk to you.” Twilight says.

“Gotcha, mind if I speak to them alone?” Blitz asks.

Twilight nods as she looks in the cave before walking in. “Most of the houses are unoccupied right now and so is Starlight’s cabin.” She said before talking with the SCP about the wall.

Blitz sighs as he pulls her out with the force. “Leave it Twi. Best we forget about it. But look, I got you something.” Blitz says holding up the staff.

Twilight looks it over before stopping. “It’s just a piece of stick.” She said, throwing it away. “And it’s keter!” She yelled into the cave.

“I would think you would recognize it. I did from those books on Star Swirl you had me read.” Blitz says walking away as she looks it over again.

Blitz chuckles as he hears her cheer and jump around as he comes across the two mares waiting at Starlight’s cabin as they watch all the changelings, ponies and mandalorians around the town. “Surprised?”

“Never thought I would see it in person.” Night says as Biltz looks her over to see hey colt was a more lustrous azure and her mane and tail had more of a wild style reminding him of Spitfire and the other flyers mares he had.

“Come on you two, inside.” Blitz says.

They both look to each other before following him inside and he sits down at the table. “So, what’s this about?” He asks as they take a seat.

“Well it’s just that…” Night starts before DD cuts to the chase as Blitz looks her over to see her coat was the same, but her mane and tail had a more unkempt style that he would usually attribute to a surfer or snowboarder.

“Can we continue on with you like the breeding plan originally had for us?” DD asks.

Blitz actually looks at them as he hears a honk from somewhere. “Well that came right out of left field to me.” Blitz says.

Night sighs. “Starlight wanted us to replace the yellow one for you until you converted then add more. She would think that keeping you away from the foal would help speed things up.”

“Well she has been exposed and won’t be doing it again.” Blitz says before calling out. “Twilight!”

Twilight peeks her head in the door. “Yes?”

“Here. Now. These two want to join. Interview them.” Blitz says pointing to the chair next to him.

Twilight raises an eyebrow as she walks over and sits down. “Why do they want to join?”

Blitz taps his horn to her’s and shows her for a brief moment with a spell. “Got it?” Blitz asks.

Twilight looks at him before looking at the mares. “How much do you want to be with him?”

Blitz gets up to go make coffee as he hadn’t had it in days and these girls hadn’t had it in a long time. Blitz waits as the coffee boils as they continue to talk, ignoring it for their privacy.

“Blitz?” Twilight calls.

“One moment, it’s about done.” Blitz calls back.

Twilight smirks. “Get rid of your clothes.” She says walking out.

“Twi, haven’t been dressed since I was knocked out…by the way, where are my clothes and suitcase along with the other girls?” Blitz asks.

Night pushes her hooves together. “In her room, but she burned the clothes.”

“Well she didn’t burn the suitcase. If she did, this building wouldn’t be here.” Blitz says as the coffee finishes.

Twilight rolls her eyes. “We’re staying here for the night and then heading back home. Spend some time with our new additions.”

“Coffee?” Blitz offers getting some cups he found.

“Sure.” DD said. “Same.” Night said.

Blitz smirks before putting them down and filling them with coffee. “So let’s talk.” Blitz says.

Blitz awoke in a bed with the two mares the next morning. “Girls?” He asks quietly.

“Wow.” Night says.

“Yeah, wow.” DD said.

“So how was it being the mare? I know you have done the plan with Sugar Belle at least once.” Night says.

DD shrugs. “It’s fine.”

“Oh I see through that act of yours. You enjoyed it far more than being the stallion didn’t you?” Night asks.

“What about you? I know this was your first time as you only recently turned 18 for the plan to take you into account.” DD says.

Night blushes. “Yeah, I always wanted a stallion to bed me. Never realized it would be like this.”

“Well now you have.” Blitz says petting her.

Night giggles and nuzzles his chest. “You’re so cute.”

“So what about you or should I call you a snow bunny?” Blitz asks DD.

DD blushes bright red. “Um…wow. Maybe…if you want.”

“Ok, also how about you show me how to ski?” Blitz asks, leaning his head onto her.

DD smiles and nods. “Sure, maybe later.”

“Want to join Night?” Blitz asks.

DD nods. “Yes, you are really nice.”

“Um…I have never been skiing.” Night says from his chest.

DD smiles. “I will teach you.”

“Come on girls, time to get up.” Blitz says.

They both smile as he gets up and they start to follow. “So what are you going to do now?” Night asks.

“Food and coffee.” Blitz says walking downstairs. “Morning Sharp, how is your wife?” Blitz asks, passing him.

Sharp looks at him. “Just fine. Kinda pissed I left.”

“You can return with the first ship that is taking Starlight away.” Blitz says.

Sharp nods. “Thank you. What about this town?”

“Oh, they are going to have to adjust. I blew their minds before you guys arrived and with bringing in a few other species, how more blown their minds have been?” Blitz asks.

Sharp chuckles. “A lot of minds out of proportion.”

“Well I will leave you to it…and we need to fix that door.” Blitz says noticing the front door was still knocked off its hinges.

Sharp smiles. “Yes, we’ll have it fixed soon.”

“Well anyways, lets go girls.” Blitz says leading them out to the rest of the girls.

Fluttershy smiles as she sees Blitz walk over. “Blitz, how did it go?”

“Meet the two new additions Flutters.” Blitz says a little embarrassed.

‘Oh boy, we got another one like Soarin.’ Rainbow thinks seeing DD.

Twilight smiles. “Welcome to the family you two. All new ponies have to go through a small orientation and we will do that once we get back home.”

“Orientation?” They ask.

Fluttershy grins while holding a smile. “Meeting the foals is the start.” Fluttershy says.

“Go easy on them Flutters.” Blitz whispers into her ear.

Fluttershy looks at him with a grin before giggling. “Love ya Blitzy. I missed you.” She said nuzzling him.

“No, to breakfast and then we will all be going skiing before heading back.” Blitz says.

Fluttershy pouts cutely. “But I want to spend time with you.”

“You will have fun.” Blitz says petting her mane once.

“So Blitz, you said you made your connection to the force, right? What does it feel like?” Twilight asks.

“I…it is hard to describe.” Blitz says.

Twilight nods. “Yeah, most young unicorns have that same reaction.”

“I’ll tell you this, it is like feeling a heartbeat at times. The heartbeat of the galaxy.” Blitz says.

Twilight smiles. “Glad you feel that way and now you can brag to Ahsoka about this.”

“She is away back in the war.” Blitz says.

Twilight grins. “You can still call her.”

“We shall see and for those who can’t ski, our Snow Bunny here will be teaching.” Blitz says.

Most of the mares snicker. “Snow Bunny?” Rainbow snickers.

“It’s what you call a skiing mare.” Blitz says smirking at those snickering.

Fluttershy tries to hold it in. “You think if we dress her up in a bunny costume, Vinyl wouldn’t notice?”

“She would probably ask, did Fluttershy’s Angel reproduce.” Pinkie comments.

Blitz chuckles as he grabs her. “Hey Pinks. How is she?” He whispers, nuzzling her.

“Good. Pinkamena smiled when they hauled Starlight away, but wishes to still knife her.” Pinkie whispered most of it onto Blitz’s ear and Blitz starts petting her.

“Daddy!” Arcane cheers with the other foals as Blitz and the others stepped inside.

“Hey there my foals.” Blitz says grabbing them with his magic and hugging them. “Oh Daring, good news. I didn’t need the stims.” Blitz calls. “They took them away when we got captured.” Blitz says putting down the foals before she tackled him.

Daring huffs. “Good. At least something good came out of getting captured.”

“More than you know.” Blitz says as Daring noticing something was different about him but couldn’t tell what.

Twilight smiles. “And we got two new members of our family. Meet Night Glider and Double Diamond.” She said pointing to the ponies behind them.

“Um…hi.” Night says waving, feeling a little intimidated.

“Oh Soarin, you here?” Twilight calls.

“My stallion!” They hear before Blitz was tackled to the ground for the second time.

“Soarin, could you come with me and Double here, we have something to talk about.” Twilight says.

Soarin looks up at her. “Um…sure.” She said following them.

“What did they talk about?” Spitfire asks from the couch reading, hearing that.

“Well you se…” Blitz says before explaining about the cult and what happened to DD.

Most of the mares who didn’t hear about that place gasps. “Why treat them like some sort of piece of wood?” Dusk asks.

“More like numbers and machines. That is sort like we call communism where the government controls everything about anything. It sounds good on paper, but it doesn’t work so well in real life.” Blitz says.

Mary huffs. “And that’s why we lived by certain codes and deal with things on our own.”

“Oh mom, there you are. Meet your new daughter in law.” Blitz says pushing Night up to her.

Mary looks her up and down. “Keep him safe and I won’t kill you.”

“Mum is a former pirate captain.” Blitz explains.

Night just stares. “Woah.”

“So how do you think Soarin is reacting?” Fleetfoot asks as Shadow keeps snoring.

Blitz shrugs as he goes over and pets Shadow’s mane and holds up a hoof and leans down to her. “Oh my dark bolt, I’m wearing the suit and ready to ‘fly’.” He whispered.

“You know we can’t be with me at this stage.” Shadow mutters in her sleep before Blitz kisses her head.

Blitz chuckles as he looks back to the others. “Probably shocked that she isn’t the only one in the changed gender department.”

“Come here.” Fleetfoot says reaching out to hug him.

Blitz grins and grabs her in a hug. “I love ya girls.”

A few hours later they heard the doors open. “We are back.” Octavia says walking in, carrying her Cello and Azure on her head.

Blitz smiles as he looks over. “Ah, the maestro returns.”

Octavia giggles as she sets Azure down and he runs off. “Yes well, I just got accepted into a big concert in Canterlot. I’m going to be paid big time.”

“And Vinyl?” Blitz asks.

“Distracted her with brandy and games. Really easy like with the bunny.” She jokes.

Blitz laughs before he sighs. “Well, want to hear about what happened while we were away?”

“Not much, we have all just been doing our own things.” Octavia says before kissing his cheek.

Blitz holds her there for a moment. “What does Vinyl know about cutie mark removal?” He whispers into her ear.

“Never heard of it from my knowledge, why.” Octavia asks.

“Take a look.” Blitz says and she looks at his flank. “I will feel you in on all the details later.”

Octavia kisses his cheek again. “Congratulations.”

“I didn’t earn it like you did love, but will explain it to you later with the others.” Blitz says before kissing her neck.

Octavia moans and leans in close. “Tease.”

Blitz chuckles as he grabs her and pulls her onto his lap. “Looks who’s talking, waving that flank around.” He said now holding her.

“Hey Blitzy.” Vinyl calls walking in drunk.

Blitz grins. “Vinyl, take a load off and sit right here.” He said, patting his lap.

“Oh my pillow is here.” Vinyl says before collapsing on him.

Blitz chuckles and pets her head. “I love you girls. You and my family and I’m never letting you down again.”

Octavia looks at him. “Again?” She asks waving the alcohol smell away with her hoof.

“Will explain later.” Blitz says before reaching behind him and grabs Azure.

Azure frowns. “Aw dad. You ruined it.”

“You’ve improved. I didn’t hear you till you started climbing my son.” Blitz says, laying him onto Octavia’s lap and ruffles his mane.

Azure huffs. “I still beat you.”

“Yeah, you did this time.” Blitz says smiling.

Azure looks to Vinyl who snores loudly. “What’s with the aura on her? It’s kinda wonky.”

“She drank too much of her favorite drink and she’s just sleepy my son.” Blitz says.

Azure nods and looks back to him. “Cool.”

“Huh?” Octavia asks.

Azure laughs. “Daddy looks awesome now.”

“How so?” Octavia asks.

Azure smiles. “There’s two of him and they are both cool.”

Blitz raises an eyebrow at that.

Azure looks to Octavia. “You’re still the same.”

“Ah, I think I get it now, you see my connection to the force.” Blitz says ruffling his mane.

Azure chuckles. “Yeah, it looks cool.”

Blitz smiles and ruffles his mane. “Ok, you hungry my boy?” Blitz asks.

Azure nods. “Mmh huh.”

“Because it is dinner time.” Blitz says.

Azure cheers as he carries him and Vinyl to the dining room where the others were waiting. “What are we having?” Blitz asks as he sets Azure down with the other foals and puts Vinyl in a chair and tries to find the best position for her to sit up.

Twilight rubs the back of her head. “Um…it’s from our new friends.” She said as the door to the kitchen opens and the kitsune walks in with many trays on her tails and arms. “Hey guys. Eat up.” She said setting them down. “Don’t worry, it’s vegetarian and meat for the griffon.” She said heading back into the kitchen.

“You still ignoring them?” Twilight asks.

“Ignoring what?” Blitz asks.

Twilight sighs. “Lati has been teaching me some tricks for my spells. She’s good, I’ll tell you that.”

“Come on Sunshine, open up for the spaceship.” Pinkie says making noises as she brings the spoon closer to Sunshine. Sunshine giggles and opens her mouth and bites down on the spoon before taking the spoon with her. “Sunshine, you are not supposed to eat the spoon.” Pinkie said, throwing it away into a pile of eaten spoons and grabs another one.

“Did my daughter just eat metal?” Blitz asks.

Sunshine looks at him and creepily smiles the same as the ponies in the village were having.

“Sunshine, that is not for your dad. Show us all a real smile.” Pinkie says picking her up.

Sunshine giggles and hugs her while smiling.

“There we go.” Pinkie says.

“So where are Jackie and Rarity…are they nursing?” Rainbow asks, noticing the absence of the two as she feeds her twins.

Twilight nods. “Oh yeah. After all that trouble back in the village, they just want to spend time with their foals.”

“I see and them not even being a month old makes them really want to get attached which reminds me, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle recently got back, right?” Blitz asks.

They all look at each before looking back at him. “Not really.”

“Minerva, status on the CMC.” Blitz requests from the pregnant cyborg.

“They are currently at the Apple family ranch.” Minerva says in between stuffing her face.

‘Reminds me a little of Twi when the fillies were all about Twilight time.’ Blitz thinks before calling Sweetie Belle.

“Hello? Who’s this?” Sweetie Belle asks as she answers the call.

“Your brother in law Sweetie.” Blitz says.

Sweetie Belle looks carefully at the screen. “Oh Blitz. Need something?”

“Yeah, we are having dinner. Want to join with your friends and sister in law over there?” Blitz asks.

Sweetie looks at something off screen. “Sorry. Spike has us working on things while we’re down here. Too busy so sorry.”

“Well at least you and Apple Bloom can spare a few minutes to come visit your sister right?” Blitz asks.

Apple Bloom appears in a corner. “We’ll try.”

“We got a surprise for you two and Scootaloo will get some quality time alone with our purple dragon.” Blitz says.

They both frown a bit before sighing. “Okay, just give us a bit of time.”

“Ok.” Blitz says before they cut off the line.

“They are having a fun time being their advisor.” Fluttershy said.

“No comment.” Blitz says leaning to her and whispers. “So how did they do?”

Fluttershy smiles. “They just led him on an escort mission. Got a lot of information for him because there was an ambush waiting for him.”

“I meant the new mares.” Blitz clarifies.

Fluttershy grins. “They are ready. More bugs as words.”

Blitz sighs. “Why do that to them?”

“They don’t remember it, they are just prepared for more sessions. Night was so shy at first and DD being a former stallion. I had my work cut out for me educating her. I mean I literally needed a chalkboard to explain things to her at times.” Fluttershy whispered.

Blitz raises an eyebrow as he runs a hoof across her mane. “Tell me, when did you have fun last?”

“The skiing was fun even though I only just started learning.” Fluttershy says.

Blitz nods and smiles and grabs a hoofful of mane and pulls a little. “You ready for a lot of fun after you give birth?”

“Oh no, I have so much to do.” Fluttershy says before going off on full mother mode.

Blitz sighs as he lets go. “Good pet.” He said humorously.

“And then the crib I must measure for exact purposes. Twilight, I will need your help.” Fluttershy says.

Blitz kisses her cheek. “Go be a mother.”

“You couldn’t stop me even if you tried.” Fluttershy says.

Blitz smiles. “I won’t.” Blitz says before going back to eating.