The Foundation of Memory's Past

After an explanation was given to the guards, and Luna personally telling them that I was allowed to visit her, the Guards left. I felt bad about the whole butter mishap and removed it by deleting the butter and wherever it went. Some more time passed, and eventually everyone was gathered. Me, Luna, Celestia, and Cadence, along with Shining who I deemed worthy after I remembered that he and Cadence were dating, but not publicly. I think.

"Dear Franz, why hath thou called us to thy room? Surely this could've been discussed in a more secure location." Luna said, watching me remember everything that happened.

"I know. It's just that I don't really think whoever will hear about this will even understand unless they are a time traveler or something like it." I said.

"I'm sorry to be rude, but why did you call me for? I don't believe that I will be needed for whatever is to come." Cadence said, more unsure since she probably didn't want to be here.

"While you don't really play a very big part in all of this, I wanted you around to get to know you a bit more, and vice versa." I said, testing the waters. So far, no bad luck regarding the whole mental breakdown situation. Her muzzle morphed into a frown, but she didn't comment.

"Franz, if I may. I'd like to know the real reason you wanted us all to meet." Celestia asked, watching me with concerned eyes.

"Hold on, I'm almost done collecting my thoughts." I said, recalling the final details of what I wanted to say.

"Your Highness, permission to speak freely?"

"Granted." I said before anyone else could allow or deny it.

"I'm sure you don't need to have me here, especially if it's secretive, royal business like this."

"Cadence, you want him here?" I asked her, cutting off Celestia before she could redirect him somewhere else. She looked surprised by that and chose to observe for now.

"Only if he wants to stay, he can." She confirmed.

"Shining, you have permission to leave, but you can stay if you wish." I told him.

"Thank you, Your Highness." He bowed.

"Call me Franz from now." I said, a look of confusion washing over before he left the room. Letting out a sigh, I closed my eyes and took a breath in to begin explaining.

"So, I'm here to tell you guys that I'm technically supposed to be dead, but I'm alive somehow." I said bluntly, with little context. They all held perplexed stared, Cadence more so that both Luna and Celestia.

"Could you elaborate?" Celestia asked, breaking the small silence.

"Okay, I'll start from what I remember. So, I woke up from self-imprisonment for a thousand years, fell to Equis, landed, bounced up, went to Ponyville, talked to Twilight, went to Town Hall, had my first encounter with Luna's Corrupted Form, no offence sweetie, went to the Golden Oaks Library, found a manual for The Elements of Harmony, went into The Everfree, fought a bunch of scary faces, almost slipped off a cliff side, fought a Manticore, calmed a giant serpent with Rarity who did most of the work, shot at Rainbow's Loyalty test, fought Nightmare Moon, won, and boom. Now we're in the present." I explained, giving them the rundown of the first time I arrived.

"You've been living two days in an endless loop?" Cadence chimed in.

"No, more like three months." I added, continuing.

"And this is the first loop. I'm hoping that I don't do it any more times than I need to. And before I go, have the city checked for Changelings." I added.

"What's a Changelings?" Cadence asked.

"They feed off of love, so I think. Last time, they tried to form a pact with me, but I bamboozled them and pact them together instead."

'Even if accidentally.' I thought.

"What do they look like?" Celestia asked.

"Anyone really. They can change into the pony they want to, so I'd keep a closer eye on who you recruit. Have blood samples be taken and compare them to other samples. They nearly tricked me last time as adoring historians, but I just assumed they were fans." I said.

"Why a fan?" Cadence asked.

"Well, in the last one, I'll call it Loop Alpha, I fought your coltfriend and won. And that may have triggered a fan base solely on the goal of forming a gargantuan herd with an unknown, and not to mention unstable amount mares." I answered, a sense of disturbed sickness forming in my stomach.

"Thou didn't accept, did thee?" Luna asked suspiciously.

"Of course not, I already have you. More mares would probably complicate things or make it weird." I said, smiling at her warmly, before the hot flash of memories regarding Ditzy came up and practically stung my heart. I felt myself sink into a slight panic when Celestia perked up.

"But what happened to make a new loop?"

"Well, Loop Bravo was created when I was murdered by my anger given form and influenced by Nightmare Moon. I was too close when the Elements struck Nightmare Moon, and before me and Luna's soul bond was destroyed in Loop Alpha, she transferred herself over to me and I can presume they tried to make my alter self. Not sure what caused it though, but I know it was successful." I said, trying to piece together what little pieces there was.

"And this time?"

"I was far away enough to not get the transfer, but the soul link is still broken." I said, a slight frown adorning my face.

"So, what's going to happen in this 'Loop Bravo'?" Cadence asked.

"I'm not sure. In Loop Alpha I attacked you because you reminded me of someone from my past, but thankfully Discord wasn't influencing my mind this time. Anything else before we move on?" I asked.

"Yes, we would liketh to know how far we progressed in our relationship." Luna asked, not really caring about how Celestia felt.

"Well, we actually expanded and formed a herd." I said, wincing as my words contradicted my previous ones.

"What?" Luna asked flatly.

"Technically, you were the one who wanted to do it. You even suggested it." I answered.

"How so?" She asked, a stern look in her eyes as she was not amused.

"The only way to fix our Soul Bond is to help mend it back together with another pony."

"Well I suppose that makes sense. Soul Bonds are fickle things to master, and nopony has attempted to repair it in ages." Luna whispered.

"And Celestia was one of our herd members." I threw out there, hearing the wrench absolutely tear apart in the gears of the conversation.

"What?!"

"I did?"

"Really?" They said at the same time, Luna louder than the two of them.

"Yeah. You two made up before it, of course, and afterwards it turned out for the better." I said, noticing that Cadence seemed excited, almost giddy.

"I can't believe it! In an alternate timeline, both my aunties found love! EEEE, I'm so excited!"

"And that's where the other, last herd member comes in. She's a bit clumsy, but she's really sweet. I couldn't talk to her this time, mainly because I wanted to get back Luna, but I was hoping to try again, if she was even interested in trying.

"Who is this mare thou speak of?" Luna questioned, her protectiveness probably not wanting to share me.

"Her name is Ditzy Doo. She has two children, one older and the other young, and they were the first one's I met in Loop Alpha."

"Isn't it too soon to date somepony you barely met?" Cadence, of all people, asked.

"Yeah, that's what I thought about too. But turns out, that was a feeling I'm glad I followed." I said, deciding to put my feelings on my sleeve. Is it called a sleeve still? Or are pants more the term here?

"Where does she live?" Celestia questioned, curiosity etched into her tone.

"In Ponyville. You can ask Mayor Mare about her if you want. Though, I already know where she lives. Also, anyone else here a bit cold?" I asked.

"Nay, we art feeling fine." Luna said.

"It's not that cold. Is it, Cadence?" Celestia asked, which Cadence agreed.

"Oh right, falling from orbit right out of Cryo sleep. That's fun. Also, I forgot to mention this in Loop Alpha, but my ship is going to crash in the badlands, somewhere near Appaloosa." I casually said, catching Cadence off guard.

"You have a spaceship!?" Cadence asked.

"Yeah. It was hit by an asteroid that would've hit probably the same area and caused some massive damage. And by massive damage, I mean possibly extinction level damage." I told her. Celestia and Luna seemed disturbed, and I was questioned by Celestia.

"What about your ship? When will it fall?"

"In about four months, maybe less time. But don't worry. I'll catch it and we can bring whatever is in it back to my R&D department. We can also use the material from the asteroid and use it to make some better weapons or armor for your guards." I said.

"Your R&D Department?" Celestia asked, an eyebrow raising as she seemed to take some minor offense to me claiming it.

"Oh, right. In Loop Alpha, you practically dumped it onto me to figure it out and lead it." I said, exaggerating.

"Right." She said slowly, and unbelieving.

"Anything else we should be warned about?"

"Yep. There's a dragon that's coming to sleep in about two and a half months, and a raid that'll happen on the Wednesday before the Dragon. I'll need to give Twilight and the girls some armor to deal with it better." I said, saying that last part to myself.

"So, before I forget, I should probably go find Ditzy either today or tomorrow depending on how I feel and stuff. But considering that I just woke up, I am feeling kind of hungry. Luna, Celestia, one last question, was I announced that I returned, along with you as well Luna?" I asked.

"No, not yet for you. Luna was announced just this morning. While she was still exhausted from last night's ordeal, I did announce that she had returned." Celestia said, her wings fluttering at her sides in what I could presume was slight discomfort in her seat.

"Okay. Can you announce it in later today? I realize that I need to figure out how to approach Ditzy without seeming weird or worse, creepy." I said with a small stretch of my own wings.

"What of Twilight and her accomplices?" Luna asked, her nose wrinkled slightly.

"Fear not. For I have a plan!" I said proudly. Materializing a black bat with an image of a sleeping pony, I grabbed it and raised it to the sky.

"I'll just hit her with the forgetting stick!" I called.

"How would that work." Cadence asked almost sarcastically.

"Like this." I said, giving her a good bap on the head. Almost instantly, she fell to the ground and was sleeping.

"Franz! Why'd you hit her?!" Celestia cried, raising from her spot and moving to inspect Cadence.

"What? She wanted a demonstration, so I gave her one." I said defensively.

"Franz, while I know that you're powerful, you still can't go around hitting anypony and removing their memories. It's unethical, and I made it illegal to even attempt to-"

Bap

In an instant, Celestia was on the floor sleeping as well.

"Shit. Maybe that wasn't a good idea." I said, realizing what I just did.

"Dear Franz, why would thou create such a device? Surely this isn't the way to go about redacting things." Luna said, suddenly on the other side of the room. Looking over at her, I dropped the Forgetting stick onto Cadence again and felt slightly bad about it.

"Sorry Luna, I didn't mean to do it." I said sadly. Looking over at their sleeping bodies, I snorted.

"Well, I kind of did. Still sorry though." I said, fighting down a mirthful grin.

"Dear Franz, thou art a hoof full at times." Luna said, slowly approaching me.

"Yeah. Thanks for putting up with my antics." I said.

"Nay. We should be thankful for thee. Thou helped us with a dire predicament. Surely we could, repay thou." Luna said in a husky tone I recognized as unnecessary horny time.

"Yeah. But later. I'm starving." I said, seeing Cadence struggle to get up.

"What happened?"

"We were getting breakfast. Wanna join?" I asked her.

"Wha..." I heard Celestia say, recovering from her induced sleep.

"Oh, you're finally awake." I said, turning to her by rotating slightly towards her spot on the floor.

"What happened?" She asked, seeing that she was on the floor.

"Nothing really. I think you just passed out from all the stress is all." I said, hoping my casual tone would convince her.

"Sister, what doth thee remember?" Luna said, a frown her face.

"Not much. Mostly everything until everything suddenly went dark.

"Yeah, definitely stress." I lied horribly.

"I remember everything going dark too. Did anypony else feel it?" Cadence asked,

"Nuh uh."

"Franz." Celestia said, gaining a frown.

"Should I hit them again?" I whispered to Luna.

"Nay, tis fine."

After some more talking, and a mostly heartfelt apology for knocking them out with an impossible tool, we split and I decided to head to the Dining Room. Luna went back to bed, since I essentially woke her up at the equivalent of 2 in the morning. Celestia went back to the Throne Room, and Cadence went off to do who knows what.

As I walked towards the Dining Room, I threw on a dark sweater with a single white letter on it, it's reference not registering in anyone's head except my own.

'E'

I got a look from everyone I passed, but I didn't pay any mind to it. As long as I didn't run into Blueblood, then I wouldn't have to deal with the drama queen right now. Sure, I'd have to meet him eventually, but I was hungry, and no one was going to stop me from my plate of randomly assorted goodies.

I saw Summer Springs on my way, but I didn't really stop to say hello. She, however, had other ideas.

"Excuse me sir, but are you lost?" She called, her hooves clacking on the floor after me. I slowed and turned to her with a reply.

"No, I'm fine. Thank you for the concern though."

"Of course! My name is Summer Springs. Think I can help with anything?" She asked, attempting to be informal with the interaction.

"Actually, yes. I do."

"That is?" She asked, leaning in closer to me despite my strange size difference.

"Can you name the rules of physics?" I asked her.

"What?"

"Never mind." I said, noting that the question didn't throw her off for long.

"Well, if there's anything that does pop up, here." She said, pulling out a piece of paper and scribbling on it with a quill.

"You should stop by sometime, if you're not busy that is." She said, winking at me and turning back to her job.

'Did... she just flirt?' I thought. That... didn't happen in Loop Alpha. With that bit of information new to me, I continued on my way to the Dining Room, where I would hopefully not run into Marble. Who knows what would be revealed to me if she did show up. Opening the doors, I saw Blueblood in here, talking down to some servant who had on a good customer service face. Oh my, I remember those days. Not fun at all. Another servant saw me and came up to me.

"Hello, how can I help you?" She said, relieved for the temporary distraction from Blueblood.

"I just wanted a sandwich, if that's no trouble." I said, glancing over at Blueblood. Yep, he was definitely not getting my help this time.

"Of course. Any kind in particular?" She asked, pulling a notepad from her dress pocket with a small pen using her magic.

"I'll just have a peanut butter & jelly if that's alright."

"Are you sure?" She asked, giving me a worried look.

"Yes, I'm sure." I said, feeling a new pair of eyes on me.

"What is this?! A peasant getting better service than me?! How dare you! I'll have you fired for this!" Blueblood said in a fit of anger.

"What's with the stubborn child?" I asked her, pointing to Blueblood with a tilt of my head. Her face dropped as Blueblood practically screeched.

"WHAT!?"

"Hey man, I just woke up. I don't want to hear you yelling. Please and thank you." I said, wanting him to shut up and be still.

"Who do you think you are, telling me what to do!? I'll have your head for insulting me!" He said, a dark glare overcoming his face.

"Listen, Blueblood, I'm not really in the mood to deal with you right now, so make like a fly and fuck off." I said calmly.

"THAT IS IT!" He screeched again, jumping from his seat and stomping towards me.

"If you think that a tall freak like yourself has the audacity to speak to a prince such as me, then I'll publicly humiliate you, understand? Or do I need to spell it out for you." He said, looking up and charging his horn with magic.

"I mean, if you have that big of a vocabulary, then sure. Though, I would mind who you speak down upon. You never know who they might be." I said, grinning as he got even more infuriated. It's like picking on a child!

"Do you have anypony special to you?" He asked suddenly.

"Yes, something I doubt you have?" I asked bluntly. He sputtered as the blood vessel on his forehead looked like it was about to burst.

"What?!" He cried, after 20 seconds of sounding like a broken record player.

"Fleur De Lis. You know about her?" I said, smirking at him.

"Yes, what does she matter anyway?" He said, something dawning on his face.

I chuckled and took my eyes off of him when he decided that was a good time to throw a punch. It didn't daze me, but I barely felt it. I recovered with a disappointed look as I tanked a kiss from Luna that had more strength behind it than that.

"Really? A punch to the face? With that noodle of a foreleg?" I said, mocking him.

"How would you like to see the bite of my sword." He growled, the magic on his horn fizzling out as he seemed to think I was pretending to not be hurt.

"Eh, sounds pretty good. But can I get a meal first? Again, I'm hungry and I just woke up, not to mention that I'm on Loop Bravo, so I have to do stuff again, unfortunately." I said aloud.

"What?" He asked, his anger momentarily forgotten as confusion took over from what I said.

"I don't know. Just rambling. How's your love life by the way? Non-existent as usual? Or is your hoof taking good care of you." I asked, bringing back his anger and now embarrassment as I essentially bullied him at this point. Maybe I should back off.

"W-what?!" He asked, a look of confused anger now taking him over.

"Ever." I finished for him.

"You're meal, sir." Said the servant from my left.

"Ooh, thank you." I said, grabbing the sandwich and taking a bite out of it.

"Mmm, tasty." I said, walking past Blueblood and leaning in to take another bite in his face. Maybe he needed to get himself checked out if his veins keep pulsing like that.

"Oh, and Blueblood." I said once I reached the door.

"What." He said, turning to face me with a hateful glare.

"Call me uncle from now on. Later little nephew." I said, opening the door and leaving him to wonder what that meant. And I saw Celestia there, almost bumping into her.

"Oh, hey there Tia. What's up?" I asked her, swallowing my bite first.

"Hello, Franz. Was your breakfast plesant?" She asked me.

"Oh yeah, it was. But maybe tell Blueblood about me so he doesn't try and take my head off." I answered.

"I beg your pardon?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"You are pardoned. I'm going to take a nap now, so catch you in a bit." I said, just moving around her as she watched me leave.

"See ya later." I said, giving a yawn and transitioning it to finish off my sandwich. Damn, this may be a basic meal, but they still somehow made it taste better than what I can do. I think.

Laying on my bed, I was not really focused on anything other than how to approach Ditzy. My most thought of solution was to get up and go talk to her, but my gut tells me that doing that would be a horrible idea. I could always call for a royal visit, and tell her exactly what's going on, but then it wouldn't seem natural, almost forced. I could dump all of my memories on her from us being together, but that could also be taken the wrong way as well.

Letting out a sigh, rolled over to my other side. Maybe I could ease those memories back into her subconsciously, almost like a dream she can recall in great detail. Maybe doing that could help, but I'm not sure. Only thing left that is actually plausible is to just go and say hello.

Rolling back over, I thought about the girls. How would they react? Surely Dinky would adapt easily enough since she was impressionable, but I wasn't so sure about Amethyst. She was a wild card, and last time I talked to her she seemed to not want to get too involved.

Creating a keyboard, I sat up and began idly pushing the keys. I didn't feel like playing anything, but I wanted something to do other than just sit here. Like come on! Sliding the keyboard off the bed, I propped it against the wall. Maybe I could decorate the room while I'm here. I closed my eyes momentarily, thinking of a scene. I opened my eyes after a moment and saw that I was in what looked like a cozy room with plenty of games to pass the time. There were many different consoles, and I had them all linked up to a large screen hanging on the wall with a single cable splitting into several for them.

Glancing at the walls, they seemed a bit bland for my style. So, I made them have small lights to keep the room lit at night. I also added a dimmer feature, and many different colors available. Once I tested it out, I was satisfied with the results. But then I was bored again. Maybe I could play some Minecraft, but that got a bit boring after a while. DOOM? Maybe. I think I'll try Destiny again. Ooh, what about Halo? Eh. Maybe later. Might try out Ultrakill, it's been a very long time since I've touched that game.

I mean, I already have stuff to keep me entertained, so I must be missing something.

What of my energy? What can I do with it, I wonder. It seems to imitate other abilities well, maybe a bit overpowered, but what about other technique? Rasengan? Easy. Planetary Devastation? Pfft. Mind control? Maybe put a pin on that one. What about blowing up a planet? Maybe also put a pin in that one for everyone's sake.

I should probably work on my ocular abilities as well. Don't want to use the Tsukuyomi when I want to use Kamui instead. Or maybe I should make ballistic weapons, like a handgun or something. Hell, I'm pretty sure I can just add it to the suit, like everything else. Oh right, I did say that I was going to mess with the Guard Introduction. That'll be fun.

But I'm so boooooored!

"Feeling well, Dear Franz?"

"Luna! Just the mare I wanted to see!" I said happily, despite her sudden appearance.

"Good evening, Dear Franz. We were just passing by to check on thee. We, haven't seen thou for a few hours." She said, a concerned tone in her voice.

"I'm pretty good actually. Just a bit bored is all." I said, inviting her to my bed. She looked around and closed the door behind her, and I noticed a particularly odd smell. One that I was familiar with.

"We noticed that thou hath rearranged the decorum." She said, smiling.

"Eyup."

"It looks nice."

"Thanks."

Awkward silence.

"So, any particular reason you wanted to see me?" I asked, the smell getting thicker.

"We have a, how to say, an ailment that we wish for thee to assist us with." She said, shifting to look away from me when I already knew what it was.

"And that is?" I asked, taking a glance at her rear. I saw a small stain on the floor where she was stepping in place on, and I knew exactly what she was talking about.

"We wish for some quality time with thee." She said, climbing the bed and sitting right next to me.

"Surely thou wish for the same?"

"You're not wrong, I also want to do the dance with no pants. But don't you think we should hold off until at the very least two dates?" I asked, hoping to repeat the last steps from last time.

"What of all the other dates we hath been on? Long ago within the Royal Castle?" She said, laying down.

"I mean, I could just do it right now. But where's the fun in some teasing?" I asked.

"I suppose you have a point." She grumbled.

"See? I can be smart sometimes." I said, smiling at her.

"And what of thee?" She asked.

"What about me." I asked, not really considering myself a factor.

"What of thou's desires? Hmm? I wish to know your desires." She whispered, leaning close to me.

'To make you unable to walk right for a few days' A random thought came out.

"Well, I just want to make you feel safe and at home. I know how it is to not know where everything is going. My plan to keep you safe is to be with you. So, technically, you're my anchor. My rock." I said.

"And what of Celestia? That mare from Ponyville and her foals?" She asked.

"Celestia, she's a weird one to pinpoint correctly. I'm not sure where I stand with her, considering after a couple of months of me dicking around I invited her to form a herd with us in Loop Alpha. Then I died right after." I rambled, realizing that Celestia barely had any time with me.

"What lead to create another one of these, loops? Was it truly Nightmare Moon?" Luna asked.

"Well, yeah. It was Nightmare Moon that took over and I guess my body detonated to fend it off." I said.

"We know that, but how?" She asked.

"I'm pretty sure you don't want to see those details. Don't want you to worry about it anymore than I worry about a shark that can plug walk." I said with a shudder at the end.

"What even goes on inside that mind of thou's?" She asked.

"I don't know. Memes, memories, a lot of trauma, more memes." I joked.

"And irrelevant humor." She added.

"Exactly!" I said, beaming as she just let out a laugh.

"We really did miss thou, you realize this, yes?"

"Yep. You made it well known in Alpha." I said, smiling at her.

"We didn't do anything embarrassing in Alpha, did we?" She asked.

"...No." I said, realizing I took too long.

"Dear Franz." She stated.

"Well, technically, you did punch me in the balls right after I got out of hospitalization one time." I said.

"Why would we ever do that?" She asked innocently. I winced slightly at that memory, making sure that I would not do that again.

"I did surprise you and you reacted out of instinct." I said bluntly. She looked bashful, and leaned on my side.

"Are we any different from the version of me in Alpha?" She asked suddenly.

"No, you're pretty much the same from Loop Alpha. Only difference is that I know what's going to happen and how to stop it this time." I said, smirking at how I could play pranks on Celestia, and roughly her schedule for the next few weeks would be.

"Stop what?" She asked.

"Oh, you know. The things that either Celestia or the media will do to try and rip us apart and whatnot. It'll be easier to do that now that I know what they're going to try." I explained, Luna looking appalled at my words.

"Sister would do what!?" She cried, seemingly offended.

"Oop, I meant that more for the media. The media would rip us apart, not Celestia. She, well, she was pretty weird in Loop Alpha." I said, thinking of all the times she tried to make me have sex with Luna.

"What would she do?" Luna asked, interested.

"You know. Celestia stuff like pulling pranks, teleporting into rooms without telling us, casting a ready-for-baby spell on you. The usual." I said, giving a shrug.

"A what spell?"

"I don't know. It's what I call it. I'm pretty sure you're under the influence of it at the moment, so yeah. That, or you're suffering from being pent up for over a thousand years." I deduced.

"I for one haven't been near dear sister since yesterday and this morning. Perhaps tis the latter. But if I make things unpleasant, please do forgive my actions." Luna said, smiling as she rubbed her cheek up against my neck.

"Either way, I got to get you un-horny so I can sleep."

"But it is nearly six in the afternoon."

"Yeah? Your point?" I said, giving her a look.

"We merely wished to send time with thou."

"And you can. C'mon, let's get underneath the sheets." I said, earning an excited look from her.

"Lets keep it PG-13 here, okay?"

She pouted.

"Next time for sure though." I said, burrowing into my bed.

"Fine, but if I may. We need to cool ourselves." She said, getting up and heading to my bathroom. I noticed that there was a wet spot where she was sitting, and I materialized that away. Don't want the room smelling like sex when nothing happened. I rolled over to my side and closed my eyes. It didn't take long for sleep to take me, and I enjoyed it for now,

I felt pain. Not too much to where I wouldn't be able to move, but I felt it. I was standing in a barren area with what looked like a red half human\pony thing a few meters away.

"Honestly, how do you think you can best me? A lanky thing like you would be but a light snack to others from my time." He said, his deep voice echoing throughout the land.

"Well, Tirek, I'm not normal so to say. All I'm asking you is to let Luna and Celestia go, and we can go about our separate ways. You fuck off somewhere else, and I don't kill you."

"Hah, you and your ultimatums. I don't know how you were able to beat Discord, but it won't work against me." Tirek said, scoffing at me as his form was easily twice the size of mine.

"There is a yin for every yang. If there is bad, good will rise up against it. It's taken me a long time for me to find my calli-" I felt myself say and be interrupted from Tirek with a beam of magic. Past me dodged it before it hit, and the second blast was deflected with a backhand and off into the sky. This was a memory, wasn't it.

"You and your stalling. I've taken magic from nearly every being in the world. You're a powerful magic user, even though you aren't a unicorn. And I want it." He growled.

"Well, shit, I'm not going to give it to you. Because I can't." I said, seeing myself create Cloud's sword.

"So you're deciding to kill me. Don't you think that there will be consequences for that?" He snarked, raising his arms to motion to the surrounding area.

"One way to find out." I said, rushing him. I felt something press up against my back, but I wasn't aware of what, pr who it was.

I made for a wide swipe, and nearly hit him. He brought his fist down at me and tried to crush me. Rolling underneath him, I saw what looked like his nuts and slowed time to throw a brick at them. Getting out from underneath him, I resumed time and heard him squeal in pain, before I made for another swing at his arm. He went for a grab and caught me before throwing me into the ground.

"RRAGH" He growled, and raised his front hooves to crush me. Something slowly wrapped along my ribs, and I got up before I was turned into a red splat mark. I wasn't sure what was going on, but I felt something wrapping around my chest from somewhere else.

Making some distance between us, I narrowly dodged a beam of magic and retaliated with my own blast of energy. He ate it, and his horns lit up and lifted some large nearby boulders and chucked them at me. Creating my energy staff, I burst through them and summoned a meteor to strike.

I suddenly felt as though someone was breathing down my neck. My vision blurred, and I woke up.

Opening my eyes, I saw that Luna was hugging me from behind, her hooves wrapped up against my torso and her breathing on my neck in a loving fashion. Letting out a sigh of relief, I got more comfortable and flipped over to face her. She felt me shift and opened her eyes while letting me shift in bed.

"Did we wake thee?" She asked sweetly.

"Little bit. But I don't mind." I said, hugging her.

"Franz, I have one last question." She asked.

"Shoot."

"Doth our relationship, result into marriage?" She questioned.

"Well, I'd hope so. And considering how well we go together; I'd say that's a very likely future for us." I said, booping her nose with my own.

"Truly?"

"110%." I replied. We heard a knock on the door, and I lifted my head to look.

"Who is it?" I called, my mind foggy and now somewhat annoyed that more people are here now.

"Princess Celestia." Tia said from behind the door. Looking back at Luna, my mind refused to think about what to do as Luna, however, looked outright embarrassed.

"Hold on, I'm coming." I called, getting up and motioning her to come. The beds warmth and my body's imprint on it was lost to the colder air, and I wasn't feeling very keen on leaving it too long.

"Nay, if she were to see us like this, we would never hear the end of it!" Luna whispered to me from under the blankets.

"It's not like she'll actually do something. Just sit in a chair and you'll be fine." I whispered back, creating a chair. It wasn't a really special chair, just one that spins and had wheels on it. Getting up, I walked over to the door and opened it.

It was Celestia, of course.

"Hello there. Why're you here?" I asked.

"No particular reason. I just wanted to hold a conference with you and the general public." She said, a smile across her face while she watched me.

"But you didn't do this in Loop Alpha."

"I felt as though it was something I didn't wish to repeat, if Loop Alpha was anything to go by. Did this happen?" She asked.

"No, but that doesn't mean it has to." I mumbled.

"I already made an announcement that you have returned. The general public wishes to see you, but I can always reschedule this if you'd like."

"Nah, I'l do this." I grumbled, going over to grab my armor pieces.

"Perfect! And if you could, can you put on your Royal Atti-"

"I'm not wearing jewelry, if that's what you're asking." I said.

"You don't have to, but it's suggested, no, recommended!"

"Okay..."

"So, you're not wearing Royal Attire?" She asked.

"Nope, not really my style. I prefer to wear my armor." I said, sliding the leg armor on and placing the Visor over my chest.

"When does it start?"

"In an hour. Oh, and before I forget, have you seen Luna anywhere? I haven't seen her since noon." She asked.

"Not really. I mean, she stopped by earlier, but then left." I lied.

"How long ago?" She asked.

"I'd say about an hour or so. I don't know. After Loop Alpha, I feel like my perception of time is off." I grumbled as I deactivated the weapons temporarily.

"Perfect. I'll see you then." She said, walking off. Closing the door, I turned back to Luna, who was still sitting there on the chair. She let out a breath of relief and got up. I realized that the chair was conveniently out of the doors line of sight, so I guess she didn't see Luna at all.

"Thank thee, Dear Franz. We are not sure what would have transpired should Sister find us with thou." She said, relief etched into her tone.

"I know. She would have probably poked some fun and then left. Not sure why you wanted me to lie to her." I said, stretching to wake myself up.

"We apologize. Surely, thou understand?"

"Yeah. I had siblings too. Pain in the ass they were at times, but still family." I said, going to the bathroom. I didn't need to freshen up, but a little bit of personally taking care of myself did feel nice.

"Doth thee need anything before we take our leave?" Luna asked me.

'No, nothing much.'

"An answer to life." I said.

Wait, I meant to swap those sentences.

"We art not sure what thou meaneth by the answer to life. However, simpler questions are more likely to be answered." She said, her brow raised as she thought about it.

"I know. Just a... test, so to say." I said, pausing slightly.

"Did we pass?"

"Yep, see ya later Lulu." I said , leaving the room while she waited.

"We shall see thou again at midnight, Dear Franz." Luna said nodding her head and going for the door.

"Okay. See you later." I said, quickly closing the distance between us and stealing a peck. Her face reddened and I smirked.

"We appreciate the sentiment, Dear Franz." She said, the flush in her face slowly fading away.

"I appreciate you." I replied, smiling at her. She left with a smile on her face and a light skip in her step while she left me alone in the room. I heard my stomach rumble lightly, and I pulled up my visor.

"I got time." I said, as my eyes shifted to the Sharingan and I left to the kitchen in a spiraling portal