I glanced at the awakening white alicorn. Luna rushed to her side worried for her for some reason. I then noticed a huge visible blush on her face before she began to pant heavily. I was curious, not in the perverted sense, but in a logical way, not sensing any magical ailment that might have caused her lustful condition.

"P-Please..... I... need-"

"Resist, sister! Don't fall for their trickery!" Luna interrupt her. The white alicorn didn't seem to hear her judging by the eye-rolled expression in between complete bliss and unattainable agony.

It seemed she was too far into it to remove this the more simpler ways. "Luna, I'll need you to step back."

Luna eyed me with the first implications of suspicion in my actions. "Don't worry. I don't plan to resort to a solution as extreme as fucking her. No, this needs a more delicate touch." I said.

The blue alicorn seem satisfied, if a little uneasy, with my answer before I made a closer inspection on her body. It didn't take me long to find what I was looking for. My eyes widened. Of course, I knew that whoever controlled these ponies were an expert at genetic breeding, but this was completely different. They were able to rewrite some of this mare's gene entirely to fit her as a doll for their needs. But that wasn't the problem that was causing this forced reaction.

My hands started to glow a yellow color before I touched one of her arms. The white alicorn flinched under my touch and shuffled uncomfortably. I closed my eyes and examined her mind. Just entering her skull made my head dizzy. Any normal stallion would have passed out from the mental shock that struck me because of how powerful and quick it was. However, I'm not a normal pony, so I easily entered her mindscape. A bright light flashed in front of me blinding me for a few seconds.

I stumbled almost losing my balance before looking around. I was in some sort of castle. I looked at myself seeing my half transparent body. That meant I successfully entered the mare's mind. I was going to search the castle for some clues until a terribly loud lewd sound broke the silence of the halls. I shift my head toward the door behind me before opening it in my horn magic.

The sight I saw scarred into my mind. A human, no, a giant monster of a human was using and abusing this poor white alicorn with various lewd actions.

The giant human had unnatural blue eyes that swirled like a vortex of raw energy, endlessly searching for more power. His muscles were well defined passed the point of regular human bodybuilders on Earth by comparison alone. He wore no official articles of clothing, but I could tell his legs were just as well defined. His hair was long and naturally straight, but it seem to almost defy gravity with it, waving in an eternal manner that radiate with magic as well.

And while this mare continued to suffer between pleasure and pain, this monster would get a satisfied smile or pleasure out of her uncontrollable reactions.

This sickened me to a level I haven't felt since that caribou encounter, except this feeling was a thousand times stronger than whatever the caribou could do. The caribou were bubbling idiots that felt like they could take on an army of super powered godlike ponies and win. They would automatically have failed, and gone extinct if their world's Discord hadn't assist them in a deus ex machina way.

But this one human felt the complete opposite. I could feel the ripples of power radiate off his very being that made Hades seem like a minor god. This was the same power that was wrapped around this white mare's mind: the being that was controlling her every action. This human must have acquired a huge amount of magical might in his years of training to become so powerful, but it didn't matter.

The reason this human made me feel so sick inside was not because of what evil deeds he has done to this mare necessarily, or that he is possibly behind the rapid changes in both mare's bodies. No, it was because this sack of meat reminded me of them. I grit my teeth feeling it sharpen in my mouth.

I walked up to this lewd scene getting very close. This is when the giant human finally noticed me. He didn't seem amused by my intrusion, but he definitely looked shocked I was standing there.

"I've never seen you before. And you looked like a healthy slave too. They must be making a new line of slaves these days." He idolly commented.

I let the dark feelings envelop my body letting the shadows fill into me. I smiled crudely. "No. But now I know who to look for in this screwed up world. You shall be the first to face my fury."

The giant only had a few more moments of bewilderment before I blast him with a beam of shadows. His nonphysical form got absorbed almost instantly by the angry shadows. The mindscape turned immediately white again.

This time, all I saw around me was a white void. I looked around wondering why I was still here until I saw the alicorn mare smiling at me. She looked to had been crying, but that smile said they weren't sad tears anymore. "Thank you."

My vision fell into darkness.

My eyes opened again seeing that the white alicorn had fully gotten over her weird condition. I glance to my right seeing Luna stand there speechless. To her, I performed a miracle. I let go of the white alicorn seeing her raise only feeling slightly weak.

"Thank you.... I can't ever repay your kindness..." She replied.

I helped her stand smiling warmly at her. "Don't worry about 'repaying' it. I don't need anything."

Luna looked flabbergasted. "B-But... How did you do that?! She was sick and almost completely far gone, and now she is completely normal again!"

I looked at Luna again. "I went into her mind and tackled her problem in the form of a dream. I believe it's called dream walking to some experts." The blue alicorn seem amazed that this method existed. I heard the unanswered question in her mind. "Yes, I can teach you this method, if you really desire to know."

Luna looked hesitant for a moment before her determination winned out. "Then I'll like to learn dream walking from you, Mas-"

"Please don't call me 'Master'. That title always rubbed me the wrong way." I insisted.

She swiftly nods. "Sorry, I got a habit of doing that. I would like to learn dream walking, Shadow."

"Sure. We can start tonight. Before we get too comfortable though, I got some questions for the both of you." The white and blue alicorns both look worried by my mood shift. I set the white mare down on the couch again before glancing at the white one. "But first, do you have a name, unless you want me to call you 'white alicorn' all the time."

"Celestia..... My Master used to call me that before he changed....." She quietly replied. Luna looked saddened by this fact.

"So he didn't used to be this... abusive to you?"

"Well, he was more caring about my feelings before he went to that last meeting with all the Masters." Celestia continued.

"Wait, wait, how many of these 'Masters' are there?"

"Every human has at least one to two pony slaves." Luna quickly interjects.

"I see. But what kind of system do these 'Masters' have?" Celestia and Luna look perplexed at each other. "Is there like a caste system with the different variety of Masters there is in the world?"

"I believe so, yes. The group of Masters we came from are called the Elite Masters. I guess they are important people..." Celestia said.

I placed a finger on my chin. "So I need to look for these Elite Masters..." I walked in my room searching for a few items. The two alicorns looked back at me.

"What are you doing?" Luna asked.

"We need to hit the road soon. The survivors of my intervention will surely get a searching party together to scope out the area to find you two." I found two dark cloaks before handing each sister one. "These are to hide your appearance. Are ponies allowed to wear clothes?"

"I... guess so. Only richer Masters really have the money to afford such things." I nodded snapping plain clothes on their figures. The sisters stood gobstrucked at the sudden appearance of fitting clothes.

I head for the door before snapping on the plainest clothes I could find in my dimensional space. "Let's get a move on, shall we?"

We had walked for a couple miles out without speaking another word to each other. It seemed like the mares really do want to escape from these unnatural humans' grasp. We currently were holding up in the middle of a small clearing in the dense woods around us. Surprisingly, the forest is extremely vast compared to the other one I have been in, but I have a lot more available magic in this realm then I did in the previous version.

Luna yawned breaking my train of thought momentarily from the magical firepit I made. It's magical due to the flames not producing any smoke into the air while still burning in an eternal light. Magic is very helpful.

"W-Why did you save us?" The meek, bemused Celestia asked. Luna immediately listened in.

I glanced at the stump she sat on carefully considering her question. Why would I save two helpless slaves of this realm? Sure, they are two younger and weaker versions of the Celestia and Luna I remember, but I didn't really had to save their skin for any functional reason. This world operated fine without their help.

I sighed leaning back a bit to stare at the clear sky filled with dazzling stars. "No particular reason. I just felt the urge to rescue you from your horrible fate."

The white alicorn didn't look too upset, but also bore a form of frustration deep within her heart. A moment of silence passed. "You should have just let them capture us.... The Elite Masters have stronger lesser masters than the one you previously fought. I fear your noble cause will be for nothing if you don't hide yourself."

I glared at Celestia. "I'm not a coward that got a sudden burst of confidence, Celestia. I spent a lot of time fending off worse foes for a simple bite to eat in my youth. I did nothing noble to those bastards to warrant praise. Most decent people consider what I did as monstrous. I slaughtered them with anything I deemed good to kill them with, and I enjoyed their suffering. I do what I want when I want it. I just don't cross certain moral lines," I got up and poked the fire pit with a materialized stick stirring the fire. "If you find what I said upsetting or disgusting, then you can still leave. Unless you choose to leave you can count on me to protect you. Just don't mistake my actions for heroic feats. I don't do that shit." My words seem to make the sister speechless.

I spent a few more moments poking and placing more wood on the flame before sitting back down. Luna seemed to come to a realization. "You've done this before, haven't you Shadow?"

The question made me freeze momentarily, but I couldn't help the memories of my past adventures fill my mind. All the grim details and depression settled into my mind. I sighed knowing I shouldn't be saying such sentimentality. "I'm really old, Luna. I've seen many things and wittness many friends and loved ones suffer fates worse than death because of my actions. I'm a curse that can't escape any realm due to my very nature. I know how my tale is going to end. I've played this game since I was first stripped of my mortality, and I'll continue playing it long after you both are gone."

Celestia and Luna didn't seem to understand what I was talking about, but it didn't matter. Once I drop these two at a safe location, out of the Elite Masters' reach, we can then part ways while I deal with some unfinished business. I stared in to the magical flame a little longer. "Gets some sleep. We get up early to travel again."

We had manage to get up relatively at nine in the morning, judging by my internal clock, for just enough time to pack everything we had to continue our journey. Among the forest we stumbled upon a lone tavern of sorts in the middle of an isolated clearing. A soft tone was being played inside, but not enough to make out words or distinct beats. Two body guards blocked the entrance to this building completely armed to the teeth.

I looked back at the sisters. "I need you both to stay here and make yourself scarce. Hide anywhere and don't come out unless it's me."

"Are you sure you're fine alone?" Luna asked a bit suddenly.

I gave her a flat look. "I'll be fine. Nothing in there can really hurt me. Besides, a little information gathering should not put too much attention on me. You two just worry about keeping yourself invisible. Got it?" They nodded. "Good, I'll be back."

I then continued my casual trek to the guarded door. The guards eyed me cautiously studying my moves with astute precision. I smiled seeming to startle the pony body guards. "Good evening gentlemen. I'm just here to get inside. Preferably in one piece."

They looked at each other before giving me an distinct glare. "I'm afraid that only VIPs of the Blue Knuckles are allowed inside, slave. Please leave the premise immediately."

I deeply sighed. Out of all the brothels it just had to be the least likely one to allow free passage. I swiftly activate a quick mind manipulation spell seeing both of there faces fall neutral. "I have a pass. Can I come in now?"

"Of course, sir. Please step inside." The other guard replied motioning with his hands to come in.

That was the easy part. The harder part was finding what I was looking for effectively. If this brothel is anything like I remember them to be, then it's a place of stored secret information just waiting to be known. I opened the door immediately being assaulted by a familiar tune. I believe it was called "Bad Romance" when I crossed on to a certain world without magic.

I tsked at the choice of the song. I had nothing against the singer or the song itself, but it was not a song that I wanted to hear at that very moment. Around the inside I noticed that several of the humans that enjoyed the various entertainment in the brothel. The servant ponies would sometimes glance at me with suspicion. Even some of the slaves seem to think I was hear to cause trouble. When they believe I was looking at them they would immediately focus on something else. My thoughts immediately drifted on ownership of the brothel. I wonder if 'Blue Knuckles' is a gang.

I was so focused in my thoughts that I didn't notice bumping into two bouncers. One was a human bodybuilder while the other was a bulky earth pony; both dressed in loose tuxedos.

I looked up at the duo. "How did you get in? You don't look like a memeber of Blue Knuckles to me." The human bouncer commented.

I kept my calm attitude casually glancing at my wrist idolly saying: "Well, it seems that I stumbled at the wrong place. I was looking for the leader of Blue Knuckles."

This seem to catch their interests. "Oh really? Well then it's a good thing we're here." The human bouncer nod toward the earth pony.

The earth pony walked up and grabbed both of my shoulders. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't make me budge. I let the poor pony struggle before lazily turning to the human again. "I won't cause anymore trouble, but you should be careful what you do. I might see it as a threat on my life, if you try anything to hurt me, of course." I nonchalantly said.

The expression he made was priceless! I guess he has never seen gravity in action before. Can't blame him, gravity is a pain to control.... if you're not me.

"I-I suppose our boss has some time for you. I'll get him right away." The human bouncer quickly left while the earth pony continued to try in vein to pull me up.

I rolled my eyes stepping forward suddenly. This caused the bulky stallion to fall hard on his buttox. "Your comrade left. I suggest to try to at least be a bit hospitable. I'd hate to find out how hard it is to remove a blood stain from my clothes. I'm wearing a pretty expensive tuxedo, you know." I commented glancing at the earth pony.

That seem to calm and frighten the pony bouncer a bit faster than I thought. It must be the intimidating aura I let off..... Damn it. That explains the odd behavior.

I sighed forcing my aura back into my body again making it invisible once more. The earth pony seem to subconsciously relax with the presence gone. The back door to the brothel opened up revealing the human bouncer. He motioned me to come inside, so I followed him. The earth pony took post out side the doorway shutting it behind me.

"You're a lucky stallion. I have never seen the boss ever allowing a non-Blue Knuckle inside his personal chambers. You must be something special." The human said.

It didn't take us long to enter the room he mentioned running into five men in proper roaring-twenties gangster clothing. The shorter of the men were a blue version, but clearly seem to have a sort of leadership ranking among the men. The four others had machine guns, and were dead set on protecting the shorter man with their lives.

"This is Mob Boss Jino. He owns this brothel-tavern."

The short man in the white and blue striped fedora, and same pattern suit stared evenly at our presence. I didn't mark him much of a threat, but humans here owning guns was something I didn't expect to find in this world. I gave him the same courteous stare smiling slightly. "Very nice to meet you, Mr. Jino."

"A pleasure, strange stallion." He glanced at the human bouncer before he swiftly took his leave. The Mob Boss' guards split to let Jino walk up to me from his comfortable seat. "I've heard from my bouncer that you wished to talk to me in person. Normally I would refuse to allow anyone to see my face, but your display of unexplored predator in ponykind awoke something in me. I couldn't help but admire that uniqueness about you. I've never even seena fellow master accomplish the same feat. I'm a magician myself, but that display was quite fascinating. How did you do it?"

This dude must have a hard on for powerplays.... Great. "Tricks like that require hard training regiments. I would advise against trying to replicate that spell. Most casters end up imploding into meat mush from the raw force of the spell." I replied.

Jino grimaced. "I see... Quite unfortunate. What is your request then."

My eyes hardened, "I presume you know information detailing about a master group known as the Elite Masters?"

The Mob Boss paused choosing his words carefully. "I do have infomation on the infinite magical bastards. But what use does a lone stallion have for this valuable amount of information? How much are you willing to pay?"

I sighed knowing where he was going with this conversation. "Money won't be an issue. I do, however, want to know everything you have about the Elite Masters. In return I'll give you one thousand pounds of pure gold."

Every man's eyes grew big in that moment. Such amount of gold would make anyone rich, almost for the rest of their lives. But the offer seemed too good to be true. The Mob Boss' eyes narrowed.

"So you're saying that you'll hand us a thousand pounds of gold for information of the Elite Masters' whereabouts? No tricks, no catch." He reiterated.

"Yup. I know you'll have no choice but to report this trade in to them," --Jino's eyes widen in disbelief at my accurate guess-- "So I'm making it simple for both mine and yours sakes. Do we have a deal?"

It was pretty obvious what he chose. "Deal," he motions a guard to come closer before whispering into his ear. That same guard later ran into a concealed door. "While he gets your information, you can forfill your end of the bargain."

I snapped my fingers materializing a pile of gold bars from the air. Stunned silence filled the room. "That should cover it. You can have a guy count all one thousand of them." Jino nods quite satisfied with his prize.

A moment later, the guard came back with three people in tow with him. The first unknown was currently being dragged by the bodyguard. She was a human female that wore odd shiny, fancy clothing that would look ridiculous for normal clothing wear. She also wore gold hoops and some make-up. What made her different from the other humans I have seen was due to the fact that her eyes were a normal deep brown color, no swirls in the mix. She was screaming to stop being 'manhandled'.

The second one closest to the fancy clothed human was an aqua color mane and blue coat unicorn mare with dazzling baby blue eyes. She didn't seem alarmed at the current situation, but she did seem concerned for her friend.

Lastly was a yellow-gold coat and red-orange mane pegasus stallion. He had dull pink eyes That didn't really fit his color scheme, but I was fine with it. The stallion didn't seem all too happy with this whole situation especially with the female human being 'manhandled'. He currently was trailing in the back of the group two paces behind the bodyguard.

I raised an eyebrow at the emerging group, looking back at the Mob Boss. Jino smiled sweetly. "I may have lied about knowing about the Elite Masters, but I do have some employees that know them fondly. They decided to hold up at my brothel and work here. The woman you see here is named Charie Wu. She came from China before ending up exported to the New Globe."

Now that explanation stumped me. Before I could ask, the woman, Charie, butt into the conversation. "What?! You sold me out to this..... stallion, Jino, really?! You can't do this to me! I'm-"

"He offered forty times more coin than what you gave to me when you first took shop in my brothel, Charie. I'm a man of business, and I help whoever has the bigger budget to spend. Now off you three go. Bodyguards, escort them out!"

Jino didn't give them time to respond while two of the guards forcefully escort them out of the room. I stood there in bemuse shock at the incoming situation at hand.

The Mob Boss looked at me again. "I'm afraid that's all I can offer for you mister......"

"Shadow Faze, Mister Jino." I replied.

"Right. A pleasure doing business with you." I took that my cue to leave his personal chambers.

That entire experience shook me up. I was half expecting the Mob Boss to straight up try to kill me for being a lesser born in this world's caste system. Apparently, the nature of people isn't what it seems. I must have just had a bad experience with the first group of humans I met in this world. These humans are complicated. Just like life and meaning is, I suppose

I walked out the door simultaneously breaking the spell I placed on the two outside pony guards. They didn't even know what happened. Poor bastards.

I mentally shrugged them off before walking to the information group that I, somehow, 'out bought'. The stallion in the group glared dangerously at me getting close to my face. "This is all your fault. Our lives were quiet and peaceful before you came along and snatched that peace with it! Do even kno-"

I yawned in his face causing him to recoil and stumble on his words. "Blah, blah, blah. Can you not? I'm not a slaver, nor could I due to my race, it seems. All I want is information about the Elite Masters," The last sentence seem to catch Charie's attention. "I have no idea why Jino decided to kick you guys out. That was his decision. Now, which one of you know the whereabouts of the Elite Masters?" I asked getting fairly impatient with the backtalk. The stallion fumed at my conversation skills.

However, whatever he was about to say died in his mouth when the woman placed a hand on his shoulder. "I am the one who knows about the Elite Masters, but we can't discuss the details near the brothel." She firmly said.

I nodded. "Fair enough. You can come out girls!" Celestia and Luna came out of the bushes wearily eyeing the newest editions to the 'team'. Everything seem to freeze still at the sister's reveal. Charie's eyes widen in a mix of confusion and shock.

"Celestia?"

The white alicorn harshly glared at the woman for even speaking her name. "Hello, Charie."

Author's Note

Another fine chapter. I had this, and the first, chapter on the backburner for a while which is why it's well thought out. Anyway, now it looks like Celestia might have some unspoken history with the freshly introduced woman. Shenanigans and more action ensures.

(Sorry about the mix up in the publishing process. Accidental slip on the finger pressing.)

Until next chapter...