Author's Note

What has happened to our amazingly op protagonist?! He has had a pest problem, that's what! Or… perhaps we should say… he is having a pest problem

Also, sorry this took so long, been a little slow for a couple days.

Do you hear that?

"- go have a… nap." I trail off, noticing I am no longer in Ponyville.
What just happened? I think before notice a piece of paper stuck to my shoulder.
Oh no. Don't tell me… I begin to read the paper.

If you wish to return home, you must reunite with your friend and find what's missing.
Have fun~!

-G

"Oh no. What did you do this time?" I say as the paper evaporates in my hand. I then notice something strange about my hand. I'm missing the back of it. There's literally a black divot in it.
What the? Oh wait. Genie said find what's missing… and this looks familiar. I think as I transform into my favourite Ultimate. As I become Ultimate Echo Echo, I see that the echo speaker on top of my aforementioned hand is gone.
He took one of my Echo speakers! And if his note makes any sense, I'll have to find it to go home. And find Bella. I think as I look around at the forest I am in.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say that I'm in the Everfree. Let's-
Seth.
Huh? Bella?
Seth, can you hear me?
Yes I can. Can you hear me? I try to reach out.
Seth, are you there?
Drat. I don't think she can hear me. Good news is I can follow her signal like last time. I think, absentmindedly transforming the sides of my body.
Huh? Oh cool! I still have Ultimate Jetrays powers! I think as blue patagia form under both my arms. I start flying into the air, above the trees.
Now, where is that signal coming from… what is that? I think as I see a massive dome of magic outside the forest.

"Is that Ponyville? What happened?" I say as I begin flying towards it. As I fly, I notice that Bellas message is coming from directly behind it. "Well, it's in between were I am and want to be, so let's check it out." As I make my way to the town, I see something black moving very quickly in my peripherals. I look but see nothing in but the trees. "Probably nothing." I say as I continue flying. As I approach the town, I hear something flying at me from behind.
Oh good. The welcoming committee. I think as I turn around and am thoroughly surprised. "Huh. Well this unexpected." I say as I see Rainbow Dash, her face fierce, a scar by her left cutie mark, her body not wearing any clothes and she has a prosthetic for a rear hoof. That's right. Rear hoof. As in, one of four. Before me is a quadrupedal Rainbow Dash. "Hi." I say to her.

"Who are you? What are you?" She asks me.

"Mm. See, that might be a little difficult to explain." I tell her.

"Okay, how are you flying? I don't see any wings on your back and I doubt those flimsy flaps can keep you airborne." She says, pointing at my patagia.

"Hey! I'll have you know, these 'flimsy flaps' can help me break orbit." I tell her. "And also, they're called patagia."

"What?" Rainbow asks.

"Patagia. You know, the stuff bats have for wings?" I say.

"No, did you say you can break orbit?" She asks.

"Yeah." I answer.

"Wow! How can you do that?!" She asks me, excited.

"Let me show you." I say, pointing myself upwards.

"What?" She asks as I rocket into the sky, producing a sonic boom in less than a second. In two seconds, I'm in the stratosphere, Rainbow hot on my tail.
I wouldn't do that, if I were you. I think as I fully transform into Ultimate Jetray, shocking Rainbow to stop. Now fully transformed, I rocket up to this planets orbit in seconds.
Thank you, space survivability. I stay at this height for a second, looking at the much fuller sky before making a portal and flying through, ending up beside a awestruck Rainbow.

"Tada~!" I say as I revert back to half Osmosian, half Ultimate Aerophibian.

"What was that?" Rainbow asks.

"I guess you can say, I'm a shape shifter." I tell her. "Now, I've enjoyed this chat but I have someone to find. See- huah!" I am knocked down by a massive feeling of dread hitting me in the chest, causing me to drop my transformation and fall out of the sky, Rainbow flying down to catch me.
What's going on? What is… Screwy? I now notice that the feeling of dread is coming from the gem attached to my chest.
Screwy. She must be worried about me.

"Whoa. Your heavy." Rainbow says as she carries me to the top of the Ponyville dome. As she reaches the top, she drops down and passes straight through the barrier. From there, she takes me to what I can only assume is the Ponyville hospital.

"Hello?! This… thing needs help!" Rainbow yells. A bunch of nurses and doctors come and escort me to a room.

"Hey. Hey, it's fine. I'm fine." I try to tell them. They all stop, the doctors and nurses surprised I can speak and Rainbow surprised I'm moving.

"I don't think so, you fell straight out of the sky!" Rainbow says, surprising the other ponies.

"Don't worry." I say, getting off the large stretcher they put me on. "See? I'm fine. The only reason I fell was because this threw me for a loop." I say, touching the gem imbedded in my chest.

"If that thing hurt you then why don't you just-" She tries to say while reaching for the pendant.

"DON'T touch it." I warn her.

"Alright, sorry. But… why would you want that thing if it almost killed you?" Rainbow asks.

"Because: a) I wouldn't have died from that fall." I say, Rainbow not believing my claim. "And b) This pendant is my most important possession."

"What? Why?" Rainbow asks.

"Because it came from the one I love." I say, the pendant glowing at my words. "Whoa. Ha, that feels weird."

"Excuse me?" A doctor asks me.

"Yes?"

"If I may ask… what are you?" The doctor asks.

"Yeah, what he said." Rainbow says.

"Huh. I guess… I'm an Osmosian." I tell the doctor.

"I've… never heard of that before." He says.

"I'm not surprised. Anyway, if I may ask a question as well?" I say, looking at the ponies.

"Shoot." Rainbow says.

"What's the barrier around the town for?" Everypony looks at me incredulously.

"W-what do you, what's it for? It's a silence dome. It keeps the Hunters out." A nurse says.

"Hunters?" I ask.

"Yeah. Hunters. Ya know, big black things, really long arms, sharp claws, kills you if you make a sound? Those Hunters?" Rainbow explains.

"Don't think I've heard of them." I respond.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING FOR THE PAST YEAR?!" Rainbow shouts at me.

"Not in this dimension." I reply.

"What?" Everypony asks.

"I am not from this dimension. I was sent here." I say, briefly feeling a shiver run down my back.
What was that? I think before noticing a change.
Bella's gotten closer.
"I need to go." I say, moving to the exit.

"Wait, where are you going?" Rainbow asks.

"To find my friend. I think she is outside the barrier." I say.

"What?! If she's outside, she'll get killed!" Rainbow yells.

"Don't worry, she's pretty capable." I say, leaving the hospital with Rainbow following behind me.

"If you leave, you'll die too!" Rainbow yells at me.

"Oh please. If I can take a full force blast of magic from my princess Luna the size of my face, to the face and barely even feel it? I think I'll be fine." I tell her, now being near the barrier.

"Hey! Even if you wanted to get out, you have to go to the top of the barrier for that." Rainbow tells me.

"I doubt that's a problem." I say, now standing in front of the barrier. I put my hand on it and partially use the powers of Big chill. My hand starts passing through the barrier. "Like I said, not a problem." I say, walking straight through the barrier. Rainbow looks at me, shocked and mutely trying to stop me, even going so far as to collide with the barrier. I look out at my surroundings to see what I can only think is two of these supposed Hunters. They are completely black and covered in chitin plating. The only vulnerable spot seems to be underneath the plates on their faces which can raise up. They do not appear to have eyes, hence Rainbows warning that they kill you if you make a sound. They also havs arms and claws that can make the Shy guy envious. Their arms have to be longer than their whole body if not very close.

They look kinda familiar… can't remember why though. Oh well. Let's see how they like this. I smirk. I start by forming Echo speakers on my palms, drawing the attention of the Hunters with the sound. As they approach with inhuman speed, although nowhere near enough to outspeed me, I point my palms at eachother, waiting for a opportunity. As the monsters draw near to me, I create a sphere of sound in my hands with a shout of.

"Sonic grenade!" As the monsters hear my attack, they are paralyzed by it.
Sensitive hearing? Just what I thought. The monster attempt to reach out to attack me, I open my palms to them, blasting them back and causing their heads to explode?
Huh. More sensitive than I thought. I then hear the screeches of more Hunters approaching me. As I prepare to kill them, I am upstaged by a trio of familiar pink spheres blasting the three monster into the ground. As I look to the source of the attack, I yell.

"Kill stealer!"

"You never said they were yours." Bella says, landing next to me. "Also, try not make to much noise. These things have very strong hearing."

"Doesn't that mean make as much noise as possible? Those two literally lost their heads because of it." I say, pointing at the two headless monsters.

"Wow. Nice job." Bella says.

"Thanks." I say. I then hear something land next to us.

"What was that?!" Rainbow shouts. Bella looks surprised, probably because of Rainbow being quad and not anthro.

"Like I told you, Rainbow. I'm a shape shifter. And this…" I say, becoming Ultimate Echo Echo. "Is one of my forms."

"Anyway, how do we get home?" Bella asks. I hold up my hand.

"I'm missing a Echo speaker. If what the Genie said in his note is true, if we find it, we go home. Question is: where is it?" I say.

"And how do we deal with these?" Bella says, firing more mana discs at the Hunters that were getting back up, knocking them down again.

"That I don't know." I say, sending a pair of Echo speakers to finish the downed Hunters, returning them to my shoulders afterwards.

"Hey Rainbow. Where did these things come from?" Bella asks the mare.

"Uhh… they started coming a year ago. Just after a meteor fell off in the Whitetail woods. After that, they started killing everything they heard. Why?" Rainbow asks.

"The Whitetail woods? Alright, let's go check it out?" Bella asks me.

"Sure, let's- GAH!" I cry out as I feel like my chest is being ripped off. I look and see Screwys pendant glowing.

"Not again!" Rainbow says.

"Again?! What are you talking about?!" Bella asks. Rainbow cannot answer as the space next to us seems to rip. The white rip flares in and out of existence. As it attempts to reappear, I feel another jerk from my chest.
Screwy?! What are you doing?! Oh, wait. She's trying to come here. I realize. I stand up wobbly and walk to the budding dimensional tear. I place my hands over it and begin, with surprising difficulty, channeling my energy into it. It seems to grow larger before abruptly slamming shut. As it does, a piece of paper spawns in front of Bella.

" 'Ah ah ah. No cheating.' it says." Bella reads. "It's from the Genie." The paper then evaporates in pink smoke. In rage, I morph my hand into a missile launcher and blow up the corpses of the nearby Hunters, attracting more of them to our location.
When I see the Genie again, I'm pounding him, Armadrillo style. I just hope Screwy is alright. I think before feeling a pleasant warmth in my chest.

"Dash, go back inside the barrier. I have some pests to exterminate." I tell her, making my way to the monsters. As Dash flies away, I restore my hand and tear into the monsters. The first one that jumps in my direction, I slam into the ground, absorbing it. My body now has the same chitinous armour plating that the Hunters have. As another beast tries to maul me, I swat it off.
Armour absorption. Just like what Kevin does. Let's see what else I can do. I think, focusing on my arms. After two seconds, the chitin attached to my hands changes, now looking like the hands of a praying mantis with sharpened edges. "Huh. This will do nicely." I say as the Hunter I smacked earlier gets up and rushes me alongside another of its kind. I look to them. And the next instant they have both been scissored into pieces with me crouching behind them, my arms outstretched.
Wow, went down with just one X-scissor? These things must not be very resistant to their own claws, not to mention, mine are probably sharper. I think, raising my blades. I look around and see a pack of six Hunters circling me, unaware of Bella on the sidelines.
Good. I can vent and nothing will interfere. I think, jumping at the nearest Hunter and slashing one of its arm off. As it roars, another three try to claw me. I turn around and slash them, disarming two and decapitating one. As more of them try to kill me, I cut them apart until they are all dead. I let my armour recede, keeping some on my forearms for in case. "Okay, to the white tail woods." I say, floating into the air, Bella following after me.

As the two of us approach the forest, we both immediately sense what's wrong. A oppressive energy dwells within the forest, originating from just off of the center. We both make our way there. As we silently land, we see what looks like a pool of darkness, Hunters circling around it. The pool begins to bubble as a fresh Hunter climbs out of it, the black liquid of the pool dripping off it into dead and dying grass.
Okay, we probably need to destroy this to stop these things being made. Question is: how …and what's that? I think, looking at a rock picking out from the center of the pool.
Could that be the source? Let's find out. I make my way over to the small stone, grabbing it. As I do, steam starts coming from my hand. I raise an eyebrow as Bella puts her hand on my shoulder, her eyes showing worry. I smile reassuringly.
I'm fine. I then begin pulling on the rock. It is much bigger than I thought. The oily liquid seems to stick to it as I pull it out. Bella looks at me, silently asking.
What now?
I think for a moment, going through what I can do.
NRGs radiation? No, it might cause a chain reaction. Atomix? No, using Ultimate mode might attract the Hunters attention. Wait, why not just blast it with Echo speakers? The sound will pulverise the stone and it will be too loud for the Hunters to bear. I think, forming Ultimate Echo Echo's legs and clicking off the four speakers attached to them. As the speakers circle the stone, the hum caused by them floating attracts the attention of the monsters.
Ah, screw it. I think, activating the Ultimatrix. As the Hunters try to swipe in my direction, I dodge out of the way, the claw of one scratches the Ultimatrix, causing it to turn yellow.
What the? I think as the Ultimatrix says in a mature voice.

"Capture mode unlocked. Unknown DNA sample detected." It says, attracting the attention of all the Hunters. As they all rush me, I blast the speakers at full pitch as the Ultimatrix passes a yellow beam of light over the Hunter that scratched it. In seconds, the black stone begins to crack and the Hunters all screech in pain. In ten seconds, the stone shatters, sending a wave of white energy in every direction. As the wave passes over the Hunters, they all begin to fade into dust, blowing away in the wind. Bella and I stare at the scene before the silence is broken by the Ultimatrix saying.

"Aros DNA added to Ultimatrix database. Capture mode unlocked and now available. Aros abilities are available in playlist 19."

"Huh. Aros. So that's what their called." Bella says.

"Apparently. Now, let's see if we can find a way home." I say, retrieving my speakers, turning to normal and making my way to fly out the forest. A few minutes later, we arrive by Ponyville. The first thing I notice is what seems to be Celestias carriage inside the barrier. As we approach, both of us sense a larger than normal power heading our way. We look to see princess Celestia flying towards us, Twilight sitting on her back. "Hi!" I call out to them. They land in front of us.

"Who are you?" Celestia asks. "And why do you look human?" I raise an eyebrow at her question.
How does she? Oh, right. Mirror.

"Hi, my name is Seth, this is my friend Bella and- haah. Oh, not again. Guh." I grumble, feeling a painful pull from from the Screwys pendant.
Screwy… what are you doing? I think before I see another dimensional tear try to appear. It only lasts for a second before a feeling of shock comes over my chest as the dimensional tear explodes outwards into a now black and blue portal.

"Seth, what's going on?" Bella asks me.

"Don't know, keep the ponies safe." I respond. I take a step closer to the portal before I feel two massive sources of power approach from the other side. A black silhouette appears in the portal, looking like a humanoid figure with large wings on its back. The being steps out. It can only be described as some kind of devil. The devil is a tall humanoid with a pair of black, bat-like wings, black horns, clawed hands, and a long, arrow-tipped tail. His pale skin is mostly covered by a black coating and black lines and wrinkles. His teeth are pointed and black, and his irises are red.
Beside him, a red silhouette appears before stepping out of the portal. This being looks to be a human female wearing a black business suit. She has a heart shaped face and red hair that has black ends strewn over parts of it. Her hair reaches down to just above her waist. Both of them are immensely powerful, most likely Void dwellers.

"So, this it?" She asks, her voice a mix of enchanting and ominous, just like her hair.

"I'd say so. These two definitely don't belong here." The devil says, his voice sounding malignant and powerful. "Hmm. How did you two come here?" The devil asks us.

"Uhh…" Bella says, to awed for words.

"By my command: Answer him." The woman says, her voice charged with power.

"We were sent here against our will. Our Displacer sent us here from the universe we were in." Bella answers, unable to stay silent.
What was that? I think.

"What?!" The devil shouts. "Are you saying your Displacer re-displaced you?" He asks.

"Yes." I say.

"What is his name?" The woman asks.

"The Genie." I say.

"Who?" The devil asks.

"I've met him. Low ranked, barely even a Void dweller, let alone a Displacer. He will be punished for this." The woman says.

"Wait, who are you two?" Bella asks.

"Ah, forgive us, we haven't even introduced ourselves. This," The woman says, pointing to her partner. "Is Koto. Koto the Speaker. I am Dama. Dama the Commander. We are the Twin Devils." The now named Dama says, pointing at herself then at the both of them.

"Hmm. Give me a moment, I'll retrieve this Genie." Koto says, turning to his portal. "๒гเภﻮ Շђє ﻮєภเє Շ๏ Շђเร ๔เ๓єภรเ๏ภ." He says. I am unable to make out his words. A second later, I hear a familiar voice yelling before the Genie flies out of the dark portal. As he looks up from the ground, he looks up and pales at the faces of the two Void dwellers. As I take a step closer, the Genie tries to speak. He is cut off by Dama saying.

"By my command: Be silent." Dama commands. A zipper appears over the Genies mouth, closing it.

"You have broken the rules set by the creator of all things. For this, you will be punished Dearly. รєภ๔ Շђเร Ŧ๏๏ɭ Շ๏ Շђє ๔єקՇђร ๏Ŧ ђєɭɭ." As Koto finishes that sentence, the portal behind the Twins disappears and another one appears under the Genie. Red tentacles appear out of it and grab the Genie, stopping him from flying away. He is dragged into the portal screaming. Koto then turns to us as the portal closes. "We are very sorry for that. You won't have to worry about him again. As a form of apology, one of us could give you a gift or you could ask one thing from us. What do you choose?" Koto asks.

"Wait. The Genie stole a… a thing from Seth. How are we supposed to find it?" Bella asks.

"A thing? What thing?" Twilight asks.
Oh. They're still here. Slipped my mind.

"One of these." I say, forming a Echo speaker on my shoulder and detaching it.

"Oh! One of those appeared in my court room this morning. I gave it to Twilight to study. Do you still have it Twilight?" Celestia asks her student.

"Oh! Yes I do! It's in my library, I'll go get it!" She says, teleporting away. She reappears a few seconds lare with my missing Echo speaker! I raise my hand, allowing the speaker to float out of Twilight's hand and remerge with me, the back of my hand now being smooth and normal.

"Well. That solves that." I say.
Now… what to choose? A gift from one of them or a request? Which one should I pick? Maybe ask to scan Koto? Hmm… I think before I look to the two of them.

"I… think I'll go with your gift, please and thank you." I say, pointing at Koto.

"Good choice." He says but Dama pouts.

"Awe. I was going to give him one of my experiments. Oh well." Dana says.
Experiments? I think.

"All right then. เ ๒єς๏ภ ץ๏ย Շ๏ ๓ץ รเ๔є." Koto says, another dark portal appearing next to him as a glowing blue book floats out. Dama looks surprised at this.

He then says. "ץ๏ย ภ๏ฬ ๒єɭ๏ภﻮ Շ๏ ђเ๓. ﻮ๏๏๔๒ץє ๓ץ Ŧгเєภ๔." As he says this, the book floats to me. I hold my hand out, allowing it to land in my hand. A dark blue glow then travels over my body as this book becomes mine. "You now possess my grimoire. And with it, all of my magical abilities." Koto says.

"Koto, are you sure it's a good idea to give him that?" Dama asks.

"Don't worry, he doesn't have my magnitude of power and it was his choice." Koto answers.

"Alright. Now, come with me. I'll take you back to where you belong." Dama says, holding her hands out to us.

"Well, nice seeing you and your welcome for dealing with the Hunters. Bye!" I say as Dama makes a portal appear and we step through it.