"Well… I'm gonna go… see you later…?" Dama says, turning away from us. "By my command: return me to to the Voi-"

"Wait!" I yell, stopping Dama.

"W-what is it?" Dama asks, surprised.

"I was wondering if you or Koto could help me learn to use the magic you gave me?" I ask.

"Hmm… I suppose that would be best. I'll call Koto for you, alright?" Dama asks.

"That would be fine. Thanks." I answer. Dama smiles and turns around, reaching up to her hair. She pulls off one of her streaks, forming a cell phone?
Is that a actual cell phone? I think as Dama presses a button and puts the phone up to her ear.

"…Ah! Koto, hi. It's me." Dama says before her face droops. "Me Dama. That joke isn't funny anymore. Anyway, I'm calling because Seth asked if one of us can show him how to use the magic you gave him. I think you should do it. …Because it's your magic, what would I show him? …Listen, could you just come to SS25♒︎♓︎⚐︎⬧︎❍︎□︎⬧︎, please? …Yes, that's Seth's dimension. …Yes I know about that, I was here when it happened. …Yes I'm there right now! Could you just come help, please? Thank you." Dama then hangs up. "Faust, he can be difficult sometimes. Anyway!" Dama then turns back around. "Good news, Koto will help!" Dama says.

"Thanks." I say tensely.

"Your welcome. Koto should be here any second. I'll be going now, bye." Dama says, summoning a portal. As she walks through, a midnight blue and black portal appears next to Damas. Koto floats out of it.

"Long time no see, Seth. How've you been?" Koto asks.

"It… hasn't been that long Koto. And it's been mostly fine. How bout you?" I ask him.

"Really? Could have sworn it's been years. Must have been the Dimensional Time Shift. Anyway, Dama said you need help with your Word Soul magic?" Koto asks.

"Yes, I would really appreciate it." I say.

"Hmm. Alright. But if we're going to do this, are you sure it will be a good idea to have all your friends with you?" Koto asks, looking around.

"Oh, right. Good point. Let's go to the castle of the two sisters." I say, turning to the Everfree forest outside of the town.

"Good idea. Oh, I see you got a pouch for the Grimoire. Nice one." Koto says, beginning to fly up into the air.

"Thanks. Screwy, Ikou." I tell her, using a Japanese word I know for fun. Screwy seems to understand what I said and says.

"Coming." As our friends look at me, confused.

"I thought you were going to leave your friends here?" Koto asks.

"I am." I say, grabbing Screwy by the hip. Koto raises an eyebrow then shrugs.

"Okay, just make sure she doesn't get in the way." Koto says as we all begin flying to the distant castle, Screwy now sitting on my back.

"Don't worry. She's a goddess, she'll be fine." I say, surprising Koto.

"Your mare is a goddess?" Koto asks with a raised eyebrow.

"W-well, I wouldn't say she's mine, more like I'm hers." I say, making Screwy squeak and clap her hands to her face. "But yes, she's a goddess of creation." I tell him.

"Huh. Haven't heard of that happening before. Screwballs usually have the title of Princess of Chaos." Koto says as we pass over the trees of the forest.

"She was given the position by Sunset." I tell him.

"Sunset?" Koto asks.

"You know? Sunset? Also known as Ava, goddess of harmony?" I tell him as we start to approach the castle. He thinks for a moment before his eyes widen.

"Ava made your Screwball a goddess of creation?! Why would she do that?! In fact, how do you even know her?! She hardly ever leaves her multiverse!" Koto yells.

"She accidentally found my token, summoned me, let me become friends with her, visited this dimension and helped me out with a few things. Oh! And she is adding this universe to her multiverse as universe 13, hence why she made Screwy the Goddess of creation." I say, Screwy summoning up her staff for a second before making it disappear. "Also, the reason she made Screwy the goddess of creation is because she made me the god of destruction. And since the two of us are joined at the mouth, Screwy is now the goddess of creation, counterpart of me, the god of destruction." I say, making a ball of red destructive energy in my hand before crushing it. "Anyway, there's the castle, so let's go." I say, angling down to the castle. Koto follows us down.

"Alright, I have an idea for how we can do this. You'll speak an attack at me, I will speak a way to defend myself. After that, I speak an attack at you which you will block. We will continue this a few times so you can see how I do it then I will attack you multiple times while you defend. After that, we'll finish off with you attacking me multiple times. I will tell you if I see you using the magic wrong in some way. Also, we will not be using pandemonial or incantation spells, only mundane words or sentences until the final segment. In other words, don't use the Grimoire until I say so, got it?" Koto asks

"Got it." I respond. Screwy teleports to one of the walls of the ruined courtyard we are in as the two of us square off.

"You may begin whenever." Koto says, standing ready.
Okay, let's hope I can do this. I think, focusing on my magic. Let's go for… something simple.

"Tornado." I speak, hand pointed at Koto. From my hand, a tornado rushes at Koto.

"Vacuum wall. Koto speaks, a disk of pale green energy forming in front of him, sucking up my spell.
Whoa. Gotta remember that.

"Okay, my turn." Koto says before moving to a widened stance. "Iron spear. Koto speaks, making a spear with an iron head materialize in front of him. The spear then flings itself right at me.
Okay, let's block with…

"Steel shield. I say quickly, a round steel shield materialising in front of me, the iron spear bouncing off it harmlessly.

"Not bad." Koto says as both items disappear. "By the way, if you want an item to remain, just focus or stay in contact with it. Now, Light shot." Koto speaks, a bullet of light appearing in front of him.

"Big mirror." I speak, just as the bullet rockets a towards me. A body mirror appears in front of me, reflecting the bullet away from me in the nick of time. The shot hits the top of a pillar behind Koto as the mirror disappears. "Hey… that was aimed at my head!" I yell indignantly.

"So? You blocked it. Now, attack. If you can." Koto taunts me.

"Alright, Rush of swords!" I speak, sending five different swords through the air at Koto.

"Change direction." Koto speaks, making all the swords fly off in random directions away from Koto. "My turn. Storm of blades." Koto speaks, making a magic portal appear above me. From it falls a vast array of swords, all of them falling right towards me.

"Shatter." I speak, making all the swords break into tiny pieces.
Idea.
"And rush!" I speak, taking control of all the small pieces of metal and directing them all at Koto.

"Very nice. Now Vanish." Koto speaks, making all the shards fade away into nothing. "You're doing well, but you're overusing your magic. You only need so much to make something appear and you only need the amount of magic in a spell to alter it. If you use too much magic in your words then you're just wasting it. Only use enough to enforce your decision, not enough to exhaust you. Now, Lightning spear." Koto speaks.

"Stop." I say, stopping his lightning spear from hitting me, this time using my magic much more efficiently.

"Very good." Koto says.

"Return to sender." I speak, sending Koto's lightning bolt back at him.

"Wall of stone." Koto says just in time, making the floor bend upwards to intercept the lightning. "Now time for the rapid fire round. Water geyser. Earthquake. Fire spout. Tornado." Koto speaks quickly.

"Firewall. Earthquake. Ice shield. Vacuum wall!" I speak, nullifying all of Koto's spells.

"Very well done. Why did you parry my earthquake though?" Koto asks.

"Fight fire with fire?" I say.

"A good point. Now, you attack me. And remember, you can use the Grimoire if you want." Koto says.

"Okay." I say before thinking for a moment. "Rise, shatter and rush!" I speak, making a piece of the floor rise up, break into chunks and fly at Koto like a rock buckshot. "Iron spikes!" I speak, sending large round spikes out of the floor at Koto as he blocks my rock rush with a wall of stone.

"Stop." Koto speaks, making my spikes stop moving. "And Wisps." Koto speaks, making a cluster of balls of light appear in front of him.

"Firewall." I speak, making a wall of flames burst up in front of me like before. Kotos wisps simply swerve over my wall and keep tracking me.
Uh oh.
"Word Soul magic: г๏คг ๏Ŧ קгเ๔є." I speak, remembering one of the spells in my Grimoire. A small shockwave of midnight blue magic goes off in every direction away from me, canceling Koto's wisps and knocking Koto onto his tail, literally.

"Oof. Well, wasn't expecting that." Koto says, getting back up. "I think that's enough for now. You did very good." Koto says, patting me on the shoulder.

"Thanks." I say, smiling.

"Tell you what, since you exceeded my expectations, I'll show you this." Koto says, holding his hand out. My Grimoire starts to glow as Koto speaks. "A healing incantation I learned a while back. Ŧɭ๏ฬєг, ﻮɭєค๓ คภ๔ ﻮɭ๏ฬ. ɭєՇ ץ๏ยг ק๏ฬєг รђเภє. ๓คкє Շђє ςɭ๏ςк гєשєгรє. ๒гเภﻮ ๒คςк ฬђคՇ ๏ภςє ฬคร ๓เภє. ђєคɭ ฬђคՇ ђคร ๒єєภ ђยгՇ. ςђคภﻮє Շђє ŦคՇєร' ๔єรเﻮภ. รคשє ฬђคՇ ђคร ๒єєภ ɭ๏รՇ. ๒гเภﻮ ๒คςк ฬђคՇ ๏ภςє ฬคร ๓เภє." Koto speaks, his words copying themselves into the first blank page of my Grimoire. "There. Now you have a spell that can heal any wounds, even your own, within three metres of it. Be careful though, it isn't easy to use." Koto tells me.

"Wow. Thank you, Koto." I say.

"Your welcome. If you ever need another lesson, ask Dama." Koto says, before returning to the Void.

"Bye." I say, before turning to Screwy. "Well that was fun. Wanna go home?" I ask her.

"Sure." She says.

After a very nice, uneventful walk through the woods, we arrived back at Ponyville. It looked like a party was being held at Sugarcube corner. The two of us entered to find most of Ponyville inside.

"Wonder who the party is for." I say, looking around at the guests.

"Ben, Gwen and Kevin." Screwy says.

"Really?" I ask, looking at her. She points up near the ceiling of one of the walls. There I see a banner that reads.

FAREWELL PARTY
GOODBYE
BEN
GWEN
AND
KEVIN

In large letters.

"They're leaving? Wow." I say.

"Hey Seth!" Kevin calls out.

"Hey!" I call back as Kevin walks over to us. "So, you guys are leaving?" I ask him.

"Yep. Paradox came by and said we need to get going so Pinkie Pie threw us all this party." Kevin says.

"Huh. Hey wait, I just remembered. What was in that note Paradox gave you?" I ask him.

"Oh that? It was an apology letter. Said something like he couldn't cure me because of how unstable my transformations were, or something like that." Kevin answers.

"Oh. Okay. Hey, Ben's coming over." I say as Ben walks up to us.

"Hey Seth? Can I ask you something?" Ben asks me.

"Sure." I say.

"How do you turn on the ultimate mode? I've been trying and I just can't get it." Ben says.

"Oh that. I… don't remember. The only reason I was able to turn it on is because I was using my ultimate Galvan eye to help me along." I say.

"Can't you just transform again and show me?" Ben asks.

"I think it would be better if you were to find out on your own. I will tell you, however to not turn the dial a full rotation counter clock then a half turn clockwise though." I tell him, successfully remembering a combination from when I was fixing his Ultimatrix.

"Why not?" Ben asks.

"Because that sets the self destruct to sixty seconds." I tell him. His eyes widen.

"Thanks." He says blankly. At that moment, a blueish portal appears next to us.

"Ahh. Young Ben. Just the one I wanted to see. If you could retrieve your cousin, it's time to go." Paradox says, stepping out of his portal.

"No need. I'm good to go." Gwen says, walking up to us with a stack of books under her arm.

"What're those?" Kevin asks.

"A equestrian history book, Equestrian Magic for Foals and a enchanted item index." Gwen responds. Twilight then comes running up to her.

"Wait! I gave you the wrong book!" She all but shouts. She then swaps a book that looks like the night sky for one much thicker. "Here, this is the Index of Magical Items." Twilight says, giving her the thick book.

"Oh thanks, but what is that one?" Gwen asks.

"Oh, it's a really important journal princess Celestia sent me a week ago. I'm supposed to figure out something on the last page." Twilight says.
Hmmm. Why does that sound famil-
Oh.
OH.
Oh damn. I think, remembering one of the most important episodes of MLP.

"Seth? What's wrong?" Screwy asks, sensing my shift in mood.

"Nothing." I say quickly. Screwy narrows her eyes for a second before looking back to the others. "So, this is goodbye?" She asks them.

"Yep. We're going home."

"Well, it was nice meeting you." Screwy says, hugging all of them at once.

"Now, now. You'll see them again probably. After all, the future can be quite the mystery." Paradox says.

"Okay, see ya later then?" Screwy asks, still hugging them.

"Yeah, see you later, Screwball." Gwen says. All of them then walk through the portal, Paradox flinging a small piece of paper at me. It reads.

You still need to tell them.

I fling the note back through the portal just as it closes.

"What was that?" Twilight asks.

"Oh, just a reminder." I say truthfully. "Now, are there any cupcakes left?" I say, walking further into the establishment, my brain a storm of silent thoughts.

Author's Note

A nice short chapter.

Thank you, dracochangewing, for checking this for me.