The Spectre of Phalanxia

A while later, everyone were gathered as they were traveling. Whilst Merlin and his brothers scouted ahead, Invictus walked on ahead, the Mane 7, Spike, Sunburst, Fizzlepop, even the Pillars, namely Starswirl the Bearded, Rockhoof, Mage Meadowbrook, Somnambula, Mistmane, Flash Magnus and Stygian, were accompanying him when they were going to the place that Invictus’ sons told them about. Twilight walked next to Merlin when she wanted to know more about him.

‘So uh,’ said Twilight whilst she tried to make a good impression ‘How did you become an Alicorn?’

‘I was born one,’ said Merlin whilst he focused on where he was walking ‘But I had my immortality removed.’
Twilight was surprised by the news ‘You removed it, why?’

‘Because I don’t like the idea of outliving my own friends and family,’ said Merlin whilst he looked at her ‘A mistake you realized too late.’

Twilight was surprised again by what he had said ‘Why would you say that?’

‘“If you had a choice between friendship, family and forever, which would it be?”’ said Merlin when he made a quote and looked at her ‘I chose my friends and family, why didn’t you?’

Twilight couldn’t answer his question as she only said ‘Uh…’

‘You see Twilight,’ said Merlin when he told her of what he had learnt the hard way ‘You may have finished Starswirl’s spell and you became a Princess because of that, but at what cost? My father once told me that if a title like that was given to you, you should pass it down to your children, not kept as a curse for all eternity. He once made that choice and it costed him everything. And one day it’s going to happen to you, Cadance and Flurry Heart.’

‘How could you possibly…’ said Twilight when she could barely say a word.

‘I’ve foreseen it.’ said Merlin as he looked at her ‘Cadance and Flurry Heart will end up heartbroken, as well as mentally scarred when Shining Armour will die when Sombra’s rogue shadow army will attack. Not to mention you’d also end up in the deep end if you went down that path. Both Celestia and Luna went through that path. They lost their families and friends because they chose to live forever over them.’

‘You don’t know that.’ said Twilight when she looked at him.

‘How many other Alicorns do you know besides Celestia, Luna and Tempora?’ said Merlin. Twilight didn’t know how to answer, with Merlin making a point ‘I recon not a lot because you, Cadance and Flurry Heart just started out, so let me make it clear; my father and even myself knew a lot of great immortals that tried to find peace and happiness in their lives, all of their intentions real, great and pure, it never ended well for any of them, not ever. Cause tragedy, heartbreak, loneliness, whatever. That’s what your life is going to be, if you continue down this path.’

Twilight nearly felt distraught after what he had said to her, for she didn’t think about it. She never even considered that, outliving her friends and family like that. She remained quiet for a few moments until…

‘But I can help you with that.’ said Merlin as he gained Twilight’s attention whilst she looked at him ‘What if I told you that I know a way to remove the immortality so you could age normally, with you still keeping your Alicorn status?

Twilight was surprised by what he was offering. She slowly began to think about it, it would be nice, and if it meant she could grow old with them, then so be it. ‘Alright then, when we have time. I’d like to try it out.’

As they continued to walk their current path, Spike secretly kept on fawning over Rarity, with Chivalry walking next to him as he whispered ‘You do realize that the possibility to have a relationship between you two is never going to happen, right?’

Spike got a fright when he saw Chivalry. He crossed his arms as he looked away and said ‘No I don’t.’

‘Look Spike,’ said Chivalry to the clueless Dragon ‘You do realize that the thing you have is not right, right?’
‘What’s that supposed to mean?’

‘What Chivalry means is,’ said Applebuck when he overheard them and wanted to be honest, whilst Applejack suddenly overheard him ‘Rarity is perfect like a jewel, you’re also unique and kind, you even help those in need. In fact, you represent an element of harmony.’

Spike looked at him surprised, with Applejack also surprised by it ‘What?’

‘And before you might dismiss it, or what Twilight would do, did you really think the ones you, Twilight and her friends found were the only ones, there are more of them than you think.’

‘How many…’

‘Oh there’s many things,’ said Chivalry when he told them ‘Besides Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity and Loyalty, and even Magic. There are Light, Acceptance, Melody, Nobility, Love, Wisdom, Humility, Compassion, Forgiveness, Redemption, Courage, Happiness, Sensibility, Leadership, Charity, Devotion, Integrity, Optimism, Faith, Knowledge, Inspiration, Fairness, Serenity, Will, Determination and Reliability, along with Sorcery, Bravery, Hope, Beauty, Strength, Healing and Guidance. You can’t expect the ones you know are the only things keeping the peace in Equestria and beyond now did you?’

‘So, what do I…?’ said Spike when he was curious.

‘Acceptance,’ said Chivalry ‘Because instead of turning away the likes of both Thorax, Discord and Ember, you accepted them for who they are. You bring them in your life, and in many ways you help them change, made them realize what it meant to be a friend.’

‘And the point we’re making Spike,’ said Applebuck ‘Is that you need to accept that if you love her, then you need to support her, help her, stand by her side as a friend, not a lover. And if you can accept that, the better your life and hers will be.’

‘So, what you’re saying is,’ said Spike when he tried to piece it together ‘I can love Rarity enough to support her as a friend, and I’ll be able to accept my life will be better, as well as hers?’

‘On the nose,’ said Chivalry whilst he smiled that Spike was able to figure it out ‘Besides, why don’t you try to love say, I don’t know, Smolder?’

Spike blushed bright red when he mentioned her ‘Uh, what?’

‘Oh come on, it’s clear she has a thing for you,’ said Applebuck when he bragged about it ‘No other dragon besides Ember would hang out with you. And not to mention the fact that she was the one that sent you a love letter a while ago.’

Spike blushed really bright red whilst he was surprised to hear that ‘Whoa, that was her?’

‘Yeah,’ said Applebuck when he pointed things out ‘You two are dragons, you love to breathe fire from time to time, you have fire breathing competitions, you fly, you two even stuck together to support one another. You help her learn about friendship, she teaches you what it means to be a dragon.’

‘That was her…’ said Spike whilst he felt love struck.

‘Oh brother.’ said both Chivalry and Applebuck when they rolled their eyes when Spike was at it again.

At the same time, Knight hovered next to his father ‘Father, mind if I scout on ahead to make sure we aren’t going to be in anymore danger?’

‘Very well,’ said Invictus whilst he was focused ahead ‘But be discreet, we do not want to attract any unwanted attention.’

‘Got it.’ said Knight whilst he dashed on ahead, but at the same time, Rainbow Dash wanted to know more about him, so she flew alongside him in order to get to know him.

As the two of them flew above the skies to scout on ahead, Rainbow Dash tried to make a conversation ‘So um…that was some awesome flying you did back there.’

‘I have my moments,’ said Knight whilst he kept scanning the skies ‘Plus it also took a massive amount of training to get it right.’

‘And a double Rainboom,’ said Rainbow Dash when she nearly got excited ‘You know, I can make a Rainboom of my own too.’

‘One you rarely used,’ said Knight whilst he did a cocky smile ‘Especially with those stubby wings.’

‘Stubby?!’ said Rainbow Dash when she felt insulted ‘First of all, my wings are not stubby.’

‘Tell that to Nahmat.’ said Knight, which surprised Rainbow Dash.

‘Wait, you know the wolf that visited us?’ said Rainbow Dash when she flew next to Knight.

‘Of course, she knew our mother and she’s also one of our teachers.’

‘Teachers?!’

‘Of course,’ said Knight whilst he was flying upside down ‘Nahmat taught us a lot about advance magic, which is why we’re always one step ahead. As for the stubby wings part, we knew a couple of Pegasi a while back. They resemble to Celestia, and also have bigger wings, but they’re thrice as faster than you are.’

‘Fast?’

‘You didn’t think you were the only one that was fast, did you?’

Knight landed on a nearby tree, whilst he looked around and notice that there weren't any danger, with Rainbow Dash next to him ‘They taught you on how to be fast?’

‘Yep, maybe even faster than you.’

Rainbow Dash chuckled when she objected to that notion ‘I happen to be the fastest.’

‘Alright, when we have time we race,’ said Knight with a cocky smile ‘What are we betting on?’

Rainbow Dash began to think for a few moments, and had an idea ‘Alright then. If I win, you buy me a milkshake and a cake at Sugarcube corner.’

Knight thought about it and smiled again when he looked at her ‘Alright, you’re on. But if I win, well I don’t wanna say it out loud.’

‘Like what, lay it on me.’

Knight thought about it and had an idea. He whispered to her in her ear of what he would like if he’d win whilst she listened. But somehow what he was asking, made her blush bright red and was surprised in the process. She slowly retracted herself backwards whilst she was surprised by what he had said. ‘Do we have a deal?’ said Knight.

Rainbow Dash ended up shaking her head, trying to be confident ‘Uh, deal.’

The two of them decided to fly back. A few moments later, they saw them coming as Pinkie Pie had said ‘Oh, there they are.’

But at the same time, the two Pegasi were having a conversation.

‘Oh, so that’s why you don’t like pie.’
‘Yeah, I guess.’

‘You’ll think you’ll find your love for it one day?’

‘I don’t know,’ said Rainbow when she was unsure of herself ‘I don’t think it’ll be that easy.’

The two of them stood near Invictus as he looked at them. ‘Well?’ said Invictus when he looked at him.
‘Looks like we’re in the clear father,’ said Knight as he pointed the way ‘We’re nearing our destination too, it’s just over the hill.’

‘Good, the sooner we gather the rest, the quicker the journey will end.’ said Invictus whilst he walked ahead.

‘Uh, Twilight,’ said Merlin when he looked at her ‘You wouldn’t happen to still have that journal that you gave to Sunset just in case now, didn’t you?’

‘Uh, yeah, why?’

‘Tell her to find Yin Sid and the rest of his brothers, and tell her that I said that it’s time. Add a symbol of a spell book on it, he’ll now.’

‘Uh, yeah, sure.’ said Twilight whilst partially confused. She ended up writing to Sunset whilst she traveled at the same time.

After a much tiresome walk, they had finally arrived. ‘We are here.’ said Invictus, whilst the others began to see it as well, surprising them when they never realized that the lake looked beautiful, especially the bridge at the center as it was connected to what appears to be a palace.

‘Amazing,’ said Mage Meadowbrook when she looked at the view ‘I never thought that this place would be so beautiful.’

‘You came here before?’ said Bashful whilst he looked at them.

‘Of course,’ said Stygian ‘After we were able to gather everyone, we first traveled all over Equestria, both mapping and helping others along the way as we prepared to face the Sirens.’

‘So why are we here?’ said Sunburst whilst he was confused.

‘You recall the Rainbow Bridge correct?’ said Copper whilst he looked at them.

‘Of course,’ said Starswirl whilst he told them ‘The Rainbow Bridge consists of portals and bridges leading to other worlds that anyone could visit if they wanted to, but the bridges were sealed when they deemed it too dangerous.’

‘All but this one.’ said Invictus when he pointed at the bridge.

‘Wait,’ said Twilight whilst she said loudly ‘That’s also a Rainbow Bridge?!!’

‘Well duh,’ said Knight whilst he looked at her with a cocked eyebrow ‘You really should’ve at least try to use a scanning spell to pinpoint its location, seeing that both the bridge and the mirror share the same magic signatures.’

‘Right,’ said Copper when he gave another piece of Intel ‘That and you won’t need to transform into a human in that world, you can just try to use that and you would’ve used your magic no problem. Especially that there was also a spell that you could’ve put on yourself that you could’ve used your magic no matter what form you took.’

Twilight ended up getting a twitchy eye, for every detail they mentioned, they were right, and she didn’t think of doing that in the first place. She ended up smiling crookedly as she walked a few times backwards as she said ‘Excuse me for a moment.’, walked to the back of a boulder, and ended up screaming so loud, all of Equestria heard it whilst the ground shook a bit.

At the same time, Canterlot also heard it, whilst Celestia and Luna feeling it too, as did their servant Kibitz and their secretary Raven.

‘Twilight freaking out?’ said Kibitz and Raven when they looked at the Princesses.

‘Indeed.’ said Celestia and Luna when they agreed.

After she was done, Twilight walked back as she took a few breathers, whilst all of them had said ‘You finish?’

She nodded yes, still not being able to say a word, whilst Invictus looked at them ‘Good, let’s get moving.’

They made their way towards the bridge, but as they walked, they noticed the humanoid statues, with one side wearing armour and weapons that resemble to Rockhoof’s people, with the other side looking like Flash Magnus’ people.

‘Whoa, they nearly resemble to us.’ said Flash Magnus when he was surprised.

‘Aye, that they are, and they must be fierce warriors.’ said Rockhoof when he admired them somehow.

‘Door’s up ahead.’ said Stygian when he saw it.

However, at the same time, a strange creature, bearing Viking like clothes, as well as wearing things that a blacksmith would need, whilst looking like its human, was busy scavenging any remaining metal for the workshop, with the Ponies surprised to see what the creature is.

‘Now let’s see here,’ muttered the person whilst he was busy examining the sword he had just made, until he spotted Invictus and the others coming, allowing him to drop the sword and walk over to them ‘Oh hello there, wasn’t expecting you here till later.’

‘Yeah well under the circumstances,’ said Chivalry when he stood close to him ‘We had to push up our timetable.’

‘I see,’ said the creature until he saw Twilight and the others ‘Oh hello there, didn’t see you there. Uh, my name is Driskle, it’s uh, well, pleasure to meet you.’

‘Uh, pleasure to meet y’all.’ said Applejack when she was partially confused by the creature.

‘Um, excuse me?’ said Fluttershy when she was curious about the creature ‘What might you be if I may ask?’

‘Oh, I happen to be a dwarf, from the home realm of Dwarrodelf.’

‘Driskle’s people are known for being miners and craftsman,’ said Merlin when he explained about him ‘Any kind of metal you can give them, they can turn it into the most powerful weapon in all the realms.’

Applebuck ended up sneezing, which caused Driskle to freak out as he used a sanitizer wipe. Puzzled, they looked at Copper, with him only saying ‘He also happens to be a germ freak sometimes, and also has a problem keeping his lunch in without him losing it.’

‘So we notice,’ said Mage Meadowbrook as she walked over and gave Driskle a potion ‘Here you go, if you ever need some clean hands, this is the kind of remedy that can help.’

‘Oh, um,’ said Driskle when he was surprised the kind gift that they offered ‘Thank you. And I must say it’s truly a surprise to see ponies here, we never get to see them that much, and uh…’ he suddenly got nervous when he saw Spike ‘Oh, hello there.'

‘Don’t worry Driskle,’ said Applebuck when he looked at Driskle ‘He’s harmless, and he’s the only dragon that’s friendly.’

Spike looked confused whilst he looked at Merlin ‘Did I do something wrong?’

‘Nah, don’t take it personally,’ said Merlin ‘He’s only nervous around Dragons because the Dwarves and Dragons were at war against one another for a short time.’

‘Wait,’ said Mistmane ‘Dragons were at war with the Dwarves?’

‘Yeah, let’s just say the last Dwarf king had dragon sickness, which made him crave for gold and would rather hoard it rather than give it to the free people,’ said Knight as the others were surprised ‘Which gained the dragons’ attention and they ended up waging a war against them. That was, until they drove the dwarves away from the Capitol city. They retaliated and thanks to the last spell, they were able to create warriors that could help them drive them away, and also created them some gold so that the dragons would not return here ever again.’

‘Right,’ said Driskle when he agreed ‘It’s been hard trying to keep the peace, but they’re sometimes very aggressive.’

‘Oh my,’ said Fluttershy when she sounded worried ‘I hope they’re not warlike.’

‘Oh not to worry, they’re harmless now.’ said Driskle after he began to wear his leather bag ‘So what can I do for you?’

‘We’re on our way to fetch the rest of our brothers,’ said Applebuck whilst he sat down and spoke to it ‘They’re going to meet us near this bridge’s location.’

‘Oh right,’ said Driskle when he remembered ‘We were wondering when you lot would arrive.’

‘Are the items I requested ready?’ asked Invictus when his out of patience nearly showed.

‘They’re waiting for you lot in there,’ said Driskle as he led them ‘Please, right this way.’

As Driskle led them inside, Rarity spoke to Chivalry ‘Who is this, “We” that Driskle kept on talking about?’

‘Oh, he’s referring to his brother Brock,’ said Chivalry when he looked at Rarity ‘The two of them are the best blacksmiths you could imagine. But a while ago, they got into a heated argument and they ended up going their separate ways. But we later found them and in time they eventually learnt on how to get along before they could’ve done something stupid.’

Whilst they walked, they were surprised to see so much ancient texture on the walls, telling small legends about many brave warriors from back then. But as they walked, they were able to walk past a blacksmith’s forgery, until they met another Dwarf, but was very different, as his skin was blue, which surprised them as it said ‘Well, well, well, look who finally showed up, even after I made all of you try to be on time for once.’

‘Keep your man apron on Brock,’ said Knight when he stood in front of them ‘We would’ve come here sooner, but were delayed.’

‘Figured as much, word’s already spread about the stunt your old man pulled, especially with Eros still around.’

‘Wait, you know Eros?’ said Starlight Glimmer when she was surprised that they knew about it.

‘Who doesn’t,’ said Brock as he placed his hammer down ‘Eros and his fellow gods used to rule all the thirteen
dimensions, but after the humans in this world got out of control with their new magical abilities, they tried to stop them, but were all destroyed by them, with Eros, if I might guess, was locked up before they were engaged in battle.’

‘That would explain why he was locked up at that monastery.’ said Twilight whilst she thought about their previous encounter with him before.

‘So where are all of you off to?’ said Driskle when he was curious about them traveling together.

‘You remember that magic mirror we told you about that’s connected to another world?’ said Applebuck to jock their memories.

‘Yeah, we know of it,’ said Brock ‘What of it?’

‘We’re going to fetch the rest of our brothers there.’ said Copper when he stood close to Brock ‘Did Thunder already come by?’

‘Afraid not,’ said Driskle when he told them ‘Thunder didn’t come here, said he was busy tracking someone.’

‘Father,’ said Bashful ‘You don’t think Thunder could be tracking them down now do you?’

‘Possibly.’ said Invictus ‘But he knows his training, he’ll be alright.’

‘By the way,’ said Knight when he wanted to remind the Dwarves of their favor ‘Were you able to make what we requested?’

‘Sure, it’s right here.’ said Brock whilst he handed them three large bags, allowing Merlin, Chivalry and Invictus to accept them.

‘We best be on our way.’ said Invictus whilst he walked, with most of his sons coming with him.

‘Is he always this rude?’ whispered Rarity to Chivalry when she wondered why he had such ill manners.

‘You get use to it,’ said Chivalry ‘Dad’s never been much of a “Please” or “Thank you” kind of person. But he gets the job done.’

All of them stood in front of a large stone door as they were able to open it, allowing them to enter. To their shock, they saw a type of shattered tree, with many rainbow colors flying all around. ‘Whoa.’ said the ponies whilst they were surprised.

‘Incredible.’ said Starswirl when he couldn’t believe his eyes.

‘So this is the Rainbow Bridge?’ said Twilight whilst she was just as surprised.

‘I’ve heard of this place,’ said Stygian whilst he looked around ‘But I thought it was only just a myth.’

‘Aye, it ain’t no myth.’ said Rockhoof whilst he looked around ‘But then again that’s what folks would say about us.’
‘What’s with that there shattered tree?’ said Applejack whilst she was confused by it.

‘When this place was constructed,’ said Merlin when he told them of this place’s origins ‘It was designed by the Norse gods, who once came to this world a long time ago. This place resembles to their Bifrost bridge back on the Norse realms. But after they left, this place was forgotten throughout time.’

‘Hmm,’ said Somnambula when she looked at it ‘This tree nearly resembles to the Tree of Harmony.’

‘So uh, how does it work?’ said Sunburst when he was just as curious about what they might find.

Invictus pulled out a type of key, allowing him to place it into what appears to be a slot, creating a magic map, showing the Rainbow Bridge in the middle, whilst there were thirteen gateways all around, except one that’s no longer on the map. They were surprised to see the map on the pedestal as it showed them.

‘These are the gateways of the thirteen dimensions,’ said Bashful when he wanted to be helpful ‘On one world, is the world where the mercenaries live, you know, the ones you met over there some time ago? Plus there are other realms where there are Elves, Dwarves, Giants and so forth. And right here, right next to the one that leads to who knows where, is where Sunset Shimmer and the others live.’

‘Whoa,’ said Rainbow Dash when she never realized on how cool the discovery that they made was ‘Awesome.’

Invictus chose the world where Sunset and the others are. Whilst at the same time, he turned the key as if it were a car, causing the map to glow brightly as it automatically turned around, allowing the bridge to aim at the world of the Equestrian Girls. After it was aligned, a beam of light fired from above their head towards a gem above one of the doors, allowing it to open to that specific world. When the beam died down, Invictus took the key with him as he said ‘Come, let us go.’

All of them walked towards the door they just entered, with them walking past both Brock and Driskle, whilst they argued over what they should have for lunch. Invictus opened the door, whilst it revealed to them that they were definitely at a different place. All of them were amazed by the terrain, whilst at the same time, Rainbow Dash was surprised that the clouds were moving on their own ‘Hey, the clouds are moving on their own, and so is the sun.’

‘Yeah they do,’ said Copper as he stood in front of them ‘In this world nature is performing on its own, including the weather and stuff.’

‘So where’d y’all say to Sunset that where should we meet?’ said Applebuck to Twilight whilst they walked towards the bridge.

‘They said that they’d meet us at a park somewhere. I know about it, I went there once before.’
‘In that case, lead the way.’ said Knight whilst he walked.

They walked towards the end of the bridge, then through the woods of where they were going to meet Sunset and the others. An hour later, Invictus signaled them ‘Now we wait here.’

Whilst they waited, they heard noises. Twilight took her friends and the Pillars with her and showed them. To their surprise, they saw many humans walking by going on about their business, getting on with their lives and everything else. ‘Whoa.’ they replied.

‘So this is what the human world looks like.’ said Rarity when she was surprised by the people.

‘Whoa, awesome.’ said Rainbow Dash when she was amazed by what she was seeing.

However, Applejack spotted someone walking down the street. She slowly recognized her, and was shocked to see who it was ‘Wait, is that, Apple Bloom?’

To their shock, it was. But not just her, but also Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. ‘Wait,’ said Sunburst when he thought about something ‘Didn’t we see them back in Ponyville sometime ago?’

‘That’s their counterparts actually.’ said Merlin when he joined them and showed them ‘On any other world, we exist, but we took on different paths and look different from one another. The CMC that all of you know are ponies, but the ones over there are their human counterparts.’

They were surprised to see what they looked like in a different form. ‘Well I’ll be,’ said Mage Meadowbrook when she looked at them ‘So we see. Ah wonder what we look like in this world?’

‘Like this.’ said Merlin when he showed them pictures. But as he placed the pictures away, he looked at Starswirl ‘And did you know that this was the world you banished the Sirens too?’

Starswirl looked at him shocked ‘What?’

‘You heard me, instead of sending them to an empty dimension, you banished them to a populated world, allowing them to cause even more damage.’

Starswirl then felt guilty for not knowing about it, realizing that pride really did cloud his judgment. ‘Did I miss something?’ said Tempest when she wondered what was going on.

‘Long version or short version?’ asked Copper.

‘The short version.’

‘Okay then,’ said Chivalry when he told her ‘Back then Stygian called on the legends to help to save his town, but felt left out. He wanted to use their elements to create his own copies of them so that he could be a pillar too and stand beside them, but unfortunately Starswirl, in all his stupidity, falsely accused Stygian that he wanted to take their magic for themselves, so they casted him out. And in the end, his own darkness took hold of him, and eventually became the Pony of Shadows. They fought one another, until the Pillars banished him to limbo, with them in it. After they were freed, Starswirl still acted like an idiot and didn’t even give him a chance to explain. Eventually they freed Stygian from the darkness, so they mended their differences afterwards.’

‘I see.’ said Tempest when she was surprised by the information.

They eventually heard voices coming towards them. When they looked over, they saw seven other individuals arriving, along with familiar girls with them. Twilight saw Sunset, but to the rest of the Mane 6’s shock, they saw their counterparts walking towards the park grounds.

‘We’re here.’ said one of the boys holding a journal.

‘Okay, spill it bub,’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she wanted answers ‘Why are we even here with you?’

‘Wow,’ said Spike when he walked out of the woods ‘And I thought our Rainbow Dash had bad manners.’

They were shocked to see a dragon, however, they instantly recognized it when they got a closer look as all of them had said ‘Spike?!’

The human Fluttershy was surprised to see Spike is actually a cute dragon instead of a ferocious one ‘Oh my gosh, you are so cute.’

‘It’s so great to see you girls again.’

‘Same to you Spike.’ said the human Rarity when she was also happy to see him.

‘Wow,’ said the human Twilight when she was really surprised to see a Dragon ‘So this is a Dragon.’

‘And that’s what I also look like if I was born in another world.’ said Spike whilst he pointed at his dog counterpart. He stood near his dog counterpart as he said ‘Well aren’t you a handsome feller.’

‘Well hey, you don’t look so bad yourself.’ said the dog Spike, with some rolling their eyes.

Out of nowhere, they saw Princess Twilight walking out and said hello, surprising Sunset and the others. They were surprised to see her and hugged her tightly, which she felt overjoyed that she also got the chance to see them again.

‘It’s so great to see you again Princess Twilight.’ said Applejack when she broke the hug.

‘It’s so great to see all of you too.’ said Twilight when she was happy to see them.

‘Wait,’ said Sunset when she noticed something ‘How come your form didn’t change the moment you got here?’

‘We found another way to cross here. We can still come here without us changing our forms.’

‘Awesome.’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she was surprised by the news.

‘Oh, right, before I forget…’ said Twilight whilst she signaled the rest of the Mane 7, allowing them to step out of the bushes. Both sides were shocked to see one another, whilst they took a few steps closer together just to take a good look at one another. Each of them were surprised in their own way to meet one another.

Rainbow Dash and her human counterpart high fived one another, Rarity was bedazzled by her human counterpart’s wardrobe, with the human Rarity feeling the same way about her mane. Both Pinkie Pie and her counterpart were excited to see one another as it made them jump with joy. Both Fluttershy and her human counterpart were extra shy and could barely even try to say hello to one another. Applejack and her counterpart were just as much surprised to see one another. As for Twilight and her counterpart, well…

‘Oh my gosh,’ said the human Twilight when she got excited ‘I can’t believe it, I mean, I’ve always theorized about alternate dimensions, but I never thought I’d meet mine, especially when she’s a Princess.’

‘Don’t worry, I was just as surprised to have met you,’ said Twilight when she tried to reassure her counterpart ‘Even if it was for just a brief moment and all.’

At the same time, Starswirl and the others appeared, which surprised Sunset and the others. ‘Hello there all.’ said Stygian when he felt nervous for some reason.

Slowly, Sunset recognized each and every one of them ‘Oh my gosh. Starswirl the Bearded, Flash Magnus, Mage Meadowbrook, Mistmane, Rockhoof and Somnambula.’

‘Wait, what?’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she darted over ‘Oh my gosh, it’s like actually meeting the legends on our world in person.’

‘Don’t forget the former Pony of Shadows.’ said Pinkie Pie when she introduced Stygian to them.

Starswirl noticed the pendant around her neck and recognized it ‘Where did you get them?’

Sunset walked up and gave him his answer ‘We founded them at a summer camp at a place called Camp Everfree. But most of the Equestrian magic came from a portal back near our school.’

‘Interesting.’ said Starswirl whilst he examined it.

Lastly, Invictus, along with Merlin and his brothers, appeared from out of the bushes, gaining Yin Sid and the others’ attention. They walked up to their father and brothers, then stood close to one another.

‘Father.’ said the brothers.

‘Boys.’ said Invictus whilst he looked at them.

Slowly, they hugged their father, with Sunset and her friends surprised by what they called one another.

‘Wait,’ said the human Rarity whilst she was shocked ‘That’s their father?!!’

‘Sho ‘nuff,’ said Applejack whilst she stood next to her ‘Their father had sent them through a magic mirror when they asked to go to school here.’

Duke looked around and noticed somebody was missing ‘Where’s Thunder?’

‘We don’t know,’ said Chivalry ‘We know that he was with Driskle and Brock earlier, but after that, we have no idea where they are.’

Human Applejack walked up to Princess Twilight and were curious about the boys that they’ve seen earlier ‘Now Twilight. Y’all mind telling us what’s going on here?’

‘Well, you see…’ said Twilight when she started out ‘Yin Sid and his brothers, are also Merlin Bronzetail and the others’ brothers. And their mother passed away.’

They were surprised to hear that ‘Whoa, that’s harsh.’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she also heard it.

‘Before she died, she asked them to scatter her ashes from the highest peak in all the thirteen realms.’

‘Thirteen?’ said the human Fluttershy ‘You mean there are more dimensions out there?’

‘Oh trust me,’ said Spike when he landed on Twilight’s back ‘We’ve seen them. We even found another portal to here.’

‘We must be off,’ said Invictus when he nearly loses his patience ‘Our journey still continues.’

‘But before we go,’ said Knight when he dropped a few duffel bags ‘A gift straight from the dwarves.’

‘Oh sweet.’ said Atreus when he got dibs.

Shortly after, they were wearing partial armour, but each of them had their own weapons. Don had a bow, Bucky had the axe, Lyon had the hammer, Barry had the mace, Yin Sid had the shield and sword, Atreus had the spear and shield, whilst Duke had a broadsword.

‘Let us be off.’ said Invictus as he guided the boys.

‘Um, Twilight.’ said Sunset when she felt nervous ‘Do you think we can come with you this time?’

‘Are you kidding, of course.’ said Twilight whilst she got excited ‘I’ve been dying to spend time with you lot again, and they could also get to know one another.’

Sunset and the others cheered when they were both happy and excited at the same time. ‘Well then what are we waiting for?’ said the human Rainbow Dash in excitement ‘Let’s go.’

And so it was, they journeyed together to fulfill Merlin and the others’ mother’s wish, not knowing the dangers ahead, for soon, there will be more to come.