The Spectre of Phalanxia

Shortly after their travels, the Mane 7 and EG Mane 7 were accompanying Invictus and his sons to where they needed to go when they were on their way back to the Rainbow Bridge. Merlin walked next to Invictus and asked ‘Father, do you think we’ll ever find Thunder?’

‘He will be alright,’ said Invictus, still being confident ‘He’ll find his way when time permits him.’

At the same time, the others were having a conversation to catch up on old times whilst Sunburst talked to Yin Sid of what the human world of Equestria was like, with him explaining of how this world works.

‘Wait,’ said Sunset when she looked at Princess Twilight ‘You opened a school of Friendship back in Equestria to teach others the meaning of friendship?’

‘More or less,’ said Princess Twilight ‘Although Neigh Say didn’t like the idea of other creatures being taught there, thinking that they’d end up using friendship as a weapon against us.’

‘Wait, what?’ said the human Twilight when she heard the whole thing ‘How can they use it as a weapon? That’s completely ridiculous.’

‘Not as ridiculous as the fact a little Filly worked for one of Equestria’s greatest enemy.’ said Sunset when she remembered from what Twilight told her.

‘Yeah, but I’m still sorry I couldn’t help her. For yes, friendship is powerful, but power isn’t why you make friends.’ said Princess Twilight when she thought about it.

‘Hey, that wasn’t your fault,’ said Sunset when she reassured her ‘But you have to realize that even the older and more experienced teachers couldn’t predict for what’s to come, remember when me and Celestia had a rocky relationship when I didn’t care about friendship except power?’

‘A little,’ said Twilight whilst she smiled and looked at her ‘But on the bright side I got to make new friends and meet all of you.’

‘And what’s with the story of the unicorn without the horn?’ said the human Twilight when she pointed at an unsuspecting Tempest.

‘Oh, that’s Tempest Shadow.’ said Twilight whilst she told them of Tempest’s story ‘Back then her name was Fizzlepop Berrytwist. One day she was playing with her friends and she ended up getting her horn cut off by an Ursa Minor. Her horn didn’t work right and she felt abandoned. In time she joined up with the Storm King when they took over Equestria. After the Storm King’s defeat, she joined our side. She began her journey to redeem herself to make up for her mistakes.’

‘I know the feeling,’ said Sunset when she could relate to something like that ‘But isn’t there a spell to fix broken horns?’

‘I’m afraid not, I’ve been looking for it for years. But so far, I couldn’t find anywhere.’

‘Why not look through the books of Clover the Clever,’ said Sunset Shimmer when she told her about Clover’s discovery ‘Before the Unicorn sages disappeared, he discovered that they had an ancient spell that could restore a unicorn’s horn in case their horns gets broken. He even wrote it all down so that he could pass it down to future generations of unicorns should the need arise.’

‘Really?’ said Twilight when she was surprised by the discovery ‘You mind writing this down?’

‘Of course.’

Rainbow Dash on the other hand had a conversation with her human self.

‘So let me get this straight,’ said Rainbow Dash when she started the conversation ‘In your world, you have a team called the Wondercolts, and they’re basically in charge of every single sport your school has to offer?’

‘Pretty much,’ said the human Rainbow Dash with a smile as she placed both her hands behind her head ‘And you, what do you do?’

‘Oh, I’m in charge of my town’s weather. But I’m also part of a team called the Wonderbolts. We mostly do shows like races and fly stunts together.’

‘Cool, like an air show?’

‘What’s a air show?’

Human Rainbow Dash showed it to Rainbow Dash on her phone ‘See, they fly in machines like this called planes. And they mostly do shows like that by performing tricks and all.’

‘Whoa, awesome,’ said Rainbow Dash when she saw them, then looked at her human counterpart ‘I can’t wait to see them.’
‘I’ll be sure to take you there.’ said the human Rainbow Dash with a smile.

At the same time, Rarity and her human counterpart were exchanging notes of fashion.

‘Oh I must say darling,’ said Rarity when she talked to her human counterpart ‘I simply love your dress, it certainly suits you.’

‘Why thank you,’ said the human Rarity whilst she admired her pony counterpart ‘And I love what you’ve done with your hair, it’s simply divine.’

‘You simply must show me your work, oh, I simply adore it, and they might even look good at my boutique.’
‘Wait,’ said the human Rarity surprised ‘You have a boutique?!!’

‘Three of them darling,’ said Rarity when she was proud of her achievement ‘One is in Ponyville, my hometown. The second is in Canterlot, near Princess Celestia’s castle. And my third one happens to be in Manehattan, the big city.’

‘Oh my,’ said her counterpart ‘We simply must get started, as soon as we have some free time.’

‘Oh I look forward to it my dear.’

Fluttershy spoke to her human counterpart.

‘Oh my, your mane looks so lovely,’ said the human Fluttershy when she looked at her pony counterpart ‘And your coat really has an amazing shine.’

‘Oh thank you,’ said Fluttershy when she was excited to make a new friend ‘You should see my animal friends’ coats at the sanctuary.’

‘Sanctuary?’

‘Oh, a while ago I had an idea to open a place called “Sweet Feather Sanctuary”, a place where the animals can have a place called home. I can show it to you if you want.’

‘Oh, I would simply love that.’

Applejack and her counterpart were also having their share of a conversation.

‘So y’all do farm work, but y’all make Fizzy Apple Ciders?’ said Applejack when she hears what they do in the human world ‘How do they taste like?’

‘They taste like apples,’ said the human Applejack whilst she thought about it ‘But they also have a wonderful taste of the fizzy bubbly bubbles inside. It kinda tickles and they also can give someone gas.’

‘Say what now?’ said Applejack when she was nearly disgusted.

‘Of the burping, not the uh…other thing.’

‘Oh thank goodness,’ said Applejack when she was relieved ‘Y’all wouldn’t mind if we had some of that stuff too now would ya?’

‘Course not.’

But as for the two Pinkie Pies, both of them were talking so much of their parties. (I wouldn’t go into the details, but they talk so much even I can’t keep up with it. All I could make out were cupcakes and jalapeño red velvet cupcakes.) Whilst in the end they say…

‘You know what we should do?’ said Pinkie Pie with a smile.

‘You mean…?’ said the human Pinkie Pie.

The two of them spoke at the same time ‘A super duper awesome mega super duper dimensional union party?!’, which caused them to screech in excitement.

‘Wow, I didn’t think all of them would bond like this,’ said Sunburst when he looked at them ‘Let alone their counterparts.’

‘You’d be surprised,’ said Starlight when she talked about Twilight ‘There was a time when Princess Twilight wanted to go over there for a visit, but ended up spending little time with her counterpart. Which was weird, but also adorable.’

Tempest on the other hand, walked alongside Invictus, seeing that she didn’t like being in the middle of their conversation. She was quiet for a few moments, until she heard something, which she signaled and made them stop in their tracks.

‘What is it?’ said Invictus when he wondered what she was doing.

‘Do you hear that?’ said Tempest with caution.

To their shock, they heard Eros, which Merlin predicted would happen. ‘You know who that is?’ said Yin Sid in confusion.

‘We sure do,’ said Knight ‘He’s been after both us and father for almost a week now.’
‘What?’ said Bucky when he was surprised ‘Why didn’t y’all tell us about it?’

‘We didn’t know,’ said Applebuck next ‘He was after us since after we sent Thunder to you lot with news of mother’s fate.’
‘Come on,’ said Twilight when she snuck towards him ‘Let’s check it out.’

They went over to the nearby bushes and took a peak. To their surprise, they saw not just Eros, but two others who were with him, slightly taller than him. ‘Wait, who are those two?’ said Atreus when he saw them.’

‘Don’t know,’ said Applejack ‘But let’s wait it out and find out.’

But what they were hearing, was that they were having a conversation with someone who stood in front of a large oak tree. ‘Oh what a surprise,’ said a voice to them ‘Must be quite the occasion for the sons of Eros to grace their presence with him too. Tell me, you’re still licking your daddy’s boots to please him?’

‘Sons?’ said Don when he was surprised to hear what he said.

‘Oh this isn’t good.’ said Sunset next.

‘The white Alicorn as well as his sons,’ said Eros to him ‘Tracks shows that they’re now being accompanied by more civilians to their cause.’

‘And why would I know anything about that?’

‘You’re the smartest man alive, aren’t you?’ said the eldest son to the left.

‘Smarter than all the dead ones too.’ said the stranger next, but with the sound of his voice, he doesn’t want to help them.

‘Help us what we want,’ said Eros to him ‘And we can help…’

‘You know very well you cannot free me Eros,’ said the stranger as he spoke back ‘You have nothing to offer me, because your father and brother made sure I would never be released. So take your questions, take your empty threats, take these worthless wankers with you, and piss off!!’

They were surprised the way the stranger spoke to the three of them. ‘Yeesh, language much?’ said the human Pinkie Pie when she heard the fourth being a potty mouth.

Out of frustration, Eros and his sons left, feeling bitter about what the stranger had said to them. All of them had exited from the bushes to see if they were still there, but discovered that they were gone. ‘Who were they talking to?’ said Rarity when she was curious of what was going on.

‘Well, well, well, the very topic of conversation,’ said a mysterious voice as all of them turned around. To their shock, they saw a human male with a beard, two horns of a goat, with markings over his head, whilst half of his body was encased in a tree whilst being wrapped in the thickest of tree roots, whilst his right hand was still free as he also had only one shining eye on his right, whilst on his left he had nothing ‘A pack full of ponies traveling with strangers from another land.’

All of them were cautious of him, not knowing of what they would expect. ‘Dragon, check that path, make sure we aren’t followed.’ said Invictus when he wanted them to see if they were really gone.

‘Got it.’ said Spike as he left to see if the coast were clear.

The human male on the other hand looked at them leaving, whilst looking at Invictus when he had pieced it together ‘They don’t know what you are.’

‘And I preferred to keep it that way.’ said Invictus when he was curious about the stranger ‘Who are you?’

‘Me?’ said the mortal male when he introduced himself ‘I happen to be the ambassador and peace talker between the gods, the giants and all manner of creature in all thirteen realms. I know every language spoken, every war waged and every deal struck. They call me, Caldor; the smartest man alive. And I have the answer to your every question.’

‘Why does the last of the gods and his sons hunt us?’ said Invictus, wanting to know why he was after them.

Caldor was silent for a few moments, for even he didn’t know how to respond to it ‘Okay, so there are a few gaps to my knowledge.’

Rainbow Dash only chuckled whilst she crossed her hooves and whispered to her counterpart ‘So much for being the smartest.’

‘You’ll have to forgive me young one, but I’ve been imprisoned here for what…One thousand winters.’ said Caldor when he explained his imprisonment, surprising them in the process ‘I’m a clever enough lad, I can piece it all together, just…given time.’

Out of nowhere, Spike and his doggy counterpart arrived ‘It’s all clear. Wherever they’ve gone, they’re long gone now.’

The stranger was curious of what they would’ve wanted, until Invictus told him ‘The boys’ mother is dead. She wished for us to…’

Copper interrupted when he told him ‘She wished for us to scatter her ashes on the highest peak, in all the realms.’

‘Oh then you’ve come to the wrong place young one,’ said Caldor, which slowly shocked Invictus’ sons, as well as Twilight and the others ‘The highest peak in all the thirteen realms isn’t in this world or in Equestria. It’s in Adularia, realm of the First Ones.’

‘No!!’ shouted Atreus in frustration, whilst the rest of his brothers feel the same way, for all of them have been traveling for nothing.

‘That could not be what she meant.’ said Invictus when he too had a hard time grasping it.

‘Wait,’ said Sunburst when he was surprised to hear the name ‘The First Ones are real?!’

‘Take a look.’ said Caldor when he used his eye to pierce the veil, showing them the image and partial memory of the First Ones’ homes. To their surprise, it was a giant statue in the middle that nearly resembles to one of the old gods. Whilst near the entrance were the statues of the First Ones, wearing ancient robes and armour, as well as a helmet with weapons that resembles to the old guard. They were shocked to see what the place looked like ‘You see that statue, the one that’s more bigger than any statue on any world, that’s the realm of the First Ones, including the highest peak in the realms, not here.’

‘Then what are we waiting for, said Rainbow Dash whilst she were slowly getting excited ‘Let’s fire up the Rainbow Bridge and get there.’

‘When the First Ones left the realms to return to their own,’ said Caldor when he explained the First Ones ‘They destroyed every entrance to that world except here, with a special kind of Rune that would allow you to open the gateway to that world. If it exist somewhere, only both a First One and an Adularian would know where to find it.’

‘And all of them left a long time ago.’ said Bashful when he wanted to have a chance to speak.

‘True,’ said Caldor when he looked at them ‘But today the winds of fate have picked up a strange vortex of coincidence. Fact is, there’s only one person alive who can get you where you need to go. And luckily for all of you, my schedule is wide open.’

‘Wait,’ said Starlight when she was cautious ‘You wanna come with us?’

‘It’s your only tactical advantage.’

Invictus thought about it long and hard, whilst he thought about the realm of the First Ones. He looked at the spot where the doorway was. He felt Lyon’s hand as he looked at him. ‘We’re gonna do this.’ said Lyon when they were determined to finish their journey.

Invictus thought about it, and made his decision as he looked at Caldor ‘What do we do?’

‘First you need to cut off my head.’

‘Wait, what?’ said Stygian when he and the others were shocked by what he was suggesting.

‘Well when I first got imprisoned here, they ensured that no weapon could ever release me. The trick is, we will also need someone who knows the old magic.’

Merlin looked at the roots and thought to himself ‘No weapon, huh?’. He looked at Yin Sid, whilst Yin Sid looked at one another with a smile ‘You thinking what I’m thinking?’

‘Oh yeah.’ said Yin Sid when he knew what they were thinking.

The two of them stood together and concentrated. To many of their surprise, Merlin’s Cutie Mark, his wings as well as his eyes and horn were glowing, as does Yin Sid’s hands and eyes. The two of them chanted an ancient spell whilst they waved their hands/hooves around. With a great flash, as all of them had covered their eyes, Caldor was released from his tree prison. He stood on his knees and were surprised to see him free from his tree prison, as were the others when they saw.

‘H-how?’ said Caldor when he didn’t have the words to respond.

‘Little something we learned from a certain wolf when she taught us the magic of nature.’ said Yin Sid whilst he cracked his knuckles with a smile.

‘Wow, clever.’ said Flash Magnus when he was impressed by their idea.

‘But didn’t he say that no weapon can break them?’ said Starswirl when he remembered what Caldor had said earlier.

‘Ah, my bearded pony friend,’ said Merlin with a smile ‘Magic can be used as a weapon, yes, but this was a simple release spell. This kind of magic we’ve seen before, we were even taught the full control of that magic.’

‘That’s great and all,’ said Chivalry when he tried to point things out ‘But uh, could someone mind to find him some attire for his uh, ahem…nudeness?’

Some noticed as they looked away feeling embarrassed. ‘Oh dear,’ said Rarity whilst feeling the need to dress him up. ‘Do any of you happen to have…?’

Rarity was cut off when both Chivalry and Duke had tons of cloth and materials to make a proper clothing, which surprised her. ‘What?’ said Duke and Chivalry all together, with Duke saying ‘Do you have any idea how many times my brothers keep tearing their clothes and all?’

‘Oh,’ said Rarity with a smile ‘I might start to like you two.’

‘Oh, mind if I help out darling.’ said human Rarity when she offered her assistance.

A while later, after much designing and trying on outfits, Caldor had been dressed both professionally and stylishly. He wore black boots, long black pants, a grey shirt and a black jacket with shoulder pads on it. He stared at the bridge whilst he smiled and breathed in the fresh watery air. ‘Ah, feels good to be free again.’

‘Oooh,’ said the human Pinkie when she saw the bridge ‘So this is what the bridge looks like.’

‘Weird,’ said Sunset when she looked at the bridge ‘You’d think I’d see this bridge before I came here.’

‘Well if you did,’ said Don with a smile ‘You wouldn’t have that hot rocking body in the first…’

Within an instant, Bucky closed Don’s mouth with his hand, whilst Sunset was partially surprised by what Don nearly said whilst she blushed brightly.

‘I have to say lass,’ said Caldor whilst he admired the attire and spoke to Rarity and her counterpart ‘You’ve really outdone yourself here, I actually like this attire.’

‘Why thank you darling.’ said both Rarity and her counterpart at the same time.

After they used the bridge, they arrived in Equestria. They traveled by road to reach Canterlot the moment it was in their sights.

‘Uh, Twilight?’ said Rainbow Dash whilst she was confused ‘Where are we going?’

‘To Celestia of course, with her insight, and Caldor’s knowledge, we might be able to find what we’re looking for.’

‘Celestia?’ replied Caldor, which in truth made him nervous for some reason ‘Oh boy.’

‘Something wrong there partner?’ said Applejack when she was curious.

‘No, nothing at all.’ he replied, whilst feeling nervous.

After journeying a long voyage to Canterlot, they had reached Celestia and Luna’s throne room, where the leaders of the other kingdoms had just reported in of the places that have been repaired. The Mane 7 entered the hall with the Pillars, gaining their attention in the process.

‘Twilight?’ said Celestia when she was surprised to see her again ‘What are you doing here? Is your journey over already?’

‘Eh,’ said Twilight whilst she felt greatly nervous all over again.

‘Not exactly.’ said Spike, whilst at the same time, Sunset and her friends entered the throne room, which shocked them in the process.

‘Okay, who the heck are they?’ said Ember when she was confused by what she was seeing.
Prince Rutherford stood near the human Pinkie and noticed a resemblance ‘You almost look like Pink Pony friend.’

‘That’s because they’re us from another dimension silly.’ said Pinkie whilst she introduced them ‘Every creature beyond Equestria, these are our alternate selves. Alternate selves, meet our creature friends/rulers beyond Equestria’s borders.’

Thorax took a step forward, looking at the Mane 7, as well as the humane Mane 7. ‘You know,’ he replied when he looked at them ‘Come to think of it, I do see a resemblance.’

Human Fluttershy looked at Celestia and Luna, whilst surprised of how beautiful they are. She walked towards them and greeted them ‘Oh, hello there. I’m Fluttershy. It’s very nice to meet you.’

‘Oh, pleasure to meet you too.’ said Luna when she greeted her.

Within a split second, she hugged the two of them, surprising them in the process. She nearly yelped and took a step back, whilst feeling embarrassed of what she did ‘Oh, um, sorry.’

‘Oh, it’s quite alright,’ said Celestia with a smile ‘It’s quite an honor to meet you.’

Slowly, Caldor walked in, feeling sheepish, and for seeing Celestia again. He stood there for a few moments, until Celestia noticed that he stood there. She didn’t show a smile, only showed that she looked mad. ‘You,’ she said snapping at Caldor ‘Approach.’

Caldor took a few steps forward, not knowing what she wanted. He stood close to her whilst he looked like as if he was ashamed, gaining some of their suspicion.

‘Are you well?’ said Celestia coldly.

‘Yes, I am.’ he answered back.

‘Good.’ said Celestia, until to their surprise, she spat against his face, whilst she still looked mad at him.

‘Nice to see you too Celestia.’ said Caldor, knowing that he didn’t like seeing her like that.

‘Hmm,’ said Starswirl when he looked at Celestia’s attitude ‘I sense you know one another.

‘More or less,’ said Caldor when he told them ‘See when she was still a filly and before Luna was born, whilst their mother was still ruler of Equestria, I once came here from another land. Celestia’s mother, Faust, took me in and asked for my aid to help her manage her kingdom. Which I did, with careful diplomatic skills.’

‘Oh, so you’re the reason why Equestria never triggered a war with us.’ said Ember when she remembered dragon history.

‘Indeed. But overtime she wanted me to be Celestia’s tutor. Aye I taught her, and she excelled at her magic better than what any of us could imagine, even after Luna was born, she was gifted with her magic.’

‘Oh,’ said Mage Meadowbrook when she got curious ‘What happened then?’

‘I told him to leave.’ said Celestia when she still was cold ‘He did something that I couldn’t forgive him for.’

‘Pff, what’d he do, sleep with your mother?’ said Knight when he was being sarcastic. However, Celestia and Caldor blushed whilst they looked away from one another, not wanting to talk about that. But slowly to Knight’s shock, that’s exactly what happened. ‘Wait, I was just kidding, you slept with her mother?!!’

Many were shocked when they heard what Caldor did. ‘Wait a minute,’ said the human Applejack ‘So you…and her mom?!!’

‘Okay,’ said Rainbow Dash when she agreed with Applejack’s counterpart ‘Even I know that’s a bit out of line.’

‘We were drunk okay!’ said Caldor, not being proud of that moment ‘We were both under stress of the work we had to do!’. Caldor changed his expression when he thought about his friendship with her ‘Yet no matter what we always faced, she always smiled in troubled times. She reminded all of us of our place in the world. She truly was special.’

Celestia also changed her expression, thinking about her mother, which she agreed with him for once ‘She was.’

Luna changed the subject when she talked to the others ‘Wait, I thought all of you were going to scatter the ashes of your mother?’

‘We were, except we had hit a bit of a snag.’ said Bashful when he felt embarrassed over their journey.

‘Indeed,’ said Stygian when he told them of what he had learnt ‘For it would appear the highest peak they’re looking for is in Adularia, the realm of the First Ones.’

They were surprised by what they had told them. ‘The First Ones are real?’ said Queen Novo when she was shocked to hear it.

‘Yaks thought they were myth.’ said Rutherford when he remembered the tales of the First Ones.

‘The feats of the First Ones were legendary,’ said Ember when she also remembered ‘Even from among the Dragon Lands.’

‘Aye, and from the looks of it,’ said Rockhoof when he remembered something else ‘Eros was still hunting us, as well as with the company of his two sons.’

‘Wait, sons?!’ said Celestia when she was also surprised to hear this kind of news.

‘Indeed your highness,’ said Tempest when she stood near her ‘They were asking Caldor where we were traveling, and from the looks of it, they were trying to find something that would put them on edge.’

‘So what are all of you doing here?’ said Luna when they wondered why they came back.

‘We were on our way to find a special rune to open the portal to the realm of the first ones.’ said Invictus when he reminded some of them of their mission.

‘And I think I know a certain someone that could still help,’ said Caldor when he remembered an old friend ‘And I believe he still resides from within the lake.’

‘The lake?’ said most of them when they were curious.

‘Follow me, and I’ll show you.’

Half an hour later, all of them arrived at the Rainbow Bridge, which surprised most of the leaders when they had no idea what it would look like. They stood at the center of the bridge, with some of them activating a platform as it raised itself until it stopped right next to a type of horn.

‘What is that?’ said Thorax when he was surprised to see it.

‘That dear Changeling,’ said Caldor when he looked at them ‘Is the very thing we need to call an old friend.’

Caldor walked up to the horn and blew on it so hard, it echoed through the mountains. It was silent for a short while, until ‘Oh come on,’ said Ember impatiently ‘That’s it? that’s what was so special about…?’

Suddenly the ground began to shake, with all of them feeling uneasy. ‘Whoa, what the heck is happening?’ said the canine Spike when he kept losing his balance.

Sure enough, from the lake itself, something large, as well as something scaly rose up from the waters as it rose higher than any mountain. It was large, but it had nostrils, large yellow eyes as well as teeth as sharp as a sword. They were extremely shocked to see the creature before them, with some of them shouting ‘What is that?!!’

The creature’s head was now above the sky and slowly yawned from its slumber. Caldor introduced them to it ‘That my friends is Aligarh, a World Serpent if I might add. His kind can speak the same languages as the First Ones because they used to reside there, but overtime they left other worlds so that they could serve as guides to others.’

‘As guides?’ said Luna when she wondered about them herself.

‘Well of course, how else did you expect others to learn the ways of the old magic. Scorpan learned from Aligarh himself.’
‘Wait, Scorpan learned from it?’ said Starswirl whilst also being surprised about it.

‘Of course, everything Scorpan learned, he learned it from this big fellah.’ said Caldor when he pointed a few things out ‘You want me to ask him how they met?’

‘No,’ said Invictus when he was busy focusing the task at hand ‘Our only concern is Adularia.’

The Serpent saw the strangers and slowly lowered his head to look at them face to face. ‘GO NE NAR NO. SE NAR NO GI BA NAR.’ said the Serpent to the travelers.

‘What is he saying?’ said Rarity whilst wondering about the creature.

‘He wants to know what we want.’ said Caldor when he translated. ‘Alright now wish me luck.’ said Caldor whilst he cleared his throat to speak with the Serpent. The moment he spoke, gained the Serpent’s attention ‘AOOO YOO NOOO AMM MIII MIRR CAA DOOR.’

‘CO DE SAR NAM, YOO SO NEM NUR CAA DOOR.’ said the Serpent whilst slowly bowing his head in respect for Caldor.

‘I still got it lads and ladies, he remembers me,’ said Caldor to them, knowing that he has things under control. ‘WAGOO AG NA NI AR NUR,’ said Caldor to the Serpent, which it suddenly got mad, with Caldor correcting him ‘AGU NA, AGU NA RA MA NIAR NAR MUR.’

The Serpent then changed its expression and spoke back in a calmed manner ‘GO NO NI NOR, GO NI AR NA GORA NIARA GARANU, GOR NO VI NA CAMA RA NOR.’

Caldor looked at them and reassured them ‘He says he knows the pain of your loss. He’ll help ya.’

‘CA RI AR NARA BOO, SI CAN CA NAR NI NAR NUR.’ said the Serpent before parting ways.

‘WACA NOR WACAN TOR.’ said Caldor, then turned his attention towards the others ‘Curious.’

‘What did the beastie say?’ said Rockhoof out of curiosity.

‘Oh nothing that needs to be of any concern.’

The Serpent then used its magic to point the direction of where they need to go, whilst it granted them a special map so that they could find their way to where they need to go. After it was done, it returned back to its slumber ‘What did it do?’ said Sunset when she was surprised.

‘He’s helping us to make sure we’d be going in the right direction,’ said Caldor whilst he placed the map away in his coat pocket ‘Alright now, before we could open the rune gate, here’s what we need to do. First; we will need to find a very special chisel that could help us find a way. Second, we will need to form the chisel into the very rune that could allow us to cross to that world.’

‘You mean like the rune we saw earlier back home?’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she wanted to know if they were on track.

‘Precisely.’ said Caldor when he looked at them.

‘It looked kinda mad for a moment there.’ said Yin Sid when he noticed the creature nearly went hostile.

‘Oh that,’ said Caldor whilst he cleared his throat ‘He thought I said we were friends of Eros. You’ll have to forgive me, I never spoke the language sober before.’

‘Okay, so we got the map,’ said Rainbow Dash when she flew next to Caldor ‘Now what?’

‘Well first things first, we’ll need to triangulate our position to where we need to go first. Any of you have a proper map to this place?’

‘As a matter of fact…’ said Twilight when she had something in mind.

‘Hold it now!’ shouted Brock the Dwarf, gaining their attention. Some of the creatures were surprised to see the two Dwarves walking by, as well as Sunset and the others. Brock looked at them with crossed arms and said ‘And just where do you think you’re going?’

‘What do you think we’re gonna do?’ said the human Rainbow Dash ‘We’re gonna go with them.’

‘Not dressed like that you’re not.’ said Brock, which surprised them by what they had said.

‘What’s wrong with the way we dress?’ said the human Rarity whilst she felt insulted that Brock has no fashion sense whatsoever.

‘What he means is,’ said Driskle when he pointed things out ‘The places you might go to could be dangerous. We felt like we needed to give you some proper attire for travel, especially with some weapons you could use.’

‘You have something in mind?’ said Princess Celestia when she wondered what they were planning.

Half an hour later, after the creatures left to warn their fellow creatures of the gods’ plans and what they were doing, Sunset and the rest of the EG Mane 7 were dressed in their style of pants and boots, as well as shirts, but wear the armour of what almost resembles to the Valkyries of Valhalla. Each of their armour was different. For their colors nearly match the ones they have in their somewhat “Super Forms”. They were amazed of how the armour fitted them perfectly.

‘Whoa, okay,’ said the human Rainbow Dash when she liked her outfit ‘Now this I like.’

‘Oh my, so beautiful, and stylish.’ said the human Rarity when she loved her outfit.

‘And it’s also very light.’ said Fluttershy when she liked it.

The two dwarves then instructed them, with Driskle saying ‘Now remember, all of you are now equipped with shields on your left arms so all of you should be safe, as well as the swords we’ve given you. They both extremely light, and also very powerful.’

‘But in order to spice things up,’ said Brock with a smile as he had some other weapons with him ‘You’re gonna need these. They’ll help you lot in any situations.’

Driskle offered human Fluttershy with a flute ‘This flute has the ability to summon spirit animals to aid you. Any note you play on it, any animal you can think of will come to your aid to help you.’

‘Oooh.’ said the human Fluttershy when she accepted the flute.

‘I heard you’re pretty skilled with a bow.’ said Brock to the human Rainbow Dash.

‘Heck yeah I am.’ said human Rainbow Dash whilst she remembered her skills with a bow during the Friendship Games.

Brock granted her a powerful bow, but when human RD wondered why there were no arrows, he explained it to her ‘This bow, with the power of this gauntlet, will allow you to shoot any kind of arrow. Any arrow you can think of, the bow will produce one, allowing you to shoot with it.

‘Whoa, awesome.’ said human RD when she accepted the bow with glee.

‘I got just the one for you.’ said Driskle to human Twilight when he offered her two pens.

She accepted them with confusion whilst she looked at them ‘What am I supposed to do with these?’

‘Press them.’ said Driskle with excitement. Twilight decided to humor him as she pressed the top of the pens, causing them to turn into dual swords, which surprised her in the process, whilst he explained it to them ‘Those pens immediately form into two dual swords. They are very powerful when they work together. The jewels on the top, will allow you to form a shield when you clash them together, whilst one sword can turn into fire, and the other into ice.’

‘Amazing.’ said human Twilight when she admired them whilst it turned back into pens.

Brock handed human Applejack a lasso ‘This here lasso was forged by the dwarves’ most powerful hunters. When you use it, you can ensnare them, and the rope will never break. It’s so powerful with magic it can make your enemies surrender as well as tell the truth in case they might lie.’

‘Now that’s mah favorite kind of lasso.’ said human Applejack whilst she accepted it.

‘As for you,’ says Driskle when he talked to the human Pinkie Pie ‘How skilled are you with a staff?’

‘Oh very skilled,’ said the human Pinkie Pie with a smile ‘I so happen to be the champion spinner of it.’

‘Good enough,’ said Driskle whilst he offered her the bo-staff ‘This staff is the most indestructible, and can be used to knock enemies back. And it’s tips can turn into powerful explosive attacks with your abilities.’

‘Ooh, handy.’ said the human Pinkie when she accepted it, whilst offering her a cake from her satchel ‘Cake?’

‘Oh,’ said Driskle when he saw it was a strawberry cake, his favorite as he accepted it ‘Don’t mind if I do.’

‘And as for you,’ said Brock when he stood near the human Rarity with special gauntlets and jewels on top ‘These are special kinds of jewels on top of them. When you clash them together, they can create a powerful shield. They can even turn into wrist blades so you won’t be defenseless when they do.’

‘Ooh,’ said the human Rarity when she found them fascinated.

‘Oh, and this is for you.’ said Driskle to Sunset Shimmer as he offered her a spell book and an axe, which was not heavy, and just right for her ‘This is a book about Dwarven magic. Very powerful, very efficient. There are even a few pages of Elvin magic, should you wish to change the battlefield.’

‘Wow, thanks.’ said Sunset when she was surprised by the gifts he offered them.

‘Good, you’re all set.’ said Brock whilst he and Driskle were proud of them.

‘Now if you’ll excuse us, we’ll remain here and see what else we can dig up.’ said Driskle next whilst he quickly caught up with Brock after he left.

‘Alright then,’ said Caldor whilst he talked to Twilight ‘Shall we be off to this map of yours?’

‘Of course,’ said Twilight with a smile ‘Right this way.’

All of them traveled back to Ponyville, hoping that they will find any clues to where they need to go.