I made my way back to Ponyville and also got to create a portal for the Crystal Empire. No more walking long distances from now on, and I was happy for it. On my way to check on Alpha, I thought about the meeting I had at the dinner table. Apparently as I was fighting Sombra, Discord let Shining know that he agreed to the terms and to come find him when he was ready. The problem here was how am I going to find him? It's not like I know where he lives or anything. I guess he will appear when he wants to. I opened the door and Alpha practically jumped on me, blood pooling around his mouth. I looked around for the source of the blood and saw a pony who was writhing in agony look up to me with a gulp.

"Who the hell are you?" As I said those words, he tried to run, only to trip over from the loss of blood. I stuck a healing sword inside of him and watched him heal. I had to change the name 'tab' because I actually built up enough magical reserve capacity to not even need my tabs anymore to write spells. I can just make up the different formulas in my head and keep the spell locked into my mind until I really need it. It was a lot more efficient during combat where I can write spells in safe places. My ability to do it seems to scale with how much I do it, so it will get better overtime. Since [VTabs] were no longer needed for spell creation, it is no different from swords at this point, so its new name is [VSwords]. As he looked at his healed leg and tried to move, he then lunged for me.

"You don't belong here!" He screamed, only to get the same leg bitten off by Alpha. I chuckled and started scratching the wolf behind his ears before sticking another healing sword inside of him.

"You aren't going to get far, wolf or not. You minus well tell me what you are doing here."

"My only goal is to get rid of you." He muttered.

"In the mighty actions of Discord..." I snapped my fingers and he disappeared to the center of Ponyville. I looked back to Alpha. "I'll be back later."

He acknowledged what I was saying by wagging his tail and he made his way out of the door, into the forest. Seeing him go in there kind of makes me think about what he does in there.

Whilst running to town, I noticed that I never once felt tired during that little exercise. It's amazing how well you can see me improve magically and physically, all because of a book. I didn't even know where it came from, but I'm not questioning it, as it is doing great things for me. Making it to the small town, I noticed a lot of arguing going on.

"He isn't a bad guy!"

"Did you hear what happened at the Crystal Empire?"

"He doesn't belong here."

"He can protect us!"

Those were some of the things I heard. I knew that they were talking about me the moment they mentioned the empire. I need to go to the town hall for a bit and see what job options they have. I know I already get paid handsomely by Celestia, but I feel like I am going to have a bit too much free time on my hands, so why not get a job to occupy it? I guess I'll try to ignore everyone for now. Although it was hard to actually ignore these ponies because they all looked up to me and started to talk even more. In all honesty, I didn't mind too much if they talked about me, but they started getting closer and closer. It wasn't until one stallion poked me in the arm that I actually gave my attention to one of them.

"Yes?" I asked the pure white stallion. He better not have a position in government too. I swear to god that every white pony I came across was either a politician, a royal, or a noble. Fancypants, Blueblood, Shining, and Celestia to name a few of them. I awaited a response while he was sweating bullets, but still held a glare to him.

"What is your goal?" I was confused by his question.

"Can you clarify what you mean?" I replied. A brief silence came before he spoke again.

"What are you doing in Equestria?" He asked. I smiled to him while rubbing my chin with my hand.

"That is the question that should've been answered a while ago. Out of curiosity, what do you think I'm here to do?" I questioned him, hoping to get answers as to what everyone thought about me. His glare never left me.

"I saw what you did to Twilight earlier." Did he mean our fight?

"Are you related to Twilight by any chance? Or are you a friend?" He nodded his head, denying such a thing.

"Everyone in Ponyville knows everyone by looks alone. Hiding things is not a thing we have here." I put my hands behind my head and stretched.

"Good thing that I have that luxury." I said, walking past him.

"Do you really think that you can survive in this town without letting anyone know anything about you?" He asked in a frustrated tone. I opened the door to the town hall and replied to him before closing it.

"Yes."

I walked through the town hall door, not speaking to that pony any further. As soon as I walked in, everyone looked up to me and started to move out of the way as I walked to the job board. While I was looking, I heard whispers about me looking for a job. Not really caring all that much for gossip, I ignored them. There were many different jobs on that board. Some normal, and some that made either laugh or cringe. I've never heard of a rock farm before, but it sounded straight up silly. After quite a while of looking, I noticed the silence around me. Looking up, I saw a mare right in front of me. As she now saw that she had my attention, she waved to me.

"Hello, my name is Mayor Mare, and welcome to Ponyville!" She said, cheerfully. I was confused on why she was so happy to say that, but I didn't question it.

"Hello, do you know of any open jobs that require effort and strength to do?" More weight, more strength. More strength, easier combat. The bits were just a bonus. The mayor looked at the billboard for a few moments before turning back to me.

"You could do this job." She said, handing me a piece of paper. I took it and read it. It was a job for an applebucker at an apple farm. It required someone with a substantial amount of strength. Sounds good to me.

"I'll check it out. Thank you." I waved goodbye and made my way to the door. As I almost made it outside, the mayor stopped me. "Yes?"

"D-Do you mind if I know where you live so that I may contact you?" She asked nervously.

"Why?" I replied. Obviously there was an ulterior motive to this. She pointed outside. I looked out the window to see ponies arguing about me, mainly about whether or not I was the cause of a pony randomly appearing in town square.

"If they get out of hand, I would like to know where you are so you can set things straight."

"Isn't that the guard's job?" I asked. Her nervousness never left.

"I-Its better to end things in a peaceful manner. Although I'd wish you would do it now, if you can?" For how nervous you are, I'm surprised you haven't ran yet.

"I'll deal with it if it gets to that point. Although since I'm not seeing much violence going on, I'm just going to go." I went out of the door to shield a frying pan that had been thrown at me. You know, life likes to tell me that you need to end things as they happen, but do I ever listen? Only now I guess. "Okay, this is getting out of ha-.... hoof." Pony lingo is odd. The crowd went silent until someone, most likely from my opposing side, spoke.

"Well this town wouldn't be angry if you would leave and never come back." Everyone made way for the pony who spoke those words. It was an unicorn with a royal blue coat and a main that was probably one of the lightest shades of blue I've ever seen. She was wearing a black cape with what appeared to be an amulet in the middle.

"Who are you?"

"It is I, the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Why the fuck does she sound like an mexican magician that is trying his best to pass off as an american. That thought alone made me laugh on the floor.

"What the fuck was that intro?!" I tried my best to say while I continued to laugh. She didn't look to pleased.

"Trixie doesn't know who you are laughing at!" She showed off her amulet. "My original goal was to take this town for myself, but maybe Trixie need to teach you a lesson!" I paused my laughter so I could hear what she was saying. "So how about a magic duel? Or are you too scared?" I took what she said with a grain of salt, but goddamn was that a mistake to ask. The entire crowd of people who opposed me facepalmed while my supporting crowd laughed. I laughed along with the crowd as well.

"Sure. What are your terms?"

"You will copy everything that Trixie does. The winner is decided on who can't go on. This should be easy, if everything Trixie hears about is true, which Trixie knows they aren't." I never heard someone use their own name so much before.

"Easy enough." Trixie frowned at my cockiness. It isn't a guess if I'm going to win. It's a fact that I'm going to win.

"Trixie will start off with something easy for your simple mind." I shrugged. Her horn lit up with a red glow and started to levitate the small objects around her. She then put them above her head and swirled them in circles before blasting them, causing them to go back in the places they came from. The crowd was in awe of her magic performance.

"I expected nothing less from a show performer." She glared at me, "But you are going to have to do better than that to defeat me." My hand glowed and I started lifting entire buildings. Whenever a pony or foal fell out of one, I levitated them to the ground slowly. The crowd's jaws were basically on the floor at the sheer amount of magical power I just exercised. I floated the buildings above me and looked around. The ground looked so much like the superflat world in Minecraft. I chuckled at the thought as I snapped my fingers and each building went back to their original spot. I looked to Trixie who now looked frightened.

"H-Ho-" I interrupted her and put my hand on her shoulder.

"Your move." She looked frightened to go on for a second before feigning determination. Hey, at least she's trying. Her horn lit up to a glow that was practically crimson. After waiting for something to happen, I, along with the entire crowd, showed our confusion.

"What are you trying to do?" No answer. I looked around and that's when I started to notice something. Ponies were staring up in the sky, wide-eyed. I was confused even more and looked up into the sky to see what they were talking about. I didn't notice anything at first, but when I did notice what was going on, I started to stare back at the blue unicorn, who was still struggling. The sun itself moved a little to the right and the moon came in right beside the sun. Now the sky was half-light-half-dark. I'm going to be honest, the sky looked cool as fuck. I kind of wanted to sit on a building, as I watched the day.... night..... whatever it is, just pass by. Trixie, followed by the entire crowd, looked to me.

"Well?" Trixie held a look of triumph on her face.

"Imagine only being able to barely move planets." I rose my hand to the air, "By the way, epilepsy warning." As I confused everypony, I watched as the sun disappeared, and it was now night. A second later, the moon disappeared and the sun made itself known. I kept switching between the two in rapid succession. I looked to see how my audience was doing and saw that most of them closed their eyes while the rest looked at me in amazement. I smiled before suddenly they gasped and then started bowing. I was confused until I heard a pony behind me clear their throat. I looked behind me and saw an unhappy Celestia and a few guards looking back at me. I smiled and waved to her.

"How?" One of the guards, now sitting on the ground by Celestia, said.

"Hey Celestia, how has your day... night... day-night... been?" I said casually, much to her dismay.

"What is the meaning of this!?" She yelled back at me.

"Just a friendly competition against your average egotistical unicorn." I pointed to Trixie. Celestia turned to her and frowned even harder than before. She walked over to Trixie and had a look at what she was wearing.

"Why do you have this?" She asked calmly. Trixie's heart was beating miles a minute.

"Trixie found this from somewhere." She answered meekly. Not used to speaking to someone who can decide the fate of your life, now are you?

"I have so many questions." Celestia said.

"Then ask them." She turned to me and complied.

"First off, where did you find this amulet?" She asked, pointing to Trixie's toy.

"Trixie found someone selling this in the market." Now you want to sound a lot more confident in talking with her?"

"Okay, now here is an even better question. How are you able to compete with this?" She pointed to me.

"I refuse to lose in anything magical. My power level isn't what you think it is." She acknowledged what I said and thought on it. Suddenly, she teleported a crystal ball from nowhere.

"Do you mind if I test both of your power levels?" She asked. We both nodded. Trixie went first, placing her hoof on the ball. After a moment, it read out a number.

"100,000. About the weakest alicorn. Definitely not a unicorn's strength though. The average unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony have a power level of 1,000. Your turn." I then went to place my hand on the object and waited. It read my power level and everyone looked in disbelief.

"What does it say?" I asked. Celestia looked away and cleared her throat.

"This is a very serious matter now. I have a power level of about 600,000. My sister has one that ranges at about 400,000. Now, tell me how you have a power level of 117,000,000?!?!?!" She practically screamed at me. The entire crowd froze and now Trixie had a fearful look to her. Hearing that number makes me wonder what my power level was when I first woke up in the forest. I guess I'll never know now.

"I can't explain to you how, just know that I do." In all reality, I was shaking at the realization of how powerful I became. Another question was if my power had a limit. I had notice that Celestia was talking, but I didn't hear anything she was saying. A thought popped up in my head telling me to check the book. I guess the book knows how to stay discrete when ponies are around. I checked the book, which had disguised itself as a recipe book, and odd enough another stat value appeared, naming my power level and a bar that I could change to limit my power. I guess I will have to test the effects of it later. I looked up and saw Celestia with an increased glare.

"Does what I say to you not matter to you!? What are you looking at?" She took the book into her magic and read it aloud.

"Umm..." She went silent for a few moments so I decided to break it.

"Why are you looking for the recipe for cookies?" Her face showed more confusion then anger now. Wow, even the book disguised its view to other ponies.

"They look so delicious." I said, taking the book back into my hand. All of a sudden, I heard a scream. Everyone in the vicinity of it jumped visibly and the guards sprang into action. As a guard entered a alleyway, where the sound came from, we heard another scream from him and saw his body shoot out of the location, his body battered and bloodied over. The crowd started to run in several different directions while Celestia turned to the remaining guards.

"Find out who is causing this!" She yelled over the crowd. After a while of staring at the chaos, I felt something stab into my neck. With a grunt, I checked who threw that, but couldn't spot anyone before falling on the ground. I heard a few last words before losing consciousness.

"Come work for us. I guarantee you that you will have a great time."

I woke up holding my head. I opened my eyes slowly only to be rejected by harsh sunlight from a window.

"Ah, I'm glad that you accepted my invitation." My eyes focused and I saw what looked to be a black alicorn with holes in her legs. I'm going to be honest, this pony looks better than the rest. I summoned my swords and pointed them to her.

"Give me a reason I shouldn't kill you." I stated. She didn't seem scared in the slightest. Remembering a distant memory from the time I copied Fluttershy's mind, I relearned that this was Queen Chrysalis, a changeling who feasts on love.

"Please, if I had ill intent, you would be tied up right now." She did have a point. Reluctantly, I let my guard down.

"So why am I here?" I asked. She looked like she was thinking, but I bet she had this all planned out.

"I want you to help me." Yeah, okay.

"What would I get out of it." That question threw her off guard.

"You don't want to know why?" She seemed confused.

"Lady, I'm on no ones side. If a side offers more value than the current one I'm on, then I'm switching without hesitation." She smiled ear to ear at hearing the news.

"Then lets get this wrapped up quickly then. On the pony's side, I notice how bored you look. I also know from some espionage that you like to fight virtually anything that comes across you. However, Celestia wants you to do the opposite, so you comply and miss your fun. With me, you do missions the way you see fit. As long as it's stealthy and doesn't reveal or sacrifice any of the hive." I'm already satisfied.

"You had me at fight virtually anything." I said, "I guess that I'll be joining you I guess.

"Excellent!" She giggled. That sounded seductive yet weird at the same time. "I have a mission for you right now." Oh yes, what will I be doing first. She told me the basis of the mission.

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Lets just say that now I'm the one grinning ear to ear.

Author's Note

This may be shorter, but it leads to a longer next chapter. These come out depending on my hectic school weeks so it may be even longer than this one before it comes out.