Author's Note

Okay, so, some people find the first chapter ... peculiar so to speak, so this chapter is much stronger, at least the beginning, ignore it until you see the lines ---- // ----- then you can read if you prefer, seriously, I didn't find anything big with the first chapter, I mean, look at the tags, now this one already I found a little heavy, very good to read on a Tuesday at night !!!

note: I LITERALLY have no idea how to write applejack and Luna, so excuse me, they will either say little or speak, well without an accent.

Sorry...

I'm running in a forest, a dense tropical forest, and ... And she is here, I can hear her, I can almost feel her, I stumble, if I fall down... No, I have to keep running, never stopping, why, if she pick me up... I'm going back to the stretcher and I----

"MR. Spenceeeeer!!!"

Is she here yet? Where? I look around at insane speed, where where WHERE SHE IS! Then I stop and look at those two little purple dots staring at me from the bush, I know what that is, and I want to run, but I can't do it, I see those two dots, no higher than a meter and a half, then, they started to rise, over two meters, reveling a purple pony, skeletal, the ribs showing, with eyes like the blackest of nights, pupils purple like the blood of stellar bears, with a slight twisted smile, revealing little of their sharp and pointed teeth like swords, its left frontal hoof, replaced by a metal rod that ends in five ...

Five scalpels... The voice... The voice is simply the worst, and I will not stay here to listen, almost as if I were released by a bigger force, I feel my legs respond, and I run, branches hitting my face, sharp sticks piercing my legs and a precipice... No matter what is at the bottom of it, a lake? More trees? A plain ready to be painted? It doesn't matter, everything is better than her, I jump, without a hint of hesitation, and see a small river.

Splash!!!

Don't let the movies fool you, it hurts fall more than twenty meters, even if it's water, my whole body is hot and aching, but now, I hold on to a rock and still under water and look up, there is that... That thing, she analyzes the river and looks at where it flows, I can almost see a smile forming on her face when its wings open and she flies with the current.

After a few moments without seeing her, I come out of the water, breathing as much as I can before throwing myself into the riverbed.

Wait... I know this cliff! I'm on Everfree! Yes, it has to be, and only one way to confirm it, I climb a small tree, the maximum that my body allows, before I see, yes, certainly, one of the towers of the castle of the sisters! There... I'll be safe! Nothing can touch me there, and it's my ... My secret place, my fortress... My... My home...

I can feel tears and fear wanting to invade me again, NO! I stop as quickly as possible, if I feel afraid, she will find me, she always finds me.

I slowly descend from the tree and see my reflection, a normal man you would say, torn clothes and some cuts on the body and Jesus I have to shave, but... No, focus, castle, then I cry.

After a light walk, almost enough to relax my body, I see, the only bridge that leads to the castle, the only entrance to the castle... And she is there, standing in front of the bridge.

I start to feel that fear come back and the questions shoot in my head: "how am I going to get through it? She has magic I have nothing! If... If I surrender maybe she will be less severe... Yes... If I---"

Before I finish thinking, I feel the ground beneath me crumble, and I slide down the smooth stone until I fall into an old cave, very old, how old? Believe me I know, why there in front of me is a dead tree, a crystal tree once vibrant and shiny, now dark and lifeless... I did it... Why? Rage? Fear? I don't remember, what matters is the axe stuck in her side, I walk slowly towards him, I can almost hear him calling me when he disappears.

"Well, well, well, it looks like the escape routes are over."

I turn around, and there she is, that repulsive and twisted being, with the axe levitating a few meters from her head.

"Don't worry Mr. Spencer, I forgive you, you, with your 'collaboration', we can bring the tree back!"

"No, please."

"Shhhhhhh... Calm down Mr. Spencer, I will not hurt you, it will be... Painless," his smile widens, revealing his grotesquely twisted and sharp teeth "I promise, as princess of friendship."

Do I have to get out of here, now, get the axe? No, too obvious, then how? This time I don't have knives around or a lamp... She will catch me, she already caught me!

Damn, I'm Damian Spencer, lord of Equestria and his executioner, I can't tremble now, I killed her once, I have to do it again!

Using everything I had left, I tried to raise my fists, but before the first movement was made, I feel the cold metal wire on my lips, and I see that her metallic hoof was against my face, more precisely one of her 'fingers. '

"No, no, no, Mr. Spencer, no violence, it will be quick, with your help the pony species will prosper as never before! We have even found a way to identify changelings because of you! And we have barely started! Think about the discoveries that still missing! "

I can feel tears forming, but it was only when she quickly removed that damn scalpel, cutting across the bottom of my lip, then I couldn't stop the tears.

"Ohh, sorry, you know, I'm still learning to use these, your old jailer, doctor silk touch knew how to handle then well."

The doctor... How long I haven't heard that name, he was... He was a, a good pony, his way, the way the situation allowed, but he was a good pony.

I feel its metallic hoof running through my body causing several cuts and tearing the rags that I called clothes.

"Spencer... Why?"

"WHA--"

"Why did you kill me, Spencer?"

Those words, these words, I thought I would never feel so much hate like this before, I felt light, I grabbed his horn and with my other free hand I stole his axe, "WHY?!?!"

I feel the mana forming in his horn, but as long as I'm holding her horn, nothing will come out of it, with a quick movement I dig the axe in her ribs, she screams, screams at an insane height, after removing the axe, when I was ready to strike another blow, the axe levitates from my hand.

"No no no no, my dear, this is not how a lady is treated!"

There, behind me were other of those twisted beings, this one was all burned, her skin was gone a lot and his muscles are showing, the only remaining skin in it is her left eye, almost untouched by the flames.

"You..."

"Hihi, I think he saw Rarity!!!"

They are here! Pushing the best I can the giant alicorn to the side, I run to the only source of light in this cave of horrors, I hear a flutter of wings and a blue figure passed by me, almost caught me, almost.

I never thought it was easy to climb smooth rock, but this one is very complicated, every two centimeters that I climb, I fall one, and I hear them screaming, grunting, and just like me, climbing.

When I look down, I feel a phenomenal urge to vomit, there, under this trap, an amorphous being made of flesh, gut's and eyes, I can see a wing and tails coming out of that thing, even a stepson! And it is screaming my name, and it is going up.

Almost there! After kicking those meat tentacles that tried to get me I see something, something that for a second freezes my heart more than the purple alicorn, looking at me, from the top of this trap is she, Fluttershy, that yellow pegasus, untouched, immaculate by any acts that I have committed, but I know what I did, I know where to look, and there is it, a little cut under her neck, and she just looked at me, even wearing those blindfolds, I know she was looking at me and says just one word:

"Why?"

In that same lovely tone that she had, and that was it, I feel my arms loosening, my legs weakening, and I fall, I fall into the gigantic jaw of that amorphous being, but before I fall, I force myself to answer her:

"Sorry..."

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I wake up, there were few times that I got up so fast, God I'm still sweating, and my heartbeat is trying to calm down, why? Why did I dream about them? So long ago they left me alone, and Fluttershy... She was there... I...

"Sorry..."

I can feel, a cold taking my body, but this time it’s not fear, it’s, it’s sadness, I couldn’t help looking at the hole in the ceiling, just to see a bright full moon, I was never able to make one like that, Luna, damn you and your nights he he... LUNA!?!?

The achievement hit me like a rock! The diaries are here! And arghh, yes, my arm is still dislocated, I look around, just one suitcase, my God... MARINDA!!!

I, in all of our study experiences through portals, have never seen anything like it, why was it teleported? It should be just a copy of it, a translucent image, not the whole thing!

Well, this one was very small, no more than six feet, four limbs, a strange object wrapped around its crown-like head and many other minor details, all of which were written in my notebook while watching the whole scene, the most unnerving it was the fact that he had a unicorn horn in his hand, that was brutal, I feel sorry for the poor pony that he attacked.

Normally beings like that would attack or something similar, he just stared at the princesses and when I couldn't contain my... 'disappointment' he stared at me, those little eyes, how big they become, he instantly dropped the horn and grabbed one of the two suitcases they were on his side, I even tried to stop, but with just a touch he broke my shield! And this is not the worst, he ran into one of the stained-glass windows of the tower, I thought it would be a tragedy, but from what rainbow said he disappeared in midair! Ok he is capable of magic, a point for him.

"This is a problem, Captain Golden Shield."

"Yes, your highness?"

"Prepare a search team, target, a bipedal creature similar to a minotaur without horns, wearing gray clothes and ... A crown? I want to search all over Canterlot and neighboring cities now!"

With his orders given the guard leaves the room, and all that remains is that suitcase.

"Ohhh-ohh what will it be! Maybe he has a lot of sweets! Ohhhhh MAYBE... Maybe he has a suitcase with a portable party too!!!"

I couldn't help laughing at the nonsense that pink say, but when she pulled that pink suitcase from her mane, I was forced to intervene

"Noooo twilight bad, very bad." seriously, how can she do that, the suitcase was one thing, now trying to get it back with a newspaper was not the smartest idea.

"Ok pinkie ok, but no parties now, ok?"

I believe that the insane nods she gave me are yes, pinkie being pinkie.

"Hmmm, girls, this is not his things?"

Yes, suitcase, focus Twilight, focus.

"Wait... That is not the---"

"THE CRYSTAL HEART!?!"

I can't stop my ears from bending, skies Cadence, look at the volume! But she is right, why did that being possess one of the most powerful artifacts of our kind?

"No"

"Celestia?"

"Cadence, stay away from this, this is not the heart"

Was not? As well, it was him, it was his magic signature, like... Yes, there is something wrong with that heart he... He is-

"It is empty, without an ounce of love, this is not our heart of crystal, it is his."

"What? I feel love inside him, yes, shouldn't that kind of love be, brotherly love?"

Almost as if answering Candence, the gem shines pink and a figure comes out of it! Forming with nothing but light, we saw the wings stand out, the horns, we were ready to fight! Maybe it's a weap---

"DAMIAAAAAAAAAAN, WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?"

She was beautiful! A beautiful specimen of sapphire dragon! Female, I think, it's hard to say, why is she wearing so many clothes? It looks like hi-- ahhhhhh... It makes sense... Wait, that is--

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAA BLOOD" however much I consider Rarity a little... Scandalous... She was right, ignoring my academic self for now, no matter how difficult it is, there is a dragon in Canterlot covered in unknown blood and a knife in the claw.

"Who are you and why do you invade our kingdom covered in this crimson liquid, beast!"

How should I react? The princess Luna, not any princess, this is the princess who has the power to move the moon! How did I react? I laughed, laughed a lot, everyone was here, Damian's greatest trophies, Celestia, Cadence, the elements of harmony, really, where is Discord? Wait, that pegasus over there ... Isn't she the bearer of kindness? I never saw her before, I only read about her, Damian hates talking about it, according to him, one of the three major regrets in his life was killing her. This is weird, he wouldn’t play with it, is it another human commemorative date? Seriously because if it is, the last one didn't end well.

"Very good Damian, I liked them all, yeah, you are amazing and everything, can I cook in peace now?"

This... Is this him doing magic? I didn't know he knew how to make illusio--- illusions, any kind of illusion leaves a magical signature, light, without a ready-made spell or, well, with dragon eyes, you wouldn't see the thin layer fading and changing but I can , and I don't see the deformity of reality. I almost start to worry, seriously, Damian, you get over yourself every day.

"Damian? Who are you talking about that beast? That beast that threw himself out of the window?"

Can I see her wing pointing at a broken stained glass, he threw himself out of there? That's just like him, wait ... Where's the throne, and why is there a stained glass there and OH MY GOD! Is that a baby dragon?! How cute, looks ... A dragon of earth? Nope, maybe it's a mixture of violet or Karanian with a Vorpal? Something like that, when I took a step towards him, I think they didn’t take it well, a quick look at me I realized, I’m all bloody and with a knife, seriously, when I cut an artery of that foal?

"Stay away from him!"

Wait, that voice... I turn and see, a small purple alicorn, I feel my mouth slowly open, what... No... There is something wrong here... There is something very wrong here, I tighten it more intensely the knife in my hand, something tells me that things are going to get ugly, very ugly.

"Who are you? Where's Damian?"

"Fluttershy dear, time for your magic."

I see the pegasus moving slowly towards me, it is shaking all over, but it doesn’t matter, I point the knife at her and move as slowly as possible to the suitcase, she stops immediately and chokes with fear.

Damian wouldn’t play with Twilight, he wouldn't make a copy of her or something, even if his life depended on it, so... Who did this? Think Miranda, ok this is all real, Damian fucked with reality, ok, how to proceed?

The alicorns are a problem, Luna is almost flying at me, Cadence and Celestia are almost joining Luna, there is little left for that, the elements are all there, some wanting to come but afraid of the knife, others almost fainting and one of them jumping insanely in place, really? Are these the legendary heroines who defeated Tirek and Chrysalis in the past? Focus Miranda, remember what Damian said: "don't underestimate these ponies, they may seem weak and unprepared, but the most dangerous always act like that!"

Ok, I can take care of an alicorn, maybe two, but not four, more the elements, I'll need help, I'll need the big guns, by god, I hope he kept it in the right place.

One more step back, then I feel something, with a quick look I see a white horn is bigger than the average... Why... He never walks without it.

"What did you guys do to Damian!!!"

"Beast, we already told you! Your monster threw itself through the stained glass! Now explain yourself! Whose blood is this blood!"

There is mana in the horn, Damian put mana in it, and it’s still overflowing with mana, he fought! I lower myself and I grab the horn as fast as I can, never letting my guard down, think Miranda, what's going on...

"P-p-princess... That horn... He's not the-"

"Yes Twilight, that is my horn, not mine, of my counterpart in their world..."

I can hear sighs coming from them, each expressing in different ways, some sending me deadly looks, others moving away and a unicorn even passed out!

"Twilight, are you seeing that?"

"Y-yes princess... It has mana flowing through the horn! It is not something decorative, a trophy, it is a weapon! They are users of horns!!!"

It was instantaneous, everything clarified, I can barely see the silhouette of Celestia, only his eyes overflowing with power, correction, I cannot beat an alicorn, not in berserk mode, if I stay here it will end me!

I lived for over 1200 years, saw many things, did many things that I am proud and not proud of, I defeated countless beasts and with my old master I filled the Tartaro with creatures, but a horn user, NOT one, two! I thought I ended this horrendous practice 700 years ago! This can get complicated if there are more, if that thing managed to kill myself in his world, he is, at the very least, dangerous at Tirek's level, but now is not the time to worry about him, this dragon is the current problem, I feel the anger invading me, so many friends I have lost to those barbarians, how many friends of mine did these two kill in their world? I let out a blast of light on her, I will blind and arrest her, it was simple, simple until she became entirely pink and entered in the crystal heart, sigh defeated, why did I hesitate? rage? fear? I don't know, but I couldn't act fast enough.

"Ohh!!! She disappeared! She went to clean up for the party?"

"PINKIE! This is no time for that!"

"Calm Twilight, Luna, the heart."

Immediately my sister takes the jewel out of the bag and covers it in a dark blue bubble.

"Do you want me to break?"

"WHAT?!"

"Calm down Cadence, not Luna, keep it up, and stop anything from going in or out, Rainbow."

"Yes, your majesty?"

"Warn the guards and captains, I want everyone on high alert, walking at least in pairs, I want intensive searches in all corners of the kingdom!"

When Rainbow go through the doors and disappears, I turn now to the last thing left in the room, a suitcase.